Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
94.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 682.2516 at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST — 94.8% of a perfect 720.
LC BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
LC BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Justice BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Off the trail for 1.6 years, then back at American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST (2021-09-16).
Something about September: average finish in the top 49% across 4 contests, versus top 58% the rest of the year.
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
WHOLEY SMOKED COOKERS has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 110 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team WHOLEY SMOKED COOKERS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head19 contests to 6: their number has had years to settle where WHOLEY SMOKED COOKERS's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with WHOLEY SMOKED COOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before WHOLEY SMOKED COOKERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before WHOLEY SMOKED COOKERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA PASADITA | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| LC BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| FIRE DANCER BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| TEXAS OIL DUST | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| BUTCHER BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| 4 LEGS UP BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Piggin' Whiskey | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| GETTIN' BASTED | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Rio Valley Meat BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| RAZORRACKS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 158.8228 | 167.87 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 153.6916 | 167.03 | top 53% |
| Pork | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 178.8800 | 149.7144 | 164.74 | top 59% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 165.1200 | 166.26 | top 57% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 4 | 0 | top 49% |
| TX | 2 | 0 | top 76% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 69% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 56% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST | 2 | 116 | 0 | top 61% | 2022-09-29 |
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST | 2 | 168 | 0 | top 37% | 2022-09-29 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.7 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST | 2022-09-29 |
| +0.5 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | 2021-09-16 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.2 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | 2020-02-14 |
| -1.5 | Lake Murvaul BBQ Cook-Off | 2022-06-24 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 51% | 94.8% | 93.8% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 56% | 93.3% | 93.2% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST unrated Kansas City, KS | 116 / 249 (682.2516) | 160 (169.6800) | 186 (166.2744) | 8 (178.8800) | 155 (167.4172) |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 192 / 505 (675.2796) | 178 (170.2512) | 190 (169.6800) | 186 (169.6800) | 247 (165.6684) |
| 2022-06-24 | Lake Murvaul BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Carthage, TX | 11 / 16 (669.0056) | 14 (161.6800) | 4 (174.2628) | 11 (166.2400) | 12 (166.8228) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 unrated Kansas City, KS | 141 / 185 (671.8972) | 52 (173.7028) | 79 (171.9772) | 174 (160.5028) | 135 (165.7144) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 168 / 467 (669.6340) | 78 (173.1084) | 232 (166.2972) | 274 (163.3940) | 185 (166.8344) |
| 2020-02-14 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown 🏅 Huntsville, TX | 35 / 42 (627.3488) | 35 (158.8228) | 37 (153.6916) | 40 (149.7144) | 19 (165.1200) |