Perfect scores on the board
4 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.
- Chicken ×4
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
4 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.
A call in 45 of 57 contests
A top-10 category call in 79% of their 57 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
97.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 701.7372 at Horse Town Brew n Que Festival — 97.5% of a perfect 720.
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ has finished one call ahead of FUNTIME BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
2013 was the year it came together: 10 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 26%.
Burnin and Lootin ahead in 87% of their meetings
Burnin and Lootin has come out ahead in 34 of their 39 shared contests.
Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.83 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 25% of the time against 42%.
Ahead in 79% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of COOL GRILLING in 22 of their 28 shared contests.
Burnin and Lootin ahead 72% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, Burnin and Lootin has out-cooked them in 28 of 39 shared chicken entries.
ZZYZX BAR.B.Q has landed one call behind them 2 times.
Something about August: average finish in the top 28% across 4 contests, versus top 38% the rest of the year.
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 41,724 miles across 57 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 5,335 miles to Brew N Q Open.
Their overall lands within ±1.87% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
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.
26 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
Careers of much the same size, 55 contests to 57, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 42 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir rating is built on 3 Grand Championships in 113 contests, alongside a 28% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with FUNTIME BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headBoth teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-headThey've been 1822 at their best, 192 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | 42 | 11 | 31 | 26% | ⚔ compare |
| Burnin and Lootin | 39 | 5 | 34 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| ZZYZX BAR.B.Q | 37 | 15 | 22 | 41% | ⚔ compare |
| LADY OF Q | 37 | 11 | 26 | 30% | ⚔ compare |
| RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ | 36 | 13 | 23 | 36% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG POPPA SMOKERS | 34 | 5 | 29 | 15% | ⚔ compare |
| Porterhouse BBQ | 31 | 10 | 21 | 32% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin it Up BBQ | 30 | 14 | 16 | 47% | ⚔ compare |
| THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ | 29 | 14 | 15 | 48% | ⚔ compare |
| LEFT COAST Q | 29 | 5 | 24 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| COOL GRILLING | 28 | 22 | 6 | 79% | ⚔ compare |
| MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ | 27 | 10 | 17 | 37% | ⚔ compare |
| Rooftop BBQ | 26 | 7 | 19 | 27% | ⚔ compare |
| LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | 24 | 7 | 17 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN MO'S BBQ | 23 | 3 | 20 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 57 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 180.0000 🔥 | 144.5712 | 170.32 | top 31% |
| Pork Ribs | 57 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 178.8572 | 140.4000 | 167.73 | top 35% |
| Pork | 57 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 177.7372 | 151.3944 | 164.48 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 57 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 178.2972 | 150.2858 | 165.13 | top 45% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 44 | 0 | top 37% |
| NV | 8 | 0 | top 39% |
