FORK U BBQ

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

Power ranking

#2519

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1519

peak 1521 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-03-22

latest 2014-03-21

Best ToY finish

#401

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 46%

overall standings

Best overall

677.7142 / 720

Master · Northern Arizona BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

646.28 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 650.33 (-4.05)

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.2856

Pork · Northern Arizona BBQ Festival

Consistency

±16.92

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 166.15 · weakest Chicken (159.33)

Road miles

4,593

mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 1408 mi

Schedule strength

15%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1522)

Master avg

650.33 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (8 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.

They almost always walk

67% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 6 of 9 contests

A top-10 category call in 67% of their 9 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

677.7142 career-best overall

94.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 677.7142 at Northern Arizona BBQ Festival — 94.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
2013-06-14

A tough matchup

7–1 behind in the head-to-head

LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ ahead in 88% of their meetings

LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.8 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.81 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 67%.

Chicken avg 159.33
Brisket avg 166.15
0 calls in 9 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of AFRO SMOKE BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Brisket nemesis

4 of 4 shared brisket entries lost

BIG POPPA SMOKERS ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BIG POPPA SMOKERS has out-cooked them in 4 of 4 shared brisket entries.

The long haul

4,593 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,593 miles across 9 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,408 miles to Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY).

9 mapped stops
furthest 1,408 mi

The metronome

±2.35% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.35% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.3% of a perfect score
9 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.

83 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

STEVE'S AND BEEVE'S

#2522 of the rated field

1519 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1524

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to FORK U BBQ)

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2015-03-20

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RIB-KA-TEERS

#2520 of the rated field

1519 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1519

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2018-09-21

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Unprohibited BBQ

#2530 of the rated field

1519 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1522

No shared contest yet.

Level with FORK U BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2017-05-26

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LOS HERMANOS DE CARNE

#2511 of the rated field

1519 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1519

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

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Blue Island

#2515 of the rated field

1519 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1529

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 8 years after FORK U BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2023-07-14

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JCQ

#2510 of the rated field

1519 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1525

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2022-06-24

⚔ 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	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
Phil the Grill	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
Rhythm n QUE	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
KNIFE PORK AND SPOON	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
THE COWBOY WAY AZ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
STEEL CITY BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
I.A.B. 30 BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
RANCH 13 BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	0	0	0	166.2858	139.9316	159.33	top 64%
Pork Ribs	9	2	0	1	169.1428	148.5260	162.01	top 49%
Pork	9	2	1	1	174.2856	157.0856	162.84	top 45%
Brisket	9	6	0	1	170.8456	161.0972	166.15	top 30%

“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	Avg finish
AZ	4	top 40%
CA	2	top 49%
NV	2	top 53%
TN	1	top 51%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	6	0	top 38%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 62%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	13	0	top 50%	2014-03-21

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 1 yrs 2013-03-22 → 2014-03-21

Busiest season 2013 8 contests

Contests a season 4.5 across 2 seasons in the data

Cooks most in AZ 4 of 9 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 8 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 9 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Brisket averages 166.15 · weakest Chicken (159.33)

Walk rate 67% a top-10 call in 6 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 22% 2 of 9 contests

Master average 650.33 out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 301 215–202 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 4,593 9 mapped stops · furthest 1,408 mi

Schedule strength 1522 average field rating faced — tougher than 15% of rated contests

Power rating 1519 peak 1521 · #2519 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2013
Mar 22 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 22 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jun 14 First category win (Pork) Northern Arizona BBQ Festival
Jun 14 First overall top-10 Northern Arizona BBQ Festival
Jun 14 First overall past 90% of a perfect score677.7142 Northern Arizona BBQ Festival
Jun 14 Career-best overall score677.7142 Northern Arizona BBQ Festival
Jun 14 Career-best single call (Pork)174.2856 Northern Arizona BBQ Festival
Aug 23 Peak power rating (1521) 4th Annual Golden Acorn Casino BBQ Championship
2014
Mar 21 Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.2	Northern Arizona BBQ Festival	2013-06-14
+9.7	Avi Resort & Casino Music Brews & BBQ Championship	2013-09-27
+3.3	3rd Annual Holbrook	2013-07-12
+2.9	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2013-03-22
+2.7	4th Annual Golden Acorn Casino BBQ Championship	2013-08-23

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.7	Smokin in Mesquite BBQ Championship	2013-08-31
-1.8	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2014-03-21
-0.4	Dana Point State BBQ Championship	2013-10-04

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)
2014	1	0	0	0	100%	top 57%	90%	90%
2013	8	0	2	1	63%	top 45%	94.1%	90.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2014-03-21	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tucson, AZ	17 / 30 (647.9200)	19 (163.4172)	20 (159.9656)	15 (160.5600)	10 (163.9772)
2013-10-25	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN	49 / 97 (658.7772)	50 (165.1084)	73 (161.0972)	29 (167.4172)	47 (165.1544)
2013-10-04	Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA	51 / 99 (642.6512)	61 (160.4912)	37 (163.9772)	62 (157.0856)	42 (161.0972)
2013-09-27	Avi Resort & Casino Music Brews & BBQ Championship Laughlin, NV	7 / 31 (667.9316)	13 (166.2516)	13 (164.5716)	16 (166.2628)	6 (170.8456)
2013-08-31	Smokin in Mesquite BBQ Championship Mesquite, NV	45 / 54 (614.1260)	51 (139.9316)	48 (148.5260)	24 (160.5600)	18 (165.1084)
2013-08-23	4th Annual Golden Acorn Casino BBQ Championship Campo, CA	12 / 26 (652.5144)	17 (163.3944)	9 (162.2856)	10 (163.9656)	9 (162.8688)
2013-07-12	3rd Annual Holbrook Holbrook, AZ	12 / 27 (649.0400)	14 (162.2628)	15 (160.5600)	15 (158.2400)	8 (167.9772)
2013-06-14	Northern Arizona BBQ Festival Williams, AZ	5 / 32 (677.7142)	16 (166.2858)	11 (168.0000)	1 (174.2856)	3 (169.1428)
2013-03-22	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tucson, AZ	13 / 30 (642.2852)	28 (146.8570)	3 (169.1428)	22 (157.1428)	5 (169.1426)

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
2014 ↗	Master	#1970 (95 pts)	#2121 (85 pts)	#2141 (80 pts)	#2015 (105 pts)	#1836 (130 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#401 (766 pts)	#599 (546 pts)	#398 (786 pts)	#425 (756 pts)	#326 (941 pts)