High-water mark
665.0172
career-best overall
92.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 665.0172 at Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 2 — 92.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2019-03-15
Red Dirt Steak & BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1486
peak 1486 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2019-03-14
latest 2021-04-09
Best ToY finish
#1009
Master 2019
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 74%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
634.14
last 4 Master vs avg 634.14 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.07
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.97 · weakest Pork (153.82)
Road miles
223
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 223 mi
Schedule strength
68%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1585)
Purse competed for
$34K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
634.14 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
LA PASADITA ahead in 100% of their meetings
LA PASADITA has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
1.6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.6 years, then back at High Plains Wine, Brews & BBQ Cook Off (2021-04-09).
- last seen 2019-08-23
- back 2021-04-09
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.
Red Dirt Steak & BBQ has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 150 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3890 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3881 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with Red Dirt Steak & BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3869 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3888 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Red Dirt Steak & BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3887 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8344 | 157.6800 | 162.97 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 149.6688 | 158.82 | top 69% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5256 | 146.7656 | 153.82 | top 79% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 141.0400 | 158.53 | top 61% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TX | 2 | 0 | top 74% |
| NM | 2 | 0 | top 73% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 89% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 57% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 60% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.1 yrs
2019-03-14 → 2021-04-09
Busiest season
2019
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
2 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 162.97 · weakest Pork (153.82)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
634.14
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
83
38–77 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
223
4 mapped stops · furthest 223 mi
Schedule strength
1585
average field rating faced — tougher than 68% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$34,100
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
2019-08-23 → 2021-04-09
Power rating
1486
peak 1486 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 1
- First call Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 2
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.0172 Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 2
- Career-best overall score665.0172 Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 2
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8344 Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 2
- Peak power rating (1494) Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 2
- 2021
- Most recent contest High Plains Wine, Brews & BBQ Cook Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.3 | Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 2 | 2019-03-15 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.3 | High Plains Wine, Brews & BBQ Cook Off | 2021-04-09 |
| -8.3 | Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 1 | 2019-03-14 |
| -0.3 | Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship | 2019-08-23 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 69% | 92.4% | 88.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-09 | High Plains Wine, Brews & BBQ Cook Off Lubbock, TX | 16 / 18 (631.8284) | 11 (165.1200) | 16 (157.0740) | 17 (146.8000) | 12 (162.8344) |
| 2019-08-23 | Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship 🏅 Lubbock, TX | 37 / 62 (634.1368) | 43 (158.2628) | 36 (159.9656) | 51 (146.7656) | 15 (169.1428) |
| 2019-03-15 | Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 2 🏅 Ruidoso, NM | 12 / 21 (665.0172) | 8 (170.8344) | 10 (168.5600) | 13 (164.5256) | 16 (161.0972) |
| 2019-03-14 | Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 1 🏅 Ruidoso, NM | 16 / 18 (605.5660) | 15 (157.6800) | 15 (149.6688) | 14 (157.1772) | 14 (141.0400) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1117 (88 pts) | #1067 (113 pts) | #1211 (88 pts) | #1187 (83 pts) | #1067 (108 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1009 (259 pts) | #966 (294 pts) | #1040 (274 pts) | #1046 (264 pts) | #975 (299 pts) |