Signature meat
27%
pork ribs entries won
3 wins from 11 entries
When pork ribs is on the table, watch out — they've won it in 27% of their entries (3 of 11).
- best 174.8572
- average 166.32
- 7 calls
Big shot BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1526
peak 1526 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
2014-03-28
latest 2024-05-24
Best ToY finish
#1468
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
5
6 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 11 contests
Avg finish
top 45%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
639.47 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 645.57 (-6.10)
Walk rate
82%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.37
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.32 · weakest Brisket (155.23)
Road miles
1,422
mi across 11 mapped stops · furthest 391 mi
Schedule strength
32%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)
Purse competed for
$9K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
645.57 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (10 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 multi-meat day
1
contests with 2+ category wins
They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at 2016 Clayton Rib Cook-off (COMPETITOR SERIES ) (2016-08-05).
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 1st
They almost always walk
82%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 9 of 11 contests
A top-10 category call in 82% of their 11 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
High-water mark
663.4056
career-best overall
92.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 663.4056 at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) — 92.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2014-04-25
A tough matchup
7–0
behind in the head-to-head
SON OF SMOKE ahead in 100% of their meetings
SON OF SMOKE has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.
The weak link
−11.1
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.09 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 14% of the time against 64%.
- Brisket avg 155.23
- Pork Ribs avg 166.32
- 1 calls in 7 entries
A strong matchup
5–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of RBQ in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
The comeback
5.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 5.1 years, then back at Holy Smokes (ONE MEAT RIBS) (2022-08-27).
- last seen 2017-07-15
- back 2022-08-27
Announced themselves early
4th
at their very first contest
Finished 4 of 29 at their very first tracked contest, Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2014-03-28).
- 2014-03-28
- 29-team field
The metronome
±2.41%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±2.41% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 89.7% of a perfect score
- 11 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.
71 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2289 of the rated field
- Contests
- 58
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1556
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to Big shot BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Big shot BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2291 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 30%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#2301 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1542
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2307 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1526
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 10 years before Big shot BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2304 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1526
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after Big shot BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#2292 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
Level with Big shot BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SON OF SMOKE | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| PIRATES OF THE PIG | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| RBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG PIG BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 176.5828 | 155.9544 | 165.77 | top 38% |
| Pork Ribs | 11 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 174.8572 | 153.6800 | 166.32 | top 30% |
| Pork | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 150.8228 | 157.70 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8456 | 133.6800 | 155.23 | top 60% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 5 | 0 | top 34% |
| NV | 3 | 0 | top 63% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 6 | 0 | top 47% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 38% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2 | 20 | 0 | top 68% | 2016-03-25 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
10.2 yrs
2014-03-28 → 2024-05-24
Busiest season
2016
3 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
8 of 11 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
7
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
11 entries · 3 wins · 7 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 166.32 · weakest Brisket (155.23)
Walk rate
82%
a top-10 call in 9 of 11 contests
Overall top-10 rate
18%
2 of 11 contests
Master average
645.57
out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
175
158–116 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,422
11 mapped stops · furthest 391 mi
Schedule strength
1543
average field rating faced — tougher than 32% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$8,500
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
5.1 yrs
2017-07-15 → 2022-08-27
Power rating
1526
peak 1526 · #2299 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.2628 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best overall score663.4056 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5828 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)
- 2016
- First multi-meat day 2016 Clayton Rib Cook-off (COMPETITOR SERIES )
- 2022
- 10th tracked contest Holy Smokes (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- 2024
- Peak power rating (1526) Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off
- Most recent contest Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.1 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2014-03-28 |
| +8.4 | Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off | 2024-05-24 |
| +8.3 | 2nd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship | 2016-09-16 |
| +2.9 | 1st Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship | 2015-10-02 |
| +1.8 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) | 2014-04-25 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.7 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2015-03-27 |
| -3.3 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2016-03-25 |
| -2.1 | Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship | 2015-05-01 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 19% | — | — |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 67% | top 51% | 91.6% | 90.8% |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 67% | top 57% | 90.3% | 87.5% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 100% | top 34% | 92.1% | 91.8% |
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 | 4 / 21 (341.7600) | — | 7 (168.5600) | — | — |
| 2022-08-27 | Holy Smokes (ONE MEAT RIBS) Walnut Creek, CA | — | — | 4 (168.5600) | — | — |
| 2017-07-15 | *2017 Clayton BBQ Cook-off a KCBS(Competitor Series) event Sponsored by the CBCA Clayton, CA | — | 5 (167.4400) | 12 (153.6800) | — | — |
| 2016-09-16 | 2nd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA | 20 / 61 (659.4516) | 22 (168.0000) | 6 (170.8572) | 39 (157.1544) | 23 (163.4400) |
| 2016-08-05 | 2016 Clayton Rib Cook-off (COMPETITOR SERIES ) Clayton, CA | — | 1 (170.8228) | 1 (163.9772) | — | — |
| 2016-03-25 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Reno, NV | 20 / 29 (648.4232) | 23 (158.2288) | 15 (164.5716) | 15 (168.5600) | 22 (157.0628) |
| 2015-10-02 | 1st Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA | 18 / 41 (650.2744) | 15 (168.6172) | 27 (160.5372) | 25 (160.0228) | 17 (161.0972) |
| 2015-05-01 | Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship Elk Grove, CA | 19 / 32 (625.0400) | 16 (162.8572) | 2 (168.5600) | 26 (150.8228) | 22 (142.8000) |
| 2015-03-27 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Reno, NV | 20 / 30 (614.1484) | 19 (155.9544) | 1 (171.9656) | 19 (152.5484) | 29 (133.6800) |
| 2014-04-25 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Las Vegas, NV | 16 / 30 (663.4056) | 1 (176.5828) | 18 (163.4172) | 23 (161.7028) | 24 (161.7028) |
| 2014-03-28 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Sacramento, CA | 4 / 29 (658.2628) | 12 (163.4400) | 1 (174.8572) | 23 (153.1200) | 5 (166.8456) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | — | — | #876 (190 pts) | — | — |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1592 (148 pts) | #1587 (168 pts) | #2023 (108 pts) | — | — |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1571 (164 pts) | #1780 (139 pts) | #1184 (279 pts) | #1681 (164 pts) | #1741 (139 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1468 (167 pts) | #1451 (187 pts) | #707 (537 pts) | #1668 (142 pts) | #1722 (127 pts) |