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.
Oklahomadaves BBQ has 2 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 148 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.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Oklahomadaves BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head6 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where Oklahomadaves BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 6 years after Oklahomadaves BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Oklahomadaves BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5944 | 149.1084 | 160.85 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141.6456 | 132.5028 | 137.07 | top 98% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.1200 | 147.9884 | 150.55 | top 91% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148.5144 | 143.9428 | 146.23 | top 92% |
“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.
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 80.3% | 80.3% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 84.9% | 84.9% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 455 / 468 (578.1140) | 442 (149.1084) | 463 (132.5028) | 434 (147.9884) | 422 (148.5144) |
| 2017-09-01 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 373 / 407 (611.3028) | 90 (172.5944) | 399 (141.6456) | 363 (153.1200) | 379 (143.9428) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |