RICHIE Z's SD

Power ranking

#617

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1574

peak 1574

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-05-31

latest 2025-06-05

Best ToY finish

#127

Master 2020

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

9 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 43 contests

Avg finish

top 47%

overall standings

Best overall

695.4516

Miles City Cowtown Cook Off

Perfect 180s

Current form

680.73 ▲

last 5 vs career avg 671.21 (+9.51)

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

179.4400

Brisket · Smoke & Soul Fest

Consistency

±13.49

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.90 · weakest Brisket (167.10)

Road miles

11638

mi across 43 mapped stops · furthest 410 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

SIN CIRCLE BBQ has finished one call ahead of RICHIE Z's 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

Backdraft BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

LAST CALL HEROES BBQ has come out ahead in 27 of their 30 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD in 13 of their 14 shared contests.

💔 The heartbreaker

Came within 3.3596 points of the Grand Championship at Miles City Cowtown Cook Off (2019-06-14).

📅 A October team

Something about October: average finish in the top 34% across 3 contests, versus top 47% the rest of the year.

Teams like this (closest power rating, SD first)

Pigtamer BBQ #664 · 1569 · SD SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS #690 · 1566 · SD CROSSCUT BBQ2 #768 · 1557 · SD Backroads BBQ #875 · 1546 · SD Eggspert BBQ Minnesota #901 · 1544 · SD BnB BBQ #417 · 1613 · SD

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	39	9	0	2	178.8572	155.9428	168.90	top 47%
Pork Ribs	43	18	2	3	177.7144	154.8000	167.55	top 49%
Pork	40	14	0	3	178.2972	151.4400	167.95	top 46%
Brisket	39	13	0	1	179.4400	142.2400	167.10	top 44%

“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	Avg finish
SD	15	top 44%
WY	5	top 35%
MN	5	top 51%
KS	5	top 59%
MT	3	top 35%
NE	3	top 56%
IA	3	top 63%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	24	0	top 49%
Large (40+)	15	0	top 44%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2021 (10 contests)
Cooks mostly in SD (18 of 43 contests)
Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (43 entries)
All-time average overall score: 671.21

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
2025	1	0	—	—
2024	2	0	684.4568	679.90
2023	5	0	689.6916	675.60
2022	6	0	690.3200	677.81
2021	10	1	692.0112	675.16
2020	10	1	683.9200	665.40
2019	9	0	695.4516	666.42

