I.A.B. 30 BBQ

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

Power ranking

#429

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1692

peak 1694 · rated over 35 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-01-25

latest 2015-07-10

Best ToY finish

#27

Master 2013

Grand champs

7 reserve

Category wins

28 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 38 contests

Avg finish

top 22%

overall standings

Best overall

699.4512 / 720

Master · Rhythm & Ribs

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

674.91 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 672.06 (+2.85)

Walk rate

87%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Pork · Telluride Barbeque Festival

Consistency

±11.70

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 170.16 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.62)

Road miles

23,771

mi across 38 mapped stops · furthest 1981 mi

Schedule strength

20%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1528)

Master avg

672.06 / 720

38 Master contests · 2 GCs

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Storylines (18 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 heartbreaker

0.5714 points from the title

Came within 0.5714 points of the Grand Championship at Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash (2013-02-15).

Among the elite

#429 of 6,413 rated teams

In the top 7% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1692 puts them #429 of 6,413 rated teams — the top 7% of the field.

rating 1692
peak 1694
35 rated contests

Perfect scores on the board

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

Pork ×1
Brisket ×1

Happy hunting ground

Top 10% average finish here

Wine Country Big Q is their spot: an average finish in the top 10% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 2nd
average top 10%

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 Rhythm & Ribs (2013-10-12).

Chicken 1st
Pork 1st

They almost always walk

87% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 33 of 38 contests

A top-10 category call in 87% of their 38 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

699.4512 career-best overall

97.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 699.4512 at Rhythm & Ribs — 97.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
2013-10-12

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ has finished one call ahead of I.A.B. 30 BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2013 2 Grand Championships

2013 was the year it came together: 31 contests, 2 Grand Championships and 8 category wins, at an average finish in the top 19%.

31 contests
21 overall top-10s
8 category wins
average top 19%

A tough matchup

9–3 behind in the head-to-head

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ ahead in 75% of their meetings

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has come out ahead in 9 of their 12 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.5 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.55 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 42% of the time against 58%.

Pork Ribs avg 165.62
Chicken avg 170.16
16 calls in 38 entries

The drought

13 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Rhythm & Ribs on 2013-10-12 — 13 contests and 12.9 years ago.

last GC 2013-10-12
12.9 years ago

A strong matchup

10–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 91% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of DJS SMOKIN' BBQ in 10 of their 11 shared contests.

Always the bridesmaid

7 reserve championships

Runner-up for the whole thing 7 times against 2 Grand Championships — close enough to touch it, over and over.

2 Grand Championships
38 contests

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A June team

Top 11% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 11% across 4 contests, versus top 22% the rest of the year.

4 June contests
top 22% the rest of the year

The long haul

23,771 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 23,771 miles across 38 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,981 miles to 12th Annual Maryland State BBQ Bash.

38 mapped stops
furthest 1,981 mi

The metronome

±1.63% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.63% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.3% of a perfect score
38 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.

DIG-IN COOKERS

#427 of the rated field

1692 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 49
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 41%
Peak: 1692

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to I.A.B. 30 BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team I.A.B. 30 BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 48 contests
last seen 2017-11-10

⚔ Head-to-head

BARRY & ERICA

#425 of the rated field

1692 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 53
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 42%
Peak: 1692

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to I.A.B. 30 BBQ)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 53 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 53 contests
last seen 2022-04-22

⚔ Head-to-head

Sensuous BBQ

#426 of the rated field

1692 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 51
GCs: 5
Top-10s: 76%
Peak: 1729

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 51 contests to 38, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 51 contests
last seen 2026-08-28

⚔ Head-to-head

PHAT JACKS BBQ NE

#430 of the rated field

1692 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 4
Top-10s: 83%
Peak: 1701

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 4 Grand Championships in 23 contests, alongside a 83% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 23 contests
last seen 2018-05-11

⚔ Head-to-head

TEAM WOODSHED

#431 of the rated field

1691 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 54
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1706

No shared contest yet.

