The comeback
9.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 9.1 years, then back at Kora Kares for Kids (2025-08-16).
- last seen 2016-07-29
- back 2025-08-16
Ruckin Fidiculous
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1473
peak 1473 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-09-18
latest 2025-08-16
Best ToY finish
#2158
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
610.75
last 3 Master vs avg 610.75 (-0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.95
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 158.47 · weakest Brisket (145.66)
Road miles
2,777
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 2641 mi
Schedule strength
36%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)
Purse competed for
$7K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
610.75 / 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.
Ruckin Fidiculous 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 151 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.
#4469 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4502 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Ruckin Fidiculous did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#4475 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1509 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4501 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with Ruckin Fidiculous on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4497 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4462 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
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 | 162.8344 | 147.4284 | 155.99 | top 80% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.6172 | 153.1544 | 158.47 | top 69% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2400 | 146.8116 | 150.63 | top 87% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148.4800 | 144.0116 | 145.66 | top 92% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 2 | 0 | top 78% |
| ME | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 95% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 81% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
9.9 yrs
2015-09-18 → 2025-08-16
Busiest season
2025
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 158.47 · weakest Brisket (145.66)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
610.75
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
94
20–86 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,777
3 mapped stops · furthest 2,641 mi
Schedule strength
1548
average field rating faced — tougher than 36% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$7,300
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
9.1 yrs
2016-07-29 → 2025-08-16
Power rating
1473
peak 1473 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Smoke on the River
- First call Smoke on the River
- Career-best overall score621.1660 Smoke on the River
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)168.6172 Smoke on the River
- Peak power rating (1498) Smoke on the River
- 2025
- Most recent contest Kora Kares for Kids
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.1 | Kora Kares for Kids | 2025-08-16 |
| -11.9 | 2016 Gilroy Garli-Que BBQ Challenge | 2016-07-29 |
| -2.2 | Smoke on the River | 2015-09-18 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 85% | 85% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 83.2% | 83.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 61% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-16 | Kora Kares for Kids 🏅 Hiram, ME | 40 / 40 (611.7716) | 32 (162.8344) | 39 (153.6456) | 39 (146.8116) | 40 (148.4800) |
| 2016-07-29 | 2016 Gilroy Garli-Que BBQ Challenge Gilroy, CA | 19 / 20 (599.3256) | 20 (147.4284) | 19 (153.1544) | 17 (154.2400) | 19 (144.5028) |
| 2015-09-18 | Smoke on the River Sacramento, CA | 30 / 49 (621.1660) | 29 (157.7028) | 7 (168.6172) | 39 (150.8344) | 39 (144.0116) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2175 (75 pts) | #2283 (70 pts) | #2265 (75 pts) | #2185 (85 pts) | #2252 (75 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #1565 (165 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |