Rib Racks BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#2174

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1531

peak 1531 · rated over 13 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2017-04-08

latest 2022-10-21

Best ToY finish

#372

Master 2019

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

13 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 13 contests

Avg finish

top 44%

overall standings

Best overall

674.3200 / 720

Master · Spit in the Hills

Perfect 180s

Current form

648.77 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 646.86 (+1.91)

Walk rate

92%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

and counting

Best single call

176.0344

Pork · Smokin in the City

Consistency

±12.07

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 163.01 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.19)

Road miles

18,839

mi across 13 mapped stops · furthest 9374 mi

Schedule strength

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1508)

Purse competed for

$10K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

646.86 / 720

13 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (10 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

Riding a hot streak

6 straight overall top-10s

Currently on a 6-contest overall top-10 run.

career best 6

They almost always walk

92% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 12 of 13 contests

A top-10 category call in 92% of their 13 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

674.3200 career-best overall

93.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 674.3200 at Spit in the Hills — 93.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
2019-05-04

A tough matchup

6–2 behind in the head-to-head

Smokin Steve's BBQ ahead in 75% of their meetings

Smokin Steve's BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 8 shared contests.

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Smokin Genius in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The comeback

2.5 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.5 years, then back at Spit In The Hills (2022-04-30).

last seen 2019-11-09
back 2022-04-30

Pork nemesis

7 of 9 shared pork entries lost

Perth BBQ School Varsity ahead 78% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Perth BBQ School Varsity has out-cooked them in 7 of 9 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Smokin' Sheilas has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

18,839 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 18,839 miles across 13 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 9,374 miles to *Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival.

13 mapped stops
furthest 9,374 mi

The metronome

±1.68% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.68% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 89.8% of a perfect score
13 contests

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

76 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Hoosier BBQ

#2161 of the rated field

1532 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 62%
Peak: 1532

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2026-08-28
on a 3-contest top-10 run

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SMITTY'S SMOKE PATROL

#2176 of the rated field

1531 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1547

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 6 years before Rib Racks BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 13 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

JOE'S COOKSHACK

#2171 of the rated field

1532 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1562

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 17 contests to 13, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2025-01-09

⚔ Head-to-head

Tennessee Smoke Show

#2163 of the rated field

1532 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1537

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 13 contests, alongside a 23% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2021-08-27

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MONTANA Q

#2180 of the rated field

1531 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1540

No shared contest yet.

Level with Rib Racks BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2016-09-23

⚔ Head-to-head

MADCOW BARBEQUE

#2170 of the rated field

1532 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 60%
Peak: 1542

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Rib Racks BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 10 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Perth BBQ School Varsity	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
BSA	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
GRILLA WARFARE BBQ	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
Smokin Steve's BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
Ribs n Pigs BBQ	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
Big Boy BBQ Australia	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
Smokin Genius	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
Meat Me Outside	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
Outagas	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
DBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	14	8	0	1	170.8800	148.5716	162.03	top 51%
Pork Ribs	14	8	0	3	173.7144	146.7772	160.19	top 51%
Pork	14	7	1	5	176.0344	146.2628	163.01	top 43%
Brisket	14	7	0	4	174.9028	144.5028	161.63	top 52%

“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	6	top 39%
Medium (20–39)	6	top 46%
Large (40+)	1	top 67%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019	2	7	0	top 47%	2019-09-14
Smokin in the city	2	5	0	top 33%	2019-04-06

The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5.5 yrs 2017-04-08 → 2022-10-21

Busiest season 2019 6 contests

Contests a season 3.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in CA 1 of 13 contests

Contests visited 11 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 14 entries · 0 wins · 8 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 163.01 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.19)

Walk rate 92% a top-10 call in 12 of 13 contests

Overall top-10 rate 69% 9 of 13 contests

Best top-10 run 6 straight contests — and still running

Master average 646.86 out of 720 · 13 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 169 153–137 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 18,839 13 mapped stops · furthest 9,374 mi

Schedule strength 1508 average field rating faced — tougher than 6% of rated contests

Purse competed for $10,000 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 2.5 yrs 2019-11-09 → 2022-04-30

