Clear Blue BBQ

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

Power ranking

#2605

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1516

peak 1522 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-05-31

latest 2020-02-21

Best ToY finish

#493

Master 2020

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 52%

overall standings

Best overall

681.6228 / 720

Master · America's Finest BBQ State Championship (JUDGES FULL)

Perfect 180s

Current form

660.64 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 665.17 (-4.53)

Walk rate

71%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4628

Chicken · The Tyson Guinea Pig, Matt Dalton Memorial

Consistency

±13.47

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 168.38 · weakest Brisket (164.28)

Road miles

629

mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 279 mi

Schedule strength

75%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1595)

Purse competed for

$76K

listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 7 state-championship entries

Master avg

665.17 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (4 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.

High-water mark

681.6228 career-best overall

94.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 681.6228 at America's Finest BBQ State Championship (JUDGES FULL) — 94.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
2019-09-13

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

Burnin and Lootin ahead in 100% of their meetings

Burnin and Lootin has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.1 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.10 points below their pork, and turns into a call 14% of the time against 29%.

Brisket avg 164.28
Pork avg 168.38
1 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

5–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

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

Bailout Barbecue

#2609 of the rated field

1516 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1516

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2026-08-21

⚔ Head-to-head

Truck'n Sauced

#2592 of the rated field

1517 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1527

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2025-08-22

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Big TD'S BBQ

#2611 of the rated field

1516 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 57%
Peak: 1520

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2025-07-26

⚔ Head-to-head

Smokearitaville BBQ

#2594 of the rated field

1517 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1530

No shared contest yet.

They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Clear Blue BBQ's first contest.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2019-09-27

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TWIN PIGS BARBECUE

#2597 of the rated field

1517 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1519

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 4 years before Clear Blue BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKIN MAX BBQ

#2588 of the rated field

1517 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 57%
Peak: 1531

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 5 years before Clear Blue BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Burnin and Lootin	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
TEAM WOODSHED	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
SMOKE HOUND BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
The BBQ Yard	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
Meat Candy Q	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
RAD FONDO BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
7-8-9 BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Smokin it Up BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
The Brisket Brothers	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
LADY OF Q	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
B' Mackin BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	3	175.4628	146.1256	166.50	top 45%
Pork Ribs	7	1	173.1084	160.5144	166.01	top 57%
Pork	7	2	172.5600	161.1084	168.38	top 43%
Brisket	7	1	171.9656	157.0856	164.28	top 54%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
CA	6	0	top 45%
AZ	1	0	top 95%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	4	0	top 50%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 56%

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 0.7 yrs 2019-05-31 → 2020-02-21

Busiest season 2019 6 contests

Contests a season 3.5 across 2 seasons in the data

Cooks most in CA 6 of 7 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 7 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 7 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 168.38 · weakest Brisket (164.28)

Walk rate 71% a top-10 call in 5 of 7 contests

Overall top-10 rate 29% 2 of 7 contests

Master average 665.17 out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 162 137–149 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 629 7 mapped stops · furthest 279 mi

Schedule strength 1595 average field rating faced — tougher than 75% of rated contests

Purse competed for $75,900 listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 7 state-championship entries

Power rating 1516 peak 1522 · #2605 of 6,413 rated

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

2019
May 31 First tracked contest Horse Town Brew N Que Festival (JUDGES FULL)
May 31 First call Horse Town Brew N Que Festival (JUDGES FULL)
May 31 First overall top-10 Horse Town Brew N Que Festival (JUDGES FULL)
May 31 First overall past 90% of a perfect score675.3716 Horse Town Brew N Que Festival (JUDGES FULL)
Sep 13 Career-best overall score681.6228 America's Finest BBQ State Championship (JUDGES FULL)
Nov 1 Peak power rating (1522) Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival
2020
Feb 21 Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4628 The Tyson Guinea Pig, Matt Dalton Memorial
Feb 21 Most recent contest The Tyson Guinea Pig, Matt Dalton Memorial

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+9	America's Finest BBQ State Championship (JUDGES FULL)	2019-09-13
+8.5	Horse Town Brew N Que Festival (JUDGES FULL)	2019-05-31
+6.4	10th Annual Vista BBQ Classic	2019-08-02
+4.8	The Tyson Guinea Pig, Matt Dalton Memorial	2020-02-21
+2.7	Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival	2019-11-01

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.8	Arizona National BBQ Stampede	2019-12-27
-4.4	Turf & Surf BBQ Championship	2019-08-16

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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2020	1	0	0	0	100%	top 52%	91.9%	91.9%
2019	6	0	2	0	67%	top 53%	94.7%	92.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2020-02-21	The Tyson Guinea Pig, Matt Dalton Memorial 🏅 Coachella, CA	26 / 50 (661.6228)	5 (175.4628)	39 (160.5144)	41 (161.1084)	25 (164.5372)
2019-12-27	Arizona National BBQ Stampede 🏅 Phoenix, AZ	42 / 44 (641.4284)	44 (146.1256)	39 (162.8228)	16 (169.6916)	31 (162.7884)
2019-11-01	Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival 🏅 Indio, CA	20 / 37 (666.1372)	9 (171.4172)	17 (167.3828)	15 (169.1200)	28 (158.2172)
2019-09-13	America's Finest BBQ State Championship (JUDGES FULL) 🏅 San Diego, CA	9 / 30 (681.6228)	14 (167.9772)	14 (169.7028)	8 (171.9772)	8 (171.9656)
2019-08-16	Turf & Surf BBQ Championship 🏅 Del Mar, CA	26 / 35 (652.3996)	27 (159.9428)	19 (166.2512)	13 (169.1200)	29 (157.0856)
2019-08-02	10th Annual Vista BBQ Classic 🏅 Vista, CA	14 / 34 (677.6344)	15 (169.7028)	6 (173.1084)	21 (165.1088)	13 (169.7144)
2019-05-31	Horse Town Brew N Que Festival (JUDGES FULL) 🏅 Norco, CA	10 / 49 (675.3716)	6 (174.8572)	33 (162.2744)	7 (172.5600)	15 (165.6800)

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
2020 ↗	Master	#493 (205 pts)	#319 (390 pts)	#512 (220 pts)	#418 (275 pts)	#565 (180 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#676 (474 pts)	#633 (539 pts)	#748 (444 pts)	#664 (504 pts)	#748 (439 pts)