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025-06-05	Original SD BBQ Championships (One Meat Ribs) Huron, SD	—	—	18 (163.4400)	—	—
2024-07-12	Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY	10 / 26 (684.4568)	10 (172.5484)	10 (171.9772)	16 (165.0856)	5 (174.8456)
2024-06-07	Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD	19 / 34 (675.3368)	10 (175.4172)	10 (174.2972)	29 (159.3940)	16 (166.2284)
2023-10-06	Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY	3 / 28 (689.6916)	16 (166.2400)	13 (167.4516)	3 (176.5600)	2 (179.4400)
2023-09-08	Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll Vermillion, SD	14 / 28 (673.6688)	15 (168.5372)	2 (176.0116)	26 (162.2628)	13 (166.8572)
2023-08-25	Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest Hill City, SD	11 / 26 (680.4800)	12 (169.1200)	6 (175.4172)	8 (169.6800)	16 (166.2628)
2023-07-14	KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off Worthington, MN	21 / 39 (668.4912)	14 (171.9656)	21 (166.2628)	26 (165.7028)	21 (164.5600)
2023-06-02	Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD	17 / 39 (665.6456)	30 (161.6684)	7 (172.5828)	23 (165.6916)	16 (165.7028)
2022-09-09	Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll Vermillion, SD	19 / 28 (665.0972)	16 (169.1428)	22 (162.8572)	16 (166.2400)	18 (166.8572)
2022-07-15	KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off Worthington, MN	15 / 40 (673.0400)	20 (169.7144)	20 (167.3944)	4 (173.7028)	30 (162.2284)
2022-07-15	KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off (One Meat Ribs) Worthington, MN	—	—	7 (170.2856)	—	—
2022-06-24	Miles City Cowtown Cookoff Miles City, MT	11 / 26 (682.7772)	14 (169.6916)	20 (162.8228)	3 (178.2972)	5 (171.9656)
2022-06-03	Original SD BBQ Championship Huron, SD	3 / 46 (690.3200)	18 (169.1200)	5 (176.5944)	9 (174.3200)	14 (170.2856)
2022-06-02	Original SD BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) Huron, SD	—	—	6 (170.8572)	—	—
2021-09-16	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS	124 / 185 (675.3716)	137 (167.4056)	82 (171.4172)	144 (165.7144)	72 (170.8344)
2021-09-16	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS	248 / 467 (660.4456)	210 (167.4056)	190 (167.9888)	329 (159.9428)	219 (165.1084)
2021-09-10	Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll Vermillion, SD	10 / 26 (678.2284)	6 (174.2628)	9 (170.8228)	8 (172.5484)	21 (160.5944)
2021-08-27	Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest Hill City, SD	6 / 31 (691.9428)	14 (172.5600)	8 (174.8572)	5 (167.3712)	10 (171.4056)
2021-08-14	GOBS Que (DAY 2) Arlington, NE	12 / 25 (674.7196)	5 (175.4056)	9 (169.6684)	23 (154.8000)	8 (174.8456)
2021-08-13	GOBS Que (DAY 1) Arlington, NE	19 / 26 (649.5656)	16 (166.2400)	23 (158.8344)	18 (165.1084)	21 (159.3828)
2021-06-04	Original SD BBQ Championship Huron, SD	4 / 49 (692.0112)	4 (175.4400)	7 (176.0000)	16 (169.1312)	9 (171.4400)
2021-06-04	The Original SD BBQ Championships - One Meat Standalone Ribs Contest Huron, SD	—	—	1 (177.7144)	—	—
2021-04-09	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	53 / 105 (677.6340)	70 (166.8228)	64 (166.8228)	41 (170.8456)	22 (173.1428)
2021-03-19	3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship Olathe, KS	29 / 70 (676.5256)	12 (173.7028)	49 (164.0000)	13 (174.8456)	41 (163.9772)
2020-11-13	Second Annual KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Competition Mayetta, KS	77 / 94 (671.2684)	86 (163.9428)	49 (170.8228)	89 (162.2400)	27 (174.2628)
2020-10-03	Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 2 Casper, WY	14 / 41 (681.0744)	2 (175.4400)	17 (169.1432)	27 (166.8228)	17 (169.6684)
2020-10-02	Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1 Casper, WY	23 / 41 (671.9316)	25 (168.0000)	33 (162.2516)	12 (171.9772)	16 (169.7028)
2020-09-18	KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off Worthington, MN	11 / 35 (680.0004)	26 (164.5372)	8 (171.4288)	8 (172.0000)	8 (172.0344)
2020-09-11	Ribs, Rod and Rock N Roll Vermillion, SD	24 / 29 (659.2684)	7 (171.9656)	28 (155.9544)	24 (160.5256)	11 (170.8228)
2020-08-21	Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest Hill City, SD	22 / 43 (668.4912)	21 (170.8456)	38 (159.3828)	6 (173.7144)	23 (164.5484)
2020-07-25	4th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest Emmetsburg, IA	30 / 30 (634.0800)	21 (164.5600)	27 (157.6572)	23 (162.2284)	30 (149.6344)
2020-06-27	Back to Mayberry Day 2 Rodney, IA	38 / 47 (656.5604)	26 (166.2744)	34 (164.0116)	32 (166.2628)	40 (160.0116)
2020-06-26	Back to Mayberry Day 1 Rodney, IA	5 / 53 (683.9200)	26 (165.6684)	1 (175.4288)	19 (170.2512)	5 (172.5716)
2020-06-19	The Hayfield Fort Ripley, MN	18 / 22 (647.4404)	17 (161.7372)	8 (169.7260)	5 (173.7372)	21 (142.2400)
2019-09-27	BBQ In The Badlands Glendive, MT	14 / 25 (649.2116)	8 (165.7372)	8 (166.3316)	22 (151.4400)	9 (165.7028)
2019-09-13	Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY	10 / 28 (661.6228)	15 (165.1316)	14 (162.8456)	2 (174.2744)	15 (159.3712)
2019-09-06	Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll Vermillion, SD	14 / 29 (670.1372)	12 (169.6800)	22 (163.3944)	11 (170.8228)	18 (166.2400)
2019-08-23	Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD	17 / 31 (670.7772)	12 (171.4400)	27 (161.6572)	17 (164.5372)	6 (173.1428)
2019-08-16	SMSU Smokefest MARSHALL, MN	23 / 46 (666.8228)	11 (173.7144)	44 (155.9656)	22 (167.4400)	16 (169.7028)
2019-08-09	GOBS Que Arlington, NE	14 / 29 (654.7656)	22 (155.9428)	22 (158.8344)	6 (170.2856)	5 (169.7028)
2019-07-19	Cookin On Kampeska Watertown, SD	15 / 40 (671.9540)	22 (166.2628)	4 (176.0228)	14 (168.5600)	29 (161.1084)
2019-06-14	Miles City Cowtown Cook Off Miles City, MT	2 / 28 (695.4516)	2 (178.8572)	12 (172.6172)	4 (175.4172)	9 (168.5600)
2019-05-31	Original SD BBQ Championship Huron, SD	21 / 37 (657.0400)	20 (165.1316)	29 (154.8000)	21 (165.1084)	5 (172.0000)

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
2024 ↗	Master	#701 (215 pts)	#677 (260 pts)	#704 (260 pts)	#850 (155 pts)	#635 (280 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#332 (637 pts)	#449 (492 pts)	#327 (777 pts)	#385 (557 pts)	#335 (647 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#399 (549 pts)	#559 (384 pts)	#350 (730 pts)	#355 (679 pts)	#507 (439 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#206 (943 pts)	#172 (1063 pts)	#159 (1168 pts)	#225 (858 pts)	#239 (818 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#127 (856 pts)	#115 (901 pts)	#108 (971 pts)	#105 (961 pts)	#109 (921 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#288 (1060 pts)	#267 (1100 pts)	#365 (895 pts)	#237 (1180 pts)	#249 (1165 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#282 (1140 pts)	#335 (1005 pts)	#371 (945 pts)	#254 (1190 pts)	#244 (1250 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#531 (730 pts)	#486 (800 pts)	#920 (424 pts)	#434 (885 pts)	#523 (755 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#978 (335 pts)	#875 (425 pts)	#876 (440 pts)	#625 (645 pts)	#1105 (300 pts)