#3712 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headCherry Blue BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1489
peak 1489 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2014-08-01
latest 2015-07-31
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 73%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 156.87 · weakest Brisket (142.30)
Road miles
0
mi across 2 mapped stops
Master avg
605.99 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
Cherry Blue 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 153 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.
#3730 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after Cherry Blue BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3698 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
Level with Cherry Blue BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3697 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#3726 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
6 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where Cherry Blue BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#3733 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2400 | 150.8456 | 154.54 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1888 | 156.5600 | 156.87 | top 59% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1200 | 147.4284 | 152.27 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.8572 | 133.7372 | 142.30 | top 79% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oaktown Throwdown | 2 | 16 | 0 | top 73% | 2015-07-31 |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2014-08-01 → 2015-07-31
Busiest season
2015
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
2 of 2 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 156.87 · weakest Brisket (142.30)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 2 contests
Master average
605.99
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
37
13–34 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
2 mapped stops
Power rating
1489
peak 1489 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Oaktown Throwdown
- Career-best overall score606.2860 Oaktown Throwdown
- Career-best single call (Chicken)158.2400 Oaktown Throwdown
- 2015
- Most recent contest Oaktown Throwdown
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 84.1% | 84.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 84.2% | 84.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-07-31 | Oaktown Throwdown Oakland, CA | 20 / 27 (605.6912) | 22 (150.8456) | 16 (156.5600) | 23 (147.4284) | 22 (150.8572) |
| 2014-08-01 | Oaktown Throwdown Oakland, CA | 16 / 22 (606.2860) | 13 (158.2400) | 13 (157.1888) | 13 (157.1200) | 17 (133.7372) |