REDNECK COOKERS

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

Power ranking

#3998

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1483

peak 1503 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-03-08

latest 2016-09-03

Best ToY finish

#1596

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 61%

overall standings

Best overall

665.0628 / 720

Master · City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

628.50 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 623.18 (+5.32)

Walk rate

33%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8800

Pork · City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival

Consistency

±25.72

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 161.32 · weakest Brisket (151.79)

Road miles

3,596

mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 1032 mi

Schedule strength

14%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1520)

Master avg

623.18 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 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.

High-water mark

665.0628 career-best overall

92.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 665.0628 at City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival — 92.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
2016-09-03

A tough matchup

5–1 behind in the head-to-head

CAN'T SMOKE THIS ahead in 83% of their meetings

CAN'T SMOKE THIS has come out ahead in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.53 points below their pork, and turns into a call 11% of the time against 33%.

Brisket avg 151.79
Pork avg 161.32
1 calls in 9 entries

A strong matchup

5–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PAPPO'S BBQ in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

5 of 6 shared pork entries lost

CAN'T SMOKE THIS ahead 83% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, CAN'T SMOKE THIS has out-cooked them in 5 of 6 shared pork entries.

The long haul

3,596 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,596 miles across 9 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,032 miles to Taste of Grand Rapids 2014.

9 mapped stops
furthest 1,032 mi

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.

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

FATBOYSBBQ

#4008 of the rated field

1483 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1513

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to REDNECK COOKERS)

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

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2021-07-17

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GRILL-BILLY_BBQ

#4007 of the rated field

1483 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1501

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2019-06-08

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SMOKIN' BBQ

#3981 of the rated field

1483 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1500

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2019-05-17

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DIESEL SMOKE BBQ

#3994 of the rated field

1483 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1500

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2016-10-21

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D&G'S REAL BBQ

#4006 of the rated field

1483 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1510

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2016-10-07

⚔ Head-to-head

Bar Down BBQ

#4012 of the rated field

1483 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1526

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1526 at their best, 44 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2026-05-23

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
PAPPO'S BBQ	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
Big Daddy G's BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
CAN'T SMOKE THIS	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	0	0	0	160.0000	147.4172	154.73	top 71%
Pork Ribs	9	0	0	0	167.9656	143.4400	155.35	top 61%
Pork	9	3	1	2	178.8800	144.5144	161.32	top 44%
Brisket	9	1	0	0	167.4172	127.9772	151.79	top 61%

“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	GCs	Avg finish
TX	8	0	top 59%
MI	1	0	top 78%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 56%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 63%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	3	17	0	top 43%	2016-09-03
Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship	2	33	0	top 78%	2015-04-17

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.5 yrs 2013-03-08 → 2016-09-03

Busiest season 2015 3 contests

Contests a season 2.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in TX 8 of 9 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 6 2 of them cooked more than once

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

Strongest meat Pork averages 161.32 · weakest Brisket (151.79)

Walk rate 33% a top-10 call in 3 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 9 contests

Master average 623.18 out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 333 187–274 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 3,596 9 mapped stops · furthest 1,032 mi

Schedule strength 1520 average field rating faced — tougher than 14% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1.1 yrs 2013-03-08 → 2014-04-25

Power rating 1483 peak 1503 · #3998 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Mar 8 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 8 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 8 Peak power rating (1503) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
2016
Sep 3 First category win (Pork) City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
Sep 3 First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.0628 City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
Sep 3 Career-best overall score665.0628 City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
Sep 3 Career-best single call (Pork)178.8800 City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
Sep 3 Most recent contest City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+9.7	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	2016-09-03
+4.7	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	2014-08-30
+3.4	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2013-03-08

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.8	Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship	2014-04-25
-7.7	Taste of Grand Rapids 2014	2014-07-25
-7.2	Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship	2015-04-17
-6.4	Bynum School's Best of the Basin	2016-04-22
-3.2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2015-03-13

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	2	1	50%	top 53%	92.4%	88.3%
2015	3	0	33%	top 68%	89.8%	86.6%
2014	3	0	0%	top 67%	89.7%	84.7%
2013	1	0	100%	top 41%	88.3%	88.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-09-03	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	17 / 58 (665.0628)	47 (157.6800)	33 (161.0856)	1 (178.8800)	15 (167.4172)
2016-04-22	Bynum School's Best of the Basin Midland, TX	35 / 46 (606.3084)	35 (147.4172)	38 (145.7028)	17 (162.9028)	30 (150.2856)
2015-09-04	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	41 / 70 (646.2172)	48 (158.8572)	20 (166.8572)	38 (162.2400)	46 (158.2628)
2015-04-17	Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship Midland, TX	33 / 44 (601.1084)	19 (160.0000)	39 (146.2628)	8 (166.8684)	44 (127.9772)
2015-03-13	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Worth, TX	21 / 30 (623.8280)	28 (148.5028)	18 (157.1084)	18 (157.0740)	14 (161.1428)
2014-08-30	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	31 / 76 (646.1712)	42 (160.0000)	17 (167.9656)	41 (160.5600)	34 (157.6456)
2014-07-25	Taste of Grand Rapids 2014 Grand Rapids, MI	43 / 55 (603.2804)	47 (151.3944)	32 (157.7144)	55 (144.5144)	43 (149.6572)
2014-04-25	Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship Midland, TX	50 / 62 (580.6516)	35 (153.2572)	48 (143.4400)	40 (148.5372)	53 (135.4172)
2013-03-08	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Westworth Village, TX	12 / 29 (635.9996)	22 (155.4284)	22 (152.0002)	3 (170.2856)	10 (158.2854)

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
2016 ↗	Master	#2037 (100 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#1186 (285 pts)	#2059 (110 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1596 (135 pts)	#1892 (115 pts)	#1511 (175 pts)	#1630 (150 pts)	#1506 (170 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1739 (119 pts)	#2474 (69 pts)	#2467 (69 pts)	#1222 (229 pts)	#1711 (129 pts)