Level with I.A.B. 30 BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 54 contests
last seen 2021-05-28

⚔ Head-to-head

BULL CREEK BBQ

#428 of the rated field

1692 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 79
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 37%
Peak: 1746

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 72 contests
last seen 2025-04-11

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	16	10	6	63%	⚔ compare
Bad Boyz BBQ	13	9	4	69%	⚔ compare
BIG POPPA SMOKERS	13	7	6	54%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN TRIGGERS	12	9	3	75%	⚔ compare
THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	12	5	7	42%	⚔ compare
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
DJS SMOKIN' BBQ	11	10	1	91%	⚔ compare
Phil the Grill	10	9	1	90%	⚔ compare
AFRO SMOKE BBQ	10	9	1	90%	⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ	10	5	5	50%	⚔ compare
Rhythm n QUE	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
KNIFE PORK AND SPOON	9	8	1	89%	⚔ compare
RANCH 13 BBQ	9	7	2	78%	⚔ compare
TRUEBUD BBQ	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
Karnivorous	8	8	0	100%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	38	22	3	7	179.4400	158.8456	170.16	top 26%
Pork Ribs	38	16	1	6	177.1430	150.8000	165.62	top 40%
Pork	38	21	3	9	180.0000 🔥	156.5712	168.75	top 29%
Brisket	38	25	2	6	180.0000 🔥	147.3600	167.52	top 28%

“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
AZ	11	1	top 17%
CA	6	1	top 9%
NV	5	0	top 37%
CO	5	0	top 28%
FL	2	0	top 19%
AR	2	0	top 52%
MO	2	0	top 20%
NM	2	0	top 13%
TN	1	0	top 10%
MD	1	0	top 28%
AL	1	0	top 34%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	1	top 14%
Medium (20–39)	20	1	top 20%
Large (40+)	16	0	top 25%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	3	2	top 26%	2015-03-20
Wine Country Big Q	2	2	top 10%	2015-07-10
Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash	2	2	top 12%	2013-02-16

The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.5 yrs 2013-01-25 → 2015-07-10

Busiest season 2013 31 contests · 2 GCs

Contests a season 12.7 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in AZ 11 of 38 contests · 11 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 34 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 38 entries · 3 wins · 22 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 170.16 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.62)

Walk rate 87% a top-10 call in 33 of 38 contests

Overall top-10 rate 66% 25 of 38 contests

Wins it all 5% 2 Grand Championships · 7 reserve

First title 2013-07-26 Siskiyou Beef Country Cook-Off

Best top-10 run 13 straight contests

Master average 672.06 out of 720 · 38 contests · 2 GCs

Perfect 180s 2 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 1,312 1,693–448 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 23,771 38 mapped stops · furthest 1,981 mi

Schedule strength 1528 average field rating faced — tougher than 20% of rated contests

Power rating 1692 peak 1694 · #429 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
Jan 25 First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.8568 5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship
Feb 15 First call Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash
Feb 15 First overall top-10 Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash
Feb 15 First overall podium Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash
Feb 15 First Reserve Championship Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash
Apr 27 First category win (Pork Ribs) 7th Stagecoach BBQ Fest
May 24 First perfect 180 (Brisket) Memorial Day Salute to Service
May 24 10th tracked contest Memorial Day Salute to Service
Jul 26 First Grand Championship Siskiyou Beef Country Cook-Off
Oct 12 First multi-meat day Rhythm & Ribs
Oct 12 25th tracked contest Rhythm & Ribs
Oct 12 Career-best overall score699.4512 Rhythm & Ribs
2014
Jul 11 Peak power rating (1694) Holbrook
2015
Jul 10 Most recent contest Wine Country Big Q

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.5	Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash	2013-02-15
+12.3	7th Stagecoach BBQ Fest	2013-04-27
+11.4	Boats, Bands and BBQ	2013-06-07
+11.3	1st Annual Show Low BBQ Throwdown	2013-05-03
+11	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2013-03-15

