Loose cannon
Loose cannon is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 10th of 19 at the Lake Country BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) ().
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1490
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Dec 5, 2014
latest Dec 4, 2015 · 1 year on the trail
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.40 · weakest Brisket (159.68)
Road miles
0
across 2 mapped stops
Master avg
646.73 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
321.13 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 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.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 156.5712 | 159.98 | top 75% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 155.9200 | 162.83 | top 57% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4056 | 163.3944 | 163.40 | top 59% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5372 | 158.8228 | 159.68 | top 72% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christmas on the River State Championship BBQ | 2 | 21 | 0 | top 76% | Dec 4, 2015 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
2 of 3 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
66
finished ahead 24 times, behind 57
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20151 milestone
- Most recent contest Christmas on the River State Championship BBQ
20143 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.4916 Christmas on the River State Championship BBQ
- Career-best overall score652.4916 Christmas on the River State Championship BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)168 Christmas on the River State Championship BBQ
—3 milestones
- First tracked contest Lake Country BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Lake Country BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Lake Country BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 4, 2015 | Christmas on the River State Championship BBQ 🏅 Demopolis, AL | 29 / 36 (640.9712) | 28 (162.8228) | 31 (155.9200) | 19 (163.4056) | 26 (158.8228) |
| Dec 5, 2014 | Christmas on the River State Championship BBQ 🏅 Demopolis, AL | 21 / 29 (652.4916) | 24 (160.5600) | 12 (168) | 19 (163.3944) | 21 (160.5372) |
| — | Lake Country BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Okauchee, WI | 10 / 19 (321.1312) | 12 (156.5712) | 8 (164.5600) | — | — |