A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Hot Link and Chorizo BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1465
peak 1465 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2018-04-20
latest 2024-05-24
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 94%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
567.87
last 3 Master vs avg 567.87 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±68.82
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.76 · weakest Brisket (138.78)
Road miles
88
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 51 mi
Schedule strength
41%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)
Purse competed for
$8K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
567.87 / 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.
The comeback
5.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 5.9 years, then back at Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (2024-05-24).
- last seen 2018-06-22
- back 2024-05-24
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.
Hot Link and Chorizo BBQ 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 139 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.
#4869 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4893 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
Level with Hot Link and Chorizo BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4862 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before Hot Link and Chorizo BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4887 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Hot Link and Chorizo BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4857 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1502 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Hot Link and Chorizo 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 160.0000 | 164.76 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9544 | 157.7372 | 160.56 | top 68% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.3484 | 146.2400 | 150.04 | top 93% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142.7772 | 134.7772 | 138.78 | top 98% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 95% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 94% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6.1 yrs
2018-04-20 → 2024-05-24
Busiest season
2018
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
Chicken
averages 164.76 · weakest Brisket (138.78)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
567.87
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
92
7–118 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
88
3 mapped stops · furthest 51 mi
Schedule strength
1553
average field rating faced — tougher than 41% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$7,500
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
5.9 yrs
2018-06-22 → 2024-05-24
Power rating
1465
peak 1465 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1486) Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship
- 2024
- Career-best overall score632.3544 Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.2744 Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off
- Most recent contest Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.7 | Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship | 2018-04-20 |
| -13.3 | Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off | 2024-05-24 |
| -8.2 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championship | 2018-06-22 |
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)
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 95% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 83.2% | 74.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-24 | Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Felton, CA | 20 / 21 (632.3544) | 13 (170.2744) | 15 (163.9544) | 19 (155.3484) | 21 (142.7772) |
| 2018-06-22 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championship Santa Clara, CA | 43 / 49 (598.7544) | 35 (160.0000) | 35 (157.7372) | 46 (146.2400) | 47 (134.7772) |
| 2018-04-20 | Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship Lodi, CA | 48 / 48 (472.5028) | 28 (164.0000) | 29 (159.9772) | 45 (148.5256) | — |