Cook & Ladder BBQ
Cook & Ladder BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 43rd of 46 at the Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge (2019). They finished #1955 in the 2019 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1493
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Jun 7, 2019
latest Sep 16, 2021 · 2.3 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 61%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.56 · weakest Brisket (151.94)
Road miles
6
across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$69K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
624.98 / 720
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1955 (60 pts) | #1884 (85 pts) | #2026 (60 pts) | #2029 (60 pts) | #2010 (60 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 161.1428 | 164.56 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 137.6344 | 155.67 | top 56% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6456 | 147.9772 | 152.81 | top 87% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2172 | 145.6572 | 151.94 | top 83% |
“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
Opponents faced
492
finished ahead 232 times, behind 279
Longest layoff
2.3 yrs
Jun 7, 2019 → Sep 16, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20213 milestones
- Career-best overall score650.7084 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.7028 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
20191 milestone
- First tracked contest Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2021 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 136 / 467 (329.6344) | 323 (161.1428) | 70 (173.7028) | 365 (157.6456) | 326 (158.2172) |
| Jun 7, 2019 | Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 43 / 46 (599.2460) | 20 (167.9772) | 45 (137.6344) | 44 (147.9772) | 44 (145.6572) |