Power rating 1531 peak 1531 · #2174 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2017
Apr 8 First tracked contest *Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival
Apr 8 First call *Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival
2018
Apr 21 First category win (Pork) Smokin in the City
Apr 21 First overall top-10 Smokin in the City
Apr 21 Career-best single call (Pork)176.0344 Smokin in the City
2019
May 4 First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.3200 Spit in the Hills
May 4 Career-best overall score674.3200 Spit in the Hills
Nov 9 10th tracked contest Smokin in the Valley
2022
Oct 21 Peak power rating (1531) Brew N Que - LITE EDITION
Oct 21 Most recent contest Brew N Que - LITE EDITION

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.5	Spit in the Hills	2019-05-04
+9	Smokin in the city	2019-04-06
+7.4	Brew N Que-Perth 2019	2019-10-04
+5.5	Smokin in the Valley	2019-11-09
+4.5	Smokin in the City	2018-04-21

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-6.9	Horse Town Brew N Que Festival (JUDGES FULL)	2019-05-31
-5.8	Smokin on the Water	2018-11-03
-3.8	*Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival	2017-04-08
-0.6	The Chidlow BBQ Festival	2018-09-15

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2022	3	3	0	100%	top 44%	90.8%	89.7%
2019	6	5	0	83%	top 37%	93.7%	90.8%
2018	3	1	1	100%	top 54%	89.6%	89.3%
2017	1	0	0	100%	top 64%	88.8%	88.8%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2022-10-21	Brew N Que - LITE EDITION Brigadoon, 6010	7 / 15 (649.6456)	5 (169.1428)	15 (146.7772)	9 (160.5600)	2 (173.1656)
2022-09-09	Chidlow BBQ Festival Chidlow, Western, 6556	7 / 17 (633.6688)	9 (161.1660)	2 (163.4172)	3 (164.5828)	16 (144.5028)
2022-04-30	Spit In The Hills Chidlow, Western, 6558	7 / 16 (653.6688)	5 (166.8344)	2 (173.7144)	16 (146.2628)	7 (166.8572)
2019-11-09	Smokin in the Valley Herne Hill WA, 6056	6 / 17 (649.1200)	6 (166.2856)	9 (158.2744)	2 (170.8456)	14 (153.7144)
2019-10-04	Brew N Que-Perth 2019 Ascot WA, 6104	9 / 30 (657.7488)	9 (165.7372)	22 (154.8116)	12 (162.2972)	2 (174.9028)
2019-09-14	The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019 Chidlow, 6558	7 / 17 (665.1200)	8 (166.8228)	3 (170.9144)	14 (158.2400)	3 (169.1428)
2019-05-31	Horse Town Brew N Que Festival (JUDGES FULL) 🏅 Norco, CA	33 / 49 (639.8744)	37 (155.3484)	24 (165.7144)	14 (169.1428)	44 (149.6688)
2019-05-04	Spit in the Hills Chidlow,Western, 6556	4 / 21 (674.3200)	3 (170.8800)	16 (159.4400)	4 (171.4056)	2 (172.5944)
2019-04-06	Smokin in the city Perth WA, 6962	5 / 19 (635.9772)	4 (162.2512)	8 (156.6056)	2 (167.4400)	6 (166.2972)
2018-11-03	Smokin on the Water Bayswater,	16 / 23 (642.9372)	16 (163.4628)	10 (165.1316)	21 (154.8800)	18 (159.4628)
2018-09-15	The Chidlow BBQ Festival Chidlow, Wa, 6556	12 / 23 (640.5480)	13 (160.5484)	9 (157.7028)	3 (165.7256)	18 (156.5712)
2018-04-21	Smokin in the City Perth, 6929	8 / 20 (645.0740)	17 (154.2512)	17 (148.5256)	1 (176.0344)	6 (166.2628)
2017-04-08	*Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival Perth, 8008	14 / 22 (639.3256)	17 (157.1084)	8 (168.0000)	11 (160.5600)	19 (153.6572)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2022 ↗	Master	#478 (438 pts)	#486 (458 pts)	#442 (573 pts)	#509 (428 pts)	#479 (473 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#587 (157 pts)	#619 (157 pts)	#689 (127 pts)	#472 (242 pts)	#790 (97 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#372 (869 pts)	#414 (804 pts)	#522 (669 pts)	#304 (1014 pts)	#298 (1034 pts)