| AZ | 2 | 0 | top 28% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 26 | 0 | top 39% |
| Large (40+) | 31 | 0 | top 38% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dana Point State BBQ Championship | 3 | 22 | 0 | top 41% | 2016-10-07 |
| Brew N Q | 2 | 16 | 0 | top 57% | 2018-05-26 |
| Del Mar BBQ Championship | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 27% | 2017-08-18 |
| *California Honey Harvest Festival & BBQ Championship | 2 | 9 | 0 | top 38% | 2017-06-09 |
| Horse Town Brew n Que Festival | 2 | 3 | 0 | top 20% | 2016-06-03 |
| West Coast BBQ Classic | 2 | 6 | 0 | top 36% | 2015-05-08 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.4 | High Desert BBQ Showdown | 2013-04-20 |
| +12.2 | California Honey Harvest Festival & KCBS BBQ | 2013-06-14 |
| +11.3 | Horse Town Brew n Que Festival | 2015-05-29 |
| +11.2 | Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons | 2013-08-16 |
| +11.1 | Blazin' BBQ Throwdown | 2014-10-17 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.3 | Dana Point State BBQ Championship | 2016-10-07 |
| -8.7 | Stagecoach Days 1st Annual State BBQ Championship | 2015-06-19 |
| -8.7 | Brew N Q (OPEN) | 2017-05-27 |
| -8.2 | 8th Annual Vista BBQ Classic | 2016-07-29 |
| -7.9 | *Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival( JUDGES FULL) | 2017-11-03 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 46% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | top 57% | 93.7% | 92.4% |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50% | top 42% | 94.3% | 92.3% |
| 2017 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 82% | top 44% | 94.4% | 92.7% |
| 2016 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100% | top 46% | 95.5% | 92.9% |
| 2015 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 88% | top 27% | 97.5% | 94.8% |
| 2014 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 80% | top 35% | 95.2% | 92.4% |
| 2013 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 80% | top 26% | 93.7% | 91.8% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-02-21 | The Tyson Guinea Pig, Matt Dalton Memorial 🏅 Coachella, CA | 23 / 50 (663.3944) | 33 (165.1316) | 5 (174.8456) | 38 (162.8800) | 36 (160.5372) |
| 2019-05-25 | Brew N Q Open Leicestershire, LE672FY | 21 / 34 (651.4176) | 12 (170.2628) | 10 (166.8916) | 33 (154.2860) | 18 (159.9772) |
| 2019-03-30 | 8th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Day 2 🏅 Arcadia, CA | 27 / 47 (674.7544) | 39 (162.8344) | 25 (168.5372) | 13 (172.5600) | 15 (170.8228) |
| 2019-03-29 | 8th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Day 1 🏅 Arcadia, CA | 34 / 70 (666.1828) | 11 (172.5600) | 37 (163.9772) | 48 (163.4172) | 32 (166.2284) |
| 2019-02-15 | The Smithfield Guinea Pig (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Indian Wells, CA | 30 / 49 (667.3600) | 25 (166.8344) | 15 (170.8572) | 23 (169.1200) | 40 (160.5484) |
| 2018-12-14 | Down Town Barbecue Throwdown Las Vegas, NV | 11 / 32 (678.8344) | 8 (173.1428) | 22 (165.7144) | 7 (172.0116) | 15 (167.9656) |
| 2018-09-14 | 4th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA | 16 / 43 (668.5600) | 25 (165.1428) | 20 (164.5372) | 1 (175.4400) | 18 (163.4400) |
| 2018-08-17 | Turf & Surf BBQ Championship Del Mar, CA | 26 / 51 (652.4572) | 38 (156.5028) | 24 (163.4400) | 26 (163.9656) | 11 (168.5488) |
| 2018-05-26 | Brew N Q Burton Upon Trent, DE14 1NG | 16 / 34 (657.0516) | 17 (166.2972) | 21 (163.9544) | 26 (159.9772) | 13 (166.8228) |
| 2017-12-15 | Down Town Barbecue Throw down (JUDGES FULL) Las Vegas, NV | 14 / 30 (671.8856) | 11 (174.2628) | 2 (176.5600) | 26 (158.8344) | 24 (162.2284) |
| 2017-11-03 | *Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival( JUDGES FULL) Indio, CA | 26 / 35 (657.6000) | 21 (167.4172) | 12 (170.8456) | 31 (157.0972) | 25 (162.2400) |
| 2017-09-29 | Rim County BBQ Classic and Testicle Festival Payson, AZ | 10 / 36 (679.3828) | 7 (173.1316) | 22 (164.5140) | 15 (169.1544) | 5 (172.5828) |
