PORKCHOP & BUBBAS

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#1569

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1560

peak 1574 · rated over 28 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-01-25

latest 2024-03-15

Best ToY finish

#320

Master 2020

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

6 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 29 contests

Avg finish

top 48%

overall standings

Best overall

695.3484 / 720

Master · California Honey Harvest Festival and BBQ Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

667.99 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 658.10 (+9.89)

Walk rate

55%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

178.8572

Brisket · California Honey Harvest Festival and BBQ Championship

Consistency

±27.90

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 167.10 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.15)

Road miles

7,092

mi across 29 mapped stops · furthest 1368 mi

Schedule strength

50%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1565)

Purse competed for

$58K

listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 10 state-championship entries

Master avg

658.10 / 720

29 Master contests · 1 GC

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Storylines (12 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.

Against the odds

25-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 75 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship (2015-05-01) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 25-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, TOO ASHAMED TO NAME.

Giant slayer

32 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 32-team field at Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship.

2015-05-01

High-water mark

695.3484 career-best overall

96.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 695.3484 at California Honey Harvest Festival and BBQ Championship — 96.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-06-12

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT has finished one call ahead of PORKCHOP & BUBBAS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2015 1 Grand Championship

2015 was the year it came together: 7 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 27%.

7 contests
2 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 27%

A tough matchup

22–1 behind in the head-to-head

BIG POPPA SMOKERS ahead in 96% of their meetings

BIG POPPA SMOKERS has come out ahead in 22 of their 23 shared contests.

The drought

22 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship on 2015-05-01 — 22 contests and 11.3 years ago.

last GC 2015-05-01
11.3 years ago

A strong matchup

11–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 79% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT in 11 of their 14 shared contests.

The comeback

2.9 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.9 years, then back at Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest (2024-03-15).

last seen 2021-04-17
back 2024-03-15

Pork nemesis

19 of 23 shared pork entries lost

BIG POPPA SMOKERS ahead 83% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BIG POPPA SMOKERS has out-cooked them in 19 of 23 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

BAR-B-Q'S-2GO has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

7,092 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 7,092 miles across 29 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,368 miles to 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational.

29 mapped stops
furthest 1,368 mi

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.

40 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

BROWN CHICKEN BROWN COW

#1568 of the rated field

1560 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1569

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to PORKCHOP & BUBBAS)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team PORKCHOP & BUBBAS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2018-10-12

⚔ Head-to-head

HAWG DOCTORS

#1573 of the rated field

1560 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 42%
Peak: 1562

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to PORKCHOP & BUBBAS)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2015-10-03

⚔ Head-to-head

American Barbecue Company

#1570 of the rated field

1560 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 28%
Peak: 1569

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 25 contests to 29, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 25 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

⚔ Head-to-head

CHASE BROTHERS BBQ

#1567 of the rated field

1560 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1585

No shared contest yet.

25 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 16% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 25 contests
last seen 2022-09-29

⚔ Head-to-head

BIG DOGG BBQ - CINCINNATI, OH

#1564 of the rated field

1560 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 35
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1605

No shared contest yet.

Level with PORKCHOP & BUBBAS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 34 contests
last seen 2026-08-21

⚔ Head-to-head

BUTTS-N-RACKS BBQ, LLC

#1565 of the rated field

1560 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 35
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1587

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before PORKCHOP & BUBBAS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 35 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BIG POPPA SMOKERS	23	1	22	4%	⚔ compare
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	19	3	16	16%	⚔ compare
Burnin and Lootin	18	2	16	11%	⚔ compare
LADY OF Q	16	1	15	6%	⚔ compare
BAR-B-Q'S-2GO	15	10	5	67%	⚔ compare
7 SINS BBQ	15	9	6	60%	⚔ compare
RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT	14	11	3	79%	⚔ compare
TEAM WOODSHED	13	8	5	62%	⚔ compare
ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
FU MAN QUE CREW	12	11	1	92%	⚔ compare
CHUBBY AND TUBBY'S	12	11	1	92%	⚔ compare
TROPICAL HEAT BBQ	12	6	6	50%	⚔ compare
Smokey and the Pirate	12	6	6	50%	⚔ compare
ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	29	3	0	1	176.5600	141.7028	163.20	top 59%
Pork Ribs	29	5	0	1	175.4288	129.1426	163.15	top 49%
Pork	29	8	1	2	178.8572	146.2854	167.10	top 43%
Brisket	29	6	0	2	178.8572	138.8572	164.66	top 47%

“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	24	1	top 47%
AZ	2	0	top 52%
MO	2	0	top 40%
UT	1	0	top 76%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	9	1	top 45%
Large (40+)	20	0	top 49%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
West Coast BBQ Classic	2	13	0	top 31%	2017-05-12

The story so far (20 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 11.1 yrs 2013-01-25 → 2024-03-15

