Perfect scores on the board
2
perfect 180s
2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.
- Pork Ribs ×1
- Pork ×1
Loco Smokers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1520
peak 1520 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Best runs
3
straight top-10s · 2 straight GCs
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-02-27
latest 2026-07-17
Grand champs
2
0 reserve
Category wins
6
10 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 23%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
and counting
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 170.12 · weakest Chicken (159.24)
Road miles
1,348
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 1288 mi
Master avg
649.91 / 720
2 Master contests · 1 GC
Storylines (5 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.
Signature meat
75%
pork ribs entries won
3 wins from 4 entries
When pork ribs is on the table, watch out — they've won it in 75% of their entries (3 of 4).
- best 180.0000
- average 170.12
- 3 calls
Happy hunting ground
1×
Grand Championships here
IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.
- 2 visits
- best finish 1st
- average top 18%
Multi-meat days
2
contests with 2+ category wins
They've won two or more meats on the same day 2 times — the best of them 3 category wins at IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) (2025-06-20).
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 1st
The comeback
10.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 10.2 years, then back at IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) (2024-05-03).
- last seen 2014-02-27
- back 2024-05-03
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.
Loco Smokers 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 79 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.
#2498 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1523
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#2494 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Loco Smokers did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#2514 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Level with Loco Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2507 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 100%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Loco Smokers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2497 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Loco Smokers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2500 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 166.8112 | 148.5028 | 159.24 | top 35% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 180.0000 🔥 | 160.5256 | 170.12 | top 19% |
| Pork | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 180.0000 🔥 | 161.7028 | 167.85 | top 27% |
| Brisket | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 167.9656 | 151.4400 | 160.97 | top 34% |
“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 | 3 | 2 | top 16% |
| TX | 1 | 0 | top 43% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 3 | 2 | top 16% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 43% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) | 2 | 1 | 1 | top 18% | 2025-06-20 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
12.4 yrs
2014-02-27 → 2026-07-17
Busiest season
2026
1 contest · 1 GC
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 2 wins · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 170.12 · weakest Chicken (159.24)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
75%
3 of 4 contests
Wins it all
50%
2 Grand Championships · 0 reserve
First title
2025-06-20
IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
Best top-10 run
3
straight contests — and still running
Master average
649.91
out of 720 · 2 contests · 1 GC
Perfect 180s
2
every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced
62
50–17 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,348
4 mapped stops · furthest 1,288 mi
Longest layoff
10.2 yrs
2014-02-27 → 2024-05-03
Power rating
1520
peak 1520 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- 2024
- First call IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- First category win (Pork Ribs) IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- First overall top-10 IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- First overall podium IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- 2025
- First Grand Championship IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- First multi-meat day IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Career-best overall score694.2056 IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- 2026
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.7428 IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Most recent contest IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 100% | top 11% | 93.2% | 93.2% |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 100% | top 7% | — | — |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 30% | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 43% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-17 | IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) Santa Ana, CA | 1 / 9 (670.7428) | 1 (166.8112) | 1 (171.9772) | 2 (166.2744) | 2 (165.6800) |
| 2025-06-20 | IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated San Diego, CA | 1 / 15 (694.2056) | 1 (166.2400) | 1 (180.0000) | 1 (180.0000) | 2 (167.9656) |
| 2024-05-03 | IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated San Diego, CA | 3 / 10 (638.6856) | 7 (148.5028) | 1 (167.9772) | 4 (163.4056) | 3 (158.8000) |
| 2014-02-27 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX | 16 / 37 (629.0740) | 19 (155.4056) | 18 (160.5256) | 15 (161.7028) | 26 (151.4400) |