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7.3	USA Barbecue Championship	2014-10-30
-6.4	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2015-03-20
-6.2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship	2013-10-18
-4.5	Riverside Resort Casino USA Barbecue Championship	2013-10-31
-2.2	Telluride Barbeque Festival	2013-09-21

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)
2015	3	0	2	1	100%	top 28%	94.5%	93.6%
2014	4	0	2	0	100%	top 38%	96.2%	94.3%
2013	31	2	21	8	84%	top 19%	97.1%	93.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2015-07-10	Wine Country Big Q Rohnert Park, CA	6 / 38 (673.1084)	14 (164.5600)	16 (162.2628)	3 (173.7028)	2 (172.5828)
2015-03-27	Havasu Landing CA (JUDGES LIST IS FULL) Havasu Landing, CA	4 / 25 (680.5600)	1 (177.7372)	6 (170.8572)	18 (159.9428)	3 (172.0228)
2015-03-20	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tucson, AZ	15 / 29 (668.4684)	16 (169.1200)	25 (153.0856)	7 (171.4056)	4 (174.8572)
2014-10-30	USA Barbecue Championship Laughlin, NV	48 / 79 (659.8860)	23 (172.5600)	76 (150.8000)	10 (174.2744)	53 (162.2516)
2014-07-25	Colorado Rockies Invitational BBQ Championship (Competitor's Series) unrated Denver, CO	13 / 20 (692.5028)	4 (177.7028)	17 (166.2744)	11 (173.1200)	7 (175.4056)
2014-07-11	Holbrook Holbrook, AZ	4 / 19 (686.2284)	5 (176.0000)	8 (169.7028)	9 (170.2628)	5 (170.2628)
2014-03-21	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tucson, AZ	2 / 30 (676.6172)	3 (173.1772)	16 (161.7144)	4 (169.1428)	4 (172.5828)
2013-11-22	Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	13 / 53 (661.5772)	13 (167.3944)	32 (161.1200)	14 (165.6800)	10 (167.3828)
2013-11-15	When Pigs Fly South Lakeland, FL	7 / 49 (679.9200)	8 (171.4172)	15 (167.9772)	5 (173.1200)	9 (167.4056)
2013-10-31	Riverside Resort Casino USA Barbecue Championship Laughlin, NV	42 / 85 (655.4632)	46 (164.0344)	56 (159.4516)	42 (163.4172)	18 (168.5600)
2013-10-25	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN	10 / 97 (679.3596)	36 (167.4284)	58 (164.5256)	8 (172.5600)	5 (174.8456)
2013-10-19	13th Annual Bordertown Bash Fort Smith, AR	11 / 25 (672.4800)	9 (171.4400)	11 (161.0972)	1 (178.8572)	15 (161.0856)
2013-10-18	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship Bentonville, AR	30 / 50 (676.5024)	28 (170.8456)	18 (173.1084)	45 (159.9884)	18 (172.5600)
2013-10-12	Rhythm & Ribs Cottonwood, AZ	1 / 15 (699.4512)	1 (179.4400)	6 (171.4056)	1 (177.1428)	4 (171.4628)
2013-10-03	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	97 / 535 (660.4684)	287 (160.5372)	202 (162.2628)	147 (166.2628)	39 (171.4056)
2013-10-03	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	38 / 174 (673.0624)	28 (172.5484)	69 (166.2856)	33 (171.4056)	105 (162.8228)
2013-09-21	Telluride Barbeque Festival Telluride, CO	10 / 25 (667.3828)	16 (161.1200)	7 (167.4400)	1 (180.0000)	18 (158.8228)
2013-09-13	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO	6 / 42 (675.9540)	13 (168.0000)	2 (176.5828)	12 (170.2628)	19 (161.1084)
