RGDBBQ

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

Power ranking

#5338

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1454

peak 1519 · rated over 37 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-05-17

latest 2022-10-07

Best ToY finish

#201

Master 2021

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 38 contests

Avg finish

top 65%

overall standings

Best overall

685.0748 / 720

Master · Currituck Bulls & BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

662.37 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 652.55 (+9.83)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

179.4400

Chicken · Currituck Bulls & BBQ

Consistency

±22.07

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.58 · weakest Brisket (160.74)

Road miles

9,761

mi across 38 mapped stops · furthest 1034 mi

Schedule strength

64%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1581)

Purse competed for

$316K

listed at 33 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 37 state-championship entries

Master avg

652.55 / 720

35 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

318.58 / 360

2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

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Storylines (9 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

685.0748 career-best overall

95.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 685.0748 at Currituck Bulls & BBQ — 95.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
2021-11-05

The one to beat

4× one call ahead of them

BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE has finished one call ahead of RGDBBQ 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2021 their best year

2021 was the year it came together: 14 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 51%.

14 contests
4 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 51%

A tough matchup

23–1 behind in the head-to-head

BOGGS HOG BBQ ahead in 96% of their meetings

BOGGS HOG BBQ has come out ahead in 23 of their 24 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.8 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.85 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 11% of the time against 21%.

Brisket avg 160.74
Chicken avg 165.58
4 calls in 35 entries

A strong matchup

7–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 78% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of HARCO LOCO BBQ in 7 of their 9 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

21 of 28 shared chicken entries lost

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has out-cooked them in 21 of 28 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

9,761 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 9,761 miles across 38 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,034 miles to Smoke in the Spring.

38 mapped stops
furthest 1,034 mi

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.

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

Pit Crew BBQ

#5333 of the rated field

1454 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1523

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to RGDBBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team RGDBBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 21 contests
last seen 2026-07-24

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THE GREAT HAMBINO

#5328 of the rated field

1454 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1454

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to RGDBBQ)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2025-10-10

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Three Legged Pig BBQ

#5344 of the rated field

1454 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1454

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 30 contests to 38, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 30 contests
last seen 2026-03-20

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SOUTHINURMOUTH

#5341 of the rated field

1454 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1454

No shared contest yet.

20 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 10% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2026-08-14

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DJS SMOKIN' BBQ

#5350 of the rated field

1454 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 79
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1526

No shared contest yet.

They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before RGDBBQ's first contest.

rated over 79 contests
last seen 2023-08-11

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Low Rent Bbq

#5339 of the rated field

1454 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1454

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2023-09-08

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	27	4	23	15%	⚔ compare
BOGGS HOG BBQ	24	1	23	4%	⚔ compare
CHUNKY BBQ	21	3	18	14%	⚔ compare
Top Gun Barbecue	20	1	19	5%	⚔ compare
GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	19	2	17	11%	⚔ compare
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	18	2	16	11%	⚔ compare
DRILLING & GRILLING	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
BAD AZZ MULE BBQ	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	14	6	8	43%	⚔ compare
BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	14	4	10	29%	⚔ compare
DANTE'S INFERNO	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
BUBBA'S BARBECUE	12	7	5	58%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	38	8	0	1	179.4400	146.8000	165.58	top 58%
Pork Ribs	37	8	1	2	176.5600	150.2744	162.14	top 63%
Pork	35	4	0	0	173.1200	142.8228	163.43	top 61%
Brisket	35	4	1	1	176.0000	126.2400	160.74	top 62%

“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	Avg finish
PA	11	top 59%
NJ	7	top 66%
NC	5	top 65%
GA	2	top 57%
VA	2	top 90%
FL	2	top 53%
MD	2	top 62%
TN	1	top 57%
KS	1	top 84%
AL	1	top 74%
NY	1	top 53%
OH	1	top 90%
DE	1	top 86%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	3	top 70%
Medium (20–39)	14	top 62%
Large (40+)	20	top 67%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke in the Grove (Day 2)	3	23	top 70%	2022-07-30
York County BBQ Festival	3	8	top 63%	2021-06-18
BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)	2	46	top 90%	2022-03-26
Smoke in the Park	2	14	top 71%	2021-09-24
Twin Valley Fire and Smoke	2	9	top 36%	2021-05-14
New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	2	27	top 82%	2021-04-23

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

On the trail 3.4 yrs 2019-05-17 → 2022-10-07

Busiest season 2022 14 contests

Contests a season 9.5 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in PA 11 of 38 contests · 13 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 29 6 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 38 entries · 0 wins · 8 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 165.58 · weakest Brisket (160.74)

