Rhythm 'n QUE  REPEATS as
2009 California Team of the Year

    
The California BBQ Association has recognized Rhythm 'n QUE as the 2009 Team of the Year, based on points earned at qualifying contests within the state.  We are especially proud to have earned Team of the Year for the second consecutive year, in competition with a full field of worthy teams.

In addition to Team of the Year, Rhythm 'n QUE also earned:
1st place ToY Chicken
3rd place ToY Ribs
Tied 2nd place ToY Pork
1st place ToY Brisket

Four California contest Grand Championships: 
Hesperia, the historic double KCBS/IBCA wins at Stagecoach, 
and Fairfield

Four California contest Reserve Grand Championships:  
Costa Mesa, Vista, Fairfield and Lancaster

    

    
Overall Standings

OVERALL
ToY Prev Team Team's Highest 5 Results Bonus Total
Rank Rank 1 2 3 4 5 Points Points
1 1 Rhythm n Que SC1 1st SC2 1st SC3 5th WC2 1st VIE 4th 20 263
52 59 46 37 49
2 2 Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ SC1 7th SC2 24th SC3 3rd BBB 1st WC2 2nd 15 216
46 36 48 35 36
3 3 All Hogs Go to Heaven SC1 6th SC2 15th SC3 19th CLO 2nd VIE 7th 10 213
47 45 32 33 46
4 8 155 South Bar-B-Q SC2 10th SC3 13th WC2 3rd CLO 5th VIE 2nd 203
50 38 35 29 51
T5 4 Smokin' Yankees BBQ SC1 12th SC2 4th SC3 22nd WC2 6th CLO 7th 10 195
41   56   29   32 27  
T5 5 BLQUE Cuttin Edge QN GSC 4th SC1 9th SC2 2nd SC3 20th VIE 17th 195
26 44 58 31 36
7 6 Big Daddy's Q'n Crew SC1 13th SC2 13th SC3 11th BBB 8th VIE 22nd   186
40 47 40 28 31
8 7 Tropical Heat SC2 22nd SC3 6th QFK 4th BBB 3rd VST 1st 5 178
38 45 30 33 27
9 9 Brazen BBQ [R] SC3 12th BBB 2nd WC2 7th CLO 4th VIE 14th   173
39 34 31 30 39
T10 T13 7 Kinds of Smoke BBQ GSC 7th SC2 3rd QFK 3rd CLO 16th VIE 24th 158
23 57 31 18 29
T10 T10 Lotta Bull BBQ SC1 3rd SC2 7th SC3 1st         5 158
50 53 50    
T10 T10 Rib Tickler BBQ PDC 1st GSC 8th SC1 16th SC3 9th BBB 6th 5 158
22 22 37 42 30
T13 18 Otis and the Bird SC1 15th SC3 4th VST 7th VIE 5th 154
38 47 21 48
T13 12 Smitty's Smoke Patrol SC1 24th SC2 28th BBB 10th WC2 9th CLO 1st 5 154
29 32 26 29 33
15 T13 Rusty Barrell BBQ Team PDC 5th SC1 23rd SC2 19th SC3 18th VST 4th 146
18 30 41 33 24
16 15 Smoked To The Bone BBQ GSC 2nd SC2 6th SC3 17th QFK 9th 141
28 54 34 25
17 16 The Smokepranos SC2 29th SC3 2nd PVB 4th WOW 3rd 123
31 49 21 22
18 26 All Sauced Up [R] SC1 22nd BBB 11th LAN 6th VIE 10th 117
31 25 18 43
T19 T28 The Rub Co. [R] QFK 13th WWB 2nd CLO 10th VIE 8th 112
