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.
ODB’s Ribticklin BBQ has 2 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.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team ODB’s Ribticklin BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head7 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where ODB’s Ribticklin BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with ODB’s Ribticklin BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headThey were already cooking in 2014, 5 years before ODB’s Ribticklin BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0228 | 154.8800 | 161.45 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2972 | 150.2516 | 158.27 | top 75% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.2628 | 150.2628 | 150.26 | top 93% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142.8228 | 142.7884 | 142.81 | top 94% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 1 | 0 | top 90% |
| AZ | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 90% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 85.3% | 85.1% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-13 | America's Finest BBQ State Championship (JUDGES FULL) 🏅 San Diego, CA | 27 / 30 (614.2628) | 26 (154.8800) | 17 (166.2972) | 27 (150.2628) | 29 (142.8228) |
| 2019-01-18 | Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ | 59 / 63 (611.3256) | 32 (168.0228) | 59 (150.2516) | 61 (150.2628) | 58 (142.7884) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1617 (115 pts) | #1702 (115 pts) | #1399 (155 pts) | #1689 (115 pts) | #1664 (115 pts) |