Walk rate 50% a top-10 call in 19 of 38 contests

Overall top-10 rate 16% 6 of 38 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 652.55 out of 720 · 35 contests · 0 GCs

Backyard average 318.58 out of 360 · 2 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 805 574–1,259 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 9,761 38 mapped stops · furthest 1,034 mi

Schedule strength 1581 average field rating faced — tougher than 64% of rated contests

Purse competed for $316,165 listed at 33 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 37 state-championship entries

Power rating 1454 peak 1519 · #5338 of 6,413 rated

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

2019
May 17 First tracked contest Twin Valley Fire and Smoke
May 17 First call Twin Valley Fire and Smoke
May 17 First overall top-10 Twin Valley Fire and Smoke
Jun 28 Peak power rating (1519) York County BBQ Festival
Aug 16 First category win (Pork Ribs) Smokin on the Dock of the Bay
2020
Oct 17 10th tracked contest Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
2021
Apr 23 First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.8804 New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
Nov 5 Career-best overall score685.0748 Currituck Bulls & BBQ
Nov 5 Career-best single call (Chicken)179.4400 Currituck Bulls & BBQ
2022
Jan 7 25th tracked contest Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest
Oct 7 Most recent contest Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.9	New Jersey State BBQ Championship	2021-07-09
+11	Mission Farm's King of the Farm	2022-03-18
+10.6	York County BBQ Festival	2019-06-28
+10.3	Maryland State BBQ Bash	2021-10-15
+9.1	Currituck Bulls & BBQ	2021-11-05

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.2	Smoke in the Park	2019-09-27
-11.8	York County BBQ Festival	2020-06-26
-10.8	Boo-B-Que	2019-10-18
-10.6	Smokin on the Dock of the Bay	2019-08-16
-9.2	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)	2022-03-26

