CIRCLE R COOKERS

CIRCLE R COOKERS is a competition barbecue team with 16 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 5th of 76 at the City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (2014). They are ranked #1430 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,430

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1569

peak 1569 · rated over 13 contests3 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 8, 2013

latest Oct 3, 2015 · 2.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#695

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

19% of 16 contests

Avg finish

top 40%

overall standings

Best overall

678.8568 / 720

Master · 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open

Perfect 180s

Current form

653.69 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 656.91 (-3.22)

Walk rate

63%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7372

Pork · 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational

Consistency

±14.38

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 167.37 · weakest Brisket (161.68)

Road miles

3,595

across 16 mapped stops · furthest 506 mi

Schedule strength

25%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1534)

Master avg

656.91 / 720

16 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

63% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 10 of 16 contests

A top-10 category call in 63% of their 16 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

678.8568 career-best overall

94.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 678.8568 at 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open — 94.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 3, 2013

A tough matchup

9–2 behind in the head-to-head

CAVEMAN CUISINE ahead in 82% of their meetings

CAVEMAN CUISINE has come out ahead in 9 of their 11 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.7 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.69 points below their pork, and turns into a call 19% of the time against 38%.

Brisket avg 161.68
Pork avg 167.37
3 calls in 16 entries

A strong matchup

6–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of LA PASADITA in 6 of their 8 shared contests.

The long haul

3,595 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,595 miles across 16 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 506 miles to 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational.

16 mapped stops
furthest 506 mi

The metronome

±2.00% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.00% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.2% of a perfect score
16 contests

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2015 ↗	Master	#792 (435 pts)	#746 (495 pts)	#795 (460 pts)	#788 (470 pts)	#1000 (330 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#695 (515 pts)	#725 (520 pts)	#597 (650 pts)	#689 (550 pts)	#626 (590 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#864 (344 pts)	#1287 (214 pts)	#945 (329 pts)	#939 (339 pts)	#977 (309 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to CIRCLE R COOKERS, each with one reason worth a look.

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

SMOKIN' R'S 2.0

#1,429 of the rated field

1570 power rating

Contests: 38
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1616

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to CIRCLE R COOKERS)

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

rated over 38 contests
last seen Oct 11, 2019

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THE DOUBLE "S" SMOKEHOUSE

#1,422 of the rated field

1570 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1570

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Oct 22, 2021

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Sunrise BBQ

#1,436 of the rated field

1569 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1573

Careers of much the same size, 15 contests to 16, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Aug 16, 2025

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GETTIN' SAUCED BBQ CANADA

#1,426 of the rated field

1570 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 80%
Peak: 1570

6 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.

rated over 10 contests
last seen May 25, 2019

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THE DUTCH BBQ CREW

#1,423 of the rated field

1570 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1570

18 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 44% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Sep 7, 2019
on a 4-contest top-10 run

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Dreamfire BBQ Team

#1,435 of the rated field

1569 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 100%
Peak: 1569

They turned up 6 years after CIRCLE R COOKERS did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Aug 14, 2026
on a 10-contest top-10 run

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BUTCHER BBQ	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
CAVEMAN CUISINE	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
Smokin Hot J's	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
GIVE IT TO GOD	9	6	3	67%	⚔ compare
LA PASADITA	8	6	2	75%	⚔ compare
3 WOODYS BBQ	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
CLARK CREW BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKE ON WHEELS	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
Los Primos BBQ	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
KOSMO'S Q	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
K.C. CAN CREW	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
EL REY SMOKERS COMPETITION TEAM	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	16	3	0	173.7028	147.9656	163.20	top 48%
Pork Ribs	16	6	0	172.0228	152.5372	164.66	top 42%
Pork	16	6	1	177.7372	157.0856	167.37	top 28%
Brisket	16	3	1	177.7028	140.4800	161.68	top 48%

