REDNECK COOKERS

REDNECK COOKERS is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 12th of 29 at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2013). They are ranked #4014 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

⚔ Compare with another team

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,014

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1483

peak 1503 · rated over 9 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 8, 2013

latest Sep 3, 2016 · 3.5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1596

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% 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

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 161.32 · weakest Brisket (151.79)

Road miles

3,596

across 9 mapped stops · furthest 1,032 mi

Schedule strength

14%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1521)

Master avg

623.18 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

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

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
Sep 3, 2016

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 call 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

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	#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)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

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

Fire N' Smoke

#4,019 of the rated field

1483 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1506

1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to REDNECK COOKERS)

These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — Fire N' Smoke ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Feb 3, 2018

⚔ Head-to-head

PIG'N & CHIK'N

#4,009 of the rated field

1483 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1483

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Oct 18, 2024

⚔ Compare careers

SALT CREEK SMOKERS

#4,020 of the rated field

1483 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1483

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 Jul 30, 2021

⚔ Compare careers

BARBECUTIONERS

#4,000 of the rated field

1483 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1483

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen Jul 27, 2019

⚔ Compare careers

GRILL-BILLY_BBQ

#4,031 of the rated field

1483 power rating

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

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 Jun 8, 2019

⚔ Compare careers

honey b-b-q

#4,006 of the rated field

1483 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1483

They turned up 8 years after REDNECK COOKERS did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Sep 20, 2024

⚔ Compare careers

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	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 field size and state

By contest size

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

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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

Repeat visits (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%	Sep 3, 2016
Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship	2	33	0	top 78%	Apr 17, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 3 contests

Contests a season 2.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TX 8 of 9 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 6 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 332 finished ahead 187 times, behind 274

Longest layoff 1.1 yrs Mar 8, 2013 → Apr 25, 2014

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

20165 milestones

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

20133 milestones

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+9.7	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	Sep 3, 2016
+4.7	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	Aug 30, 2014
+3.4	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Mar 8, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.8	Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship	Apr 25, 2014
-7.7	Taste of Grand Rapids 2014	Jul 25, 2014
-7.2	Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship	Apr 17, 2015
-6.3	Bynum School's Best of the Basin	Apr 22, 2016
-3.2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Mar 13, 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	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
Sep 3, 2016	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	17 / 58 (665.0628)	47 (157.6800)	33 (161.0856)	1 (178.8800)	15 (167.4172)
Apr 22, 2016	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)
Sep 4, 2015	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	41 / 70 (646.2172)	48 (158.8572)	20 (166.8572)	38 (162.2400)	46 (158.2628)
Apr 17, 2015	Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship Midland, TX	33 / 44 (601.1084)	19 (160)	39 (146.2628)	8 (166.8684)	44 (127.9772)
Mar 13, 2015	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)
Aug 30, 2014	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	31 / 76 (646.1712)	42 (160)	17 (167.9656)	41 (160.5600)	34 (157.6456)
Jul 25, 2014	Taste of Grand Rapids 2014 Grand Rapids, MI	43 / 55 (603.2804)	47 (151.3944)	32 (157.7144)	55 (144.5144)	43 (149.6572)
Apr 25, 2014	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)
Mar 8, 2013	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)

REDNECK 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 (6 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

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)