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
Claytonville BBQ Crue is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 19th of 25 at the CBCA Clayton BBQ and Brews Festival (MASTERS) (2024). They finished #1223 in the 2022 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1468
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jul 12, 2019
latest Jun 14, 2024 · 4.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±26.54
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.66 · weakest Brisket (146.39)
Road miles
151
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 58 mi
Schedule strength
41%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1555)
Purse competed for
$33K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
628.61 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Claytonville BBQ Crue, each with one reason worth a look.
Claytonville BBQ Crue has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 152 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,740 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
They were already cooking in 2014, 5 years before Claytonville BBQ Crue's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,731 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
Level with Claytonville BBQ Crue on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,710 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,728 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy 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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton BBQ Cook-off | 2 | 19 | 0 | top 84% | Jul 8, 2022 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CA
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Opponents faced
99
finished ahead 17 times, behind 112
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Jul 12, 2019 → Jul 8, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20243 milestones
- 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)
20231 milestone
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.2856 The Golden State Battle V
20221 milestone
- First call Clayton BBQ Cook-off
20192 milestones
- First tracked contest Clayton BBQ Cook-off
- Peak power rating (1486) Clayton BBQ Cook-off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.2 | Clayton BBQ Cook-off | Jul 12, 2019 |
| -9.4 | The Golden State Battle V | Mar 3, 2023 |
| -5.1 | CBCA Clayton BBQ and Brews Festival (MASTERS) | Jun 14, 2024 |
| -3 | Clayton BBQ Cook-off | Jul 8, 2022 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2024 | 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) |
| Mar 3, 2023 | The Golden State Battle V 🏅 Hollister, CA | 26 / 28 (643.9428) | 26 (163.4400) | 24 (157.6800) | 8 (174.2856) | 27 (148.5372) |
| Aug 27, 2022 | Holy Smokes (ONE MEAT RIBS) Walnut Creek, CA | — | — | 2 (171.4056) | — | — |
| Jul 8, 2022 | Clayton BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Clayton, CA | 19 / 27 (637.5660) | 25 (153.0856) | 6 (168.5488) | 14 (163.9888) | 22 (151.9428) |
| Jul 12, 2019 | Clayton BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Clayton, CA | 30 / 31 (583.2456) | 30 (135.3828) | 16 (164.5256) | 23 (158.8228) | 31 (124.5144) |