A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Meat Candy Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
Meat Candy Q has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Encinitas BBQ Co
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1479
peak 1479 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2017-08-18
latest 2019-08-16
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
624.60
last 3 Master vs avg 624.60 (-0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.01
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.39 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.84)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
63%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1579)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
624.60 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Encinitas BBQ Co 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 145 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.
#4166 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4205 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1511 at their best, 33 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4209 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Encinitas BBQ Co did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4169 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Level with Encinitas BBQ Co on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4186 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4190 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 149.0744 | 159.39 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6800 | 150.2860 | 154.84 | top 81% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.0628 | 153.1200 | 154.99 | top 87% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.0856 | 149.0972 | 155.38 | top 77% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 91% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 79% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turf & Surf BBQ Championship | 2 | 32 | 0 | top 81% | 2019-08-16 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2017-08-18 → 2019-08-16
Busiest season
2019
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 159.39 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.84)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
624.60
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
83
25–110 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1579
average field rating faced — tougher than 63% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$15,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Power rating
1479
peak 1479 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest Del Mar BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1491) Del Mar BBQ Championship
- 2018
- First call Turf & Surf BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score632.9832 Turf & Surf BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.2744 Turf & Surf BBQ Championship
- 2019
- Most recent contest Turf & Surf BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9 | Del Mar BBQ Championship | 2017-08-18 |
| -9 | Turf & Surf BBQ Championship | 2019-08-16 |
| -3.2 | Turf & Surf BBQ Championship | 2018-08-17 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 86.8% | 86.8% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 71% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-16 | Turf & Surf BBQ Championship 🏅 Del Mar, CA | 32 / 35 (624.9944) | 29 (158.8228) | 33 (150.2860) | 34 (154.8000) | 26 (161.0856) |
| 2018-08-17 | Turf & Surf BBQ Championship Del Mar, CA | 36 / 51 (632.9832) | 10 (170.2744) | 36 (156.5488) | 37 (157.0628) | 40 (149.0972) |
| 2017-08-18 | Del Mar BBQ Championship Del Mar, CA | 45 / 52 (615.8288) | 48 (149.0744) | 41 (157.6800) | 47 (153.1200) | 40 (155.9544) |