High-water mark
693.6568
career-best overall
96.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 693.6568 at BBQ Expo Master's Challenge — 96.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Mar 29, 2025
Aldo's BBQ
Aldo's BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 4th of 30 at the BBQ Expo Master's Challenge (2025). They finished #683 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Aldo’s BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1525
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Oct 7, 2022
latest Mar 29, 2025 · 2.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
3
43% of 7 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 34%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
71%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 173.98 · weakest Pork Ribs (166.16)
Road miles
662
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 246 mi
Schedule strength
35%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1546)
Master (1-meat) avg
166.82 / 180
1 Master (1-meat) contest · 0 GCs
Master avg
682.80 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master (1-meat) out of 180, Master out of 720), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Aldo's BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Aldo's BBQ has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 92 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,364 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1525
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Aldo's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,366 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1524
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,355 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1525
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before Aldo's BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,375 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1531
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 7 contests, alongside a 43% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#2,353 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1525
Level with Aldo's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,363 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1526
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Aldo's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 162.2516 | 168.17 | top 48% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 173.1084 | 156.5488 | 166.16 | top 49% |
| Pork | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 179.4400 | 168.5256 | 173.98 | top 30% |
| Brisket | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 164.5828 | 167.99 | top 43% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 44% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 13% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
3 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
PZ
2 of 7 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
6 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls
Opponents faced
48
finished ahead 41 times, behind 13
Longest layoff
1.5 yrs
Oct 7, 2023 → Mar 29, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Grill Contest Rivergaro (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)
20253 milestones
- Career-best overall score693.6568 BBQ Expo Master's Challenge
- Career-best single call (Pork)179.4400 BBQ Expo Master's Challenge
- Peak power rating (1525) BBQ Expo Master's Challenge
20224 milestones
- First tracked contest TORO in Dante's Hell Competition - One Meat- Ribs
- First call TORO in Dante's Hell Competition - One Meat- Ribs
- First overall top-10 TORO in Dante's Hell Competition - One Meat- Ribs
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score166.8228 TORO in Dante's Hell Competition - One Meat- Ribs
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.8 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge | Mar 29, 2025 |
| +6.2 | TORO in Dante's Hell Competition - One Meat- Ribs | Oct 7, 2022 |
| +4.5 | FO.G & Smoke 2023 | Sep 16, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | — | — | — |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 13% | 96.3% | 96.3% |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 47% | 93.3% | 93.3% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 42% | 92.7% | 92.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2026 | Grill Contest Rivergaro (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Rivergaro, PZ | — | 11 (162.2516) | — | — | — |
| May 3, 2026 | Grill Contest Rivergaro (ONE MEAT RIBS) Rivergaro, PZ | — | — | 5 (173.1084) | — | — |
| Mar 29, 2025 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge Brescia | 4 / 30 (693.6568) | 5 (173.7028) | 12 (169.1084) | 2 (179.4400) | 6 (171.4056) |
| Oct 7, 2023 | Country Road & BBQ Contest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cartigliano | — | — | 16 (156.5488) | — | — |
| Sep 16, 2023 | FO.G & Smoke 2023 Spilamberto, It | 7 / 15 (671.9428) | 8 (168.5600) | 4 (170.2744) | 8 (168.5256) | 10 (164.5828) |
| Jul 29, 2023 | Vienna Alps BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS) Reichenau | — | — | 10 (161.1200) | — | — |
| Oct 7, 2022 | TORO in Dante's Hell Competition - One Meat- Ribs Pratovecchio Stia | 5 / 12 (166.8228) | — | 5 (166.8228) | — | — |