CRITTER COOKER'S

CRITTER COOKER'S is a competition barbecue team with 23 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 12th of 18 at The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) (2019). They are ranked #6417 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,417

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1386

peak 1504 · rated over 21 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 17, 2013

latest Jun 11, 2021 · 8.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#792

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 23 contests

Avg finish

top 79%

overall standings

Best overall

691.9544 / 720

Master · Smokin' At The Market

Perfect 180s

Current form

629.88 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 642.46 (-12.58)

Walk rate

30%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Pork · Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass

Consistency

±19.93

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 164.64 · weakest Brisket (154.59)

Road miles

3,293

across 23 mapped stops · furthest 207 mi

Schedule strength

41%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1554)

Purse competed for

$23K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

642.46 / 720

21 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (9 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

691.9544 career-best overall

96.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 691.9544 at Smokin' At The Market — 96.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 3, 2014

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

RT QUE KUSINE has finished one call ahead of CRITTER COOKER'S 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 63%.

5 contests
0 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 63%

A tough matchup

13–0 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKE ON THIS ahead in 100% of their meetings

SMOKE ON THIS has come out ahead in 13 of their 13 shared contests.

The weak link

−10.0 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.04 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 17%.

Brisket avg 154.59
Pork avg 164.64
0 calls in 21 entries

A strong matchup

6–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of JERRY'S TENDER BUTT BBQ in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) (Jun 11, 2021).

last seen Jun 7, 2019
back Jun 11, 2021

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Pork nemesis

11 of 12 shared pork entries lost

SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS ahead 92% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS has out-cooked them in 11 of 12 shared pork entries.

The long haul

3,293 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,293 miles across 23 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 207 miles to BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest.

23 mapped stops
furthest 207 mi

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
2017 ↗	Master	#1290 (206 pts)	#1434 (196 pts)	#1288 (241 pts)	#1388 (206 pts)	#1403 (201 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1242 (235 pts)	#1249 (260 pts)	#1036 (340 pts)	#1201 (280 pts)	#1309 (235 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#915 (352 pts)	#964 (352 pts)	#860 (417 pts)	#956 (372 pts)	#968 (352 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#792 (429 pts)	#991 (354 pts)	#773 (474 pts)	#511 (754 pts)	#824 (429 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1364 (174 pts)	#1422 (179 pts)	#1301 (219 pts)	#1354 (194 pts)	#1635 (139 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to CRITTER COOKER'S, each with one reason worth a look.

SMOKIN GOOD BBQ

#6,415 of the rated field

1386 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1509

They've been 1509 at their best, 122 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 23 contests
last seen Aug 9, 2024

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Grease Monkey Grilling

#6,419 of the rated field

1386 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1386

Careers of much the same size, 17 contests to 23, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Sep 10, 2021

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Rack Addicts BBQ Team

#6,416 of the rated field

1386 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1386

26 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 8% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 26 contests
last seen May 30, 2026

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SCHAEFER BBQ

#6,418 of the rated field

1386 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1386

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Apr 26, 2019

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GRILLIN' GANGSTERS

#6,410 of the rated field

1387 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1387

3–4 in 7 shared contests (43% to CRITTER COOKER'S)

These two have cooked 7 of the same contests — GRILLIN' GANGSTERS ahead 4–3 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 18 contests
last seen May 17, 2019

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HOKIE POKIE Q

#6,411 of the rated field

1387 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1387

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

rated over 23 contests
last seen Apr 11, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKE ON THIS	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
HOT COLE'S BBQ	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
Q SMOKE	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
PARADISE QUE	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
CONTAGIOUS Q	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
Sons of Smoke	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
HIGH ON THE HAWG	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
Under the Radar	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
LATE NIGHT WHISKEY SMOKERS	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
SWIGGIN PIG	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
BAR-B-Q 101	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	23	0	0	0	170.8228	151.3256	160.78	top 77%
Pork Ribs	23	3	0	0	174.2628	147.9428	162.00	top 67%
Pork	23	4	1	2	179.4400	150.7772	164.64	top 64%
Brisket	21	0	0	0	172.5716	134.2172	154.59	top 82%

“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 67%
Medium (20–39)	10	top 83%
Large (40+)	12	top 77%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
TN	20	top 79%
KY	2	top 74%
NC	1	top 83%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass	3	17	top 73%	May 17, 2019
The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES)	2	12	top 68%	Jun 11, 2021
Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass	2	33	top 76%	May 20, 2016
Grillin N Chillin BBQ	2	25	top 74%	Sep 25, 2015
Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff	2	29	top 94%	Sep 11, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 6 contests

Contests a season 3.3 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TN 20 of 23 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 17 5 of them more than once

Opponents faced 387 finished ahead 186 times, behind 672

Longest layoff 2 yrs Jun 7, 2019 → Jun 11, 2021

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

20211 milestone

Jun 11 Most recent contest The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES)

20151 milestone

Sep 11 10th tracked contest Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff

20144 milestones

May 16 First category win (Pork) Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass
May 16 Career-best single call (Pork)179.4400 Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass
May 16 Peak power rating (1504) Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass
Oct 3 Career-best overall score691.9544 Smokin' At The Market