21 22 24 45
T19 17 Sug's Shack SC1 11th SC2 8th QFK 16th 112
42 52 18
21 27 BBQ by Dan GSC 3rd VST 11th CLO 6th VIE 19th 106
27 17 28 34
22 19 Smoke-A-Licious SC1 26th SC2 21st SC3 21st 96
27 39 30
23 20 Four Q BBQ GSC 14th SC1 14th SC2 20th 95
16 39 40
T24 21 Whiskey Ranch GSC 5th SC3 10th QFK 7th 93
25 41 27
T24 31 Here's the Rub PDC 9th SC1 20th VST 14th VIE 21st 93
14 33 14 32
26 22 The Pit Stop BBQ GSC 15th SC1 21st CLO 8th LAN 11th 86
15 32 26 13
27 23 Kyle's Bubba Q SC1 10th SC2 18th 85
43 42
28 24 QN4U BBB 5th WWB 3rd LAN 1st 5 80
31 21 23
T29 39 Soaked in Smoke [R] QFK 11th VST 13th VIE 13th 78
23 15 40
T29 25 Major Woody's BBQ [R] SC2 23rd SC3 24th WWB 10th 78
37 27 14
31 T28 Too Ashamed To Name WOW 10th WC1 13th WC3 8th CLO 15th 67
15 14 19 19
32 30 Notley Que PDC 7th SC3 23rd QFK 12th 66
16 28 22
33 NR Santa Ynez BBQ LAN 3rd VIE 12th 62
21 41
T34 32 BBQ Bullies SC1 18th VST 10th 53
35 18
T34 T57 Papa's Smokehouse VST 12th VIE 16th 53
16 37
36 33 Lord Of The Ribs WC2 4th WC3 10th 51
34 17
T37 NR Cooks 'N Ladders BBQ LAN 9th VIE 18th 50
15 35
T37 NR Auntie Shoes Bodacious Barbecue VIE 3rd 50
50
39 34 Cecil's Smokin BBQ PVB 2nd WC2 15th 46
23 23
T40 35 Smith Family Robinson BBQ SC2 16th 44
44
T40 NR Sylvie Curry VIE 9th 44
44
T42 36 Smok'd Chi's WOW 4th WC2 17th 42
21 21
T42 NR Master of Disaster [R] VIE 11th 42
42
44 37 Hog Me Tender WC1 10th WC2 14th 41
17 24
45 38 Mar's Mobile Grill PVB 3rd WOW 7th 40
22 18
T46 T40 AZBarbeque SC2 27th 33
33
T46 T40 Ribs A Rockin CLR 8th CLO 12th 33
11 22
T48 T42 Smokey Luv BBQ PVB 10th CLR 4th 30
15 15
T48 T42 Ribphoria WC2 8th 30
30
T50 T44 Ric's Righteous Ribs PVB 1st 5 29
24
T50 T44 Big Pig BBQ [R] WOW 12th WC3 11th 29
13 16
52 46 A Series of Small Fires SC1 25th 28
28
53 NR West's Best BBQ VIE 26th 27
27
54 47 Ronald Reagan Memorial BBQ WC2 12th 26
26
55 48 No Smoke, No Glory CLO 9th 25
25
T56 T49 Texas Marshall' BBQ BBB 12th 24
24
T56 T49 Oaks Hardware WOW 11th CLR 9th   24
14 10
58 51 Tops BBQ BBB 14th 22
22
T59 T52 Spices, Smoke N Song BBB 15th                   21
21                  
T59 T52 Bird's Pit Crew CLO 13th 21
21
61 54 The Edgewater Barbecue* QFK 15th   19
19
62 55 Funtime BBQ BBB 18th 18
18
63 56 When Pigs Fly BBQ GSC 13th   17
17
64 T57 Bart's Blazin' Q WOW 9th 16
16
65 59 High Sierra BBQ [R] PVB 11th   14
14
66 60 Fish Heads BBQ Team PVB 12th 13
13
67 61 Thom's BBQ PDC 11th                   12
12                  

