TOYS 4 BBQ'N

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

Power ranking

#835

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1624

peak 1624 · rated over 27 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-01-25

latest 2018-05-04

Best ToY finish

#528

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

15 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 27 contests

Avg finish

top 38%

overall standings

Best overall

700.0572 / 720

Master · Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

675.24 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 667.00 (+8.24)

Walk rate

70%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Pork · Horse Town Brew n Que Festival

Consistency

±19.63

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 167.26 · weakest Pork Ribs (166.17)

Road miles

6,218

mi across 27 mapped stops · furthest 460 mi

Schedule strength

36%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)

Master avg

667.00 / 720

27 Master contests · 1 GC

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Storylines (13 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.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.

Pork ×1

Against the odds

26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 74 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge (2015-10-09) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 26-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ.

Multi-meat days

2 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 2 times — the best of them 2 category wins at Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge (2015-10-09).

Pork Ribs 1st
Brisket 1st

They almost always walk

70% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 19 of 27 contests

A top-10 category call in 70% of their 27 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

700.0572 career-best overall

97.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 700.0572 at Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge — 97.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-10-09

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has finished one call ahead of TOYS 4 BBQ'N 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2015 1 Grand Championship

2015 was the year it came together: 6 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 3 category wins, at an average finish in the top 23%.

6 contests
4 overall top-10s
3 category wins
average top 23%

A tough matchup

19–5 behind in the head-to-head

LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ ahead in 79% of their meetings

LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ has come out ahead in 19 of their 24 shared contests.

The drought

8 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge on 2015-10-09 — 8 contests and 10.9 years ago.

last GC 2015-10-09
10.9 years ago

A strong matchup

14–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of DJS SMOKIN' BBQ in 14 of their 14 shared contests.

Looking over their shoulder

4× one call behind them

LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ has landed one call behind them 4 times.

A June team

Top 24% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 24% across 3 contests, versus top 38% the rest of the year.

3 June contests
top 38% the rest of the year

The long haul

6,218 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 6,218 miles across 27 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 460 miles to Wild West BBQ Shoot Out.

27 mapped stops
furthest 460 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.

Wee Daddy's BBQ

#833 of the rated field

1624 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 33
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 52%
Peak: 1624

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 32 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 32 contests
last seen 2026-06-12
on a 4-contest top-10 run

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615 BBQ

#839 of the rated field

1624 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 37%
Peak: 1624

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 19 contests to 27, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2021-09-03

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DEAD PIGS TELL NO TALES

#840 of the rated field

1624 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 40
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1630

No shared contest yet.

40 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 35% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 39 contests
last seen 2018-11-09

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EFFIN'EH GRAY'S

#834 of the rated field

1624 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 76%
Peak: 1624

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 11 years after TOYS 4 BBQ'N did, first appearing in 2024.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2026-08-14
on an 8-contest top-10 run

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SMOKIN BLUE Q FL

#836 of the rated field

1624 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 43
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 26%
Peak: 1632

No shared contest yet.

Level with TOYS 4 BBQ'N on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 43 contests
last seen 2019-11-22

⚔ Head-to-head

BOHEMIAN BBQ

#838 of the rated field

1624 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 51
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 41%
Peak: 1633

No shared contest yet.

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 51 contests to 27.

rated over 45 contests
last seen 2022-10-14

⚔ 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	24	5	19	21%	⚔ compare
Bad Boyz BBQ	16	5	11	31%	⚔ compare
KNIFE PORK AND SPOON	15	8	7	53%	⚔ compare
DJS SMOKIN' BBQ	14	14	0	100%	⚔ compare
Phil the Grill	14	11	3	79%	⚔ compare
MONSOON BBQ	14	10	4	71%	⚔ compare
COW TIPPIN BBQ	14	7	7	50%	⚔ compare
Your Behind BBQ	13	11	2	85%	⚔ compare
THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	13	5	8	38%	⚔ compare
MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
BIG POPPA SMOKERS	13	2	11	15%	⚔ compare
Rhythm n QUE	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
BUTTHEAD BBQ	11	10	1	91%	⚔ compare
RUB YOUR MEAT BBQ	11	9	2	82%	⚔ compare
FAT FRANKIES BBQ LLC	10	9	1	90%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	27	6	0	3	178.2972	154.8570	166.65	top 49%
Pork Ribs	27	12	2	4	179.4400	143.3372	166.17	top 40%
Pork	27	7	2	5	180.0000 🔥	157.7142	167.26	top 43%
Brisket	27	11	2	3	179.4400	146.8572	166.92	top 37%