2013-08-31	Smokin in Mesquite BBQ Championship Mesquite, NV	16 / 54 (650.7772)	33 (158.8456)	9 (165.6916)	10 (166.8344)	29 (159.4056)
2013-08-23	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV	5 / 34 (665.6800)	4 (170.8572)	2 (175.4172)	20 (159.4056)	20 (160.0000)
2013-08-09	12th Annual Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD	17 / 60 (643.3144)	16 (163.3944)	6 (169.7256)	16 (162.8344)	44 (147.3600)
2013-08-02	5th Annual Vista Smokin' Q Classic Vista, CA	2 / 46 (675.3712)	6 (172.5944)	22 (161.6800)	7 (169.1084)	3 (171.9884)
2013-07-26	Siskiyou Beef Country Cook-Off Montague, CA	1 / 26 (670.2972)	10 (160.5600)	2 (175.4516)	3 (168.5484)	7 (165.7372)
2013-07-12	Wine Country Big Q Santa Rosa, CA	2 / 44 (668.6060)	3 (172.0344)	15 (161.7488)	3 (169.6800)	9 (165.1428)
2013-06-28	Smokin' On the Pecos Artesia, NM	7 / 70 (669.1430)	5 (173.1430)	11 (168.0000)	13 (168.5714)	21 (159.4286)
2013-06-21	South Park Kick Ass BBQ Competition Fairplay, CO	4 / 23 (678.2858)	6 (170.2856)	3 (172.0002)	8 (169.7142)	6 (166.2858)
2013-06-14	Northern Arizona BBQ Festival Williams, AZ	4 / 32 (680.0000)	5 (173.1428)	16 (164.0000)	8 (168.5716)	1 (174.2856)
2013-06-07	Boats, Bands and BBQ Pueblo, CO	2 / 39 (688.5718)	1 (177.7144)	9 (168.5716)	2 (177.1430)	10 (165.1428)
2013-05-24	Memorial Day Salute to Service Mesa, AZ	3 / 29 (677.7142)	5 (170.8570)	23 (155.4286)	3 (171.4286)	1 (180.0000)
2013-05-03	1st Annual Show Low BBQ Throwdown Show Low, AZ	2 / 24 (676.5712)	6 (167.4284)	2 (176.0002)	12 (165.7142)	5 (167.4284)
2013-04-27	7th Stagecoach BBQ Fest Indio, CA	2 / 30 (683.4282)	2 (176.5714)	1 (177.1430)	11 (164.5712)	7 (165.1426)
2013-04-19	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Las Vegas, NV	9 / 30 (653.7140)	4 (170.8572)	24 (155.4284)	9 (164.0000)	9 (163.4284)
2013-03-22	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tucson, AZ	6 / 30 (656.5712)	4 (168.0000)	21 (154.8570)	11 (166.2856)	6 (167.4286)
2013-03-15	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Albuquerque, NM	3 / 20 (669.1426)	2 (174.2856)	10 (157.7140)	5 (167.4286)	2 (169.7144)
2013-03-08	BBQ Championship & Hog Wild Festival Mobile, AL	19 / 56 (664.5706)	12 (171.4284)	26 (165.7142)	46 (156.5712)	10 (170.8568)
2013-02-16	Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash Mesa, AZ	5 / 31 (677.7136)	11 (169.1426)	8 (170.8570)	19 (164.5712)	5 (173.1428)
2013-02-15	Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash Mesa, AZ	2 / 29 (686.8572)	6 (171.4286)	4 (170.8572)	2 (173.1428)	4 (171.4286)
2013-01-25	5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship Lake Havasu City, AZ	19 / 86 (662.8568)	20 (168.5712)	38 (161.1428)	19 (168.0000)	27 (165.1428)

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
2015 ↗	Master	#736 (479 pts)	#754 (489 pts)	#1036 (324 pts)	#777 (479 pts)	#543 (689 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#686 (524 pts)	#768 (484 pts)	#1057 (314 pts)	#770 (484 pts)	#798 (449 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#27 (2552 pts)	#30 (2280 pts)	#29 (2238 pts)	#16 (2407 pts)	#52 (2134 pts)