The comeback
2.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Kids Que (Nov 5, 2025).
- last seen Sep 27, 2023
- back Nov 5, 2025
Willow Cox
Willow Cox is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2026.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Oct 8, 2021
latest Sep 30, 2026 · 5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
—
overall standings
Best overall
—
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Road miles
1,161
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 505 mi
Purse competed for
$6,880
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|
“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
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
3 of 5 contests · 3 states in all
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
Sep 27, 2023 → Nov 5, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Kids Que
20211 milestone
- First tracked contest Anchor City Cook Off
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Kids Que Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 23, 2026 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational - Youth Que Registration unrated Lebanon, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Kids Que Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Kids Que Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 8, 2021 | Anchor City Cook Off 🏅 Centralia, MO | — | — | — | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.