“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	16	1	top 32%
NV	7	0	top 48%
CA	4	0	top 41%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	17	1	top 36%
Large (40+)	10	0	top 40%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Wild West BBQ Shoot Out	2	12	0	top 37%	2017-08-25
Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash	2	23	0	top 77%	2013-02-16

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

On the trail 5.3 yrs 2013-01-25 → 2018-05-04

Busiest season 2014 7 contests

Contests a season 4.5 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in AZ 16 of 27 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 25 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 27 entries · 0 wins · 6 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 167.26 · weakest Pork Ribs (166.17)

Walk rate 70% a top-10 call in 19 of 27 contests

Overall top-10 rate 41% 11 of 27 contests

Wins it all 4% 1 Grand Championship · 0 reserve

First title 2015-10-09 Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge

Best top-10 run 4 straight contests

Master average 667.00 out of 720 · 27 contests · 1 GC

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 469 709–404 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 6,218 27 mapped stops · furthest 460 mi

Schedule strength 1548 average field rating faced — tougher than 36% of rated contests

Power rating 1624 peak 1624 · #835 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 call 5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship
Jan 25 First overall top-10 5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship
Jan 25 First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.4282 5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship
2014
Jun 13 First overall podium Northern Arizona BBQ Festival
Jun 13 10th tracked contest Northern Arizona BBQ Festival
Oct 10 First category win (Pork Ribs) Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge
Oct 10 First multi-meat day Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge
2015
Oct 9 First Grand Championship Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge
Oct 9 Career-best overall score700.0572 Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge
2016
Jun 3 First perfect 180 (Pork) Horse Town Brew n Que Festival
2017
Aug 25 25th tracked contest Wild West BBQ Shoot Out
2018
May 4 Peak power rating (1624) *City of Show Low's 6th Annual BBQ Throwdown
May 4 Most recent contest *City of Show Low's 6th Annual BBQ Throwdown

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.3	Northern Arizona BBQ Festival	2014-06-13
+13.9	Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge	2014-10-10
+13	5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship	2013-01-25
+12.8	Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge	2015-10-09
+11.4	Show Low BBQ Throwdown	2015-05-01

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.7	Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash	2013-02-15
-7.5	Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash	2013-02-16
-6.2	Smoke on the Water NEVADA BBQ Championship	2013-05-02
-5	The Guinea Pig (Competitor's Series)	2014-02-21
-4.4	USA Barbecue Championship	2014-10-30

