High-water mark
678.7540
career-best overall
94.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.7540 at Hammond BBQ — 94.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Mar 22, 2019
ACES COOKING CREW
ACES COOKING CREW is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 17th of 48 at the Hammond BBQ (2019). They finished #2274 in the 2016 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1510
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Mar 22, 2013
latest Mar 22, 2019 · 6 years on the trail
Category wins
0
1 podium
Avg finish
top 47%
overall standings
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.16
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 172.76 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.74)
Road miles
7
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)
Purse competed for
$12K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Master avg
668.69 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 | #2274 (60 pts) | #1596 (175 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.8456 | 171.4288 | 172.76 | top 19% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5372 | 154.2854 | 160.74 | top 74% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6684 | 159.9428 | 165.11 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 173.1428 | 164.5488 | 170.08 | top 36% |
“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.
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
LA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
149
finished ahead 103 times, behind 89
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Mar 22, 2013 → Mar 25, 2016
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20193 milestones
- Career-best overall score678.7540 Hammond BBQ
- Peak power rating (1510) Hammond BBQ
- Most recent contest Hammond BBQ
20161 milestone
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.8456 Hamond BBQ
20133 milestones
- First tracked contest Hammond Blues and BBQ
- First call Hammond Blues and BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score664.5712 Hammond Blues and BBQ
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 2019 | Hammond BBQ 🏅 Hammond, LA | 17 / 48 (678.7540) | 15 (172) | 32 (164.5372) | 15 (169.6684) | 15 (172.5484) |
| Mar 25, 2016 | Hamond BBQ Hammond, LA | 41 / 58 (662.7316) | 6 (174.8456) | 41 (163.3944) | 50 (159.9428) | 41 (164.5488) |
| Mar 22, 2013 | Hammond Blues and BBQ Hammond, LA | 18 / 50 (664.5712) | 8 (171.4288) | 43 (154.2854) | 20 (165.7142) | 3 (173.1428) |