High-water mark
667.3484
career-best overall
92.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 667.3484 at 5th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship — 92.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2019-09-20
RedJaz BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1452
peak 1452 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2017-07-07
latest 2021-06-04
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
617.90 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 612.20 (+5.70)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±25.10
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 155.83 · weakest Brisket (148.02)
Road miles
621
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 114 mi
Schedule strength
52%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)
Purse competed for
$90K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
612.20 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
A tough matchup
8–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKIN' AXE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKIN' AXE BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.
The weak link
−7.8
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.80 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Brisket avg 148.02
- Pork avg 155.83
- 0 calls in 8 entries
The comeback
1.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at 2nd Annual Throwdown in the Vineyards (2021-06-04).
- last seen 2019-09-20
- back 2021-06-04
Pork nemesis
7 of 8
shared pork entries lost
SMOKIN' AXE BBQ ahead 88% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, SMOKIN' AXE BBQ has out-cooked them in 7 of 8 shared pork entries.
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.
113 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5428 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1452
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5443 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1452
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before RedJaz BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5429 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1452
No shared contest yet.
Level with RedJaz BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5442 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1452
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 5 years before RedJaz BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5413 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1452
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#5412 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1452
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMOKIN' AXE BBQ | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BULL MARKET BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| RBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG POPPA SMOKERS | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokey and the Pirate | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Old Town Franklin BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Cynical BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BAR-B-Q'S-2GO | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKED SEDUCTION | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| PIRATES OF THE PIG | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| MUDVILLE BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 145.0628 | 155.62 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5716 | 143.3944 | 152.74 | top 83% |
| Pork | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7256 | 145.6456 | 155.83 | top 75% |
| Brisket | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 135.9316 | 148.02 | top 82% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 91% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 63% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.9 yrs
2017-07-07 → 2021-06-04
Busiest season
2019
5 contests
Contests a season
2.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
7 of 8 contests
Contests visited
8
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
8 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 155.83 · weakest Brisket (148.02)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 8 contests
Master average
612.20
out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
188
50–270 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
621
8 mapped stops · furthest 114 mi
Schedule strength
1566
average field rating faced — tougher than 52% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$89,750
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 6 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.7 yrs
2019-09-20 → 2021-06-04
Power rating
1452
peak 1452 · #5430 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival
- Peak power rating (1494) Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival
- 2019
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.3484 5th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score667.3484 5th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.2628 5th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship
- 2021
- Most recent contest 2nd Annual Throwdown in the Vineyards
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5 | 5th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship | 2019-09-20 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.3 | *Unruly Country Brew N' Que Festival(JUDGES FULL) | 2017-09-29 |
| -11.1 | Clayton BBQ Cook-off | 2019-07-12 |
| -11 | Gilroy Garli-Que BBQ Challenge | 2019-07-26 |
| -8.7 | Throwdown in the Vineyards | 2019-05-31 |
| -6.3 | Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival | 2017-07-07 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 92.7% | 85.1% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 85.8% | 83.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-04 | 2nd Annual Throwdown in the Vineyards 🏅 Murphy, CA | 23 / 29 (632.4340) | 20 (165.1200) | 26 (151.3484) | 23 (157.7028) | 22 (158.2628) |
| 2019-09-20 | 5th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship 🏅 | 22 / 44 (667.3484) | 14 (170.2628) | 18 (168.5716) | 36 (159.3712) | 15 (169.1428) |
| 2019-07-26 | Gilroy Garli-Que BBQ Challenge 🏅 Gilroy, CA | 36 / 36 (599.2688) | 35 (148.5600) | 30 (155.3716) | 28 (156.5144) | 36 (138.8228) |
| 2019-07-12 | Clayton BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Clayton, CA | 27 / 31 (594.0688) | 28 (145.0628) | 27 (154.2516) | 24 (158.8228) | 30 (135.9316) |
| 2019-06-21 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championship 🏅 unrated Santa Clara, CA | 43 (596.3772) | 41 (152.5488) | 42 (150.2056) | 44 (146.2744) | 40 (147.3484) |
| 2019-05-31 | Throwdown in the Vineyards 🏅 Murphy, CA | 18 / 20 (606.1712) | 18 (155.4284) | 19 (150.8228) | 11 (160.5484) | 19 (139.3716) |
| 2017-09-29 | *Unruly Country Brew N' Que Festival(JUDGES FULL) Sonora, CA | 29 / 30 (584.3540) | 29 (146.8112) | 28 (147.9544) | 30 (145.6456) | 28 (143.9428) |
| 2017-07-07 | Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival Petaluma, CA | 38 / 50 (617.6112) | 33 (161.1312) | 46 (143.3944) | 28 (161.7256) | 40 (151.3600) |