High-water mark
686.2400
career-best overall
95.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 686.2400 at Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship — 95.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2025-08-15
Red Iron BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1515
peak 1515 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2022-08-19
latest 2026-08-21
Best ToY finish
#748
Master 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 48%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
669.07
last 5 Master vs avg 669.07 (-0.00)
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.08
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.48 · weakest Chicken (162.93)
Road miles
1,545
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 772 mi
Schedule strength
42%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1555)
Purse competed for
$59K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
669.07 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (6 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
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The weak link
−5.5
points behind their best meat
Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.54 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 43%.
- Chicken avg 162.93
- Pork Ribs avg 168.48
- 0 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Alpha Gamma Rho in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
HOLLOW Q has landed one call behind them 2 times.
An August team
Top 38%
average finish in August
Something about August: average finish in the top 38% across 4 contests, versus top 48% the rest of the year.
- 4 August contests
- top 48% the rest of the year
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.
89 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2653 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2642 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with Red Iron BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2646 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Red Iron BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2645 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before Red Iron BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2652 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2641 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 29% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3944 | 157.1088 | 162.93 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 178.8572 | 159.4516 | 168.48 | top 42% |
| Pork | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176.5828 | 156.5600 | 168.12 | top 41% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5716 | 150.8344 | 166.16 | top 47% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 33% | 2026-08-21 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2022-08-19 → 2026-08-21
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
4 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
7 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 168.48 · weakest Chicken (162.93)
Walk rate
60%
a top-10 call in 3 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
669.07
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
234
139–143 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,545
5 mapped stops · furthest 772 mi
Schedule strength
1555
average field rating faced — tougher than 42% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$58,600
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.3 yrs
2023-08-18 → 2024-12-06
Power rating
1515
peak 1515 · #2648 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championships
- 2023
- First call Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score682.8576 Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships
- 2025
- Career-best overall score686.2400 Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship
- 2026
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.8572 Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship
- Peak power rating (1515) Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship
- Most recent contest Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.1 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship | 2025-08-15 |
| +7.7 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships | 2023-08-18 |
| +5 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship | 2026-08-21 |
| +0.2 | Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championships | 2022-08-19 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.3 | BBQ Jackpot | 2024-12-06 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 41% | 95.3% | 95.3% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 25% | 95.3% | 95.3% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 91.3% | 91.3% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 31% | 94.8% | 94.8% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 54% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-21 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship 🏅 Lubbock, TX | 21 / 51 (686.1940) | 40 (163.3712) | 2 (178.8572) | 8 (176.5828) | 28 (167.3828) |
| 2025-08-15 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship 🏅 Lubbock, TX | 14 / 55 (686.2400) | 37 (162.8228) | 5 (176.5600) | 4 (176.5600) | 17 (170.2972) |
| 2024-12-06 | BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV | 66 / 74 (657.0404) | 44 (167.3944) | 62 (163.3944) | 63 (160.5600) | 51 (165.6916) |
| 2023-08-18 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships 🏅 Lubbock, TX | 15 / 48 (682.8576) | 38 (157.1088) | 3 (178.8572) | 18 (170.3200) | 6 (176.5716) |
| 2022-08-19 | Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championships 🏅 Lubbock, TX | 32 / 59 (633.0288) | 27 (163.9544) | 35 (161.6800) | 35 (156.5600) | 41 (150.8344) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #748 (175 pts) | #960 (120 pts) | #733 (245 pts) | #619 (270 pts) | #820 (160 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1067 (110 pts) | #1319 (60 pts) | #797 (235 pts) | #1159 (95 pts) | #840 (175 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1309 (60 pts) | #1341 (60 pts) | #1404 (60 pts) | #1348 (60 pts) | #1333 (60 pts) |