A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
RJs Smokehouse ahead in 100% of their meetings
RJs Smokehouse has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Locked Up BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1477
peak 1477 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2021-08-21
latest 2022-05-28
Best ToY finish
#898
Master 2022
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
633.65
last 3 Master vs avg 633.65 (-0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±22.67
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 162.83 · weakest Brisket (153.31)
Road miles
295
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 272 mi
Schedule strength
18%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1525)
Purse competed for
$31K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
633.65 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Locked Up BBQ has 3 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.
#4258 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1477
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Locked Up BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Locked Up BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4293 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4251 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Level with Locked Up BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4257 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2016, 5 years before Locked Up BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4274 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4281 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Locked Up BBQ'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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1084 | 150.8232 | 155.22 | top 92% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6912 | 158.2400 | 162.83 | top 70% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.8456 | 145.1544 | 162.29 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8344 | 147.9772 | 153.31 | top 87% |
“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.
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.8 yrs
2021-08-21 → 2022-05-28
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
WA
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 162.83 · weakest Brisket (153.31)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
633.65
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
57
16–57 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
295
3 mapped stops · furthest 272 mi
Schedule strength
1525
average field rating faced — tougher than 18% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$30,850
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1477
peak 1477 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest 4th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1493) 4th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff
- 2022
- First call BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.7652 BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
- Career-best overall score654.7652 BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.8456 BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
- Most recent contest BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.9 | Outdoor Cooking BBQ Championship | 2022-02-05 |
| -7.5 | 4th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff | 2021-08-21 |
| -3.8 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay | 2022-05-28 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 81% | 90.9% | 87.3% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-28 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR | 19 / 27 (654.7652) | 24 (161.1084) | 17 (165.6912) | 3 (174.8456) | 23 (153.1200) |
| 2022-02-05 | Outdoor Cooking BBQ Championship 🏅 Puyallup, WA | 20 / 22 (602.1948) | 21 (150.8232) | 19 (158.2400) | 20 (145.1544) | 20 (147.9772) |
| 2021-08-21 | 4th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff 🏅 DuPont, WA | 21 / 27 (643.9776) | 25 (153.7144) | 16 (164.5716) | 14 (166.8572) | 23 (158.8344) |
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 | #898 (154 pts) | #1040 (124 pts) | #965 (169 pts) | #648 (299 pts) | #976 (134 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1186 (72 pts) | #1564 (52 pts) | #1175 (97 pts) | #1081 (107 pts) | #1236 (62 pts) |