The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
FAT SAL'S BBQ has finished one call ahead of Ron's Barbecue 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Ron's Barbecue
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1463
peak 1463 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2023-06-02
latest 2024-06-28
Best ToY finish
#1182
Master 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 99%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
578.29
last 3 Master vs avg 578.29 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±33.99
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 156.94 · weakest Chicken (133.60)
Road miles
6
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
54%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1569)
Purse competed for
$24K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
578.29 / 720
3 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
Ron's Barbecue has 3 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 126 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.
#4971 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4988 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 10 years before Ron's Barbecue's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4986 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
Level with Ron's Barbecue on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4992 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before Ron's Barbecue's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4978 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before Ron's Barbecue's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4964 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before Ron's Barbecue'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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.6800 | 102.5484 | 133.60 | top 100% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1544 | 136.5372 | 146.64 | top 92% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2744 | 152.0228 | 156.94 | top 87% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142.2628 | 140.4800 | 141.11 | top 100% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 99% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2023-06-02 → 2024-06-28
Busiest season
2024
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 156.94 · weakest Chicken (133.60)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
578.29
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
91
1–133 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
6
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1569
average field rating faced — tougher than 54% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$24,000
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1463
peak 1463 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest Horse Town Brew n Que Festival
- Peak power rating (1487) Horse Town Brew n Que Festival
- 2024
- Career-best overall score611.8288 20th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)165.1544 20th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest
- Most recent contest 20th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.5 | Horsetown Brew n' Que Festival | 2024-05-31 |
| -12.7 | Horse Town Brew n Que Festival | 2023-06-02 |
| -11.1 | 20th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest | 2024-06-28 |
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 99% | 85% | 83.6% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 73.8% | 73.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-28 | 20th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest 🏅 Riverside, CA | 34 / 35 (611.8288) | 35 (149.6800) | 27 (165.1544) | 32 (156.5144) | 35 (140.4800) |
| 2024-05-31 | Horsetown Brew n' Que Festival 🏅 Norco, CA | 39 / 39 (591.3372) | 39 (148.5600) | 39 (138.2400) | 27 (162.2744) | 39 (142.2628) |
| 2023-06-02 | Horse Town Brew n Que Festival 🏅 Norco, CA | 43 / 43 (531.7028) | 43 (102.5484) | 43 (136.5372) | 43 (152.0228) | 43 (140.5944) |
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) | #1242 (60 pts) | #1317 (60 pts) | #1231 (60 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1255 (60 pts) | #1319 (60 pts) | #1432 (60 pts) | #1287 (60 pts) | #1296 (60 pts) |