SoCal Outlaw BBQ CA
Rating
1566
peak 1566
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 vs career avg 679.62 (+8.42)
Walk rate
81%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±12.85
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 171.08 · weakest Chicken (167.99)
Road miles
4766
mi across 26 mapped stops · furthest 711 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Porterhouse BBQ has finished one call ahead of SoCal Outlaw BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
Meat Candy Q has come out ahead in 23 of their 24 shared contests.
📅 A March team
Something about March: average finish in the top 36% across 3 contests, versus top 50% the rest of the year.
🐣 Announced themselves early
Finished 1 of 20 at their very first tracked contest, 19th Annual Burnt Offering BBQ Contest (COMPETITOR SERIES) (2023-10-20).
Teams like this (closest power rating, CA first)
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% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (13 contests)
- Cooks mostly in CA (15 of 26 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (26 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: 19th Annual Burnt Offering BBQ Contest (COMPETITOR SERIES) (2023-10-20)
- Wins it all in 4% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 679.62
- 3 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 695.9200 | 688.35 |
| 2025 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 692.5028 | 681.40 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 701.6800 | 672.05 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 692.5488 | 677.05 |
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) Riverside, CA | 1 / 20 (692.5488) | 2 (174.8456) | 4 (172.0000) | 1 (175.4172) | — |
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 | #210 (518 pts) | #241 (513 pts) | #214 (613 pts) | #152 (673 pts) | #366 (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) |