    
Chicken Standings

CHICKEN
ToY Prev Team Team's Highest 5 Results Total
Rank Rank 1 2 3 4 5 Points
1 1 Rhythm n Que SC1 1st SC2 3rd SC3 10th WC1 1st CLO 2nd 220
52 57 41 37 33
2 2 BLQUE Cuttin Edge QN GSC 4th SC1 2nd SC2 5th SC3 16th CLO 3rd 198
26 51 55 35 31
3 13 Rib Tickler BBQ SC2 27th SC3 5th BBB 5th LAN 2nd VIE 3rd 182
33 46 31 22 50
4 3 7 Kinds of Smoke BBQ PDC 3rd GSC 1st SC1 10th SC2 6th QFK 1st 179
20 29 43 54 33
T5 7 Brazen BBQ [R] GSC 2nd SC1 5th BBB 3rd WC3 1st VIE 14th 174
28 48 33 26 39
T5 4 Smoked To The Bone BBQ GSC 3rd SC1 20th SC2 22nd SC3 4th QFK 5th 174
27 33 38 47 29
7 5 Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ SC1 8th SC3 17th BBB 10th WC1 1st WC2 2nd 167
45 34 26 26 36
8 11 Smitty's Smoke Patrol SC3 15th BBB 6th WC2 13th CLO 1st VIE 15th 163
36 30 25 34 38
T9 6 Tropical Heat SC2 11th SC3 6th QFK 9th BBB 12th WWB 5th 162
49 45 25 24 19
T9 T8 Big Daddy's Q'n Crew PDC 1st SC2 10th BBB 9th WC2 10th VIE 18th 162
22 50 27 28 35
11 18 Tops BBQ BBB 2nd VST 3rd WC1 2nd CLO 7th VIE 5th 159
34 25 25 27 48
12 T8 All Hogs Go to Heaven GSC 7th SC2 4th QFK 10th BBB 13th WC3 4th 149
23 56 24 23 23
13 10 Smokin' Yankees BBQ PDC 5th GSC 5th SC2 2nd WWB 2nd WC2 14th 147
18 25 58 22 24
14 12 Notley Que PDC 2nd SC1 17tf SC3 22nd QFK 4th VST 6th 138
21 36 29 30 22
15 14 155 South Bar-B-Q SC2 23rd WC2 3rd WC3 10th CLR 2nd CLO 9th 131
37 35 17 17 25
16 15 Four Q BBQ GSC 11th SC1 11th SC2 18th SC3 24th 130
19 42 42 27
17 24 Otis and the Bird SC1 18th SC3 12th VST 12th VIE 17th 126
35 39 16 36
18 28 BBQ by Dan GSC 8th VST 1st CLO 10th VIE 2nd 124
22 27 24 51
T19 T16 The Smokepranos SC2 14th SC3 20th PVB 3rd WOW 9th 115
46 31 22 16
T19 T16 Cecil's Smokin BBQ PVB 5th WC1 7th WC2 5th WC3 3rd LAN 6th 115
20 20 33 24 18
T21 T19 Whiskey Ranch PDC 4th GSC 13th SC3 9th QFK 2nd 110
19 17 42 32
T21 T19 Rusty Barrell BBQ Team PDC 8th GSC 15th SC3 11th BBB 16th VST 8th 110
15 15 40 20 20
23 30 The Rub Co. [R] SC3 19th WWB 10th CLO 13th VIE 13th 107
32 14 21 40
24 21 Lotta Bull BBQ SC1 9th SC3 1st 94
44 50
T25 T38 All Sauced Up [R] GSC 6th BBB 11th VIE 9th 93
24 25 44
T25 T22 Sug's Shack SC1 12th SC2 8th 93
41 52
T25 T40 Soaked in Smoke [R] QFK 11th VST 4th VIE 7th 93
23 24 46
T25 T22 Lord Of The Ribs WC1 12th WC2 7th WC3 9th CLO 5th 93
15 31 18 29
29 25 Kyle's Bubba Q SC1 26th SC2 1st 86
27 59
30 26 QN4U BBB 1st WWB 1st LAN 4th 78
35 23 20
31 27 AZBarbeque SC1 4th SC3 23rd 77
49 28
T32 29 Ronald Reagan Memorial BBQ WC1 3rd WC2 9th WC3 11th 69
24 29 16
T32 NR Santa Ynez BBQ LAN 7th VIE 1st 69
17 52
34 59 Sylvie Curry QFK 17th VIE 6th 64
17 47
35 31 Ribs A Rockin SC1 23rd CLR 9th CLO 11th 63
30 10 23
36 32 Smok'd Chi's WOW 4th WC1 8th WC3 6th 61
21 19 21
T37 T56 Funtime BBQ BBB 18th VIE 11th 60
18 42
T37 33 Smokey Luv BBQ PVB 1st WOW 7th CLR 1st 60
24 18 18
39 34 The Vineyard Roasters WC1 6th WC2 4th 55
21 34
40 35 Major Woody's BBQ [R] SC3 18th WWB 3rd 54
33 21
T41 T36 The Pit Stop BBQ SC1 22nd CLO 12th 53
31 22
T41 T36 Hog Me Tender WOW 12th WC2 17th CLO 15th 53
13 21 19
43 T38 Spices, Smoke N Song BBB 4th CLO 17th 49
32 17
44 T40 A Series of Small Fires SC1 6th 47
47
45 T60 Master of Disaster [R] GSC 14th VIE 23rd 46
16 30
46 42 Papa's Smokehouse QFK 6th VST 14th 42
28 14
T47 T43 Smith Family Robinson BBQ SC2 24th 36
36
T47 T43 Bart's Blazin' Q PVB 4th WOW 10th 36
21 15
49 45 Mar's Mobile Grill PVB 9th WOW 8th 33
16 17
T50 T46 BBQ Bullies SC1 21st 32
32
T50 T46 Ribphoria WC2 6th 32
32
52 NR Auntie Shoes Bodacious Barbecue VIE 22nd 31
31
T53 T48 When Pigs Fly BBQ GSC 12th WWB 12th 30
18 12
T53 T48 Oaks Hardware WOW 11th CLR 3rd 30
14 16
T53 T48 Smoke-A-Licious SC3 21st 30
30
T53 T48 Big B's Down & Dirty BBQ WC2 8th 30
30
T53 T48 No Smoke, No Glory CLO 4th                 30
30                  
58 NR Porketeers VIE 24th 29
29
59 NR Cooks 'N Ladders BBQ VIE 26th                 27
                   