“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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	6	0	top 42%
Large (40+)	10	0	top 38%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
TX	8	top 34%
MO	6	top 44%
AR	1	top 36%
OK	1	top 67%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	3	5	0	top 25%	Sep 4, 2015
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	11	0	top 44%	Mar 13, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 6 contests

Contests a season 5.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TX 8 of 16 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 13 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 1,270 finished ahead 1,760 times, behind 909

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

20152 milestones

Oct 3 Peak power rating (1569) 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
Oct 3 Most recent contest 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open

20141 milestone

Oct 2 10th tracked contest 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open

20136 milestones

Mar 8 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 8 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 8 First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Oct 3 First overall past 90% of a perfect score678.8568 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
Oct 3 Career-best overall score678.8568 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
Oct 3 Career-best single call (Pork)177.7372 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.6	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open	Oct 3, 2013
+13.6	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	Aug 30, 2014
+10	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	Sep 4, 2015
+9.2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Mar 8, 2013
+6.4	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open	Oct 2, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	Oct 11, 2013
-0.8	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	Aug 31, 2013
-0.5	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Mar 14, 2014
-0.4	Cedar Fest BBQ	Apr 10, 2015

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2015	5	0	60%	top 45%	92.8%	90.8%
2014	6	2	67%	top 41%	92.9%	91.3%
2013	5	1	60%	top 33%	94.3%	91.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 3, 2015	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO	248 / 606 (658.7540)	216 (166.8456)	271 (165.0972)	271 (165.0856)	303 (161.7256)
Oct 2, 2015	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	158 / 187 (658.1484)	81 (170.8228)	164 (159.9656)	98 (168.5256)	168 (158.8344)
Sep 4, 2015	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	11 / 70 (668.3880)	39 (162.2284)	8 (170.8228)	13 (170.2512)	20 (165.0856)
Apr 10, 2015	Cedar Fest BBQ Cedar Park, TX	25 / 53 (631.2912)	8 (166.8572)	38 (152.5372)	28 (157.0856)	29 (154.8112)
Mar 13, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Worth, TX	11 / 30 (651.8856)	7 (167.4400)	11 (163.9772)	6 (164.5256)	23 (155.9428)
Oct 2, 2014	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	139 / 165 (649.0744)	165 (147.9656)	139 (159.3944)	50 (170.2972)	51 (171.4172)
Oct 2, 2014	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	165 / 552 (666.2856)	369 (161.1084)	272 (163.9884)	20 (176.0344)	200 (165.1544)
Aug 30, 2014	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	5 / 76 (669.0744)	22 (166.2972)	5 (172)	7 (171.4172)	32 (159.3600)
May 2, 2014	Smokelawn Hot Springs, AR	14 / 39 (669.0168)	30 (158.8112)	8 (170.2744)	20 (162.2284)	2 (177.7028)
Mar 14, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Worth, TX	15 / 29 (636.4228)	4 (168)	5 (167.9772)	11 (159.9656)	29 (140.4800)
Mar 7, 2014	NBBQA BBQ Bash Cook Off San Marcos, TX	8 / 22 (653.6912)	14 (155.9772)	6 (168.0228)	6 (167.4284)	10 (162.2628)
Oct 11, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Midwest City, OK	20 / 30 (667.3140)	30 (157.6912)	20 (167.3944)	3 (171.9656)	12 (170.2628)
Oct 3, 2013	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	34 / 174 (673.6456)	31 (171.9884)	124 (159.3944)	5 (177.7372)	90 (164.5256)
Oct 3, 2013	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	18 / 535 (678.8568)	25 (173.7028)	33 (172.0228)	194 (163.9884)	60 (169.1428)
Aug 31, 2013	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	47 / 89 (631.3028)	34 (161.1084)	53 (156.5372)	21 (164.5944)	67 (149.0628)
Mar 8, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Westworth Village, TX	7 / 29 (647.4282)	23 (154.2856)	5 (165.1428)	6 (166.8572)	7 (161.1426)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

CIRCLE R COOKERS

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (7 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The long haul

The metronome

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Season by season

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)