Texas Chrome Hero's Foundation

Texas Chrome Hero's Foundation is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 56 at the Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (2022), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #2576 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,576

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1517

peak 1524 · rated over 5 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 4, 2021

latest Apr 10, 2026 · 4.8 years on the trail

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

17% of 6 contests

Avg finish

top 41%

overall standings

Best overall

697.1428 / 720

Master · Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off

Perfect 180s

Current form

670.45 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 671.36 (-0.91)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600

Pork · Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off

Consistency

±15.57

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 170.08 · weakest Brisket (164.64)

Road miles

1,471

across 6 mapped stops · furthest 621 mi

Schedule strength

39%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)

Purse competed for

$194K

listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 6 state-championship entries

Master avg

671.36 / 720

6 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

1.0856 points from the title

Came within 1.0856 points of the Grand Championship at Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Apr 1, 2022).

High-water mark

697.1428 career-best overall

96.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 697.1428 at Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off — 96.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
Apr 1, 2022

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.4 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.44 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 17% of the time against 17%.

Brisket avg 164.64
Pork Ribs avg 170.08
1 call in 6 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Dead Last BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The comeback

3.5 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3.5 years, then back at Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff (Sep 12, 2025).

last seen Apr 1, 2022
back Sep 12, 2025

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1518 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1527

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SQUEELIN 'N' WHEELIN

#2,567 of the rated field

1518 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1518

Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Texas Chrome Hero's Foundation's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

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Grill Team 6

#2,573 of the rated field

1518 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1533

Level with Texas Chrome Hero's Foundation on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Apr 8, 2022

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SMOKING CO

#2,566 of the rated field

1518 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1518

They were already cooking in 2014, 7 years before Texas Chrome Hero's Foundation's first contest.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Jun 12, 2015

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Sofa King Awesome BBQ

#2,579 of the rated field

1517 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1531

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rated over 6 contests
last seen Mar 20, 2026

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Hole 'Nother Level

#2,568 of the rated field

1518 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1524

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Texas Chrome Hero's Foundation's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 6 contests

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
LA PASADITA	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
CHICKEN FRIED BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
LC BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
Rio Valley Meat BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	6	1	0	174.8688	150.8460	168.37	top 36%
Pork Ribs	6	1	0	173.1544	165.7028	170.08	top 35%
Pork	6	2	1	176.5600	161.6688	168.27	top 44%
Brisket	6	1	1	175.4400	152.4800	164.64	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 state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
TX	4	0	top 37%
KS	2	0	top 49%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off	3	2	0	top 31%	Apr 10, 2026

More numbers

Busiest season 2021 3 contests

Contests a season 1.5 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TX 4 of 6 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 4 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 630 finished ahead 372 times, behind 511

Longest layoff 3.5 yrs Apr 1, 2022 → Sep 12, 2025

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

20261 milestone

Apr 10 Most recent contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off

20226 milestones

Apr 1 First overall top-10 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off
Apr 1 First overall podium Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off
Apr 1 First Reserve Championship Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off
Apr 1 Career-best overall score697.1428 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off
Apr 1 Career-best single call (Pork)176.5600 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off
Apr 1 Peak power rating (1524) Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off

20213 milestones

Jun 4 First tracked contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off
Jun 4 First call Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off
Jun 4 First overall past 90% of a perfect score675.9316 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+17.5	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off	Apr 1, 2022
+10.9	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off	Jun 4, 2021

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-5	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST	Sep 16, 2021
-4.6	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off	Apr 10, 2026
-1.6	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff	Sep 12, 2025

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	1	0	100%	top 66%	90.7%	90.7%
2025	1	0	0%	top 57%	91.7%	91.7%
2022	1	1	100%	top 4%	96.8%	96.8%
2021	3	0	33%	top 40%	94.9%	93.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 10, 2026	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	27 / 41 (653.0520)	37 (150.8460)	10 (171.9772)	26 (161.6688)	22 (168.5600)
Sep 12, 2025	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX	52 / 92 (660.5832)	48 (166.2744)	17 (173.1544)	71 (162.2860)	62 (158.8684)
Apr 1, 2022	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	2 / 56 (697.1428)	5 (174.8456)	17 (170.2972)	2 (176.5600)	3 (175.4400)
Sep 16, 2021	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	266 / 467 (658.1484)	81 (172.5600)	252 (165.7028)	170 (167.4056)	386 (152.4800)
Sep 16, 2021	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 unrated Kansas City, KS	75 / 185 (683.3256)	38 (174.8688)	59 (173.1200)	134 (166.8112)	105 (168.5256)
Jun 4, 2021	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	11 / 48 (675.9316)	13 (170.8456)	24 (166.2400)	5 (174.8688)	18 (163.9772)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

Texas Chrome Hero's Foundation

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

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

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (6 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

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 state / province (where the contests were held)

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)