High-water mark
683.4288
career-best overall
94.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 683.4288 at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST — 94.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 29, 2022
WEST BARBECUE CO
WEST BARBECUE CO is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 100th of 249 at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST (2022). Also listed in KCBS results as “WEST BARBECUE CO.”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1506
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 22 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 16, 2021
latest Sep 29, 2022 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 46%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.71
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 172.86 · weakest Pork (164.11)
Road miles
3
across 4 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$99K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
675.23 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 166.8344 | 170.84 | top 40% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 177.7144 | 167.4172 | 172.86 | top 28% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 155.3600 | 164.11 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 162.8000 | 167.42 | top 48% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST | 2 | 188 | 0 | top 40% | Sep 29, 2022 |
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST | 2 | 100 | 0 | top 53% | Sep 29, 2022 |
More numbers
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
668
finished ahead 680 times, behind 722
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Sep 16, 2021 → Sep 29, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20224 milestones
- First call American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
- Career-best overall score683.4288 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7144 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
20212 milestones
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score675.9084 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 40% | 94.9% | 94.3% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 53% | 93.9% | 93.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 202 / 505 (674.2172) | 261 (167.3828) | 9 (177.7144) | 351 (162.8344) | 225 (166.2856) |
| Sep 29, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST unrated Kansas City, KS | 100 / 249 (683.4288) | 196 (166.8344) | 22 (176.6172) | 158 (169.1200) | 97 (170.8572) |
| Sep 16, 2021 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 188 / 467 (667.3832) | 36 (174.8572) | 206 (167.4172) | 389 (155.3600) | 115 (169.7488) |
| Sep 16, 2021 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 unrated Kansas City, KS | 121 / 185 (675.9084) | 44 (174.2856) | 107 (169.7028) | 112 (169.1200) | 154 (162.8000) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.