| 2017-08-18 | Del Mar BBQ Championship Del Mar, CA | 17 / 52 (673.0400) | 3 (176.5600) | 42 (157.6688) | 18 (169.7028) | 13 (169.1084) |
| 2017-07-28 | 8th Annual Vista BBQ Classic(JUDGES FULL) Vista, CA | 18 / 40 (669.6912) | 5 (175.4400) | 25 (164.0228) | 15 (169.1200) | 24 (161.1084) |
| 2017-06-23 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championship Santa Clara, CA | 18 / 62 (661.7144) | 29 (162.2628) | 7 (170.3200) | 41 (157.7144) | 8 (171.4172) |
| 2017-06-09 | *California Honey Harvest Festival & BBQ Championship Fillmore, CA | 18 / 39 (664.5492) | 2 (177.7372) | 24 (162.2972) | 29 (158.2288) | 16 (166.2860) |
| 2017-05-27 | Brew N Q (OPEN) Burton Upon Trent, DE14 1NG | 23 / 34 (650.2976) | 31 (156.5716) | 4 (176.5828) | 32 (153.1544) | 17 (163.9888) |
| 2017-03-31 | 6th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Arcadia, CA | 40 / 77 (663.9884) | 15 (174.2972) | 3 (175.4172) | 74 (153.1312) | 47 (161.1428) |
| 2017-02-17 | The Smithfield Guinea Pig Indio, CA | 14 / 49 (676.5260) | 13 (172.5600) | 11 (172.5944) | 37 (162.2516) | 16 (169.1200) |
| 2017-01-27 | *Newport Beach Winter Q Newport, CA | 18 / 56 (674.2172) | 12 (171.9656) | 23 (167.4516) | 7 (172.5600) | 30 (162.2400) |
| 2016-12-09 | Down Town Throw Down Barbecue Championships Las Vegas, NV | 16 / 28 (669.5660) | 4 (177.7144) | 18 (166.2516) | 23 (163.9428) | 22 (161.6572) |
| 2016-11-04 | World BBQ Festival Peoria, AZ | 9 / 31 (672.5712) | 5 (173.7372) | 5 (170.2744) | 14 (165.6912) | 16 (162.8684) |
| 2016-10-07 | Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA | 50 / 75 (645.4856) | 1 (180.0000) | 75 (140.4000) | 56 (160.5372) | 33 (164.5484) |
| 2016-07-29 | 8th Annual Vista BBQ Classic Vista, CA | 27 / 42 (655.3716) | 2 (176.5944) | 11 (169.1428) | 36 (152.5488) | 32 (157.0856) |
| 2016-07-15 | Del Mar BBQ Championship Del Mar, CA | 10 / 47 (687.3600) | 21 (169.7028) | 18 (170.8344) | 9 (173.7028) | 7 (173.1200) |
| 2016-06-10 | Califorina Honey Harvest Festival and BBQ Championship Fillmore, CA | 11 / 27 (677.0516) | 1 (177.7028) | 16 (167.9772) | 11 (171.9772) | 19 (159.3944) |
| 2016-06-03 | Horse Town Brew n Que Festival Norco, CA | 21 / 58 (674.7772) | 5 (177.7028) | 11 (173.1200) | 53 (151.3944) | 13 (172.5600) |
| 2016-05-06 | Smokin In Mesquite BBQ Championship Mesquite, NV | 19 / 35 (664.4460) | 9 (173.1200) | 18 (165.1316) | 29 (161.0972) | 21 (165.0972) |
| 2016-04-15 | The Ultimate BBQ showdown East vs West VII Wildomar, CA | 15 / 32 (670.2172) | 8 (174.2628) | 19 (167.4172) | 13 (168.5600) | 24 (159.9772) |
| 2015-12-11 | 2015 Downtown Barbecue Throwdown Las Vegas, NV | 3 / 30 (693.7028) | 1 (180.0000) | 2 (177.1428) | 21 (161.6800) | 3 (174.8800) |
| 2015-10-24 | Oktoberfeast BBQ & Brews Festival Las Vegas, NV | 14 / 34 (668.5372) | 1 (180.0000) | 25 (160.0116) | 26 (161.6800) | 12 (166.8456) |
| 2015-06-19 | Stagecoach Days 1st Annual State BBQ Championship Banning, CA | 21 / 29 (669.6228) | 1 (179.4400) | 15 (167.4172) | 28 (156.5256) | 16 (166.2400) |
| 2015-06-12 | California Honey Harvest Festival and BBQ Championship Fillmore, CA | 4 / 26 (687.3600) | 10 (170.2628) | 6 (171.9772) | 7 (170.8572) | 8 (174.2628) |
| 2015-05-29 | Horse Town Brew n Que Festival Norco, CA | 3 / 75 (701.7372) | 18 (172.5828) | 2 (178.8572) | 16 (172.0000) | 7 (178.2972) |
| 2015-05-08 | West Coast BBQ Classic Long Beach, CA | 6 / 57 (685.0856) | 14 (172.0000) | 11 (170.8344) | 1 (177.7372) | 31 (164.5140) |
| 2015-04-10 | The Ultimate BBQ Showdown East vs West VI Wildomar, CA | 21 / 42 (668.5028) | 16 (171.9772) | 10 (171.4400) | 33 (162.8228) | 29 (162.2628) |
| 2015-03-20 | 4th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship Arcadia, CA | 14 / 100 (685.0972) | 31 (172.0000) | 20 (170.2972) | 24 (171.9656) | 26 (170.8344) |
| 2014-12-12 | 2014 Down Town Throw Down Las Vegas, NV | 8 / 26 (672.4796) | 4 (173.7028) | 1 (173.7028) | 10 (166.8228) | 23 (158.2512) |
