A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT ahead in 100% of their meetings
NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Aces N Eights BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1466
peak 1466 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2015-07-10
latest 2024-08-23
Best ToY finish
#1182
Master 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
610.54
last 4 Master vs avg 610.54 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.62
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 155.27 · weakest Brisket (149.23)
Road miles
140
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 72 mi
Schedule strength
29%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1539)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
610.54 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
The comeback
5.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 5.9 years, then back at CBCA Clayton BBQ and Brews Festival (MASTERS) (2024-06-14).
- last seen 2018-07-06
- back 2024-06-14
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
Aces N Eights BBQ has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 137 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4800 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4830 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
Level with Aces N Eights BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4832 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Aces N Eights BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4814 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before Aces N Eights BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4818 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before Aces N Eights BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4822 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 8 years before Aces N Eights BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2512 | 150.2400 | 154.83 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2516 | 132.3772 | 150.78 | top 78% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7028 | 137.1656 | 155.27 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4172 | 134.1828 | 149.23 | top 76% |
“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
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 92% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 84% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival | 2 | 30 | 0 | top 83% | 2018-07-06 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
9.1 yrs
2015-07-10 → 2024-08-23
Busiest season
2024
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 155.27 · weakest Brisket (149.23)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
610.54
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
113
25–122 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
140
5 mapped stops · furthest 72 mi
Schedule strength
1539
average field rating faced — tougher than 29% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$9,500
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
5.9 yrs
2018-07-06 → 2024-06-14
Power rating
1466
peak 1466 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Wine Country Big Q
- Career-best single call (Chicken)162.2512 Wine Country Big Q
- Peak power rating (1493) Wine Country Big Q
- 2024
- Career-best overall score630.0912 CBCA Clayton BBQ and Brews Festival (MASTERS)
- Most recent contest All American Rib Cookoff (COMPETITOR SERIES)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.6 | CBCA Clayton BBQ and Brews Festival (MASTERS) | 2024-06-14 |
| -10.6 | Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival | 2016-07-08 |
| -7.1 | Wine Country Big Q | 2015-07-10 |
| -5.7 | Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival | 2018-07-06 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 87.5% | 87.5% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 85.6% | 85.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 80.5% | 80.5% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-23 | All American Rib Cookoff (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Auburn, CA | 12 / 13 (149.0860) | — | 12 (149.0860) | — | — |
| 2024-06-14 | CBCA Clayton BBQ and Brews Festival (MASTERS) 🏅 Clayton, CA | 23 / 25 (630.0912) | 25 (155.4400) | 22 (157.0628) | 20 (160.5256) | 21 (157.0628) |
| 2018-07-06 | Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival Petaluma, CA | 30 / 38 (616.5024) | 32 (151.3940) | 28 (157.1428) | 23 (161.7028) | 32 (146.2628) |
| 2016-07-08 | Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival Petaluma, CA | 33 / 38 (579.8400) | 28 (150.2400) | 16 (158.2516) | 38 (137.1656) | 35 (134.1828) |
| 2015-07-10 | Wine Country Big Q Rohnert Park, CA | 29 / 38 (615.7368) | 19 (162.2512) | 36 (132.3772) | 16 (161.6912) | 17 (159.4172) |
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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #1592 (50 pts) | #1296 (65 pts) | #1170 (75 pts) | #1163 (70 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1996 (60 pts) | #1970 (70 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2109 (105 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2046 (90 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #1985 (105 pts) | #1988 (100 pts) |