The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
ANT'S BACKYARD BBQ has finished one call ahead of One Thumb Barbeque 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
One Thumb Barbeque
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1464
peak 1464 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2020-01-24
latest 2022-04-08
Best ToY finish
#856
Master 2020
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 91%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
612.05
last 4 Master vs avg 612.05 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.60
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 157.69 · weakest Brisket (148.25)
Road miles
619
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 234 mi
Schedule strength
72%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1591)
Purse competed for
$25K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
612.05 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
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.
One Thumb Barbeque 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 138 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.
#4934 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to One Thumb Barbeque)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team One Thumb Barbeque has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4928 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
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#4937 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
Level with One Thumb Barbeque on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4914 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#4940 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
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#4913 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before One Thumb Barbeque's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2972 | 145.6572 | 155.41 | top 91% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7372 | 144.5144 | 150.69 | top 90% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7256 | 152.5028 | 157.69 | top 87% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2972 | 138.2628 | 148.25 | top 91% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 90% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 92% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ, Boots & Brew | 2 | 21 | 0 | top 90% | 2022-04-08 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.2 yrs
2020-01-24 → 2022-04-08
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 157.69 · weakest Brisket (148.25)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
612.05
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
97
12–133 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
619
4 mapped stops · furthest 234 mi
Schedule strength
1591
average field rating faced — tougher than 72% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$25,150
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
2020-01-24 → 2021-04-16
Power rating
1464
peak 1464 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2020
- First tracked contest The Golden State Battle II
- Peak power rating (1490) The Golden State Battle II
- 2022
- Career-best overall score619.8972 BBQ, Boots & Brew
- Career-best single call (Chicken)162.2972 BBQ, Boots & Brew
- Most recent contest BBQ, Boots & Brew
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.4 | BBQ, Boots & Brew | 2022-04-08 |
| -9.9 | The Golden State Battle II | 2020-01-24 |
| -9.8 | The Golden State Battle III - Day 1 | 2021-04-16 |
| -5.9 | BBQ, Boots & Brew | 2021-05-21 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 86.1% | 86.1% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 84.6% | 83.9% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 86.1% | 86.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-08 | BBQ, Boots & Brew 🏅 Perris, CA | 28 / 29 (619.8972) | 25 (162.2972) | 29 (144.5144) | 28 (158.7884) | 25 (154.2972) |
| 2021-05-21 | BBQ, Boots & Brew 🏅 Perris, CA | 21 / 25 (599.2344) | 24 (145.6572) | 22 (153.6916) | 22 (152.5028) | 22 (147.3828) |
| 2021-04-16 | The Golden State Battle III - Day 1 🏅 Hollister, CA | 38 / 41 (609.1656) | 36 (151.4400) | 30 (157.7372) | 32 (161.7256) | 39 (138.2628) |
| 2020-01-24 | The Golden State Battle II 🏅 Hollister, CA | 42 / 46 (619.8856) | 43 (162.2628) | 45 (146.8228) | 40 (157.7372) | 43 (153.0628) |
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 | #1673 (54 pts) | #1672 (54 pts) | #1710 (54 pts) | #1671 (54 pts) | #1672 (54 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #885 (130 pts) | #1057 (115 pts) | #1005 (125 pts) | #943 (125 pts) | #934 (125 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #856 (60 pts) | #896 (60 pts) | #913 (60 pts) | #899 (60 pts) | #883 (60 pts) |