A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BAR-B-CUDA BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BAR-B-CUDA BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Claytonville BBQ Crue
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1468
peak 1468 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2019-07-12
latest 2024-06-14
Best ToY finish
#1223
Master 2022
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
628.61
last 4 Master vs avg 628.61 (+0.00)
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±26.54
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.66 · weakest Brisket (146.39)
Road miles
151
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 58 mi
Schedule strength
42%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1555)
Purse competed for
$33K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
628.61 / 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
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Clayton BBQ Cook-off (2022-07-08).
- last seen 2019-07-12
- back 2022-07-08
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.
Claytonville BBQ Crue 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 166 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.
#4706 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4708 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4713 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 5 years before Claytonville BBQ Crue's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4694 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Level with Claytonville BBQ Crue on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4712 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4681 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5716 | 135.3828 | 155.12 | top 85% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 171.4056 | 157.6800 | 164.66 | top 51% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2856 | 158.8228 | 164.13 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5600 | 124.5144 | 146.39 | top 85% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton BBQ Cook-off | 2 | 19 | 0 | top 84% | 2022-07-08 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.9 yrs
2019-07-12 → 2024-06-14
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 164.66 · weakest Brisket (146.39)
Walk rate
60%
a top-10 call in 3 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
628.61
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
99
17–112 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
151
5 mapped stops · furthest 58 mi
Schedule strength
1555
average field rating faced — tougher than 42% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$33,175
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2019-07-12 → 2022-07-08
Power rating
1468
peak 1468 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Clayton BBQ Cook-off
- Peak power rating (1486) Clayton BBQ Cook-off
- 2022
- First call Clayton BBQ Cook-off
- 2023
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.2856 The Golden State Battle V
- 2024
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.6920 CBCA Clayton BBQ and Brews Festival (MASTERS)
- Career-best overall score649.6920 CBCA Clayton BBQ and Brews Festival (MASTERS)
- Most recent contest CBCA Clayton BBQ and Brews Festival (MASTERS)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.1 | Clayton BBQ Cook-off | 2019-07-12 |
| -9.4 | The Golden State Battle V | 2023-03-03 |
| -5.1 | CBCA Clayton BBQ and Brews Festival (MASTERS) | 2024-06-14 |
| -3 | Clayton BBQ Cook-off | 2022-07-08 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 93% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 70% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 81% | 81% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-14 | CBCA Clayton BBQ and Brews Festival (MASTERS) 🏅 Clayton, CA | 19 / 25 (649.6920) | 14 (168.5716) | 20 (161.1432) | 23 (159.4172) | 16 (160.5600) |
| 2023-03-03 | The Golden State Battle V 🏅 Hollister, CA | 26 / 28 (643.9428) | 26 (163.4400) | 24 (157.6800) | 8 (174.2856) | 27 (148.5372) |
| 2022-08-27 | Holy Smokes (ONE MEAT RIBS) Walnut Creek, CA | — | — | 2 (171.4056) | — | — |
| 2022-07-08 | Clayton BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Clayton, CA | 19 / 27 (637.5660) | 25 (153.0856) | 6 (168.5488) | 14 (163.9888) | 22 (151.9428) |
| 2019-07-12 | Clayton BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Clayton, CA | 30 / 31 (583.2456) | 30 (135.3828) | 16 (164.5256) | 23 (158.8228) | 31 (124.5144) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1604 (53 pts) | #1631 (53 pts) | #1680 (58 pts) | #895 (148 pts) | #1601 (53 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1223 (82 pts) | #1687 (52 pts) | #972 (167 pts) | #1164 (107 pts) | #1303 (67 pts) |