High-water mark
666.8344
career-best overall
92.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 666.8344 at Horse Town Brew n Que Festival — 92.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-05-29
ODB's Ribticklin BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1451
peak 1451 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2015-02-20
latest 2018-09-14
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
633.95 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 637.91 (-3.97)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.73
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.43 · weakest Brisket (156.13)
Road miles
358
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 53 mi
Schedule strength
40%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
637.91 / 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
LADY OF Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
LADY OF Q has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.
The weak link
−8.3
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.29 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 13%.
- Brisket avg 156.13
- Pork Ribs avg 164.43
- 0 calls in 8 entries
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of COTO PITMASTERS in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Pork Ribs nemesis
6 of 8
shared pork ribs entries lost
LADY OF Q ahead 75% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, LADY OF Q has out-cooked them in 6 of 8 shared pork ribs 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.
125 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5454 of the rated field
- Contests
- 59
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1451
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to ODB's Ribticklin BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team ODB's Ribticklin BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5461 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 53 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#5486 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5460 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1451
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after ODB's Ribticklin BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#5467 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1451
No shared contest yet.
Level with ODB's Ribticklin BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5491 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1451
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LADY OF Q | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| COOL GRILLING | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Meat Candy Q | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| TEAM WOODSHED | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Burnin and Lootin | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Porterhouse BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' HART'S | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin it Up BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG RED BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| DAD'S CHILLIN' AND GRILLIN' BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| TWISTED BRISKET BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.0116 | 144.0228 | 160.57 | top 72% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2972 | 151.9772 | 164.43 | top 55% |
| Pork | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 149.0740 | 156.78 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.0116 | 146.8228 | 156.13 | top 74% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horse Town Brew B Que Festival | 2 | 47 | 0 | top 82% | 2018-06-01 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.6 yrs
2015-02-20 → 2018-09-14
Busiest season
2015
4 contests
Contests a season
2
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
8 of 8 contests
Contests visited
7
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
8 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 164.43 · weakest Brisket (156.13)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 2 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 8 contests
Master average
637.91
out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
230
108–339 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
358
8 mapped stops · furthest 53 mi
Schedule strength
1553
average field rating faced — tougher than 40% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.3 yrs
2016-02-19 → 2017-06-02
Power rating
1451
peak 1451 · #5474 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest The Pig (Guinea Pig) Competitor's Series
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.8344 Horse Town Brew n Que Festival
- Career-best overall score666.8344 Horse Town Brew n Que Festival
- Peak power rating (1490) Horse Town Brew n Que Festival
- First call 7th Annual Vista BBQ Classic
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.0116 7th Annual Vista BBQ Classic
- 2018
- Most recent contest America's Finest BBQ State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.7 | Horse Town Brew n Que Festival | 2015-05-29 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.9 | The Pig (Guinea Pig) Competitor's Series | 2015-02-20 |
| -10.2 | The Pig(Guinea Pig) | 2016-02-19 |
| -9.5 | America's Finest BBQ State Championship | 2018-09-14 |
| -7.2 | *Horse Town Brew B Que Festival( Judges Full) | 2017-06-02 |
| -6.3 | Horse Town Brew B Que Festival | 2018-06-01 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 89.4% | 87.3% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 82% | 88.5% | 88.5% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | top 70% | 92.6% | 89.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-14 | America's Finest BBQ State Championship 🏅 San Diego, CA | 36 / 40 (613.7144) | 39 (144.0228) | 27 (159.4172) | 32 (156.5372) | 33 (153.7372) |
| 2018-06-01 | Horse Town Brew B Que Festival Norco, CA | 47 / 57 (643.9768) | 29 (169.2000) | 39 (164.5828) | 54 (149.0740) | 38 (161.1200) |
| 2017-06-02 | *Horse Town Brew B Que Festival( Judges Full) Norco, CA | 47 / 57 (637.1544) | 45 (164.5828) | 5 (174.2972) | 55 (151.4516) | 50 (146.8228) |
| 2016-02-19 | The Pig(Guinea Pig) Indio, CA | 46 / 48 (624.5488) | 47 (155.4172) | 47 (151.9772) | 41 (159.4400) | 39 (157.7144) |
| 2015-10-02 | City of Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA | 51 / 75 (650.3316) | 67 (155.9772) | 33 (167.4400) | 30 (168.5600) | 50 (158.3544) |
| 2015-07-24 | 7th Annual Vista BBQ Classic Vista, CA | 35 / 54 (655.4060) | 6 (176.0116) | 12 (174.2972) | 46 (157.1544) | 46 (147.9428) |
| 2015-05-29 | Horse Town Brew n Que Festival Norco, CA | 39 / 75 (666.8344) | 44 (165.7256) | 31 (169.7144) | 62 (159.3828) | 27 (172.0116) |
| 2015-02-20 | The Pig (Guinea Pig) Competitor's Series Rancho Mirage, CA | 46 / 49 (611.3260) | 44 (153.6572) | 44 (153.6916) | 43 (152.6056) | 42 (151.3716) |