T60 T53 Texas Marshall' BBQ BBB 14th 22
22
T60 T53 Too Ashamed To Name WOW 3rd 22
22
62 55 Road Whore BBQ QFK 14th 20
20
T63 T56 Ric's Righteous Ribs PVB 7th                 18
18                  
T63 T56 Big Pig BBQ [R] WC1 9th 18
18
T65 T60 Here's the Rub PDC 7th                 16
16                  
T65 T60 Bird's Pit Crew LAN 8th 16
16
67 63 Smokey J's Bar B Que LAN 10th 14
14
68 64 Just Wanna Cook--and maybe have a few beers PVB 12th 13
13
69 65 The Drunk Uncles CLR 8th                 11
11  

    
Pork Rib Standings

RIBS
ToY Prev Team Team's Highest 5 Results Total
Rank Rank 1 2 3 4 5 Points
1 1 Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ SC1 11th SC2 8th SC3 6th QFK 1st WC2 2nd 208
42 52 45 33 36
2 2 Smokin' Yankees BBQ SC1 12th SC2 12th SC3 8th WC2 3rd VIE 17th 203
41 48 43 35 36
3 3 Rhythm n Que SC1 19th SC2 6th QFK 2nd WC2 5th VIE 10th 196
34 54 32 33 43
4 7 155 South Bar-B-Q SC2 22nd SC3 11th WC2 9th CLO 1st VIE 4th 189
38 40 29 33 49
5 4 Big Daddy's Q'n Crew SC1 5th SC2 23rd SC3 7th BBB 9th VIE 21st 188
48 37 44 27 32
6 9 Brazen BBQ [R] SC3 10th BBB 6th WC2 4th CLO 6th VIE 12th 174
41 30 34 28 41
7 6 BLQUE Cuttin Edge QN SC1 10th SC2 21st SC3 15th CLO 9th VIE 24th 172
43 39 36 25 29
8 5 Tropical Heat GSC 5th SC2 25th SC3 3rd BBB 1st VST 2nd 169
25 35 48 35 26
9 10 Smitty's Smoke Patrol SC1 14th SC2 14th QFK 14th CLO 3rd VIE 22nd 167
39 46 20 31 31
10 8 7 Kinds of Smoke BBQ PDC 1st GSC 8th SC2 16th SC3 5th QFK 7th 161
22 22 44 46 27
11 11 Lotta Bull BBQ SC1 2nd SC2 7th SC3 1st 154
51 53 50
12 13 All Hogs Go to Heaven QFK 8th BBB 7th WC1 4th WC2 13th VIE 5th 151
26 29 23 25 48
13 12 When Pigs Fly BBQ PDC 5th GSC 2nd SC1 4th SC3 19th VST 12th 143
18 28 49 32 16
14 T17 All Sauced Up [R] SC1 26th BBB 2nd CLO 15th LAN 4th VIE 16th 137
27 34 19 20 37
15 T17 The Pit Stop BBQ GSC 15th SC1 13th CLO 5th LAN 8th VIE 19th 134
15 40 29 16 34
16 14 The Smokepranos SC1 17th SC3 4th PVB 7th WOW 2nd 124
36 47 18 23
17 15 Rib Tickler BBQ PDC 3rd GSC 10th SC3 12th QFK 10th BBB 17th 122
20 20 39 24 19
T18 16 Smoke-A-Licious SC1 21st SC2 4th SC3 22nd 117
32 56 29
T18 32 Otis and the Bird SC3 2nd VST 10th VIE 3rd 117
49 18 50
T20 35 Rusty Barrell BBQ Team PDC 10th GSC 12th SC1 22nd VIE 6th 109
13 18 31 47
