A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BAR-B-CUDA BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BAR-B-CUDA BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Griffin BBQ
Griffin BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 18th of 27 at the Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship (2023). They finished #1140 in the 2023 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1463
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Sep 20, 2019
latest May 16, 2025 · 5.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 89%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±27.15
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 161.04 · weakest Brisket (144.39)
Road miles
189
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 59 mi
Schedule strength
46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)
Purse competed for
$39K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
618.97 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1140 (87 pts) | #1137 (107 pts) | #813 (227 pts) | #1113 (107 pts) | #1577 (57 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Griffin BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Griffin BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 143 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,952 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1510
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Griffin BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Griffin BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,970 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,962 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
Level with Griffin BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,951 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,971 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
They were already cooking in 2014, 5 years before Griffin BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,976 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 78% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 98% |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CA
4 of 5 contests
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 call
Opponents faced
87
finished ahead 13 times, behind 110
Longest layoff
2.6 yrs
Sep 20, 2019 → Apr 29, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Gold Country Casino Resort BrewFest & State BBQ Championship
20234 milestones
- First call Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.1312 Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score657.1312 Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.7028 Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship
20192 milestones
- First tracked contest 5th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1487) 5th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.6 | 5th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship | Sep 20, 2019 |
| -11.6 | Gold Country Casino Resort BrewFest & State BBQ Championship | May 16, 2025 |
| -9.7 | 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship | Apr 29, 2022 |
| -2.8 | Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship | Apr 28, 2023 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 85.6% | 85.6% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 67% | 91.3% | 91.3% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 80.6% | 80.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2025 | 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) |
| Sep 20, 2024 | 12 Bridge Rib Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lincoln, CA | — | — | 12 (162.2972) | — | — |
| Apr 28, 2023 | Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA | 18 / 27 (657.1312) | 14 (168) | 3 (173.7028) | 14 (168.0228) | 24 (147.4056) |
| Apr 29, 2022 | 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA | 26 / 29 (621.6684) | 26 (160) | 24 (160) | 29 (150.2512) | 28 (151.4172) |
| Sep 20, 2019 | 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) |