Richie Z

Richie Z is a competition barbecue team with 1 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contest on record in 2021. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off (2021).

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1521

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 16, 2021

their only contest in the data

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 1 contest

Avg finish

top 3%

overall standings

Best overall

693.2004 / 720

Master · KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off

Walk rate

100%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.1544

Brisket · KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 177.15 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.01)

Purse competed for

$8,200

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Storylines (4 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Against the odds

10-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 90 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off (Jul 16, 2021) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 10-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Hogline.

Giant slayer

33 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 33-team field at KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off.

Jul 16, 2021

High-water mark

693.2004 career-best overall

96.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 693.2004 at KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off — 96.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jul 16, 2021

State champions

1 state championship won

They've taken 1 state championship from 1 entry at contests carrying the title.

1 state-championship entry

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	1	1	1	177.1544	177.1544	177.15	top 9%
Pork Ribs	1	0	0	164.0116	164.0116	164.01	top 73%
Pork	1	1	0	174.8800	174.8800	174.88	top 15%
Brisket	1	1	1	177.1544	177.1544	177.15	top 6%

“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.

More numbers

First title Jul 16, 2021 KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off

Opponents faced 32 finished ahead 32 times, behind 0

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 16, 2021	KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off 🏅 Worthington, MN	1 / 33 (693.2004)	3 (177.1544)	24 (164.0116)	5 (174.8800)	2 (177.1544)

Richie Z

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Walk rate

Best single call

Strongest meat

Purse competed for

State championships

Storylines (4 found in their record)

Against the odds

Giant slayer

High-water mark

State champions

By meat

More numbers

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)