Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.
- Chicken ×1
Karnivor Creations BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1501
peak 1517 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2025-03-21
latest 2026-03-20
Best ToY finish
#230
Backyard 2026
Grand champs
1
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 58%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
328.29
last 3 Backyard vs avg 328.29 (+0.00)
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.01
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 170.82 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.09)
Road miles
356
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 178 mi
Schedule strength
26%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1535)
Purse competed for
$43K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
649.59 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
328.29 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is 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.
Storylines (4 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
Against the odds
30-in-100
shot on pre-contest ratings
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 70 times in 100
Their Grand Championship at American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off (2025-03-21) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 30-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Big Racks BBQ.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Big Reds Backyard BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Big Reds Backyard BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Announced themselves early
1st
at their very first contest
Finished 1 at their very first tracked contest, American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off (2025-03-21).
- 2025-03-21
Teams like this (closest power rating)
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.
109 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3157 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Karnivor Creations BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3162 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3163 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 12 years before Karnivor Creations BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3183 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
Level with Karnivor Creations BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3176 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 12 years before Karnivor Creations BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3165 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
3 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nutty Cocks BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 180.0000 🔥 | 157.1312 | 165.41 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.0972 | 153.6228 | 160.09 | top 71% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 170.8228 | 170.82 | top 27% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6684 | 161.6684 | 161.67 | top 58% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 4 | 1 | top 59% |
| KS | 2 | 0 | top 57% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 58% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 58% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 2026-03-20 |
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | 2 | 12 | 0 | top 59% | 2026-03-20 |
The story so far (20 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2025-03-21 → 2026-03-20
Busiest season
2025
4 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season
3
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
4 of 6 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 1 win · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 170.82 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.09)
Walk rate
17%
a top-10 call in 1 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
2 of 6 contests
Wins it all
17%
1 Grand Championship · 0 reserve
First title
2025-03-21
American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off
Master average
649.59
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Backyard average
328.29
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Perfect 180s
1
every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced
255
128–176 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
356
6 mapped stops · furthest 178 mi
Schedule strength
1535
average field rating faced — tougher than 26% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$43,140
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Power rating
1501
peak 1517 · #3169 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2025
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off
- First overall top-10 American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off
- First overall podium American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off
- First Grand Championship American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score325.6116 American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
- Peak power rating (1517) American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off
- Career-best overall score649.5880 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- 2026
- First call American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
- First category win (Chicken) American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
- First perfect 180 (Chicken) American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.8 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off | 2025-03-21 |
| +7.4 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | 2026-03-20 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.3 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off | 2026-03-20 |
| -9 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | 2025-03-21 |
| -3.2 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest | 2025-06-13 |
| -2.1 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2025-06-27 |
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50% | top 36% | 94.9% | 94.9% |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | top 65% | 90.4% | 89.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-20 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO | 12 / 33 (341.6684) | 1 (180.0000) | 30 (161.6684) | — | — |
| 2026-03-20 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off Kansas City, MO | 10 (165.6800) | — | — | — | — |
| 2025-06-27 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 93 / 159 (649.5880) | 131 (157.1312) | 115 (159.9656) | 43 (170.8228) | 93 (161.6684) |
| 2025-06-13 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 20 / 36 (317.6000) | 16 (163.9772) | 21 (153.6228) | — | — |
| 2025-03-21 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO | 27 / 33 (325.6116) | 29 (160.5144) | 21 (165.0972) | — | — |
| 2025-03-21 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off Kansas City, MO | 1 (178.8572) | — | — | — | — |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Backyard | #230 (123 pts) | #149 (283 pts) | #338 (58 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #287 (131 pts) | #265 (151 pts) | #288 (146 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1148 (60 pts) | #1221 (60 pts) | #1293 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) |