Richie Z MN

Rating

1519

peak 1519

Contests

in the data

First seen

2021-07-16

latest 2021-07-16

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 1 contests

Avg finish

top 3%

overall standings

Best overall

693.2004

KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off

Perfect 180s

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)

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Storylines

🗡️ Giant slayer

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

🃏 Against the odds

Their Grand Championship at KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off (2021-07-16) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 24-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, SHIGGIN & GRINNIN.

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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.

The story so far

Busiest season: 2021 (1 contest)
Cooks mostly in MN (1 of 1 contests)
Most-entered category: Chicken (1 entries)
First Grand Championship in the data: KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off (2021-07-16)
Wins it all in 100% of contests
All-time average overall score: 693.20

Best vs average (by meat)

Season by season

Season	Contests	GCs	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
2021	1	1	0	693.2004	693.20

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2021-07-16	KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off Worthington, MN	1 / 33 (693.2004)	3 (177.1544)	24 (164.0116)	5 (174.8800)	2 (177.1544)