| 2014-10-17 | Blazin' BBQ Throwdown Lancaster, CA | 4 / 29 (685.0856) | 1 (180.0000) | 10 (168.5828) | 16 (163.3828) | 4 (173.1200) |
| 2014-10-02 | Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA | 34 / 97 (670.1940) | 38 (169.6684) | 29 (169.1428) | 63 (161.6800) | 18 (169.7028) |
| 2014-07-25 | 6th Annual Vista Q Classic Vista, CA | 26 / 60 (667.3372) | 6 (176.0000) | 38 (162.8000) | 33 (165.1200) | 33 (163.4172) |
| 2014-06-26 | High Desert Music Festival and BBQ Showdown Victorville, CA | 6 / 30 (679.9656) | 1 (177.7372) | 9 (169.1428) | 11 (170.8228) | 15 (162.2628) |
| 2014-06-13 | California Honey Harvest Festival & BBQ Championship Fillmore, CA | 9 / 30 (673.6916) | 11 (169.7256) | 1 (177.1544) | 14 (166.2744) | 22 (160.5372) |
| 2014-06-06 | 3rd Annual VC Music Fest & BBQ Valley Center, CA | 19 / 32 (648.4572) | 26 (154.8228) | 26 (157.0744) | 4 (170.8572) | 16 (165.7028) |
| 2014-05-09 | West Coast BBQ Classic Long Beach, CA | 36 / 59 (641.0856) | 57 (144.5712) | 7 (169.7144) | 20 (165.6684) | 26 (161.1316) |
| 2014-05-02 | Best of the Best BBQ Championship & Boat Show Lake Elsinore, CA | 6 / 27 (663.9428) | 2 (173.7028) | 9 (163.3828) | 9 (164.5944) | 10 (162.2628) |
| 2014-03-21 | 3rd Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship Arcadia, CA | 25 / 69 (647.9884) | 27 (164.5600) | 25 (161.7372) | 14 (164.5600) | 38 (157.1312) |
| 2013-12-13 | Downtown Throw Down Barbecue Championship Las Vegas, NV | 9 / 25 (674.7768) | 9 (170.8112) | 5 (171.4172) | 9 (168.5484) | 12 (164.0000) |
| 2013-10-18 | Cowboy Up at the PRCA Rodeo & BBQ Lancaster, CA | 25 / 41 (637.5308) | 27 (160.5256) | 25 (159.9656) | 30 (159.3712) | 22 (157.6684) |
| 2013-10-04 | Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA | 22 / 99 (663.9656) | 39 (165.1200) | 8 (170.8344) | 54 (158.8456) | 15 (169.1656) |
| 2013-08-16 | Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons Huntington State Beach, CA | 7 / 63 (672.5028) | 17 (168.5484) | 40 (156.5372) | 10 (170.8344) | 2 (176.5828) |
| 2013-08-02 | 5th Annual Vista Smokin' Q Classic Vista, CA | 8 / 46 (666.1940) | 13 (167.4056) | 9 (169.1200) | 5 (171.4172) | 27 (158.2512) |
| 2013-06-21 | 2nd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship Temecula, CA | 16 / 70 (657.7140) | 19 (165.7142) | 3 (172.5716) | 45 (155.9998) | 27 (163.4284) |
| 2013-06-14 | California Honey Harvest Festival & KCBS BBQ Fillmore, CA | 5 / 36 (668.5714) | 20 (160.5714) | 1 (172.5714) | 10 (166.2858) | 5 (169.1428) |
| 2013-05-10 | West Coast BBQ Classic Long Beach, CA | 9 / 54 (665.7144) | 11 (168.0000) | 7 (169.7144) | 23 (164.5712) | 15 (163.4288) |
| 2013-04-20 | High Desert BBQ Showdown Victorville, CA | 2 / 32 (672.5716) | 1 (176.0000) | 9 (162.8572) | 8 (167.4286) | 7 (166.2858) |
| 2013-03-15 | 2nd Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship Arcadia, CA | 32 / 57 (627.4286) | 24 (161.1426) | 13 (162.8574) | 42 (153.1428) | 42 (150.2858) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #833 (70 pts) | #896 (60 pts) | #560 (185 pts) | #899 (60 pts) | #883 (60 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1009 (259 pts) | #848 (374 pts) | #863 (364 pts) | #953 (309 pts) | #924 (324 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #820 (396 pts) | #881 (371 pts) | #1031 (301 pts) | #655 (566 pts) | #768 (451 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #378 (969 pts) | #185 (1465 pts) | #215 (1389 pts) | #465 (839 pts) | #378 (1014 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #443 (893 pts) | #105 (1768 pts) | #412 (963 pts) | #508 (798 pts) | #513 (798 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #276 (1224 pts) | #230 (1344 pts) | #283 (1194 pts) | #448 (859 pts) | #397 (944 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #289 (1214 pts) | #153 (1609 pts) | #207 (1424 pts) | #288 (1184 pts) | #371 (1004 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #189 (1435 pts) | #219 (1220 pts) | #119 (1635 pts) | #241 (1145 pts) | #211 (1290 pts) |