Lord Of The Ribs BBQ

Lord Of The Ribs BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 22 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 16th of 21 at the Oaktown Throwdown BBQ (2016). They are ranked #6461 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,461

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1348

peak 1348 · rated over 22 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 2, 2015

latest Apr 24, 2026 · 10.6 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 22 contests

Avg finish

top 89%

overall standings

Best overall

655.3712 / 720

Master · Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off

Perfect 180s

Current form

642.90 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 592.63 (+50.27)

Walk rate

14%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1544

Chicken · Roaring Camp BBQ Cook-Off

Consistency

±97.58

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 158.99 · weakest Brisket (149.18)

Road miles

3,511

across 22 mapped stops · furthest 293 mi

Schedule strength

46%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)

Purse competed for

$53K

listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 8 state-championship entries

Master avg

592.63 / 720

22 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

A tough matchup

20–0 behind in the head-to-head

RBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

RBQ has come out ahead in 20 of their 20 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.8 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.81 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 5% of the time against 5%.

Brisket avg 149.18
Chicken avg 158.99
1 call in 21 entries

The comeback

3 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Clayton BBQ Cook-off (Jul 8, 2022).

last seen Jul 26, 2019
back Jul 8, 2022

Chicken nemesis

18 of 19 shared chicken entries lost

RBQ ahead 95% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, RBQ has out-cooked them in 18 of 19 shared chicken entries.

Boom or bust

±13.55% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±13.55% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 82.3% of a perfect score
best 91.0%

The long haul

3,511 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,511 miles across 22 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 293 miles to 6th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship.

22 mapped stops
furthest 293 mi

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GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
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GCs: 0
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Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
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GCs: 0
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Contests: 58
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 2%
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rated over 58 contests
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A 2 Z

#6,465 of the rated field

1346 ▼ 2 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1346

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 23 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 23 contests
last seen Oct 8, 2021

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
RBQ	20	0	20	0%	⚔ compare
Pops BBQ 22	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
SON OF SMOKE	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
PIRATES OF THE PIG	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' AXE BBQ	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
BAR-B-Q'S-2GO	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
BAR-B-CUDA BBQ	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
SLO DOG Q	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
Smokey and the Pirate	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
CANYON RIDERS BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
Burnin and Lootin	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	21	1	173.1544	143.9772	158.99	top 75%
Pork Ribs	22	1	169.1772	136.5716	154.72	top 77%
Pork	21	0	168.0116	119.9768	150.58	top 87%
Brisket	21	1	169.6684	132	149.18	top 83%

“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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 92%
Medium (20–39)	9	top 88%
Large (40+)	11	top 90%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship	3	25	top 91%	Apr 28, 2023
Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off	2	17	top 85%	May 24, 2024
Gilroy Garli-Que Challenge	2	26	top 91%	Jul 28, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 5 contests

Contests a season 2.2 across 10 seasons in the data

Most contests held in CA 22 of 22 contests

Contests visited 18 3 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 22 entries · 0 wins · 1 call

Opponents faced 363 finished ahead 95 times, behind 822

Longest layoff 3 yrs Jul 26, 2019 → Jul 8, 2022

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20261 milestone

Apr 24 Most recent contest Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship

20241 milestone

May 24 Career-best overall score655.3712 Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off

20232 milestones

May 26 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.3200 Roaring Camp BBQ Cook-Off
May 26 Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1544 Roaring Camp BBQ Cook-Off

20181 milestone

Apr 20 First call Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship

20171 milestone

Sep 15 10th tracked contest 3rd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship

20152 milestones

Oct 2 First tracked contest 1st Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship
Oct 2 Peak power rating (1491) 1st Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.9	Silicon Valley Barbeque Championships	Jun 24, 2016
-10.5	Gilroy Garli-Que Challenge	Jul 28, 2017
-10.1	2nd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship	Sep 16, 2016
-9.7	Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship	Apr 26, 2019
-9.4	1st Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship	Oct 2, 2015

