#3758 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headHerb's BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1488
peak 1488 · rated over 1 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2019-06-21
latest 2026-04-25
Best ToY finish
#927
Master 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 97%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 171.43 · weakest Chicken (146.83)
Road miles
2,401
mi across 2 mapped stops · furthest 2401 mi
Purse competed for
$39K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
643.27 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
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.
Herb's BBQ has 1 rated contest — 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 142 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.
#3748 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Herb's BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3776 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Level with Herb's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3740 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#3764 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Herb's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3772 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before Herb's 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8232 | 130.8456 | 146.83 | top 94% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4288 | 171.4288 | 171.43 | top 60% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.0744 | 157.0744 | 157.07 | top 97% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9432 | 151.9432 | 151.94 | top 100% |
“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
6.8 yrs
2019-06-21 → 2026-04-25
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
FL
1 of 2 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 171.43 · weakest Chicken (146.83)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 2 contests
Master average
643.27
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
99
27–71 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,401
2 mapped stops · furthest 2,401 mi
Purse competed for
$38,700
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
6.8 yrs
2019-06-21 → 2026-04-25
Power rating
1488
peak 1488 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Silicon Valley BBQ Championship
- 2026
- Career-best overall score643.2696 Pitmasters in Paradise
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.4288 Pitmasters in Paradise
- Most recent contest Pitmasters in Paradise
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 89.3% | 89.3% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-25 | Pitmasters in Paradise 🏅 Auburndale, FL | 34 / 35 (643.2696) | 33 (162.8232) | 21 (171.4288) | 34 (157.0744) | 35 (151.9432) |
| 2019-06-21 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championship 🏅 unrated Santa Clara, CA | 20 (276.5140) | 20 (130.8456) | — | — | — |
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 | #927 (60 pts) | #1010 (60 pts) | #1000 (80 pts) | #970 (60 pts) | #950 (60 pts) |