RGDBBQ

RGDBBQ is a competition barbecue team with 38 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 8th of 15 at the I Love Barbecue & Music Festival (2021). They are ranked #5374 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “RGD BBQ”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,374

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1454

peak 1519 · rated over 37 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 17, 2019

latest Oct 7, 2022 · 3.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#201

Master 2021 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

16% of 38 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

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

Best single call

179.4400

Chicken · Currituck Bulls & BBQ

Consistency

±22.07

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.58 · weakest Brisket (160.74)

Road miles

9,761

across 38 mapped stops · furthest 1,034 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 🏅

won from 37 state-championship entries

Master avg

652.55 / 720

35 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

318.58 / 360

2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Master 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.

Storylines (9 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

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
Nov 5, 2021

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 win
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.

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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

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2022 ↗	Master	#223 (979 pts)	#106 (1,437 pts)	#231 (1,040 pts)	#224 (985 pts)	#204 (1,065 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#201 (958 pts)	#248 (818 pts)	#176 (1,093 pts)	#149 (1,178 pts)	#145 (1,148 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)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to RGDBBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

KING COAL AND THE SOUL SMOKERS

#5,355 of the rated field

1455 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1455

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 13 contests
last seen Oct 17, 2020

⚔ Head-to-head

THE GREAT HAMBINO

#5,365 of the rated field

1454 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 Oct 10, 2025

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DJS SMOKIN' BBQ

#5,385 of the rated field

1454 power rating

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

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 79 contests to 38.

rated over 79 contests
last seen Aug 11, 2023

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Low Rent Bbq

#5,375 of the rated field

1454 power rating

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

17 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Sep 8, 2023

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SHOW US YOUR SPITS

#5,392 of the rated field

1454 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1454

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

rated over 13 contests
last seen Sep 16, 2021

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PETE'S MEAT BBQ

#5,369 of the rated field

1454 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1454

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 Jan 24, 2020

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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	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 field size and state

By contest size

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

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

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

More numbers

Busiest season 2022 14 contests

Contests a season 9.5 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in PA 11 of 38 contests · 13 states in all

Contests visited 29 6 of them more than once

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

Opponents faced 805 finished ahead 574 times, behind 1,259

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

20222 milestones

Jan 7 25th tracked contest Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest
Oct 7 Most recent contest Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down

20213 milestones

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

20201 milestone

Oct 17 10th tracked contest Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES

20195 milestones

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.9	New Jersey State BBQ Championship	Jul 9, 2021
+11	Mission Farm's King of the Farm	Mar 18, 2022
+10.7	York County BBQ Festival	Jun 28, 2019
+10.3	Maryland State BBQ Bash	Oct 15, 2021
+9.1	Currituck Bulls & BBQ	Nov 5, 2021

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.2	Smoke in the Park	Sep 27, 2019
-11.8	York County BBQ Festival	Jun 26, 2020
-10.7	Boo-B-Que	Oct 18, 2019
-10.6	Smokin on the Dock of the Bay	Aug 16, 2019
-9.2	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)	Mar 26, 2022

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — tap a meat to add it)

