High-water mark
677.6684
career-best overall
94.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 677.6684 at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship — 94.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jun 27, 2025
Nutty Cocks BBQ
Nutty Cocks BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 13 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 6th at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off (2026). They are ranked #5325 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Nuttycocksbbq” and “Nuttycocks BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1455
peak 1455 · rated over 11 contests
Contests
13
in the data
First seen
Oct 15, 2021
latest Jun 26, 2026 · 4.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
8% of 13 contests
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
648.68 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 640.45 (+8.23)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±24.14
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.13 · weakest Brisket (157.58)
Road miles
162
across 13 mapped stops · furthest 52 mi
Schedule strength
32%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)
Purse competed for
$88K
listed at 13 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
640.45 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
315.94 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Nutty Cocks BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
129 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,340 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1455
3–2 in 5 shared contests (60% to Nutty Cocks BBQ)
These two have cooked 5 of the same contests — Nutty Cocks BBQ ahead 3–2 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#5,314 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1520
1–3 in 4 shared contests (25% to Nutty Cocks BBQ)
They've been 1520 at their best, 65 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#5,329 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1455
Careers of much the same size, 12 contests to 13, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,317 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
12 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Compare careers#5,318 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1455
They were already cooking in 2015, 6 years before Nutty Cocks BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#5,341 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1455
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 11 years before Nutty Cocks BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T-Dawg BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| The Dogs Liked It | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Karnivor Creations BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Sofa King Awesome BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Aww Shucks BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Broken Bottle BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| KC Meat Sweats | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| LOVE 2 Q | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SLAPS BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 147.9428 | 162.13 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 147.3600 | 158.73 | top 77% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.8456 | 152.0344 | 160.75 | top 63% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5256 | 141.0628 | 157.58 | top 61% |
“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 88% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 58% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 4 | 35 | 0 | top 58% | Jun 26, 2026 |
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | 3 | 29 | 0 | top 91% | Mar 20, 2026 |
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | Mar 20, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
4 contests
Contests a season
2.2
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
8 of 13 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
5
3 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
11 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
399
finished ahead 306 times, behind 526
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- First overall top-10 American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off
- 10th tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off
- Most recent contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
20253 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score165.1428 American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off
- Career-best overall score677.6684 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.8456 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
20212 milestones
- First tracked contest Smokin In the Creek BBQ Contest
- Peak power rating (1490) Smokin In the Creek BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.8 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 27, 2025 |
| +4 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off | Mar 20, 2026 |
| +0.7 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 21, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.7 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Mar 24, 2023 |
| -10.2 | Smokin In the Creek BBQ Contest | Oct 15, 2021 |
| -9.8 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Mar 21, 2025 |
| -8.6 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Mar 20, 2026 |
| -7.5 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 26, 2026 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 94% | 90.9% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 56% | 94.1% | 91.4% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 55% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 87.7% | 86% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 83.2% | 83.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2026 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 129 / 157 (631.8516) | 43 (169.1200) | 151 (147.3600) | 103 (160.5488) | 116 (154.8228) |
| Apr 3, 2026 | Smokin in the Valley 🏅 Linn Valley, KS | 22 / 31 (655.8860) | 22 (165.1200) | 24 (155.3716) | 15 (167.4056) | 15 (167.9888) |
| Mar 20, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO | 29 / 33 (326.2396) | 25 (166.2512) | 31 (159.9884) | — | — |
| Mar 20, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off Kansas City, MO | 6 (169.1200) | — | — | — | — |
| Jun 27, 2025 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 35 / 159 (677.6684) | 57 (168) | 65 (167.9772) | 21 (174.8456) | 62 (166.8456) |
| Mar 21, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO | 30 / 33 (318.1828) | 33 (155.3600) | 25 (162.8228) | — | — |
| Mar 21, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off Kansas City, MO | 12 (165.1428) | — | — | — | — |
| Jun 21, 2024 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 94 / 172 (646.1828) | 101 (161.1200) | 101 (161.1200) | 139 (155.4172) | 41 (168.5256) |
| Jun 23, 2023 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 119 / 167 (631.7940) | 39 (169.6800) | 98 (161.6456) | 140 (154.2628) | 145 (146.2056) |
| Mar 24, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO | 35 / 37 (303.3828) | 36 (147.9428) | 31 (155.4400) | — | — |
| Mar 24, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off Kansas City, MO | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jun 17, 2022 | Clay County Juneteenth BBQ Contest (One Meat Ribs) Liberty, MO | — | — | 11 (162.3316) | — | — |
| Oct 15, 2021 | Smokin In the Creek BBQ Contest 🏅 Sugar Creek, MO | 26 / 27 (599.3260) | 21 (156.5716) | 25 (149.6572) | 24 (152.0344) | 26 (141.0628) |