T20 34 Here's the Rub SC1 7th QFK 17th LAN 8th 109
46 17 46
22 29 The Rub Co. [R] QFK 13th WWB 4th CLO 4th VIE 18th 106
21 20 30 35
23 33 Master of Disaster [R] QFK 5th VST 9th CLO 16th VIE 20th 99
29 19 18 33
24 19 Lord Of The Ribs WC1 6th WC2 7th WC3 13th CLO 17th 83
21 31 14 17
25 20 Smoked To The Bone BBQ SC2 5th SC3 24th 82
55 27
26 21 Whiskey Ranch PDC 9th SC2 28th SC3 16th 81
14 32 35
27 T38 Soaked in Smoke [R] GSC 9th QFK 3rd VIE 26th 79
21 31 27
28 22 BBQ Bullies SC1 24th SC3 25th VST 7th 76
29 26 21
29 23 Major Woody's BBQ [R] SC1 8th SC3 21st 75
45 30
30 24 Too Ashamed To Name PVB 4th WOW 9th WC1 8th WC3 9th 74
21 16 19 18
T31 T25 BBQ by Dan GSC 3rd VST 3rd CLO 13th 73
27 25 21
T31 T25 Four Q BBQ GSC 4th SC1 6th 73
26 47
T31 T25 Big Pig BBQ [R] QFK 15th WOW 8th WC1 13th WC3 4th 73
19 17 14 23
34 28 Sug's Shack SC1 3rd QFK 12th 72
50 22
35 30 QN4U BBB 4th WWB 8th LAN 3rd 69
32 16 21
36 31 Hog Me Tender WC1 2nd WC2 10th WC3 12th 68
25 28 15
37 NR Cooks 'N Ladders BBQ LAN 9th VIE 11th 57
15 42
38 36 Cecil's Smokin BBQ PVB 10th WC2 16th LAN 7th 54
15 22 17
T39 NR Santa Ynez BBQ LAN 1st VIE 23rd 53
23 30
T39 37 Kyle's Bubba Q PDC 8th SC1 15th 53
15 38
T41 T59 Funtime BBQ PDC 11th VIE 13th 52
12 40
T41 T38 Ribs A Rockin WOW 5th CLO 2nd 52
20 32
T41 NR Auntie Shoes Bodacious Barbecue VIE 1st 52
52
44 40 Papa's Smokehouse SC3 18th VST 14th 47
33 14
T45 T41 Smith Family Robinson BBQ SC2 24th 36
36
T45 T41 Smok'd Chi's WOW 12th WC2 15th 36
13 23
47 43 A Series of Small Fires SC1 20th 33
33
48 44 Bird's Pit Crew QFK 4th 30
30
T49 T45 McQ's Smoke House BBQ Team [R] SC3 23rd 28
28
T49 T45 Sylvie Curry QFK 6th 28
28
T49 T45 Spices, Smoke N Song BBB 8th 28
28
T49 T45 Smokey Luv BBQ PVB 12th CLR 4th 28
13 15
53 49 Tops BBQ BBB 10th 26
26
54 50 No Smoke, No Glory CLO 10th 24
24
55 51 Just Wanna Cook--and maybe have a few beers PVB 2nd 23
23
56 52 Ric's Righteous Ribs PVB 5th 20
20
T57 T53 High Sierra BBQ [R] PVB 6th 19
19
T57 T53 Bart's Blazin' Q WOW 6th 19
19
59 55 Smokey J's Bar B Que LAN 6th                 18
18                  
T60 T56 Thom's BBQ PDC 7th 16
16
T60 T56 Mar's Mobile Grill PVB 9th                 16
16                  
62 58 Dragon's Breath BBQ CLR 4th 15
15
63 T59 Oaks Hardware CLR 7th 12
12

