CHARQUETERIE

CHARQUETERIE is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 58 at the Lakeland Pig Festival (2016), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion twice. They are ranked #1155 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,155

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1590

peak 1598 · rated over 10 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 23, 2013

latest Mar 25, 2016 · 2.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#422

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

2 reserve

Category wins

10 podiums

Overall top-10s

80% of 10 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 25%

overall standings

Best overall

688.5024 / 720

Master · Best of the West BBQ Fest

Perfect 180s

Current form

679.46 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 675.83 (+3.63)

Walk rate

90%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.1544

Brisket · Miles City Cowtown Cook-Off

Consistency

±11.16

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 172.16 · weakest Pork (167.02)

Road miles

3,146

across 10 mapped stops · furthest 1,642 mi

Schedule strength

42%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1556)

Master avg

675.83 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (13 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

2.9032 points from the title

Came within 2.9032 points of the Grand Championship at Best of the West BBQ Fest (Aug 28, 2015).

On the rise

+40 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 40 points across 7 contests since Jun 19, 2015 — from 1551 up to 1590.

7 contests since Jun 19, 2015
now 1590

Happy hunting ground

Top 18% average finish here

Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ is their spot: an average finish in the top 18% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 3rd
average top 18%

A multi-meat day

1 contest with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Best of the West BBQ Fest (Aug 28, 2015).

Pork Ribs 1st
Brisket 1st

They almost always walk

90% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 9 of 10 contests

A top-10 category call in 90% of their 10 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

688.5024 career-best overall

95.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 688.5024 at Best of the West BBQ Fest — 95.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Aug 28, 2015

A tough matchup

5–2 behind in the head-to-head

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS ahead in 71% of their meetings

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS has come out ahead in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

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The weak link

−5.1 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.14 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 60% of the time against 80%.

Pork avg 167.02
Brisket avg 172.16
6 calls in 10 entries

A strong matchup

6–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKIN JERKS in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

Announced themselves early

3rd at their very first contest

Finished 3 of 16 at their very first tracked contest, 1st Annual Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ (Aug 23, 2013).

Aug 23, 2013
16-team field

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Eggspert BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

3,146 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,146 miles across 10 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,642 miles to Lakeland Pig Festival.

10 mapped stops
furthest 1,642 mi

The metronome

±1.55% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.55% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.9% of a perfect score
10 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
2016 ↗	Master	#1011 (320 pts)	#1676 (160 pts)	#1475 (195 pts)	#1872 (120 pts)	#1063 (320 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#422 (897 pts)	#550 (707 pts)	#414 (902 pts)	#580 (672 pts)	#327 (1,077 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#873 (384 pts)	#950 (374 pts)	#1006 (339 pts)	#1101 (299 pts)	#979 (339 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1218 (216 pts)	#1941 (96 pts)	#1125 (266 pts)	#1269 (216 pts)	#1183 (241 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to CHARQUETERIE, each with one reason worth a look.

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

SMOKE RING AND BARK

#1,148 of the rated field

1590 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 60%
Peak: 1590

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 Jul 9, 2026

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I.B.O.K. HOLY SMOKERS

#1,151 of the rated field

1590 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 73%
Peak: 1594

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Aug 16, 2024

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BIG WHIT AND THE BOYS

#1,150 of the rated field

1590 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 39%
Peak: 1590

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 18 contests, alongside a 39% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Mar 19, 2016

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ALPINE SMOKE WORKS

#1,149 of the rated field

1590 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 32%
Peak: 1590

They turned up 11 years after CHARQUETERIE did, first appearing in 2024.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026
on a 4-contest top-10 run

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NO LOOKIN' COOKIN'

