KIRBBQ VA

Power ranking

#2766

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1438

peak 1438

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-04-26

latest 2024-11-08

Best ToY finish

#596

Master 2022

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 16 contests

Avg finish

top 79%

overall standings

Best overall

671.8860

Currituck Bulls and BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

637.49 ▼

last 5 vs career avg 645.77 (-8.28)

Walk rate

44%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7144

Chicken · Currituck Bulls and BBQ

Consistency

±39.44

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 167.40 · weakest Pork (152.19)

Road miles

1694

mi across 16 mapped stops · furthest 203 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

👀 Looking over their shoulder

BIG DOG BBQ VA has landed one call behind them 2 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ has come out ahead in 10 of their 10 shared contests.

Teams like this (closest power rating, VA first)

LAKEVIEW BBQ #2757 · 1439 · VA BIKER BEAR BBQ #2799 · 1434 · VA OUR BARK IS BETTER THAN YOUR BITE #2821 · 1431 · VA Two Drummer's Q-Crew #2836 · 1429 · VA Boosted BBQ #2590 · 1451 · VA HOG STREET BULLIES #2575 · 1452 · VA

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	12	3	1	177.7144	157.6916	167.40	top 62%
Pork Ribs	14	1	0	171.4172	154.8000	163.31	top 77%
Pork	11	2	0	171.9772	20.0000	152.19	top 69%
Brisket	11	3	1	177.1428	151.9316	163.88	top 61%

“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
VA	6	top 77%
NC	4	top 79%
MD	1	top 82%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	4	top 82%
Medium (20–39)	6	top 74%
Large (40+)	1	top 89%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2022 (4 contests)
Cooks mostly in VA (11 of 16 contests)
Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (14 entries)
All-time average overall score: 645.77

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	Best overall	Avg overall
2024	3	671.8860	671.89
2023	2	—	—
2022	4	667.8516	616.64
2021	3	665.6232	656.66
2020	2	660.5604	651.93
2019	2	660.4800	653.89

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024-11-08	Currituck Bulls and BBQ Powells Point, NC	12 / 16 (671.8860)	2 (177.7144)	14 (160.5144)	10 (167.9772)	13 (165.6800)
2024-03-22	BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Chicken) Urbanna, VA	—	21 (163.9428)	—	—	—
2024-03-22	BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Ribs) Urbanna, VA	—	—	19 (165.6800)	—	—
2023-03-24	BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Ribs) Urbanna, VA	—	—	23 (167.3944)	—	—
2023-03-24	BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Chicken) Urbanna, VA	—	—	—	—	—
2022-09-30	Vista BBQ Competition Altavista, VA	12 / 17 (667.8516)	14 (166.2400)	14 (162.8232)	16 (161.6456)	2 (177.1428)
2022-09-23	Americamps BBQ Throwdown (One Meat Ribs) Ashland, VA	—	—	9 (171.4172)	—	—
2022-09-09	18th Annual Recovery Fest and 12th Annual KCBS BBQ Cookoff Hanover, VA	17 / 17 (524.4916)	16 (165.0972)	16 (165.0972)	17 (20.0000)	4 (174.2972)
2022-05-20	Kings of Q BBQ Cook-Off and Festival Ayden, NC	23 / 32 (657.5768)	8 (173.7028)	30 (154.8000)	30 (157.1084)	6 (171.9656)
2021-11-05	Currituck Bulls & BBQ Powells Point, NC	23 / 26 (665.6232)	13 (170.8228)	23 (164.5488)	11 (171.9772)	23 (158.2744)
2021-04-17	Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 2 Hagerstown, MD	28 / 34 (661.5660)	20 (170.2744)	18 (167.3828)	11 (171.9772)	30 (151.9316)
2021-03-26	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) Urbanna, VA	41 / 46 (642.7776)	42 (157.6916)	29 (163.4288)	34 (163.9656)	38 (157.6916)
2020-11-06	Currituck Bulls & BBQ Powells Point, NC	23 / 28 (643.3028)	27 (159.9656)	24 (159.3600)	24 (160.0000)	18 (163.9772)
2020-08-07	BBQ WYTHE US DAY 1 WYTHE, VA	16 / 19 (660.5604)	8 (171.9772)	15 (165.1316)	13 (167.4400)	18 (156.0116)
2019-09-06	15th annual Recovery Fest/ 10th annual State BBQ Championship (JUDGES FULL) Richmond, VA	17 / 31 (660.4800)	15 (167.9772)	22 (158.2400)	7 (170.8228)	16 (163.4400)
2019-04-26	Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition Lanexa, VA	21 / 32 (647.3028)	21 (163.4172)	19 (160.5144)	25 (161.1312)	20 (162.2400)

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	#983 (106 pts)	#704 (241 pts)	#1181 (96 pts)	#985 (116 pts)	#1038 (101 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	—	#1200 (72 pts)	#1230 (81 pts)	—	—
2023 ↗	Master	—	—	#1403 (68 pts)	—	—
2022 ↗	Backyard	—	—	#256 (121 pts)	—	—
2022 ↗	Master	#596 (317 pts)	#498 (447 pts)	#688 (302 pts)	#582 (347 pts)	#358 (667 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#748 (182 pts)	#769 (197 pts)	#756 (212 pts)	#654 (247 pts)	#746 (207 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#787 (89 pts)	#647 (139 pts)	#825 (94 pts)	#790 (104 pts)	#833 (79 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1296 (173 pts)	#1295 (183 pts)	#1398 (158 pts)	#1194 (218 pts)	#1275 (183 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1418 (145 pts)	#1256 (205 pts)	#1540 (135 pts)	#1519 (135 pts)	#1445 (160 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1157 (258 pts)	#1333 (228 pts)	#863 (453 pts)	#1124 (308 pts)	#1242 (248 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#881 (393 pts)	#816 (473 pts)	#886 (433 pts)	#871 (448 pts)	#1043 (328 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1676 (120 pts)	#1778 (120 pts)	#1612 (155 pts)	#1790 (120 pts)	#1763 (120 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2598 (66 pts)	#2615 (66 pts)	#2624 (66 pts)	#2633 (66 pts)	#2611 (66 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#2414 (70 pts)	#1912 (100 pts)	#1406 (190 pts)	#2536 (65 pts)	#2535 (65 pts)