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)
2018	2	0	0	0	50%	top 31%	94.4%	94.3%
2017	2	0	0	0	0%	top 50%	94%	93.9%
2016	4	0	3	1	100%	top 24%	95.8%	94.4%
2015	6	1	4	3	83%	top 23%	97.2%	94.3%
2014	7	0	3	2	57%	top 41%	95.7%	92.1%
2013	6	0	1	0	83%	top 56%	92.7%	89.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-05-04	*City of Show Low's 6th Annual BBQ Throwdown Show Low, AZ	17 / 52 (678.2056)	11 (174.8800)	37 (165.6800)	16 (170.8228)	20 (166.8228)
2018-01-19	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ	21 / 70 (679.3720)	28 (170.2744)	4 (174.2860)	54 (162.2516)	10 (172.5600)
2017-08-25	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out West Wendover, NV	18 / 37 (677.0628)	18 (173.1200)	22 (167.3944)	27 (165.7028)	11 (170.8456)
2017-06-02	*Horse Town Brew B Que Festival( Judges Full) Norco, CA	29 / 57 (674.7660)	44 (165.6800)	11 (173.1316)	32 (166.8228)	22 (169.1316)
2016-11-04	World BBQ Festival Peoria, AZ	12 / 31 (666.8000)	22 (166.2628)	13 (165.1316)	15 (164.0000)	8 (171.4056)
2016-08-26	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV	10 / 37 (678.1600)	20 (164.5256)	20 (163.9660)	5 (175.4056)	6 (174.2628)
2016-06-03	Horse Town Brew n Que Festival Norco, CA	8 / 58 (689.6804)	25 (170.2744)	26 (166.8344)	1 (180.0000)	12 (172.5716)
2016-05-06	4th Annual BBQ Throwdown Show Low, AZ	6 / 39 (683.3256)	28 (163.9428)	3 (176.0000)	3 (173.7028)	10 (169.6800)
2015-10-09	Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ	1 / 20 (700.0572)	3 (172.0000)	1 (179.4400)	2 (175.4744)	1 (173.1428)
2015-08-28	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV	12 / 49 (683.3944)	19 (169.7372)	29 (166.2400)	20 (169.7144)	5 (177.7028)
2015-07-10	Holbrook Holbrook, AZ	6 / 29 (684.5372)	2 (178.2972)	16 (165.1316)	22 (161.6684)	1 (179.4400)
2015-05-01	Show Low BBQ Throwdown Show Low, AZ	5 / 35 (674.7540)	10 (170.2628)	9 (168.5828)	11 (170.8228)	17 (165.0856)
2015-03-27	Havasu Landing CA (JUDGES LIST IS FULL) Havasu Landing, CA	7 / 25 (677.1432)	7 (169.6800)	3 (172.5944)	3 (174.2744)	16 (160.5944)
2015-02-27	6th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship Lake Havasu City, AZ	37 / 82 (654.8004)	40 (164.5372)	23 (166.8800)	51 (161.6916)	38 (161.6916)
2014-10-30	USA Barbecue Championship Laughlin, NV	57 / 79 (654.8000)	38 (169.7028)	77 (149.1316)	20 (171.4172)	49 (164.5484)
2014-10-10	Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ	3 / 21 (689.0512)	14 (165.0856)	1 (179.4400)	1 (176.5600)	10 (167.9656)
2014-09-05	The Great Vegas Gridiron Grill-Off Las Vegas, NV	22 / 42 (666.8004)	30 (162.2284)	16 (168.0344)	20 (169.1200)	20 (167.4176)
2014-06-13	Northern Arizona BBQ Festival Williams, AZ	3 / 35 (676.5028)	6 (170.8572)	5 (171.4172)	23 (161.6456)	2 (172.5828)
2014-05-02	2nd Annual Show Low BBQ Throwdown Show Low, AZ	9 / 35 (667.9312)	17 (166.8572)	10 (167.9772)	16 (166.2284)	12 (166.8684)
2014-03-21	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tucson, AZ	12 / 30 (656.4116)	2 (174.8456)	11 (167.4060)	16 (160.5372)	22 (153.6228)
2014-02-21	The Guinea Pig (Competitor's Series) Indio, CA	35 / 48 (627.8400)	33 (159.4516)	39 (151.9544)	26 (159.3484)	26 (157.0856)
2013-09-27	Avi Resort & Casino Music Brews & BBQ Championship Laughlin, NV	12 / 31 (664.4340)	19 (161.6800)	5 (169.1200)	22 (161.6684)	4 (171.9656)
2013-07-12	3rd Annual Holbrook Holbrook, AZ	16 / 27 (636.9712)	16 (160.5712)	26 (143.3372)	8 (169.6800)	12 (163.3828)
2013-05-02	Smoke on the Water NEVADA BBQ Championship Laughlin, NV	18 / 25 (626.8568)	17 (157.1428)	10 (158.8572)	11 (159.4284)	18 (151.4284)
2013-02-16	Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash Mesa, AZ	23 / 31 (647.4282)	22 (165.1426)	28 (151.9998)	13 (167.4288)	15 (162.8570)
2013-02-15	Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash Mesa, AZ	23 / 29 (624.5710)	25 (154.8570)	10 (165.1426)	21 (157.7142)	26 (146.8572)
2013-01-25	5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship Lake Havasu City, AZ	9 / 86 (667.4282)	54 (157.7142)	6 (171.4284)	47 (162.8570)	6 (175.4286)

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
2016 ↗	Master	#661 (586 pts)	#1196 (276 pts)	#803 (496 pts)	#497 (811 pts)	#679 (586 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#547 (694 pts)	#558 (694 pts)	#648 (599 pts)	#665 (569 pts)	#525 (719 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#658 (561 pts)	#713 (531 pts)	#630 (606 pts)	#662 (576 pts)	#874 (391 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#528 (593 pts)	#697 (473 pts)	#445 (733 pts)	#547 (603 pts)	#411 (758 pts)