Perfect scores on the board
3
perfect 180s
3 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.
- Pork ×2
- Chicken ×1
SoCal Outlaw BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1578
peak 1578 · rated over 25 contests ⓘ
Contests
26
in the data
First seen
2023-10-20
latest 2026-03-27
Best ToY finish
#181
Master 2025
Grand champs
1
0 reserve
Category wins
5
14 podiums
Overall top-10s
7
of 26 contests
Avg finish
top 50%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
3 🔥
Current form
688.04 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 679.10 (+8.93)
Walk rate
81%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±12.84
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 171.08 · weakest Chicken (167.99)
Road miles
4,766
mi across 26 mapped stops · furthest 711 mi
Schedule strength
80%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1603)
Purse competed for
$269K
listed at 25 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 24 state-championship entries
Master avg
679.10 / 720
25 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (15 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.
On the rise
+54
rating points in a year
Their power rating has climbed 54 points across 12 contests since 2025-03-28 — from 1524 up to 1578.
- 12 contests since 2025-03-28
- now 1578
They almost always walk
81%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 21 of 26 contests
A top-10 category call in 81% of their 26 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
High-water mark
701.6800
career-best overall
97.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 701.6800 at 20th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest — 97.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2024-06-28
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Porterhouse BBQ has finished one call ahead of SoCal Outlaw BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Their season
2026
their best year
2026 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 35%.
- 4 contests
- 1 overall top-10s
- 1 category wins
- average top 35%
A tough matchup
23–1
behind in the head-to-head
Meat Candy Q ahead in 96% of their meetings
Meat Candy Q has come out ahead in 23 of their 24 shared contests.
The drought
25
contests since the last title
Their last Grand Championship came at 19th Annual Burnt Offering BBQ Contest (COMPETITOR SERIES) on 2023-10-20 — 25 contests and 2.9 years ago.
- last GC 2023-10-20
- 2.9 years ago
Pork nemesis
18 of 24
shared pork entries lost
Meat Candy Q ahead 75% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, Meat Candy Q has out-cooked them in 18 of 24 shared pork entries.
Announced themselves early
1st
at their very first contest
Finished 1 of 20 at their very first tracked contest, 19th Annual Burnt Offering BBQ Contest (COMPETITOR SERIES) (2023-10-20).
- 2023-10-20
- 20-team field
They cook the hard rooms
1603
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 80% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1603 power rating — a tougher draw than 80% of every rated contest in the data.
- 25 rated contests
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
A March team
Top 36%
average finish in March
Something about March: average finish in the top 36% across 3 contests, versus top 50% the rest of the year.
- 3 March contests
- top 50% the rest of the year
The long haul
4,766
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,766 miles across 26 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 711 miles to The All American Comeback BBQ, Bourbon, & Bands.
- 26 mapped stops
- furthest 711 mi
The metronome
±1.78%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±1.78% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 94.3% of a perfect score
- 26 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.
35 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1299 of the rated field
- Contests
- 27
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 22%
- Peak
- 1591
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 27 contests to 26, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#1301 of the rated field
- Contests
- 26
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 42%
- Peak
- 1590
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 26 contests, alongside a 42% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#1307 of the rated field
- Contests
- 24
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1587
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2015, 8 years before SoCal Outlaw BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#1306 of the rated field
- Contests
- 31
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 19%
- Peak
- 1582
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before SoCal Outlaw BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#1304 of the rated field
- Contests
- 36
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 42%
- Peak
- 1578
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 35 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#1298 of the rated field
- Contests
- 41
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1608
No shared contest yet.
