Rio Valley Meat BBQ TX

Power ranking

#30

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1792

peak 1792

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-02-01

latest 2025-11-21

Best ToY finish

#22

Master 2020

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

40 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 62 contests

Avg finish

top 19%

overall standings

Best overall

707.9884

Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2)

Perfect 180s

14 🔥

Current form

696.17 ▲

last 5 vs career avg 690.50 (+5.67)

Walk rate

89%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Pork · American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest

Consistency

±8.61

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 173.91 · weakest Brisket (172.14)

Road miles

20556

mi across 62 mapped stops · furthest 1005 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX has finished one call ahead of Rio Valley Meat BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

CLARK CREW BBQ has landed one call behind them 4 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 23 of their 31 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of LA PASADITA in 35 of their 44 shared contests.

🏕️ Happy hunting ground

Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.

💔 The heartbreaker

Came within 3.4516 points of the Grand Championship at Blaze of 47 (2025-07-18).

🗡️ Giant slayer

Took the Grand Championship over a 468-team field at 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST.

📅 A April team

Something about April: average finish in the top 7% across 3 contests, versus top 19% the rest of the year.

🃏 Against the odds

Their Grand Championship at 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST (2019-09-12) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 35-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, BOOMERANG BBQ.

Teams like this (closest power rating, TX first)

BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX #233 · 1668 · TX Chingon BBQ #243 · 1664 · TX Texas-car-b-que #301 · 1647 · TX Texas Smoke Whisper #309 · 1645 · TX LA PASADITA #321 · 1639 · TX Rollin' Smoke BBQ Texas #402 · 1616 · TX

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	62	34	6	11	180.0000 🔥	163.9428	173.91	top 27%
Pork Ribs	63	28	3	10	180.0000 🔥	157.6916	172.26	top 29%
Pork	63	30	3	11	180.0000 🔥	158.8456	172.20	top 32%
Brisket	62	31	4	8	180.0000 🔥	161.0972	172.14	top 29%

“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
TX	16	3	top 15%
KS	14	1	top 20%
OK	11	1	top 21%
MO	5	0	top 32%
GA	4	0	top 17%
NM	4	0	top 25%
NV	2	0	top 18%
TN	2	0	top 8%
WY	2	0	top 27%
UT	1	0	top 8%
MS	1	0	top 14%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	0	top 44%
Medium (20–39)	17	2	top 21%
Large (40+)	43	3	top 18%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2020 (18 contests)
Cooks mostly in TX (16 of 62 contests)
Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (63 entries)
First Grand Championship in the data: Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown (2019-02-15)
Wins it all in 8% of contests
All-time average overall score: 690.50
14 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
2025	5	1	2	704.5372	696.17
2024	3	0	2	700.5144	692.87
2023	1	0	1	688.4684	688.47
2022	3	0	0	692.5028	688.70
2021	14	1	2	706.8456	689.11
2020	18	0	5	697.0972	689.26
2019	18	3	4	707.9884	691.25