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	14	0	0	36%	top 70%	94.7%	91.9%
2021	14	4	1	71%	top 51%	95.1%	92.2%
2020	5	0	0	0%	top 94%	87%	85.8%
2019	5	2	1	80%	top 62%	89.1%	86.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2022-10-07	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down 🏅 Rocky Mount, NC	21 / 27 (659.8628)	21 (165.0856)	22 (161.6916)	11 (171.9772)	20 (161.1084)
2022-09-23	Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge 🏅 Connelly Springs, NC	28 / 32 (637.5428)	31 (159.3828)	31 (155.3716)	27 (161.6800)	24 (161.1084)
2022-08-19	Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA	19 / 30 (673.6112)	11 (173.1428)	22 (166.2400)	20 (166.8228)	18 (167.4056)
2022-08-05	Swine At the Shrine 🏅 Savannah, GA	25 / 49 (682.1600)	4 (177.7028)	40 (167.3828)	23 (170.8344)	34 (166.2400)
2022-07-30	Smoke in the Grove (Day 2) 🏅 Spring Grove, PA	37 / 42 (658.6968)	28 (169.1428)	34 (163.9544)	34 (163.3712)	36 (162.2284)
2022-07-29	Smoke in the Grove (Day 1) 🏅 Spring Grove, PA	43 / 54 (649.5884)	48 (157.1200)	43 (158.8000)	16 (169.1428)	25 (164.5256)
2022-07-09	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ	21 / 61 (664.4108)	19 (169.6684)	30 (162.8456)	20 (167.3828)	23 (164.5140)
2022-06-03	Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival 🏅 Covington, TN	16 / 28 (671.3140)	16 (166.2284)	4 (176.5600)	19 (165.1200)	17 (163.4056)
2022-04-08	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	79 / 94 (643.8740)	78 (161.6568)	84 (156.5716)	91 (150.2400)	8 (175.4056)
2022-03-26	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	46 / 50 (654.7772)	49 (158.2516)	42 (164.5944)	48 (160.5256)	19 (171.4056)
2022-03-25	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	47 / 53 (658.2060)	27 (170.2972)	51 (155.3716)	38 (166.8344)	39 (165.7028)
2022-03-25	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) (One Meat Chicken) Urbanna, VA	—	23 (161.0972)	—	—	—
2022-03-18	Mission Farm's King of the Farm 🏅 Iron Station, NC	11 / 33 (681.5884)	19 (168.5256)	9 (174.2628)	12 (170.8228)	14 (167.9772)
2022-01-07	Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest 🏅 Lake Wales, FL	23 / 29 (665.6112)	5 (176.0000)	26 (166.2400)	28 (160.5484)	23 (162.8228)
2021-12-11	River Bar Smoke Out 🏅 Goldsboro, NC	14 / 17 (663.8744)	8 (172.0000)	15 (164.5372)	13 (167.3944)	14 (159.9428)
2021-12-02	Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship 🏅 Demopolis, AL	14 / 19 (677.6116)	11 (170.8228)	8 (171.4172)	12 (166.8344)	10 (168.5372)
2021-11-19	Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL	10 / 37 (679.3144)	9 (173.1200)	12 (168.5488)	16 (169.6684)	15 (167.9772)
2021-11-05	Currituck Bulls & BBQ 🏅 Powells Point, NC	11 / 26 (685.0748)	2 (179.4400)	19 (167.4060)	21 (167.3944)	11 (170.8344)
2021-10-15	Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD	9 / 25 (672.4572)	12 (169.1084)	2 (174.8688)	6 (169.6916)	18 (158.7884)
2021-10-08	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA	10 / 27 (657.0056)	20 (160.5372)	5 (169.1200)	5 (170.8228)	18 (156.5256)
2021-09-24	Smoke in the Park 🏅 Lemoyne, PA	14 / 31 (665.0172)	11 (169.1316)	25 (158.8344)	11 (168.5256)	11 (168.5256)
2021-09-03	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival 🏅 Lake Placid, NY	8 / 15 (667.3488)	11 (165.1200)	12 (160.5372)	7 (165.6916)	1 (176.0000)
2021-07-30	Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA	23 / 54 (663.8628)	27 (167.9772)	46 (157.0856)	8 (173.1200)	20 (165.6800)
2021-07-09	New Jersey State BBQ Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ	15 / 59 (658.7540)	23 (162.8456)	31 (157.6800)	16 (166.2628)	5 (171.9656)
2021-06-18	York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA	31 / 41 (646.8000)	31 (162.2400)	21 (164.5256)	33 (160.0000)	30 (160.0344)
2021-05-14	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA	24 / 46 (643.9200)	22 (163.4172)	17 (164.5600)	21 (161.7028)	36 (154.2400)
2021-04-24	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	20 / 40 (663.9428)	26 (165.7028)	9 (169.1428)	17 (166.2972)	20 (162.8000)
2021-04-23	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	27 / 40 (650.8804)	24 (164.5716)	34 (157.1772)	24 (162.8344)	15 (166.2972)
2020-10-17	Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ	37 / 40 (617.0632)	37 (156.5372)	37 (150.2972)	30 (157.1316)	33 (153.0972)
2020-10-16	Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ	34 / 37 (619.2916)	23 (166.8228)	33 (150.2744)	34 (151.3716)	32 (150.8228)
2020-09-18	Smokin in the Hills 🏅 Hillsboro, OH	37 / 41 (626.1716)	33 (161.7028)	34 (158.8344)	31 (158.8344)	40 (146.8000)
2020-07-31	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	34 / 35 (619.9088)	28 (162.8112)	27 (159.4288)	33 (152.5600)	35 (145.1088)
2020-06-26	York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA	51 / 53 (605.5888)	49 (146.8000)	49 (153.6684)	48 (154.8116)	48 (150.3088)
2019-10-18	Boo-B-Que 🏅 Rehoboth Beach, DE	54 / 63 (609.0056)	8 (171.9656)	49 (154.2744)	44 (156.5256)	63 (126.2400)
2019-09-27	Smoke in the Park 🏅 Lemoyne, PA	39 / 40 (618.8000)	22 (162.8456)	35 (152.0228)	22 (164.5600)	40 (139.3716)
2019-08-16	Smokin on the Dock of the Bay 🏅 Chrisfield, MD	22 / 25 (626.1716)	22 (156.5140)	1 (174.8572)	23 (142.8228)	21 (151.9776)
2019-06-28	York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA	8 / 48 (320.5832)	7 (162.2972)	8 (158.2860)	—	—
2019-05-17	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA	9 / 44 (316.5828)	5 (164.5828)	11 (152.0000)	—	—

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	#223 (979 pts)	#106 (1437 pts)	#231 (1040 pts)	#224 (985 pts)	#204 (1065 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#201 (958 pts)	#248 (818 pts)	#176 (1093 pts)	#149 (1178 pts)	#145 (1148 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#364 (300 pts)	#381 (310 pts)	#401 (300 pts)	#385 (300 pts)	#394 (300 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1445 (125 pts)	#1483 (140 pts)	#914 (335 pts)	#1496 (135 pts)	#1485 (130 pts)