Busiest season 2015 7 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 3.2 across 9 seasons in the data

Cooks most in CA 24 of 29 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 28 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 29 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 167.10 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.15)

Walk rate 55% a top-10 call in 16 of 29 contests

Overall top-10 rate 21% 6 of 29 contests

Wins it all 3% 1 Grand Championship · 1 reserve

First title 2015-05-01 Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 658.10 out of 720 · 29 contests · 1 GC

Opponents faced 1,094 994–1,071 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 7,092 29 mapped stops · furthest 1,368 mi

Schedule strength 1565 average field rating faced — tougher than 50% of rated contests

Purse competed for $57,750 listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 10 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 2.9 yrs 2021-04-17 → 2024-03-15

Power rating 1560 peak 1574 · #1569 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2013
Jan 25 First tracked contest 5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship
Jun 14 First call California Honey Harvest Festival & KCBS BBQ
2015
Mar 20 First overall past 90% of a perfect score678.7660 4th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship
May 1 First category win (Pork) Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship
May 1 First overall top-10 Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship
May 1 First overall podium Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship
May 1 First Grand Championship Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship
May 1 Biggest field won (32 teams) Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship
Jun 12 First Reserve Championship California Honey Harvest Festival and BBQ Championship
Jun 12 Career-best overall score695.3484 California Honey Harvest Festival and BBQ Championship
Jun 12 Career-best single call (Brisket)178.8572 California Honey Harvest Festival and BBQ Championship
Aug 7 10th tracked contest Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons
2019
Mar 29 Peak power rating (1574) 8th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Day 1
2020
Feb 21 25th tracked contest The Tyson Guinea Pig, Matt Dalton Memorial
2024
Mar 15 Most recent contest Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+18.4	Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship	2015-05-01
+17	California Honey Harvest Festival and BBQ Championship	2015-06-12
+14.5	Arizona National BBQ Stampede	2019-12-27
+11.3	*Newport Beach Winter Q	2017-01-27
+10.6	4th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship	2015-03-20

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.6	5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship	2013-01-25
-10.5	California Honey Harvest Festival & KCBS BBQ	2013-06-14
-8.2	Smoke & Hops	2019-07-05
-7	Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship	2014-05-16
-6.7	Western Legends Heritage and Music Festival	2020-08-14