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025-11-21	BBQ Jackpot Las Vegas, NV	22 / 90 (690.1828)	20 (175.4056)	36 (171.9772)	24 (174.2628)	55 (168.5372)
2025-11-05	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest Kansas City, KS	35 / 158 (694.2288)	128 (166.8344)	7 (178.8572)	3 (180.0000)	100 (168.5372)
2025-11-05	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS	66 / 401 (693.0628)	59 (175.4172)	131 (171.9772)	115 (173.7028)	108 (171.9656)
2025-09-12	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff Waller, TX	1 / 92 (698.8344)	44 (167.3828)	3 (178.2972)	1 (178.2972)	3 (174.8572)
2025-07-18	Blaze of 47 Salt Lake City, UT	2 / 26 (704.5372)	9 (175.4172)	8 (174.8572)	1 (180.0000)	9 (174.2628)
2024-12-06	BBQ Jackpot Las Vegas, NV	8 / 74 (692.4800)	7 (178.8572)	1 (178.8572)	58 (163.9428)	28 (170.8228)
2024-10-30	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest Kansas City, KS	78 / 169 (685.6232)	73 (173.1200)	141 (166.2632)	88 (170.8228)	30 (175.4172)
2024-10-30	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS	9 / 444 (700.5144)	83 (175.4172)	90 (174.2744)	1 (180.0000)	132 (170.8228)
2023-09-27	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS	82 / 487 (688.4684)	266 (167.9656)	320 (165.0856)	55 (175.4172)	1 (180.0000)
2022-09-29	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS	65 / 249 (688.4796)	51 (175.4056)	65 (173.1544)	204 (166.2168)	55 (173.7028)
2022-09-29	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS	92 / 505 (685.1316)	101 (173.1200)	206 (168.5716)	243 (167.4400)	34 (176.0000)
2022-04-01	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off Cedar Park, TX	4 / 56 (692.5028)	3 (175.4172)	5 (174.8572)	15 (171.9656)	16 (170.2628)
2021-11-13	3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Master Invitational Shawnee, OK	52 / 92 (687.3484)	7 (178.2972)	58 (171.4172)	83 (162.2284)	20 (175.4056)
2021-11-11	3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Open Shawnee, OK	40 / 111 (683.9316)	1 (180.0000)	35 (170.8688)	50 (171.9656)	97 (161.0972)
2021-10-08	32nd Annual Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN	5 / 70 (695.9540)	8 (176.0000)	12 (174.8456)	10 (174.2628)	28 (170.8456)
2021-09-16	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS	94 / 185 (680.4916)	109 (169.6916)	2 (180.0000)	123 (167.9772)	153 (162.8228)
2021-09-16	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS	27 / 467 (688.5028)	137 (170.2628)	29 (176.0116)	57 (173.1200)	139 (169.1084)
2021-09-04	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Day 2 Augusta, GA	3 / 43 (705.0856)	6 (177.7028)	17 (173.1200)	2 (177.7028)	10 (176.5600)
2021-09-03	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Day 1 Augusta, GA	9 / 37 (692.4684)	21 (170.8228)	10 (174.2628)	16 (171.9772)	6 (175.4056)
2021-08-20	Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX	9 / 43 (676.4796)	5 (171.9656)	1 (178.8572)	17 (166.2284)	8 (169.7028)
2021-06-04	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off Cedar Park, TX	6 / 48 (687.4056)	3 (176.5828)	16 (169.1316)	6 (174.2972)	12 (167.3940)
2021-05-15	Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2) Plainview, TX	7 / 22 (678.7312)	13 (171.4172)	4 (174.2628)	6 (166.8456)	15 (162.7884)
2021-05-14	Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) Plainview, TX	6 / 33 (681.0284)	8 (175.4056)	9 (169.6800)	14 (167.3944)	9 (168.5484)
2021-04-23	16th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	3 / 41 (697.1200)	15 (171.9656)	15 (169.1428)	4 (178.8572)	2 (177.1544)
2021-03-20	Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2 Shawnee, OK	22 / 50 (686.1828)	40 (167.9656)	27 (168.5372)	7 (175.4172)	9 (174.2628)
2021-03-19	Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 Shawnee, OK	1 / 56 (706.8456)	9 (176.0000)	7 (176.0000)	2 (180.0000)	8 (174.8456)
2020-11-21	McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ (Day 2) Waco, TX	7 / 25 (687.9084)	17 (173.1084)	11 (170.8344)	6 (171.4056)	8 (172.5600)
2020-11-20	McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ (Day 1) Waco, TX	7 / 26 (689.0628)	10 (170.8228)	12 (171.4172)	12 (172.5600)	4 (174.2628)
2020-11-13	Second Annual KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Competition Mayetta, KS	24 / 94 (692.5028)	48 (170.8456)	10 (176.5716)	57 (169.6800)	18 (175.4056)
2020-10-30	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	11 / 93 (691.9660)	11 (176.5600)	4 (176.5716)	19 (174.2744)	60 (164.5600)
2020-10-09	Roast-N-Boast Columbus, MS	5 / 36 (695.9656)	24 (165.1200)	8 (175.4056)	3 (176.5828)	1 (178.8572)
2020-10-03	Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 2 Casper, WY	16 / 41 (681.0400)	30 (166.8228)	1 (178.8572)	35 (161.6572)	7 (173.7028)
