Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork ribs.
- Pork Ribs ×1
I Cinghiali
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1520
peak 1520 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ
Best runs
5
straight top-10s
Contests
17
in the data
First seen
2022-10-07
latest 2026-06-20
Best ToY finish
#388
Master 2026
Grand champs
1
0 reserve
Category wins
2
7 podiums
Overall top-10s
6
of 17 contests
Avg finish
top 51%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
682.24 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 614.85 (+67.38)
Walk rate
94%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
5
best run (overall)
Consistency
±160.07
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.47 · weakest Pork Ribs (166.22)
Road miles
945
mi across 17 mapped stops
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)
Master avg
614.85 / 720
9 Master contests · 1 GC
Storylines (11 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.
Against the odds
13-in-100
shot on pre-contest ratings
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 87 times in 100
Their Grand Championship at BBQ Expo Master's Challenge (2026-04-11) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 13-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, BBQ+.
Giant slayer
42
teams beaten in one weekend
Took the Grand Championship over a 42-team field at BBQ Expo Master's Challenge.
- 2026-04-11
They almost always walk
94%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 16 of 17 contests
A top-10 category call in 94% of their 17 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
High-water mark
702.8572
career-best overall
97.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 702.8572 at BBQ Expo Master's Challenge — 97.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2026-04-11
A tough matchup
6–0
behind in the head-to-head
Westside BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Westside BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
The weak link
−4.2
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.25 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 71% of the time against 73%.
- Pork Ribs avg 166.22
- Chicken avg 170.47
- 10 calls in 14 entries
A strong matchup
5–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Gold’s BBQ in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Chicken nemesis
5 of 6
shared chicken entries lost
Smoky Cotte ahead 83% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, Smoky Cotte has out-cooked them in 5 of 6 shared chicken entries.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
COOKLOUNGE BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
Boom or bust
±22.23%
swing around their own average
Their overall swings ±22.23% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.
- averages 85.4% of a perfect score
- best 97.6%
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.
80 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2485 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 22%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Fewer contests behind them than I Cinghiali has cooked, 9 to 17, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#2487 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 30%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#2492 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1531
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before I Cinghiali's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2486 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1530
No shared contest yet.
Level with I Cinghiali on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2481 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1523
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before I Cinghiali's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2491 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1528
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 11 contests, alongside a 18% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH BRIXIA | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Westside BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Gold’s BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Onkel Felix BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ Hot Yard | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| LUNA SMOKE - Italy | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| COOKLOUNGE BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoky Cotte | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 176.5600 | 162.8456 | 170.47 | top 40% |
| Pork Ribs | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 180.0000 🔥 | 150.8228 | 166.22 | top 53% |
| Pork | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 166.2628 | 170.28 | top 49% |
| Brisket | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 176.0000 | 156.5600 | 166.91 | 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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 5 | 0 | top 66% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 43% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 1 | top 2% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.7 yrs
2022-10-07 → 2026-06-20
Busiest season
2025
6 contests