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	1	0%	top 90%	89.4%	89.4%
2025	1	0%	top 95%	86.4%	86.4%
2024	1	100%	top 81%	91%	91%
2023	2	50%	top 91%	90.9%	89.8%
2022	1	0%	top 93%	83.4%	83.4%
2019	2	0%	top 99%	83.7%	53.2%
2018	4	25%	top 86%	88%	86.9%
2017	4	0%	top 93%	86.5%	83.8%
2016	5	0%	top 86%	88.8%	81.3%
2015	1	0%	top 83%	85.2%	85.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 24, 2026	Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA	26 / 29 (643.9084)	23 (164.5600)	22 (164.5828)	24 (159.9656)	27 (154.8000)
May 16, 2025	Gold Country Casino Resort BrewFest & State BBQ Championship 🏅 Oroville, CA	18 / 19 (622.0572)	19 (157.6456)	16 (158.8344)	19 (158.8228)	19 (146.7544)
May 24, 2024	Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Felton, CA	17 / 21 (655.3712)	17 (166.8456)	12 (166.8572)	20 (152)	10 (169.6684)
May 26, 2023	Roaring Camp BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Felton, CA	17 / 19 (654.3200)	6 (173.1544)	18 (154.2972)	16 (160.5712)	13 (166.2972)
Apr 28, 2023	Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA	25 / 27 (638.8228)	20 (164)	24 (160.5944)	17 (167.4284)	25 (146.8000)
Jul 8, 2022	Clayton BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Clayton, CA	25 / 27 (600.4800)	20 (157.6572)	26 (143.3828)	25 (150.8456)	23 (148.5944)
Jul 26, 2019	Gilroy Garli-Que BBQ Challenge 🏅 Gilroy, CA	35 / 36 (602.8000)	34 (150.2516)	36 (140.5140)	30 (154.9144)	27 (157.1200)
Apr 26, 2019	Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA	48 / 48 (163.4172)	—	27 (163.4172)	—	—
Sep 14, 2018	4th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA	40 / 43 (618.2744)	32 (163.4628)	37 (153.6684)	38 (153.1544)	40 (147.9888)
Jul 28, 2018	Gilroy Garli-Que Challenge Gilroy, CA	28 / 34 (633.6804)	25 (160.5256)	15 (165.7488)	17 (168.0116)	33 (139.3944)
Apr 20, 2018	Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship Lodi, CA	38 / 48 (632.6288)	41 (156.6056)	10 (169.1772)	36 (158.8456)	42 (148.0004)
Mar 23, 2018	7th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Arcadia, CA	71 / 78 (619.3716)	74 (153.6572)	62 (159.9772)	60 (161.1772)	74 (144.5600)
Sep 15, 2017	3rd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA	43 / 48 (622.6972)	27 (163.3828)	43 (153.0972)	46 (148.5372)	33 (157.6800)
Jul 28, 2017	Gilroy Garli-Que Challenge Gilroy, CA	26 / 26 (599.3944)	17 (161.6800)	26 (142.8800)	26 (148.5256)	24 (146.3088)
Jun 23, 2017	Silicon Valley BBQ Championship Santa Clara, CA	56 / 62 (579.9200)	47 (154.2972)	55 (141.0972)	61 (138.8228)	54 (145.7028)
Mar 31, 2017	6th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Arcadia, CA	71 / 77 (610.9148)	64 (158.9028)	68 (153.1316)	73 (153.7372)	71 (145.1432)
Oct 21, 2016	San Francisco BBQ Festival BBQ Competition San Francisco, CA	30 / 38 (591.4856)	23 (158.9256)	31 (147.4056)	37 (137.1772)	23 (147.9772)
Sep 16, 2016	2nd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA	58 / 61 (558.8572)	32 (164.0344)	58 (136.5716)	61 (126.2512)	59 (132)
Aug 19, 2016	Oaktown Throwdown BBQ Oakland, CA	16 / 21 (585.7148)	19 (143.9772)	12 (155.4400)	17 (143.4400)	16 (142.8576)
Jun 24, 2016	Silicon Valley Barbeque Championships Santa Clara, CA	52 / 54 (550.4340)	47 (144.0800)	43 (152.6400)	54 (119.9768)	52 (133.7372)
Apr 1, 2016	5th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship Arciadia, CA	60 / 72 (639.4628)	52 (161.7256)	58 (157.1428)	56 (158.3316)	43 (162.2628)
Oct 2, 2015	1st Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA	34 / 41 (613.7484)	29 (159.4744)	23 (163.4516)	40 (141.7024)	33 (149.1200)

Lord Of The Ribs BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (6 found in their record)

A tough matchup

The weak link

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

Boom or bust

The long haul

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)