#3,569 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersI COBRA BBQ TEAM
I COBRA BBQ TEAM is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2026. Their best overall finish is 17th of 22 at the Fo.G & Smoke 2026 (2026). They finished #945 in the 2026 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1492
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Sep 19, 2026
latest Sep 19, 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.98 · weakest Brisket (155.36)
Road miles
280
across 5 mapped stops
Still inside their first twelve months: see what a first season usually looks like.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #945 (87 pts) | #653 (241 pts) | #532 (382 pts) | #1003 (82 pts) | #1006 (77 pts) |
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I COBRA BBQ TEAM has 1 rated contest, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 148 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,540 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
Level with I COBRA BBQ TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,561 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 6 years before I COBRA BBQ TEAM's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,521 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
They were already cooking in 2014, 12 years before I COBRA BBQ TEAM's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,539 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before I COBRA BBQ TEAM's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,571 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before I COBRA BBQ TEAM's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 174.8572 | 165.0972 | 169.98 | top 33% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 175.4628 | 155.3600 | 163.39 | top 52% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9656 | 159.9656 | 159.97 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.3600 | 155.3600 | 155.36 | top 86% |
“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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Contests visited
1
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
3 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Opponents faced
21
finished ahead 5 times, behind 16
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20264 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.6456 Fo.G & Smoke 2026
- Career-best overall score661.6456 Fo.G & Smoke 2026
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4628 Fo.G & Smoke 2026
- Most recent contest Fo.G & Smoke 2026
20252 milestones
- First tracked contest The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- First call The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 77% | 91.9% | 91.9% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 2026 | Fo.G & Smoke 2026 Spilamberto | 17 / 22 (661.6456) | — | 2 (175.4628) | 18 (159.9656) | 19 (155.3600) |
| Mar 21, 2026 | Rocker's and Smoker's (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Livorno Ferraris (vc) | — | 8 (165.0972) | — | — | — |
| Mar 21, 2026 | Rocker's and Smoker's (ONE MEAT RIBS) Livorno Ferraris (vc) | — | — | 8 (159.3600) | — | — |
| Jun 14, 2025 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Peschiera del Garda | — | 2 (174.8572) | — | — | — |
| Jun 14, 2025 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Peschiera del Garda | — | — | 26 (155.3600) | — | — |