    
Pork Standings

PORK
ToY Prev Team Team's Highest 5 Results Total
Rank Rank 1 2 3 4 5 Points
1 2 All Hogs Go to Heaven SC1 5th SC3 4th CLO 1st WC2 2nd VIE 1st 216
48 47 33 36 52
T2 1 Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ SC1 2nd SC3 1st QFK 4th BBB 2nd WC2 6th 197
51 50 30 34 32
T2 3 Rhythm n Que SC1 7th SC3 6th CLO 3rd WC2 5th VIE 11th 197
46 45 31 33 42
4 5 Tropical Heat CLO 2nd SC1 17th SC3 15th QFK 3rd VIE 7th 181
32 36 36 31 46
5 10 155 South Bar-B-Q SC3 10th WC1 2nd WC2 9th WC3 5th VIE 2nd 168
41 25 29 22 51
6 6 Smitty's Smoke Patrol SC1 9th SC3 12th WC2 12th WC3 3rd VIE 21st 165
44 39 26 24 32
T7 4 Rib Tickler BBQ GSC 9th SC1 4th SC3 23rd QFK 1st BBB 3rd 164
21 49 28 33 33
T7 7 Brazen BBQ [R] SC3 7th BBB 1st VST 3rd WC1 3rd VIE 17th 164
44 35 25 24 36
T9 8 Smokin' Yankees BBQ SC1 23rd SC3 5th QFK 7th CLO 8th WC3 4th 151
30 46 27 26 23
T9 9 Rusty Barrell BBQ Team SC1 18th SC3 19th BBB 7th VST 1st VIE 25th 151
35 32 29 27 28
11 14 7 Kinds of Smoke BBQ QFK 5th PVB 9th WWB 2nd CLO 4th VIE 6th 144
29 16 22 30 47
12 11 Big Daddy's Q'n Crew SC1 16th SC3 17th WWB 6th WC1 9th WC2 18th 127
37 34 18 18 20
13 12 BLQUE Cuttin Edge QN GSC 6th CLO 9th WWB 3rd WC1 22 WC2 7th 123
24 25 21 22 31
14 13 Whiskey Ranch GSC 3rd SC1 15th SC3 20th QFK 8th 122
27 38 31 26
15 15 Notley Que PDC 3rd SC1 14th SC3 18th 92
20 39 33
16 16 Too Ashamed To Name WC1 6th WC2 16th WC3 9th CLO 6th 89
21 22 18 28
17 17 The Pit Stop BBQ GSC 5th SC3 9th CLO 15th 86
25 42 19
18 18 The Smokepranos SC3 8th PVB 3rd WOW 6th 84
43 22