LONESOME DOVE KOOKERS

LONESOME DOVE KOOKERS is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 11th of 26 at the Q'ing to Cure Childhood Cancer BBQ Cookoff (2017). They are ranked #2066 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,066

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1536

peak 1536 · rated over 8 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Feb 3, 2017

latest Jan 29, 2021 · 4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#614

Master 2020 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 40%

overall standings

Best overall

669.5768 / 720

Master · Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown

Perfect 180s

Current form

650.51 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 651.51 (-1.01)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7372

Brisket · Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown

Consistency

±11.52

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.68 · weakest Brisket (159.19)

Road miles

322

across 8 mapped stops

Schedule strength

35%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1546)

State championships

0 🏅

won from 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

651.51 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

669.5768 career-best overall

93.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 669.5768 at Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown — 93.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
Feb 14, 2020

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Texas Smoke Whisperer has finished one call ahead of LONESOME DOVE KOOKERS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX ahead in 100% of their meetings

FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.50 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 25% of the time against 25%.

Brisket avg 159.19
Chicken avg 166.68
2 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Texas Smoke in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Humble BBQ Cook off (Jan 31, 2020).

last seen Feb 16, 2018
back Jan 31, 2020

Chicken nemesis

6 of 6 shared chicken entries lost

LA PASADITA ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LA PASADITA has out-cooked them in 6 of 6 shared chicken entries.

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The metronome

±1.60% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.60% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.5% of a perfect score
8 contests

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
2021 ↗	Master	#1236 (60 pts)	#1286 (60 pts)	#1309 (60 pts)	#1262 (60 pts)	#1245 (60 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#614 (140 pts)	#696 (120 pts)	#636 (150 pts)	#682 (125 pts)	#313 (390 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1870 (75 pts)	#1819 (100 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#1970 (70 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1361 (186 pts)	#892 (436 pts)	#1784 (126 pts)	#1246 (256 pts)	#1654 (151 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to LONESOME DOVE KOOKERS, each with one reason worth a look.

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

SONS OF BBQ

#2,069 of the rated field

1536 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1536

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to LONESOME DOVE KOOKERS)

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen Feb 3, 2017

⚔ Head-to-head

South of the James BBQ

#2,057 of the rated field

1536 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1556

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Oct 26, 2024

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Okie Folks Barbecue

#2,076 of the rated field

1536 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1536

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 Aug 21, 2026

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Berg's BBQ

#2,077 of the rated field

1536 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 57%
Peak: 1536

They turned up 5 years after LONESOME DOVE KOOKERS did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Aug 15, 2026
on a 4-contest top-10 run

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Braddah's BBQ

#2,068 of the rated field

1536 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1536

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 7 contests, alongside a 43% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Aug 9, 2025

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BBQ Costa Rica

#2,074 of the rated field

1536 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 71%
Peak: 1538

Level with LONESOME DOVE KOOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Apr 6, 2024

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Texas-car-b-que	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
LA PASADITA	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
BOOMERANG BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
OLD 99 MEAT CO.	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
XTREME TEXAS COOKERS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	2	1	177.7028	159.3712	166.68	top 33%
Pork Ribs	8	0	0	173.1544	146.7772	161.96	top 47%
Pork	8	1	0	173.7028	153.0856	163.68	top 41%
Brisket	8	2	1	177.7372	149.6916	159.19	top 51%

“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 50%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 37%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown	3	21	0	top 55%	Feb 14, 2020
Humble BBQ Cook Off	2	27	0	top 30%	Jan 29, 2021

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TX 8 of 8 contests

Contests visited 5 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 499 finished ahead 438 times, behind 212

Longest layoff 2 yrs Feb 16, 2018 → Jan 31, 2020

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

20212 milestones

Jan 29 Peak power rating (1536) Humble BBQ Cook Off
Jan 29 Most recent contest Humble BBQ Cook Off

20202 milestones

Feb 14 Career-best overall score669.5768 Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
Feb 14 Career-best single call (Brisket)177.7372 Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown

20173 milestones

Feb 3 First tracked contest Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier)
Feb 3 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.7084 Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier)
Feb 16 First call Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown (JUDGES FULL)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+8.6	Humble Rodeo and BBQ	Feb 2, 2018
+8.6	Humble BBQ Cook off	Jan 31, 2020
+8	Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier)	Feb 3, 2017
+4.3	Humble BBQ Cook Off	Jan 29, 2021
+3.7	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown	Feb 14, 2020

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-0.3	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown	Feb 16, 2018
-0.2	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown (JUDGES FULL)	Feb 16, 2017

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2021	1	0%	top 36%	88%	88%
2020	2	100%	top 37%	93%	91.7%
2018	2	0%	top 41%	90.9%	90.2%
2017	3	67%	top 43%	92.4%	90.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jan 29, 2021	Humble BBQ Cook Off Humble, TX	41 / 113 (633.5200)	29 (162.8000)	32 (164.5488)	59 (153.0856)	55 (153.0856)
Feb 14, 2020	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown 🏅 Huntsville, TX	21 / 42 (669.5768)	33 (159.3712)	19 (166.2284)	24 (166.2400)	3 (177.7372)
Jan 31, 2020	Humble BBQ Cook off 🏅 Humble, TX	27 / 117 (650.1944)	38 (161.1200)	46 (160.5372)	54 (159.3944)	8 (169.1428)
Feb 16, 2018	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX	22 / 38 (644.9716)	17 (167.3828)	26 (157.1088)	23 (163.4172)	28 (157.0628)
Feb 2, 2018	Humble Rodeo and BBQ Humble, TX	36 / 145 (654.2632)	59 (160.5600)	13 (173.1544)	19 (170.8572)	99 (149.6916)
Aug 11, 2017	Q'ing to Cure Childhood Cancer BBQ Cookoff Conroe, TX	11 / 26 (639.2684)	2 (177.7028)	22 (146.7772)	11 (159.9540)	17 (154.8344)
Feb 16, 2017	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown (JUDGES FULL) Huntsville, TX	24 / 41 (665.6116)	5 (176.5600)	32 (160.5144)	10 (173.7028)	34 (154.8344)
Feb 3, 2017	Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier) Humble, TX	38 / 136 (654.7084)	25 (167.9656)	35 (166.8228)	47 (162.8228)	74 (157.0972)

LONESOME DOVE KOOKERS

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

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (8 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

The metronome

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

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)