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

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

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
Oct 7, 2022	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down 🏅 Rocky Mount, NC	21 / 27 (659.8628)	21 (165.0856)	22 (161.6916)	11 (171.9772)	20 (161.1084)
Sep 23, 2022	Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge 🏅 Connelly Springs, NC	28 / 32 (637.5428)	31 (159.3828)	31 (155.3716)	27 (161.6800)	24 (161.1084)
Aug 19, 2022	Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA	19 / 30 (673.6112)	11 (173.1428)	22 (166.2400)	20 (166.8228)	18 (167.4056)
Aug 5, 2022	Swine At the Shrine 🏅 Savannah, GA	25 / 49 (682.1600)	4 (177.7028)	40 (167.3828)	23 (170.8344)	34 (166.2400)
Jul 30, 2022	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)
Jul 29, 2022	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)
Jul 9, 2022	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ	21 / 61 (664.4108)	19 (169.6684)	30 (162.8456)	20 (167.3828)	23 (164.5140)
Jun 3, 2022	Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival 🏅 Covington, TN	16 / 28 (671.3140)	16 (166.2284)	4 (176.5600)	19 (165.1200)	17 (163.4056)
Apr 8, 2022	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	79 / 94 (643.8740)	78 (161.6568)	84 (156.5716)	91 (150.2400)	8 (175.4056)
Mar 26, 2022	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)
Mar 25, 2022	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)
Mar 25, 2022	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) (One Meat Chicken) Urbanna, VA	—	23 (161.0972)	—	—	—
Mar 18, 2022	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)
Jan 7, 2022	Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest 🏅 Lake Wales, FL	23 / 29 (665.6112)	5 (176)	26 (166.2400)	28 (160.5484)	23 (162.8228)
Dec 11, 2021	River Bar Smoke Out 🏅 Goldsboro, NC	14 / 17 (663.8744)	8 (172)	15 (164.5372)	13 (167.3944)	14 (159.9428)
Dec 2, 2021	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)
Nov 19, 2021	Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL	10 / 37 (679.3144)	9 (173.1200)	12 (168.5488)	16 (169.6684)	15 (167.9772)
Nov 5, 2021	Currituck Bulls & BBQ 🏅 Powells Point, NC	11 / 26 (685.0748)	2 (179.4400)	19 (167.4060)	21 (167.3944)	11 (170.8344)
Oct 15, 2021	Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD	9 / 25 (672.4572)	12 (169.1084)	2 (174.8688)	6 (169.6916)	18 (158.7884)
Oct 8, 2021	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA	10 / 27 (657.0056)	20 (160.5372)	5 (169.1200)	5 (170.8228)	18 (156.5256)
Sep 24, 2021	Smoke in the Park 🏅 Lemoyne, PA	14 / 31 (665.0172)	11 (169.1316)	25 (158.8344)	11 (168.5256)	11 (168.5256)
Sep 3, 2021	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival 🏅 Lake Placid, NY	8 / 15 (667.3488)	11 (165.1200)	12 (160.5372)	7 (165.6916)	1 (176)
Jul 30, 2021	Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA	23 / 54 (663.8628)	27 (167.9772)	46 (157.0856)	8 (173.1200)	20 (165.6800)
Jul 9, 2021	New Jersey State BBQ Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ	15 / 59 (658.7540)	23 (162.8456)	31 (157.6800)	16 (166.2628)	5 (171.9656)
Jun 18, 2021	York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA	31 / 41 (646.8000)	31 (162.2400)	21 (164.5256)	33 (160)	30 (160.0344)
May 14, 2021	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA	24 / 46 (643.9200)	22 (163.4172)	17 (164.5600)	21 (161.7028)	36 (154.2400)
Apr 24, 2021	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)
Apr 23, 2021	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)
Oct 17, 2020	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)
Oct 16, 2020	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)
Sep 18, 2020	Smokin in the Hills 🏅 Hillsboro, OH	37 / 41 (626.1716)	33 (161.7028)	34 (158.8344)	31 (158.8344)	40 (146.8000)
Jul 31, 2020	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)
Jun 26, 2020	York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA	51 / 53 (605.5888)	49 (146.8000)	49 (153.6684)	48 (154.8116)	48 (150.3088)
Oct 18, 2019	Boo-B-Que 🏅 Rehoboth Beach, DE	54 / 63 (609.0056)	8 (171.9656)	49 (154.2744)	44 (156.5256)	63 (126.2400)
Sep 27, 2019	Smoke in the Park 🏅 Lemoyne, PA	39 / 40 (618.8000)	22 (162.8456)	35 (152.0228)	22 (164.5600)	40 (139.3716)
Aug 16, 2019	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)
Jun 28, 2019	York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA	8 / 48 (320.5832)	7 (162.2972)	8 (158.2860)	—	—
May 17, 2019	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA	9 / 44 (316.5828)	5 (164.5828)	11 (152)	—	—

RGDBBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Backyard avg

Storylines (9 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The long haul

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — tap a meat to add it)

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

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Season by season

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

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