High-water mark
675.3828
career-best overall
93.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 675.3828 at Firelake BBQ Cook Off — 93.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Mar 25, 2016
CARNIVORE CARTEL
CARNIVORE CARTEL is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 12th of 30 at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2016). They are ranked #2026 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1538
peak 1538 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Mar 13, 2015
latest Aug 31, 2018 · 3.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 39%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
667.46 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 661.61 (+5.85)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.34
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.63 · weakest Chicken (163.22)
Road miles
1,598
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 295 mi
Schedule strength
53%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1568)
Master avg
661.61 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to CARNIVORE CARTEL, each with one reason worth a look.
80 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,034 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1546
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to CARNIVORE CARTEL)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team CARNIVORE CARTEL has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,014 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1538
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to CARNIVORE CARTEL)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,035 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1537
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,032 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1537
They turned up 9 years after CARNIVORE CARTEL did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Compare careers#2,033 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1537
Level with CARNIVORE CARTEL on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,021 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1538
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before CARNIVORE CARTEL's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLARK CREW BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BUTCHER BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 151.9312 | 163.22 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4400 | 150.7772 | 166.26 | top 37% |
| Pork | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 161.0740 | 166.63 | top 38% |
| Brisket | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.8916 | 154.7884 | 165.50 | top 41% |
“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 53% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 32% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2015
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TX
3 of 6 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
6
a different one every time
Opponents faced
236
finished ahead 195 times, behind 100
Longest layoff
2.4 yrs
Mar 25, 2016 → Aug 31, 2018
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20182 milestones
- Peak power rating (1538) Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
20161 milestone
- Career-best overall score675.3828 Firelake BBQ Cook Off
20154 milestones
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.8344 14th Annual Bordertown Bash
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4400 Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.5 | Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | Aug 31, 2018 |
| +10 | Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship | Aug 28, 2015 |
| +6.9 | 14th Annual Bordertown Bash | Jul 10, 2015 |
| +6.5 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Mar 4, 2016 |
| +6.1 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off | Mar 25, 2016 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.5 | 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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 22% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 40% | 93.8% | 92.6% |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 44% | 92.5% | 90.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2018 | Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 16 / 74 (674.2396) | 29 (166.8456) | 21 (168.5484) | 14 (171.4056) | 26 (167.4400) |
| Mar 25, 2016 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off Shawnee, OK | 26 / 66 (675.3828) | 32 (168.0116) | 18 (170.8800) | 23 (171.4056) | 42 (165.0856) |
| Mar 4, 2016 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Shreveport, LA | 12 / 30 (658.6852) | 5 (172) | 5 (170.8228) | 18 (161.0740) | 23 (154.7884) |
| Aug 28, 2015 | Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX | 13 / 57 (666.1372) | 44 (157.0744) | 6 (175.4400) | 23 (165.0856) | 11 (168.5372) |
| Jul 10, 2015 | 14th Annual Bordertown Bash Fort Smith, AR | 19 / 44 (662.8344) | 28 (163.4400) | 28 (161.1200) | 26 (163.3828) | 5 (174.8916) |
| Mar 13, 2015 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Worth, TX | 20 / 30 (632.3768) | 27 (151.9312) | 23 (150.7772) | 5 (167.4056) | 12 (162.2628) |