#1,158 of the rated field

1590 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1608

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

rated over 21 contests
last seen Mar 6, 2026

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Sermerstout BBQ

#1,152 of the rated field

1590 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 52%
Peak: 1590

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

rated over 25 contests
last seen Sep 19, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
JO-BAWB'S BBQ	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN JERKS	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
Grate Expectations	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	5	0	1	173.1200	147.9884	167.24	top 37%
Pork Ribs	10	8	2	3	177.1428	156.5372	169.41	top 31%
Pork	10	6	0	1	172.5944	159.9772	167.02	top 41%
Brisket	10	8	2	5	177.1544	167.4172	172.16	top 19%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 19%
Medium (20–39)	7	top 22%
Large (40+)	2	top 40%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
SD	5	top 20%
MT	2	top 34%
LA	1	top 76%
FL	1	top 3%
WY	1	top 8%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships	2	6	0	top 22%	Sep 18, 2015
Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ	2	3	0	top 18%	Aug 21, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 5 contests

Contests a season 2.5 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in SD 5 of 10 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 8 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 217 finished ahead 228 times, behind 80

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

20163 milestones

Jan 29 Peak power rating (1598) Lakeland Pig Festival
Mar 25 10th tracked contest Hamond BBQ
Mar 25 Most recent contest Hamond BBQ

20154 milestones

Jun 19 Career-best single call (Brisket)177.1544 Miles City Cowtown Cook-Off
Aug 28 First Reserve Championship Best of the West BBQ Fest
Aug 28 First multi-meat day Best of the West BBQ Fest
Aug 28 Career-best overall score688.5024 Best of the West BBQ Fest

20136 milestones

Aug 23 First tracked contest 1st Annual Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ
Aug 23 First call 1st Annual Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ
Aug 23 First category win (Pork Ribs) 1st Annual Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ
Aug 23 First overall top-10 1st Annual Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ
Aug 23 First overall podium 1st Annual Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ
Aug 23 First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.7372 1st Annual Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15	Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ	Aug 22, 2014
+14	Best of the West BBQ Fest	Aug 28, 2015
+13.6	Lakeland Pig Festival	Jan 29, 2016
+13.2	1st Annual Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ	Aug 23, 2013
+12.2	Miles City Cowtown Cook-Off	Jun 19, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7.8	Hamond BBQ	Mar 25, 2016
-0.2	Montana State BBQ Championship at Montana Fair	Aug 11, 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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	2	1	0	50%	top 40%	94.5%	93%
2015	5	4	3	100%	top 24%	95.6%	94.2%
2014	2	2	0	100%	top 18%	95.2%	94.4%
2013	1	1	1	100%	top 19%	93%	93%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Mar 25, 2016	Hamond BBQ Hammond, LA	44 / 58 (658.6628)	17 (171.9772)	55 (157.0628)	48 (160.5144)	27 (169.1084)
Jan 29, 2016	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	2 / 58 (680.5260)	26 (166.8344)	10 (171.4172)	26 (165.7028)	2 (176.5716)
Sep 18, 2015	Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships Spearfish, SD	6 / 30 (686.2288)	11 (171.9772)	5 (175.4172)	10 (171.4172)	12 (167.4172)
Aug 28, 2015	Best of the West BBQ Fest Sheridan, WY	2 / 25 (688.5024)	14 (163.9656)	1 (177.1428)	5 (172.5484)	1 (174.8456)
Aug 21, 2015	Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD	6 / 26 (683.3712)	6 (169.7028)	8 (169.1200)	7 (170.8228)	2 (173.7256)
Aug 11, 2015	Montana State BBQ Championship at Montana Fair Billings, MT	13 / 25 (654.1944)	7 (169.7028)	20 (156.5372)	18 (159.9772)	7 (167.9772)
Jun 19, 2015	Miles City Cowtown Cook-Off Miles City, MT	4 / 26 (678.3088)	7 (165.7028)	3 (172.5716)	10 (162.8800)	1 (177.1544)
Sep 19, 2014	Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships Sprearfish, SD	7 / 29 (673.6228)	8 (171.4172)	4 (171.9656)	16 (161.7144)	9 (168.5256)
Aug 22, 2014	Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD	3 / 25 (685.0972)	3 (173.1200)	9 (167.3944)	4 (172)	4 (172.5828)
Aug 23, 2013	1st Annual Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD	3 / 16 (669.7372)	14 (147.9884)	1 (175.4516)	3 (172.5944)	2 (173.7028)

CHARQUETERIE

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (13 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

On the rise

Happy hunting ground

A multi-meat day

They almost always walk

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Announced themselves early

Looking over their shoulder

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)