Camo Cookers

Camo Cookers is a competition barbecue team with 13 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 9th of 32 at the Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival (2018). They are ranked #3505 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Camo Cooker's”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,505

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1493

peak 1493 · rated over 13 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 13, 2013

latest Jun 10, 2022 · 8.7 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

8% of 13 contests

Avg finish

top 62%

overall standings

Best overall

677.0172 / 720

Master · Big Brother Big Sister Riverfest

Perfect 180s

Current form

664.90 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 641.72 (+23.19)

Walk rate

38%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.7144

Chicken · Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival

Consistency

±48.61

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 165.50 · weakest Brisket (158.95)

Road miles

2,554

across 13 mapped stops · furthest 571 mi

Schedule strength

43%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1557)

Purse competed for

$22K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

641.72 / 720

13 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

677.0172 career-best overall

94.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 677.0172 at Big Brother Big Sister Riverfest — 94.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 15, 2017

A tough matchup

11–0 behind in the head-to-head

Organizer Portal ahead in 100% of their meetings

Organizer Portal has come out ahead in 11 of their 11 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.54 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 17%.

Brisket avg 158.95
Pork Ribs avg 165.50
0 calls in 13 entries

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PORK U in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The comeback

2.7 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.7 years, then back at Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (Jun 10, 2022).

last seen Sep 13, 2019
back Jun 10, 2022

Pork Ribs nemesis

10 of 10 shared pork ribs entries lost

Organizer Portal ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Organizer Portal has out-cooked them in 10 of 10 shared pork ribs entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Serial Grillers has landed one call behind them 2 times.

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Camo Cookers, each with one reason worth a look.

137 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Make BBQ Great Again

#3,516 of the rated field

1493 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1514

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Camo Cookers)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Camo Cookers has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Oct 10, 2025

⚔ Head-to-head

Backdraft Smokers

#3,528 of the rated field

1492 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1513

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Camo Cookers)

Fewer contests behind them than Camo Cookers has cooked, 8 to 13, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Jun 11, 2021

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POBOYS BBQ

#3,525 of the rated field

1492 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1492

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Camo Cookers)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before Camo Cookers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

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OLD SMOKE WAGON

#3,492 of the rated field

1493 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1508

13 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Aug 10, 2018

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Hardwood BBQ, Inc.

#3,515 of the rated field

1493 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1501

Level with Camo Cookers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Mar 6, 2020

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THE FABULOUS FAULTLINERS

#3,509 of the rated field

1493 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1501

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Aug 16, 2019

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Organizer Portal	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
TEAM HOGWEISER	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare
South Pork	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
BIG BLUE QUE	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
JIGGY PIGGY	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
CAMP-BELL BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
BEES KNEES BBQ TEAM	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
The Specialists	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
WHY YOU GRILLIN' ME ...DAWG?	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN CHUCKS WAGON	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
FAT, DRUNK & STUPID	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Chokin "N" tha Smoke	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
BEAN BANDITS	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
PORK U	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
The Lumbee Smokers	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	13	2	173.7144	150.7772	165.42	top 53%
Pork Ribs	12	2	172.5944	154.2284	165.50	top 50%
Pork	13	2	172	153.0856	164.58	top 56%
Brisket	13	0	168.5372	145.6344	158.95	top 70%

“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 contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	5	0	top 52%
Large (40+)	8	0	top 68%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
AL	9	top 57%
AR	2	top 82%
TX	1	top 61%
LA	1	top 66%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Delta Smoke BBQ Contest	2	21	0	top 82%	Jun 10, 2022
The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	2	33	0	top 58%	May 3, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 2 contests

Contests a season 1.6 across 8 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AL 9 of 13 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 11 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 469 finished ahead 285 times, behind 453

Longest layoff 2.7 yrs Sep 13, 2019 → Jun 10, 2022

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

20221 milestone

Jun 10 Most recent contest Delta Smoke BBQ Contest

20191 milestone

May 3 Peak power rating (1495) The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

20183 milestones

Sep 14 First overall top-10 Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival
Sep 14 10th tracked contest Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival
Sep 14 Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7144 Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival

20171 milestone

Sep 15 Career-best overall score677.0172 Big Brother Big Sister Riverfest

20151 milestone

Sep 11 First call Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest

20141 milestone

Sep 19 First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.4344 20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest

20131 milestone

Sep 13 First tracked contest Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.3	Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival	Sep 14, 2018
+8.3	Big Brother Big Sister Riverfest	Sep 15, 2017
+3.6	Decatur Jaycee's 22nd Annual Riverfest	Sep 9, 2016
+2.4	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	May 4, 2018
+0.9	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest	Jun 10, 2022

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.4	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest	Jun 9, 2017
-6.8	Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest	Sep 11, 2015
-6.4	Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest	Sep 13, 2013
-3.8	Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown	Sep 27, 2013
-3	RiverFest	Sep 13, 2019

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)
2022	1	0	0%	top 64%	93%	93%
2019	2	0	50%	top 63%	91%	90.9%
2018	2	1	50%	top 42%	93.8%	93.5%
2017	2	0	50%	top 69%	94%	80.6%
2016	1	0	100%	top 51%	92.7%	92.7%
2015	2	0	50%	top 69%	90.5%	89.3%
2014	1	0	0%	top 61%	90.1%	90.1%
2013	2	0	0%	top 69%	88.2%	87.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 10, 2022	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest 🏅 Wynne, AR	21 / 33 (669.5656)	11 (173.1200)	20 (170.8228)	22 (168.5256)	29 (157.0972)
Sep 13, 2019	RiverFest 🏅 Decatur, AL	24 / 37 (653.5652)	10 (170.8684)	31 (155.9200)	18 (165.6912)	25 (161.0856)
May 3, 2019	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL	33 / 54 (655.2340)	14 (170.8228)	44 (159.9428)	47 (158.8000)	29 (165.6684)
Sep 14, 2018	Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival Decatur, AL	9 / 32 (675.3948)	6 (173.7144)	14 (169.7144)	8 (172)	25 (159.9660)
May 4, 2018	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	34 / 61 (670.7428)	35 (166.8228)	23 (170.2628)	43 (165.6800)	34 (167.9772)
Sep 15, 2017	Big Brother Big Sister Riverfest Decatur, AL	15 / 39 (677.0172)	16 (169.6684)	18 (169.1316)	9 (169.6800)	15 (168.5372)
Jun 9, 2017	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Wynne, AR	45 / 45 (483.3144)	31 (165.1200)	—	39 (158.8000)	35 (159.3944)
Sep 9, 2016	Decatur Jaycee's 22nd Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL	21 / 41 (667.3716)	39 (158.2400)	7 (172.5716)	18 (169.1084)	20 (167.4516)
Sep 11, 2015	Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL	43 / 55 (651.2916)	32 (164.5372)	8 (172.5944)	19 (168.5256)	55 (145.6344)
Feb 26, 2015	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX	37 / 61 (634.1028)	52 (150.7772)	26 (164.5256)	20 (166.2856)	46 (152.5144)
Sep 19, 2014	20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest Decatur, AL	46 / 75 (648.4344)	41 (163.9660)	35 (165.1200)	45 (163.9656)	59 (155.3828)
Sep 27, 2013	Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown Vidalia, LA	25 / 38 (621.5428)	25 (159.9544)	19 (161.1200)	31 (153.0856)	32 (147.3828)
Sep 13, 2013	Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL	58 / 80 (634.7200)	45 (162.8000)	61 (154.2284)	56 (159.4172)	52 (158.2744)

Camo Cookers

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 (7 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork Ribs nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

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 contest size

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)