Team Cookie MI
Rating
1596
peak 1596
Contests
20
in the data
First seen
2025-07-18
latest 2026-06-26
Best ToY finish
#70
Master 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
4
8 podiums
Overall top-10s
6
of 20 contests
Avg finish
top 29%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
688.06 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 686.78 (+1.29)
Walk rate
70%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
4
and counting
Consistency
±6.01
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 172.33 · weakest Brisket (170.80)
Road miles
4450
mi across 20 mapped stops · furthest 986 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Q-JITSU has finished one call ahead of Team Cookie 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
⚔️ A tough matchup
DB BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 7 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of BEER TIME BBQ in 6 of their 8 shared contests.
📈 Riding a hot streak
Currently on a 4-contest overall top-10 run.
Teams like this (closest power rating, MI first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 180.0000 🔥 | 166.8228 | 171.94 | top 44% |
| Pork Ribs | 18 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 178.8572 | 166.2744 | 172.33 | top 38% |
| Pork | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 176.5600 | 161.6456 | 171.54 | top 41% |
| Brisket | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 177.7372 | 160.5028 | 170.80 | top 38% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OH | 4 | 0 | top 30% |
| MI | 4 | 0 | top 31% |
| WV | 1 | 0 | top 14% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 27% |
| FL | 1 | 0 | top 40% |
| GA | 1 | 0 | top 45% |
| PA | 1 | 0 | top 10% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 33% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 17% |
| Large (40+) | 7 | 0 | top 37% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2026 (12 contests)
- Cooks mostly in MI (7 of 20 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (18 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 686.78
- 1 perfect 180 on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 695.3940 | 688.52 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 691.3372 | 684.75 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl Wellington, OH | 6 / 39 (695.3940) | 21 (169.6684) | 2 (176.5600) | 11 (173.7028) | 5 (175.4628) |
| 2026-06-19 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash (OPEN FORMAT) Buckhannon, WV | 4 / 29 (692.5256) | 12 (173.1200) | 21 (166.8228) | 8 (174.8456) | 1 (177.7372) |
| 2026-05-22 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: World Rib Finals (Friday, May 22, 2026) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 48 (173.1200) | — | — |
| 2026-05-01 | Smoke in the Mitten Westland, MI | 3 / 34 (688.5828) | 1 (180.0000) | 8 (173.1428) | 4 (172.5828) | 27 (162.8572) |
| 2026-05-01 | Smoke in the Mitten (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI | — | — | 8 (170.8572) | — | — |
| 2026-04-24 | Marietta River City BBQ (OPEN FORMAT) Marietta, OH | 5 / 15 (673.0056) | 4 (173.1084) | 14 (166.2744) | 5 (173.1200) | 12 (160.5028) |
| 2026-04-24 | Marietta River City BBQ (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Marietta, OH | — | 5 (171.9772) | — | — | — |
| 2026-04-17 | GLBBQA Spring Fling Coldwater, MI | 14 / 48 (690.8116) | 7 (175.4172) | 3 (178.8572) | 33 (168.5256) | 26 (168.0116) |
| 2026-03-20 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN | 34 / 125 (690.2400) | 38 (174.2744) | 50 (171.9772) | 44 (173.7256) | 62 (170.2628) |
| 2026-03-20 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Lebanon, TN | — | 52 (166.8228) | — | — | — |
| 2026-03-20 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 30 (171.9772) | — | — |
| 2026-01-22 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 25 / 63 (689.0516) | 42 (169.6800) | 14 (175.4172) | 16 (174.2744) | 31 (169.6800) |
| 2025-11-14 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic Cumming, GA | 25 / 56 (689.0168) | 35 (170.8228) | 32 (173.1084) | 34 (170.8228) | 16 (174.2628) |
| 2025-10-03 | Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship Harrisburg, PA | 3 / 30 (691.3372) | 19 (168.5256) | 1 (175.4288) | 1 (176.5600) | 8 (170.8228) |
| 2025-09-19 | September Fest Coldwater, MI | 10 / 26 (680.4568) | 6 (176.0000) | 15 (167.4056) | 22 (161.6456) | 3 (175.4056) |
| 2025-09-19 | September Fest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Coldwater, MI | — | — | 8 (171.4172) | — | — |
| 2025-09-05 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl Wellington, OH | 17 / 42 (683.3024) | 25 (170.2628) | 10 (171.4056) | 21 (170.8112) | 10 (170.8228) |
| 2025-08-01 | All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI | 20 / 43 (679.3260) | 24 (169.1316) | 28 (167.3944) | 29 (166.2400) | 4 (176.5600) |
| 2025-08-01 | All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI | — | — | 2 (177.1544) | — | — |
| 2025-07-18 | Buckeye BBQ Classic Hillsboro, OH | 13 / 40 (685.0512) | 19 (170.2628) | 8 (173.7028) | 14 (173.1084) | 24 (167.9772) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #70 (1063 pts) | #46 (1249 pts) | #58 (1267 pts) | #76 (948 pts) | #88 (923 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #328 (661 pts) | #485 (466 pts) | #212 (1119 pts) | #375 (601 pts) | #299 (786 pts) |