Contests a season
3.4
across 5 seasons in the data
Contests visited
9
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
14 entries · 1 win · 10 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 170.47 · weakest Pork Ribs (166.22)
Walk rate
94%
a top-10 call in 16 of 17 contests
Overall top-10 rate
35%
6 of 17 contests
Wins it all
6%
1 Grand Championship · 0 reserve
First title
2026-04-11
BBQ Expo Master's Challenge
Best top-10 run
5
straight contests
Master average
614.85
out of 720 · 9 contests · 1 GC
Perfect 180s
1
every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced
84
109–63 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
945
17 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1541
average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests
Power rating
1520
peak 1520 · #2490 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- 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
- 2023
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.0056 Wild West Fest on Fire
- 2025
- 10th tracked contest BBQ Expo Master's Challenge
- First category win (Chicken) The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)
- 2026
- First overall podium BBQ Expo Master's Challenge
- First Grand Championship BBQ Expo Master's Challenge
- First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) BBQ Expo Master's Challenge
- Biggest field won (42 teams) BBQ Expo Master's Challenge
- Career-best overall score702.8572 BBQ Expo Master's Challenge
- Peak power rating (1520) The War of Barbeque
- Most recent contest The War of Barbeque
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +17.1 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge | 2026-04-11 |
| +5.9 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge | 2025-03-29 |
| +3.9 | Wild West Fest on Fire | 2023-08-12 |
| +3.7 | The War of Barbeque | 2026-06-20 |
| +3.5 | Fo.G & Smoke 2025 | 2025-09-20 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.8 | Country Road & BBQ Contest | 2023-10-07 |
| -3.1 | TORO in Dante's Hell Competition | 2022-10-08 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 23% | 97.6% | 96.1% |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 43% | 94.2% | 94.2% |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 80% | top 53% | 93.2% | 93.2% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 75% | 91.8% | 91.5% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 64% | 88.9% | 55.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-20 | The War of Barbeque Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | 11 / 25 (681.1544) | 13 (172.5484) | 21 (164.5944) | 19 (168.0116) | 2 (176.0000) |
| 2026-04-11 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge PARMA, 43126 | 1 / 42 (702.8572) | 10 (175.4172) | 1 (180.0000) | 9 (173.7028) | 6 (173.7372) |
| 2025-10-18 | Fossalta is on Fire BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Fossalta di Piave , 30020 | — | 4 (171.9656) | — | — | — |
| 2025-10-18 | Fossalta is on Fire BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) Fossalta di Piave , 30020 | — | — | 4 (171.9656) | — | — |
| 2025-09-20 | Fo.G & Smoke 2025 Spilamberto, I-41057 | 11 / 24 (678.1600) | 14 (169.1200) | 3 (175.4172) | 10 (171.9656) | 17 (161.6572) |
| 2025-06-14 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | — | 1 (176.5600) | — | — | — |
| 2025-06-14 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | — | — | 2 (176.5716) | — | — |
| 2025-03-29 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge Brescia, 25125 | 12 / 30 (677.6800) | 14 (169.1312) | 17 (166.2744) | 8 (176.5600) | 16 (165.7144) |
| 2024-09-21 | Fo.G & Smoke 2024 Providence of MODENA (MO), | 10 / 19 (671.3372) | 6 (169.6684) | 16 (161.6916) | 11 (166.8572) | 2 (173.1200) |
| 2024-06-15 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | — | 5 (171.9656) | — | — | — |
| 2024-06-15 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | — | — | 10 (164.5600) | — | — |
| 2024-04-06 | "Smokin' Ribs Showdown" (ONE MEAT RIBS) #2 Brescia, 25125 | — | — | 17 (161.6572) | — | — |
| 2024-04-06 | "Smokin' Ribs Showdown" (ONE MEAT RIBS) #1 Brescia, 25125 | — | — | 7 (170.8228) | — | — |
| 2023-10-07 | Country Road & BBQ Contest CARTIGLIANO, 36050 | 7 / 7 (657.0740) | 6 (162.8456) | 7 (161.6684) | 5 (171.4400) | 7 (161.1200) |
| 2023-08-12 | Wild West Fest on Fire Medvode, 1215 | 6 / 12 (661.0056) | 5 (169.6800) | 10 (156.5144) | 6 (167.4056) | 3 (167.4056) |
| 2022-10-08 | TORO in Dante's Hell Competition Pratovecchio Stia, 52015 | 7 / 10 (639.8856) | 5 (166.2400) | 10 (150.8228) | 5 (166.2628) | 6 (156.5600) |
| 2022-10-07 | TORO in Dante's Hell Competition - One Meat- Ribs Pratovecchio Stia, 52015 | 7 / 12 (164.5372) | — | 7 (164.5372) | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #388 (405 pts) | #600 (245 pts) | #498 (355 pts) | #600 (225 pts) | #394 (425 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #633 (239 pts) | #338 (680 pts) | #344 (763 pts) | #615 (274 pts) | #755 (189 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #623 (267 pts) | #386 (598 pts) | #368 (650 pts) | #564 (342 pts) | #534 (372 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #581 (289 pts) | #607 (309 pts) | #768 (249 pts) | #593 (309 pts) | #539 (349 pts) |