Level with SoCal Outlaw BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meat Candy Q | 24 | 1 | 23 | 4% | ⚔ compare |
| LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | 23 | 6 | 17 | 26% | ⚔ compare |
| SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | 19 | 5 | 14 | 26% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | 18 | 2 | 16 | 11% | ⚔ compare |
| LADY OF Q | 17 | 5 | 12 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| Porterhouse BBQ | 17 | 4 | 13 | 24% | ⚔ compare |
| STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | 16 | 4 | 12 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| Burnin and Lootin | 15 | 2 | 13 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| Ribbin-1-Out | 14 | 11 | 3 | 79% | ⚔ compare |
| B' Mackin BBQ | 14 | 3 | 11 | 21% | ⚔ compare |
| Big Johns BBQ Company | 14 | 1 | 13 | 7% | ⚔ compare |
| WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ | 13 | 12 | 1 | 92% | ⚔ compare |
| Pork Bombin BBQ | 13 | 7 | 6 | 54% | ⚔ compare |
| Big Boys BBQ | 13 | 5 | 8 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| Can Do BBQ | 12 | 9 | 3 | 75% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 180.0000 🔥 | 155.3368 | 167.99 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 26 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 179.4400 | 158.8000 | 170.16 | top 48% |
| Pork | 26 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 180.0000 🔥 | 151.9200 | 171.08 | top 44% |
| Brisket | 25 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 178.8572 | 155.9200 | 170.39 | top 41% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 15 | 1 | top 47% |
| AZ | 8 | 0 | top 54% |
| NV | 2 | 0 | top 50% |
| NM | 1 | 0 | top 53% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 79% |
| Medium (20–39) | 18 | 1 | top 44% |
| Large (40+) | 7 | 0 | top 59% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ Jackpot | 2 | 32 | 0 | top 50% | 2025-11-21 |
| Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 2) | 2 | 6 | 0 | top 31% | 2025-05-31 |
| BBQ, Boots & Brew | 2 | 9 | 0 | top 40% | 2025-04-11 |
| Best in the Southwest | 2 | 17 | 0 | top 77% | 2025-02-21 |
| The Golden State Battle VII (Day 2) | 2 | 17 | 0 | top 64% | 2025-01-25 |
The story so far (20 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.4 yrs
2023-10-20 → 2026-03-27
Busiest season
2025
13 contests
Contests a season
6.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
15 of 26 contests · 4 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
21
5 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
26 entries · 1 win · 5 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 171.08 · weakest Chicken (167.99)
Walk rate
81%
a top-10 call in 21 of 26 contests
Overall top-10 rate
27%
7 of 26 contests
Wins it all
4%
1 Grand Championship · 0 reserve
First title
2023-10-20
19th Annual Burnt Offering BBQ Contest (COMPETITOR SERIES)
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
679.10
out of 720 · 25 contests · 0 GCs
Perfect 180s
3
every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced
306
466–473 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
4,766
26 mapped stops · furthest 711 mi
Schedule strength
1603
average field rating faced — tougher than 80% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$268,500
listed at 25 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 24 state-championship entries
Power rating
1578
peak 1578 · #1305 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest 19th Annual Burnt Offering BBQ Contest (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- First call 19th Annual Burnt Offering BBQ Contest (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- First category win (Pork) 19th Annual Burnt Offering BBQ Contest (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- First overall top-10 19th Annual Burnt Offering BBQ Contest (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- First overall podium 19th Annual Burnt Offering BBQ Contest (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- First Grand Championship 19th Annual Burnt Offering BBQ Contest (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.5540 Golden State Battle of Indio
- 2024
- Career-best overall score701.6800 20th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest
- 2025
- 10th tracked contest 10th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
- First perfect 180 (Chicken) Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest
- 2026
- 25th tracked contest BBQ & Brew Festival
- Peak power rating (1578) Q's & Brews Bighorn BBQ Competition
- Most recent contest Q's & Brews Bighorn BBQ Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16 | BBQ & Brew Festival | 2026-02-27 |
| +12 | 20th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest | 2024-06-28 |
| +11.2 | Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest | 2025-03-14 |
| +11 | Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 1) | 2025-05-30 |
| +8.7 | BBQ, Boots & Brew | 2025-04-11 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.3 | Golden State Battle of Indio | 2023-11-17 |
