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.
CRF Blue Ribbin' 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 125 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.
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team CRF Blue Ribbin' BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 5 years after CRF Blue Ribbin' BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with CRF Blue Ribbin' 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-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 | 163.9656 | 157.1428 | 160.55 | top 83% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 166.8572 | 167.70 | top 40% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6456 | 150.8000 | 154.22 | top 86% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.3944 | 146.2400 | 150.82 | top 92% |
“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.
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota in May (Masters) | 2 | 41 | 0 | top 83% | 2022-05-13 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-13 | Minnesota in May (Masters) 🏅 Cambridge, MN | 55 / 59 (621.0400) | 55 (157.1428) | 25 (166.8572) | 57 (150.8000) | 58 (146.2400) |
| 2019-05-10 | Minnesota in May 🏅 | 41 / 57 (645.5428) | 42 (163.9656) | 22 (168.5372) | 43 (157.6456) | 49 (155.3944) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1309 (60 pts) | #1341 (60 pts) | #1404 (60 pts) | #1348 (60 pts) | #1333 (60 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1955 (60 pts) | #2049 (60 pts) | #1930 (75 pts) | #2029 (60 pts) | #2010 (60 pts) |