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	100%	top 67%	92.5%	92.5%
2021	2	0	0	0	100%	top 48%	95.1%	94.2%
2020	3	0	0	0	0%	top 68%	92.4%	91.8%
2019	4	0	1	0	50%	top 50%	95%	92.7%
2017	3	0	1	0	67%	top 28%	94.8%	93.8%
2016	4	0	2	0	100%	top 36%	94.7%	92.4%
2015	7	1	2	1	57%	top 27%	96.6%	93.4%
2014	1	0	0	0	0%	top 82%	82.2%	82.2%
2013	4	0	0	0	25%	top 79%	85.2%	84.2%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024-03-15	Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest 🏅 Dinuba, CA	18 / 27 (666.1488)	22 (161.6456)	15 (167.9772)	6 (174.2744)	20 (162.2516)
2021-04-17	The Golden State Battle III - Day 2 🏅 Hollister, CA	15 / 26 (685.0628)	17 (171.4056)	16 (169.6800)	9 (172.5600)	14 (171.4172)
2021-04-16	The Golden State Battle III - Day 1 🏅 Hollister, CA	16 / 41 (671.9084)	24 (162.2284)	23 (164.5716)	19 (169.7028)	5 (175.4056)
2020-08-14	Western Legends Heritage and Music Festival 🏅 Kanab, UT	32 / 42 (658.1484)	35 (161.6456)	13 (172.5600)	26 (167.9884)	39 (155.9544)
2020-02-21	The Tyson Guinea Pig, Matt Dalton Memorial 🏅 Coachella, CA	33 / 50 (658.6968)	22 (167.9656)	34 (162.8228)	30 (165.1084)	32 (162.8000)
2020-01-24	The Golden State Battle II 🏅 Hollister, CA	28 / 46 (665.6228)	20 (169.7372)	19 (166.2400)	21 (168.5372)	33 (161.1084)
2019-12-27	Arizona National BBQ Stampede 🏅 Phoenix, AZ	6 / 44 (683.9544)	34 (165.0856)	12 (171.4172)	4 (176.5716)	14 (170.8800)
2019-07-05	Smoke & Hops 🏅 Harmony, CA	21 / 26 (647.8856)	25 (152.5256)	19 (159.4172)	16 (168.5484)	17 (167.3944)
2019-03-30	8th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Day 2 🏅 Arcadia, CA	35 / 47 (665.0404)	22 (170.8344)	22 (169.6916)	40 (160.5716)	34 (163.9428)
2019-03-29	8th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Day 1 🏅 Arcadia, CA	22 / 70 (673.1092)	53 (161.0972)	2 (175.4288)	45 (163.9888)	14 (172.5944)
2017-06-09	*California Honey Harvest Festival & BBQ Championship Fillmore, CA	13 / 39 (676.4572)	18 (165.6916)	4 (173.1200)	11 (173.1200)	20 (164.5256)
2017-05-12	West Coast BBQ Classic Long Beach, CA	13 / 40 (666.7428)	22 (165.1088)	14 (169.7028)	21 (162.8112)	13 (169.1200)
2017-01-27	*Newport Beach Winter Q Newport, CA	10 / 56 (682.7428)	35 (165.0856)	12 (172.5600)	21 (169.6800)	3 (175.4172)
2016-06-10	Califorina Honey Harvest Festival and BBQ Championship Fillmore, CA	10 / 27 (678.8000)	17 (169.1200)	4 (175.4172)	18 (164.0116)	10 (170.2512)
2016-05-13	West Coast BBQ Classic Long Beach, CA	13 / 44 (682.1716)	2 (176.5600)	22 (166.2516)	6 (176.5600)	30 (162.8000)
2016-04-29	Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship Elk Grove, CA	10 / 30 (637.5316)	15 (159.9544)	28 (141.0628)	8 (167.9772)	5 (168.5372)
2016-04-01	5th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship Arciadia, CA	32 / 72 (661.5772)	61 (159.3944)	46 (161.0856)	26 (168.5256)	9 (172.5716)
2015-10-03	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO	307 / 606 (651.8632)	566 (147.3372)	214 (167.3944)	242 (165.7144)	94 (171.4172)
2015-10-02	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	53 / 187 (682.7656)	53 (172.5600)	117 (166.2400)	58 (171.4056)	48 (172.5600)
2015-08-07	Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons Huntington Beach, CA	21 / 58 (670.1372)	51 (158.2172)	7 (175.4172)	14 (170.8228)	33 (165.6800)
2015-06-12	California Honey Harvest Festival and BBQ Championship Fillmore, CA	2 / 26 (695.3484)	22 (165.0740)	4 (172.5600)	2 (178.8572)	3 (178.8572)
2015-05-15	Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship Bakersfield, CA	18 / 53 (664.5028)	11 (171.4172)	36 (158.2400)	16 (168.5600)	15 (166.2856)
2015-05-01	Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship Elk Grove, CA	1 / 32 (663.3488)	8 (169.6800)	13 (159.4516)	1 (172.5600)	12 (161.6572)
2015-03-20	4th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship Arcadia, CA	28 / 100 (678.7660)	11 (175.4400)	74 (159.3832)	7 (176.5600)	46 (167.3828)
2014-05-16	Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship Bakersfield, CA	46 / 56 (591.7484)	52 (141.7028)	48 (145.6344)	42 (153.0856)	40 (151.3256)
2013-07-26	The Great American Cookoff Woodlake, CA	37 / 53 (613.5200)	42 (150.2172)	19 (161.6688)	30 (158.2512)	41 (143.3828)
2013-06-14	California Honey Harvest Festival & KCBS BBQ Fillmore, CA	32 / 36 (607.9994)	7 (171.4286)	35 (129.1426)	34 (146.2854)	17 (161.1428)
2013-05-17	Bakersfield's Biggest Baddest BBQ Championship Bakersfield, CA	45 / 65 (594.8574)	29 (159.4284)	51 (145.1432)	38 (151.4286)	49 (138.8572)
2013-01-25	5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship Lake Havasu City, AZ	77 / 86 (608.5712)	83 (145.1428)	67 (152.0000)	50 (161.7142)	64 (149.7142)

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	#1071 (87 pts)	#1223 (67 pts)	#1152 (102 pts)	#832 (167 pts)	#1133 (77 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#700 (206 pts)	#872 (156 pts)	#872 (166 pts)	#693 (226 pts)	#602 (291 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#320 (355 pts)	#419 (280 pts)	#317 (395 pts)	#301 (410 pts)	#401 (295 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1147 (206 pts)	#1272 (186 pts)	#777 (416 pts)	#1191 (216 pts)	#1050 (266 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#929 (375 pts)	#1323 (230 pts)	#867 (450 pts)	#1160 (290 pts)	#875 (440 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#819 (437 pts)	#765 (517 pts)	#944 (392 pts)	#828 (472 pts)	#756 (512 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#430 (888 pts)	#593 (658 pts)	#539 (723 pts)	#332 (1038 pts)	#534 (698 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2084 (75 pts)	#2167 (75 pts)	#2161 (75 pts)	#2172 (75 pts)	#2148 (75 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1007 (286 pts)	#825 (391 pts)	#979 (316 pts)	#1063 (286 pts)	#942 (326 pts)