A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
RBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
RBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Keith's BBQ Beast
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1468
peak 1468 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-07-10
latest 2017-07-07
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 89%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
558.72
last 3 Master vs avg 558.72 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±28.74
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 144.75 · weakest Pork Ribs (131.52)
Road miles
15
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1531)
Master avg
558.72 / 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.
Keith's BBQ Beast 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 164 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.
#4706 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4708 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4713 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Level with Keith's BBQ Beast on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4694 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Keith's BBQ Beast did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4712 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4681 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5828 | 134.8684 | 144.75 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132.3656 | 130.8456 | 131.52 | top 96% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.4400 | 127.4172 | 142.46 | top 84% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.8572 | 131.3828 | 139.98 | top 81% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 84% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 98% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival | 2 | 26 | 0 | top 83% | 2017-07-07 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2015-07-10 → 2017-07-07
Busiest season
2017
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 · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 144.75 · weakest Pork Ribs (131.52)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
558.72
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
85
13–110 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
15
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1531
average field rating faced — tougher than 23% of rated contests
Power rating
1468
peak 1468 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Wine Country Big Q
- Peak power rating (1485) Wine Country Big Q
- 2016
- Career-best overall score595.2456 Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)156.5828 Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival
- 2017
- Most recent contest Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.8 | Wine Country Big Q | 2015-07-10 |
| -12.7 | Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival | 2017-07-07 |
| -4.1 | Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival | 2016-07-08 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 77.2% | 77.2% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 82.7% | 82.7% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 72.9% | 72.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-07 | Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival Petaluma, CA | 49 / 50 (555.9084) | 46 (142.8112) | 49 (130.8456) | 46 (144.5372) | 47 (137.7144) |
| 2016-07-08 | Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival Petaluma, CA | 26 / 38 (595.2456) | 23 (156.5828) | 35 (132.3656) | 23 (155.4400) | 21 (150.8572) |
| 2015-07-10 | Wine Country Big Q Rohnert Park, CA | 38 / 38 (525.0168) | 36 (134.8684) | 37 (131.3484) | 38 (127.4172) | 36 (131.3828) |