| -7.8 | Best in the Southwest | 2024-02-23 |
| -5 | Rotary Day at Galway BBQ Competition | 2025-05-16 |
| -3.5 | 21st Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest | 2025-09-12 |
| -3.4 | 9th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge | 2024-01-12 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 35% | 96.7% | 95.6% |
| 2025 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 77% | top 49% | 96.2% | 94.6% |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 86% | top 59% | 97.5% | 93.3% |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50% | top 50% | 91.9% | 91.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-27 | Q's & Brews Bighorn BBQ Competition 🏅 Lake Havasu City, AZ | 13 / 33 (687.9432) | 5 (177.7028) | 18 (170.8688) | 22 (168.5372) | 18 (170.8344) |
| 2026-02-27 | BBQ & Brew Festival 🏅 Yuma, AZ | 3 / 25 (695.9200) | 8 (171.9772) | 5 (175.4056) | 2 (180.0000) | 15 (168.5372) |
| 2026-01-30 | The Golden State Battle VIII 🏅 Riverside, CA | 14 / 41 (691.9200) | 12 (176.5600) | 1 (179.4400) | 2 (180.0000) | 39 (155.9200) |
| 2026-01-16 | 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ | 28 / 53 (677.6344) | 23 (171.9772) | 7 (175.4172) | 19 (171.4400) | 45 (158.8000) |
| 2025-11-21 | BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV | 32 / 90 (686.7660) | 56 (168.5372) | 37 (171.9772) | 19 (174.2744) | 30 (171.9772) |
| 2025-09-12 | 21st Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest 🏅 Riverside, CA | 21 / 35 (686.2056) | 25 (171.9656) | 12 (176.0000) | 27 (166.8228) | 16 (171.4172) |
| 2025-05-31 | Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 2) 🏅 Norco, CA | 8 / 20 (690.2628) | 9 (171.4056) | 7 (177.1428) | 15 (167.4400) | 5 (174.2744) |
| 2025-05-30 | Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 1) 🏅 Norco, CA | 6 / 27 (692.5028) | 12 (168.5372) | 2 (179.4400) | 12 (169.6800) | 2 (174.8456) |
| 2025-05-16 | Rotary Day at Galway BBQ Competition 🏅 Temecula, CA | 15 / 19 (664.4116) | 19 (157.6572) | 14 (168.5372) | 15 (165.0972) | 6 (173.1200) |
| 2025-05-02 | The All American Comeback BBQ, Bourbon, & Bands Ruidoso Downs, NM | 16 / 30 (683.9428) | 22 (170.2512) | 10 (174.2628) | 22 (169.1544) | 15 (170.2744) |
| 2025-04-11 | BBQ, Boots & Brew 🏅 Perris, CA | 9 / 26 (681.0168) | 26 (155.3368) | 11 (168.5256) | 1 (178.2972) | 2 (178.8572) |
| 2025-03-28 | Q's & Brews 🏅 Lake Havasu, AZ | 11 / 26 (679.3600) | 22 (165.1200) | 8 (170.2744) | 1 (176.5828) | 12 (167.3828) |
| 2025-03-14 | Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest 🏅 Dinuba, CA | 7 / 26 (689.0860) | 1 (180.0000) | 11 (171.4288) | 5 (176.0000) | 21 (161.6572) |
| 2025-02-21 | Best in the Southwest 🏅 Yuma, AZ | 17 / 29 (678.7772) | 28 (164.5256) | 9 (170.8572) | 17 (169.1316) | 6 (174.2628) |
| 2025-01-25 | The Golden State Battle VII (Day 2) 🏅 Hollister, CA | 20 / 27 (681.0168) | 24 (166.8228) | 21 (169.6684) | 16 (171.4056) | 8 (173.1200) |
| 2025-01-24 | The Golden State Battle VII (Day 1) 🏅 Hollister, CA | 17 / 31 (673.6460) | 20 (168.0000) | 24 (164.5488) | 23 (165.0972) | 2 (176.0000) |
| 2025-01-17 | 10th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ | 27 / 48 (671.2568) | 39 (162.7884) | 35 (164.5372) | 13 (173.1084) | 15 (170.8228) |
| 2024-12-06 | BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV | 48 / 74 (671.9200) | 72 (157.0972) | 19 (172.5484) | 52 (166.2628) | 8 (176.0116) |
| 2024-06-28 | 20th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest 🏅 Riverside, CA | 6 / 35 (701.6800) | 14 (173.7028) | 14 (172.5600) | 2 (178.8572) | 7 (176.5600) |
| 2024-06-14 | Ignite your Passion 🏅 Winchester, CA | 16 / 22 (678.1828) | 14 (169.1200) | 17 (167.3828) | 13 (171.4172) | 8 (170.2628) |
| 2024-05-31 | Horsetown Brew n' Que Festival 🏅 Norco, CA | 16 / 39 (670.2056) | 26 (162.8112) | 23 (162.2744) | 12 (170.8572) | 5 (174.2628) |
| 2024-04-12 | BBQ Boots & Brew 🏅 Perris, CA | 18 / 39 (679.9200) | 18 (169.6916) | 24 (168.5484) | 2 (176.5828) | 28 (165.0972) |
| 2024-02-23 | Best in the Southwest 🏅 Yuma, AZ | 24 / 25 (640.3428) | 25 (156.5144) | 24 (158.8000) | 25 (151.9200) | 8 (173.1084) |
| 2024-01-12 | 9th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ | 43 / 58 (662.1256) | 48 (166.2400) | 49 (160.5256) | 16 (172.5716) | 37 (162.7884) |
| 2023-11-17 | Golden State Battle of Indio 🏅 Indio, CA | 38 / 40 (661.5540) | 34 (168.5484) | 38 (161.0972) | 39 (162.2400) | 28 (169.6684) |
| 2023-10-20 | 19th Annual Burnt Offering BBQ Contest (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Riverside, CA | 1 / 20 (692.5488) | 2 (174.8456) | 4 (172.0000) | 1 (175.4172) | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #315 (518 pts) | #361 (513 pts) | #321 (613 pts) | #255 (673 pts) | #491 (313 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #181 (1184 pts) | #224 (994 pts) | #148 (1373 pts) | #123 (1415 pts) | #60 (1785 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #339 (642 pts) | #412 (542 pts) | #466 (512 pts) | #227 (967 pts) | #281 (817 pts) |