2020-10-02	Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1 Casper, WY	6 / 41 (683.3600)	1 (178.8572)	10 (170.2628)	21 (169.1428)	27 (165.0972)
2020-09-19	The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 2 Shawnee, OK	3 / 56 (697.0972)	1 (180.0000)	17 (170.8572)	41 (166.2400)	3 (180.0000)
2020-09-18	The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 1 Shawnee, OK	28 / 56 (675.9084)	30 (169.6800)	46 (163.9656)	41 (166.8456)	9 (175.4172)
2020-09-05	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival Augusta, GA	12 / 54 (695.9084)	6 (180.0000)	12 (175.4172)	36 (169.6684)	28 (170.8228)
2020-09-04	Practice for Cash Augusta, GA	6 / 46 (687.9084)	7 (173.1200)	11 (170.8572)	7 (171.9656)	17 (171.9656)
2020-08-28	Nevada Chamber Low and Slow Barbecue cook off Nevada, MO	9 / 37 (691.9316)	8 (176.5600)	31 (165.0972)	6 (175.4172)	5 (174.8572)
2020-08-21	Smoke on the Bricks Baldwin City, KS	5 / 43 (692.4912)	2 (178.8572)	2 (178.8572)	21 (168.5600)	28 (166.2168)
2020-08-07	15th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	5 / 54 (686.1828)	4 (175.4172)	4 (173.1200)	9 (171.4172)	24 (166.2284)
2020-07-18	Smokin on the Osage (Day 2) Osceola, MO	6 / 31 (695.9544)	9 (176.5600)	3 (177.1544)	11 (173.1316)	18 (169.1084)
2020-07-17	Smokin on the Osage (Day 1) Osceola, MO	16 / 29 (680.4684)	1 (179.4400)	20 (167.4172)	18 (167.3828)	15 (166.2284)
2020-06-12	Beats, Brews, & BBQ Wagoner, OK	3 / 55 (694.8000)	7 (175.4056)	14 (171.9772)	21 (172.5600)	4 (174.8572)
2020-02-14	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX	8 / 42 (686.2400)	20 (169.1200)	11 (172.0000)	13 (170.8572)	8 (174.2628)
2019-11-01	Viking Grillfestivalen Waco, TX	5 / 15 (691.3600)	4 (173.1200)	5 (171.9888)	3 (176.0000)	10 (170.2512)
2019-10-25	31st Annual Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue(JUDGES FULL)(COMPETITORS SERIES) Lynchburg, TN	8 / 97 (694.2972)	10 (176.0344)	51 (169.7144)	9 (175.4056)	17 (173.1428)
2019-09-12	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS	43 / 135 (688.4684)	12 (177.7028)	75 (169.6800)	102 (166.8228)	34 (174.2628)
2019-09-12	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS	1 / 468 (704.0000)	8 (178.2972)	40 (174.2972)	50 (173.7028)	14 (177.7028)
2019-08-30	Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	7 / 58 (692.5140)	10 (175.4056)	4 (175.4172)	8 (173.7256)	23 (167.9656)
2019-07-20	Smoking on the Osage BBQ contest and Car show Osceola, MO	9 / 27 (685.6344)	20 (163.9428)	3 (174.8688)	7 (172.5600)	7 (174.2628)
2019-07-19	Smokin on the Summit Unity Village, MO	9 / 35 (684.4912)	11 (170.8228)	7 (173.1200)	15 (170.2972)	10 (170.2512)
2019-06-29	Smokin On The Pecos (Day 2) Artesia, NM	6 / 34 (693.0972)	17 (169.7028)	13 (170.2744)	8 (173.1200)	1 (180.0000)
2019-06-28	Smokin On The Pecos (Day 1) Artesia, NM	3 / 41 (697.6688)	1 (179.4400)	19 (167.4060)	8 (175.4056)	1 (175.4172)
2019-05-11	Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2) Plainview, TX	1 / 21 (707.9884)	1 (180.0000)	2 (178.2972)	7 (172.5484)	4 (177.1428)
2019-05-10	Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) Plainview, TX	4 / 38 (686.8000)	10 (168.5372)	9 (171.4172)	3 (177.7028)	9 (169.1428)
2019-04-05	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off Cedar Park, TX	4 / 61 (687.3140)	6 (175.4056)	25 (165.6800)	9 (174.2628)	7 (171.9656)
2019-03-23	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 2 Shawnee, OK	4 / 62 (702.8228)	15 (174.2856)	18 (171.9656)	5 (176.5716)	3 (180.0000)
2019-03-22	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 1 Shawnee, OK	3 / 74 (695.3484)	17 (171.9656)	12 (171.9772)	12 (174.2628)	4 (177.1428)
2019-03-15	Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 2 Ruidoso, NM	4 / 21 (693.0856)	5 (173.7028)	9 (170.2628)	2 (176.0000)	4 (173.1200)
2019-03-14	Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 1 Ruidoso, NM	10 / 18 (658.7656)	8 (170.2628)	9 (162.2400)	12 (158.8456)	7 (167.4172)
2019-02-15	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX	1 / 33 (704.5256)	2 (180.0000)	3 (177.7144)	3 (177.1428)	14 (169.6684)
2019-02-01	Humble Rodeo and BBQ Humble, TX	12 / 126 (674.2860)	2 (173.7028)	70 (157.6916)	7 (174.3200)	22 (168.5716)

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	#471 (450 pts)	#299 (805 pts)	#555 (425 pts)	#578 (350 pts)	#557 (370 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#63 (1781 pts)	#137 (1231 pts)	#96 (1471 pts)	#70 (1646 pts)	#71 (1611 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#22 (1856 pts)	#8 (2169 pts)	#16 (1911 pts)	#41 (1440 pts)	#27 (1699 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#41 (2309 pts)	#43 (2038 pts)	#83 (1775 pts)	#67 (1900 pts)	#50 (2021 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#74 (2042 pts)	#126 (1647 pts)	#202 (1337 pts)	#182 (1407 pts)	#133 (1632 pts)