High-water mark
515.9084
career-best overall
95.5% of a perfect 540
Their best day on record: 515.9084 at Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) — 95.5% of a perfect 540.
- Competitor Series
- Apr 19, 2024
The Red Goose
The Red Goose is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 7th of 37 at the Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) (2024). They finished #309 in the 2026 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1510
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 33 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Apr 19, 2024
latest Mar 20, 2026 · 1.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
14% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 50%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
14%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.74
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.58 · weakest Pork (161.97)
Road miles
229
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 57 mi
Schedule strength
78%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1601)
Purse competed for
$40K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
333.09 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 ↗ | Backyard | #309 (75 pts) | #320 (60 pts) | #326 (60 pts) | — | — |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to The Red Goose, each with one reason worth a look.
The Red Goose has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 99 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,827 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1535
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,847 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1510
Level with The Red Goose on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,828 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1510
They were already cooking in 2019, 5 years before The Red Goose's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,819 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1511
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before The Red Goose's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,816 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 12 years before The Red Goose's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,829 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1520
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before The Red Goose'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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killer B Backyard BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Hogs B Hatin' | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| LEE LA Q | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 158.2056 | 165.58 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 149.0400 | 163.72 | top 53% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 151.3484 | 161.97 | top 52% |
“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) | 4 | 0 | top 62% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 28% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 2 | 22 | 0 | top 28% | Mar 20, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
3 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
7 entries · 0 wins · 1 call
Opponents faced
285
finished ahead 258 times, behind 192
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Peak power rating (1510) Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
20246 milestones
- First tracked contest Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- First call Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- First overall top-10 Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score515.9084 Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- Career-best overall score515.9084 Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.9772 Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.9 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | Mar 20, 2026 |
| +4 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | Mar 14, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.8 | High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | May 16, 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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 18% | 94.7% | 94.7% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 93.1% | 92% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 49% | 95.5% | 93.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2026 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 22 / 125 (341.0972) | 27 (171.4172) | 25 (169.6800) | 35 (165.1316) | — |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 83 (149.0400) | — | — |
| May 16, 2025 | High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN | 26 / 32 (330.2172) | 21 (169.1200) | 26 (161.0972) | 15 (169.1200) | — |
| Apr 25, 2025 | Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN | 21 / 31 (502.7312) | 27 (158.2056) | 11 (169.1084) | — | — |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 38 / 100 (327.9428) | 39 (163.9428) | 37 (164) | 47 (151.3484) | — |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN | 26 / 33 (490.2180) | 16 (166.8460) | 26 (161.1088) | 28 (162.2632) | — |
| Apr 19, 2024 | Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN | 7 / 37 (515.9084) | 28 (163.9312) | 9 (171.9772) | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.