High-water mark
685.0628
career-best overall
95.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 685.0628 at Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off — 95.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2021-06-04
Armendariz Pride of Texas BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1499
peak 1499 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-04-10
latest 2021-06-04
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
603.37
last 3 Master vs avg 603.37 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±87.38
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.97 · weakest Pork (161.70)
Road miles
635
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 211 mi
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
603.37 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX ahead in 100% of their meetings
FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
5.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 5.8 years, then back at Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off (2021-06-04).
- last seen 2015-08-28
- back 2021-06-04
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.
Armendariz Pride of Texas BBQ has 3 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 126 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.
#3246 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3236 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with Armendariz Pride of Texas BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3261 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1499
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 17% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#3232 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1499
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3245 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3234 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1499
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 5 years before Armendariz Pride of Texas 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 162.8000 | 167.97 | top 34% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.0116 | 154.2400 | 163.41 | top 48% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.0000 | 147.4056 | 161.70 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 172.0228 | 159.4400 | 164.18 | 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.
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6.2 yrs
2015-04-10 → 2021-06-04
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 167.97 · weakest Pork (161.70)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
603.37
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
140
65–90 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
635
3 mapped stops · furthest 211 mi
Schedule strength
1532
average field rating faced — tougher than 23% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$15,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
5.8 yrs
2015-08-28 → 2021-06-04
Power rating
1499
peak 1499 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Cedar Fest BBQ
- First call Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship
- 2021
- First overall top-10 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score685.0628 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off
- Career-best overall score685.0628 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.0116 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off
- Peak power rating (1499) Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off
- Most recent contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.3 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off | 2021-06-04 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.4 | Cedar Fest BBQ | 2015-04-10 |
| -1.1 | Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship | 2015-08-28 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 15% | 95.1% | 95.1% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 79% | 89.3% | 78.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-04 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX | 7 / 48 (685.0628) | 12 (171.9656) | 3 (176.0116) | 3 (176.0000) | 24 (161.0856) |
| 2015-08-28 | Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX | 34 / 57 (642.8228) | 20 (169.1544) | 49 (154.2400) | 51 (147.4056) | 3 (172.0228) |
| 2015-04-10 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cedar Park, TX | 52 / 53 (482.2172) | 22 (162.8000) | 27 (159.9772) | — | 17 (159.4400) |