High-water mark
674.7656
career-best overall
93.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 674.7656 at Transylvanian Grill & BBQ Camp — 93.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2025-05-10
Bobo's BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1485
peak 1503 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Best runs
3
straight top-10s
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2019-05-03
latest 2026-08-16
Best ToY finish
#685
Master 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
618.33 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 623.56 (-5.23)
Walk rate
57%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
and counting
Consistency
±58.49
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.85 · weakest Pork Ribs (138.18)
Road miles
22,014
mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 5711 mi
Schedule strength
50%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1565)
Purse competed for
$39K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
623.56 / 720
6 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
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
FOOD'VENTURE GRILL & BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
FOOD'VENTURE GRILL & BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The weak link
−28.7
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 28.66 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 33% of the time against 67%.
- Pork Ribs avg 138.18
- Chicken avg 166.85
- 2 calls in 6 entries
The comeback
4.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4.9 years, then back at Transylvanian Grill & BBQ Camp (2025-05-10).
- last seen 2020-06-12
- back 2025-05-10
The long haul
22,014
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 22,014 miles across 7 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 5,711 miles to Transylvanian BBQ Festival.
- 7 mapped stops
- furthest 5,711 mi
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.
147 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3857 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Bobo's BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Bobo's BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3885 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Bobo's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3900 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1516 at their best, 31 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#3889 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3898 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Bobo's BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3860 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Level with Bobo's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 173.7256 | 157.6800 | 166.85 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 20.0000 | 138.18 | top 65% |
| Pork | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 155.9772 | 161.88 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 171.4172 | 139.3944 | 156.65 | top 68% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| OK | 2 | 0 | top 71% |
| MI | 1 | 0 | top 58% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 4 | 0 | top 68% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 43% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 76% |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
7.3 yrs
2019-05-03 → 2026-08-16
Busiest season
2019
3 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OK
2 of 7 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
7
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 166.85 · weakest Pork Ribs (138.18)
Walk rate
57%
a top-10 call in 4 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
43%
3 of 7 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight contests — and still running
Master average
623.56
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
154
58–130 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
22,014
7 mapped stops · furthest 5,711 mi
Schedule strength
1565
average field rating faced — tougher than 50% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$39,100
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
4.9 yrs
2020-06-12 → 2025-05-10
Power rating
1485
peak 1503 · #3877 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.7028 Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival
- First call Transylvanian BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7256 Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off
- Peak power rating (1503) Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off
- 2025
- First overall top-10 Transylvanian Grill & BBQ Camp
- Career-best overall score674.7656 Transylvanian Grill & BBQ Camp
- 2026
- Most recent contest Great Lakes Smoke Showdown BBQ Cook Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.7 | Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off | 2019-09-20 |
| +1.8 | Transylvanian Grill & BBQ Camp | 2025-05-10 |
| +1.7 | Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival | 2019-05-03 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10 | Beats, Brews, & BBQ | 2020-06-12 |
| -9.8 | Transylvanian Steak & BBQ Fest | 2026-05-09 |
| -5.2 | Transylvanian BBQ Festival | 2019-05-18 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50% | top 72% | 69.3% | 69.3% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 93.7% | 93.7% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 58% | 92% | 90.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-16 | Great Lakes Smoke Showdown BBQ Cook Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Lapeer, MI | 7 / 12 (582.8232) | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-05-09 | Transylvanian Steak & BBQ Fest Targu Mures, 540088 | 6 / 7 (498.7540) | 7 (157.6800) | 6 (20.0000) | 6 (162.2512) | 6 (158.8228) |
| 2025-05-10 | Transylvanian Grill & BBQ Camp Targu Mures, 540088 | 5 / 10 (674.7656) | 9 (161.6456) | 4 (173.7028) | 7 (168.0000) | 2 (171.4172) |
| 2020-06-12 | Beats, Brews, & BBQ 🏅 Wagoner, OK | 54 / 55 (620.5144) | 38 (165.1428) | 41 (160.0000) | 50 (155.9772) | 55 (139.3944) |
| 2019-09-20 | Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Ponca City, OK | 12 / 28 (662.2400) | 4 (173.7256) | 22 (156.5716) | 4 (170.2628) | 16 (161.6800) |
| 2019-05-18 | Transylvanian BBQ Festival Covasna County, 520008 | 13 / 17 (635.3944) | 2 (173.1544) | 14 (150.8228) | 12 (157.7028) | 12 (153.7144) |
| 2019-05-03 | Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival 🏅 | 30 / 56 (649.7028) | 17 (169.7256) | 15 (168.0000) | 39 (157.0856) | 41 (154.8916) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #685 (147 pts) | #778 (137 pts) | #802 (147 pts) | #715 (147 pts) | #719 (147 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #775 (160 pts) | #960 (120 pts) | #838 (185 pts) | #882 (140 pts) | #664 (235 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1581 (118 pts) | #1091 (242 pts) | #1815 (97 pts) | #1233 (203 pts) | #1712 (107 pts) |