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Griffin BBQ CA

Rating

1459
peak 1459 · rated over 4 contests

Contests

5
in the data

First seen

2019-09-20
latest 2025-05-16

Best ToY finish

#1140
Master 2023

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
1 podiums

Overall top-10s

0
of 5 contests

Avg finish

top 89%
overall standings

Best overall

657.1312 / 720

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

618.97
last 4 Master vs avg 618.97 (+0.00)

Walk rate

20%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.7028

Consistency

±27.15
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs
avg 161.04 · weakest Brisket (144.39)

Road miles

189
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 59 mi

Schedule strength

35%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1530)

Purse competed for

$39K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries

Master avg

618.97 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines

⚔️ A tough matchup

BAR-B-CUDA BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

🔁 The comeback

Off the trail for 2.6 years, then back at 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship (2022-04-29).

Teams like this (closest power rating, CA first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 4 0 0 0 168.0000 136.5600 156.85 top 84%
Pork Ribs 5 1 0 1 173.7028 145.7028 161.04 top 67%
Pork 4 0 0 0 168.0228 148.5600 157.01 top 86%
Brisket 4 0 0 0 151.4172 131.9200 144.39 top 95%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)10top 100%
Medium (20–39)20top 78%
Large (40+)10top 98%

The story so far

Milestones

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

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-14.75th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship2019-09-20
-12.1Gold Country Casino Resort BrewFest & State BBQ Championship2025-05-16
-11.23rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship2022-04-29
-2.8Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship2023-04-28

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20251000 0% top 100% 85.6% 85.6%
20241000 0%
20231000 100% top 67% 91.3% 91.3%
20221000 0% top 90% 86.3% 86.3%
20191000 0% top 98% 80.6% 80.6%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025-05-16 Gold Country Casino Resort BrewFest & State BBQ Championship 🏅 Oroville, CA 19 / 19 (616.5832) 18 (162.8572) 19 (145.7028) 18 (161.1888) 18 (146.8344)
2024-09-20 12 Bridge Rib Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lincoln, CA 12 (162.2972)
2023-04-28 Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA 18 / 27 (657.1312) 14 (168.0000) 3 (173.7028) 14 (168.0228) 24 (147.4056)
2022-04-29 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA 26 / 29 (621.6684) 26 (160.0000) 24 (160.0000) 29 (150.2512) 28 (151.4172)
2019-09-20 5th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship 🏅 43 / 44 (580.5144) 44 (136.5600) 26 (163.4744) 42 (148.5600) 44 (131.9200)

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)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2023 ↗ Master #1140 (87 pts) #1137 (107 pts) #813 (227 pts) #1113 (107 pts) #1577 (57 pts)

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