20133 milestones

May 17 First tracked contest Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass
May 17 First call Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass
Sep 6 First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.3832 Cookeville Cookoff

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+8.7	Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass	May 16, 2014
+4.3	Cookeville Cookoff	Sep 6, 2013
+2.5	Smokin' At The Market	Oct 3, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.4	Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff	Sep 5, 2014
-11.3	Mid-South Barbecue Festival	Oct 16, 2015
-11	Sevierville Bloomin' BBQ and Bluegrass Festival	May 15, 2015
-10.5	Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff	Sep 11, 2015
-9.1	Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass	May 17, 2013

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2021	1	0	100%	top 70%	90.7%	90.7%
2019	2	0	50%	top 81%	89.9%	87.5%
2017	3	0	33%	top 90%	89.4%	87.4%
2016	4	0	25%	top 84%	91.6%	90%
2015	6	0	0%	top 90%	89.7%	88.1%
2014	5	1	40%	top 63%	96.1%	91.3%
2013	2	0	50%	top 62%	93.2%	90.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 11, 2021	The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN	14 / 20 (653.0056)	17 (151.9772)	18 (157.6572)	4 (170.2628)	—
Jun 7, 2019	The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN	12 / 18 (485.6228)	14 (157.6800)	14 (155.9428)	2 (172)	—
May 17, 2019	Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass 🏅 Sevierville, TN	41 / 43 (612.3888)	25 (166.2744)	30 (161.1200)	41 (150.7772)	43 (134.2172)
Sep 8, 2017	Tony Stone-Cookeville Cook-off Cookeville, TN	34 / 34 (618.1028)	33 (151.9656)	29 (156.5256)	33 (159.9428)	32 (149.6688)
Jun 16, 2017	Smoke in the House (JUDGES FULL) White House, TN	17 / 22 (643.8744)	19 (158.8572)	10 (169.6916)	17 (159.9428)	18 (155.3828)
May 19, 2017	Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN	46 / 49 (624.9028)	41 (155.3484)	45 (151.9428)	26 (167.3944)	47 (150.2172)
Oct 28, 2016	Dickson County Smoke Fest Dickson, TN	33 / 40 (650.1488)	21 (168)	29 (164.5372)	29 (166.2284)	37 (151.3832)
Sep 9, 2016	The Tony Stone Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN	26 / 30 (659.8284)	24 (163.3828)	7 (174.2628)	16 (169.6800)	30 (152.5028)
May 20, 2016	Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN	33 / 46 (657.5660)	37 (162.8000)	38 (162.2400)	31 (166.2516)	27 (166.2744)
Apr 1, 2016	Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest Jackson, TN	57 / 61 (624.8916)	33 (167.3944)	57 (150.2172)	55 (156.5028)	55 (150.7772)
Nov 20, 2015	Bar-B-Cure Knoxville, TN	29 / 35 (631.2576)	26 (163.3944)	25 (161.6572)	32 (156.5716)	30 (149.6344)
Oct 16, 2015	Mid-South Barbecue Festival Mount Pleasant, TN	31 / 31 (625.4632)	26 (161.6572)	29 (158.2288)	31 (158.2172)	31 (147.3600)
Sep 25, 2015	Grillin N Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY	34 / 38 (620.9488)	38 (153.0744)	20 (162.8228)	36 (155.9544)	32 (149.0972)
Sep 11, 2015	Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN	29 / 31 (642.1600)	31 (154.2400)	25 (166.2628)	29 (159.9772)	27 (161.6800)
Jul 24, 2015	BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest Dyersburg, TN	29 / 35 (640.3428)	34 (151.3256)	17 (165.7144)	21 (163.9428)	25 (159.3600)
May 15, 2015	Sevierville Bloomin' BBQ and Bluegrass Festival Sevierville, TN	41 / 44 (646.0568)	26 (169.6800)	43 (158.2056)	39 (162.2400)	40 (155.9312)
Oct 3, 2014	Smokin' At The Market Gallatin, TN	14 / 29 (691.9544)	25 (169.1200)	14 (172.5600)	5 (177.7028)	12 (172.5716)
Sep 26, 2014	Grillin N Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY	25 / 43 (657.0400)	37 (155.9544)	12 (167.9884)	28 (165.6800)	19 (167.4172)
Sep 5, 2014	Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN	39 / 41 (627.2912)	36 (161.7028)	40 (147.9428)	33 (164.5600)	39 (153.0856)
Jul 25, 2014	WNC BBQ Festival Maggie Valley, NC	38 / 46 (636.9712)	21 (166.2284)	35 (158.8228)	11 (169.7028)	43 (142.2172)
May 16, 2014	Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN	17 / 56 (673.0856)	42 (162.8228)	21 (166.2628)	1 (179.4400)	30 (164.5600)
Sep 6, 2013	Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN	18 / 42 (671.3832)	17 (170.8228)	24 (165.6916)	14 (172.5716)	26 (162.2972)
May 17, 2013	Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN	38 / 47 (636)	41 (154.2856)	10 (169.7142)	36 (161.1430)	44 (150.8572)

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

CRITTER COOKER'S

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

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (9 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

The long haul

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)