A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Club Carbon CR ahead in 100% of their meetings
Club Carbon CR has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Valhalla Smokers
Valhalla Smokers is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 9th of 17 at the Masters BBQ Challenge CR (2025). They finished #657 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1480
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Mar 14, 2025
latest Mar 6, 2026 · 1 year on the trail
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 76%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.46
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.08 · weakest Brisket (153.68)
Road miles
110
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 63 mi
Schedule strength
16%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1522)
Master avg
643.00 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #657 (228 pts) | #571 (343 pts) | #756 (233 pts) | #736 (203 pts) | #619 (263 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 173.1544 | 158.2400 | 166.08 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.0116 | 158.2972 | 164.59 | top 65% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2972 | 151.9656 | 158.65 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.1088 | 141.7028 | 153.68 | 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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
SJ
1 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
33
finished ahead 12 times, behind 34
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge
20257 milestones
- First tracked contest Masters BBQ Challenge CR
- First call Masters BBQ Challenge CR
- First overall top-10 Masters BBQ Challenge CR
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.5260 Masters BBQ Challenge CR
- Career-best overall score648.5260 Masters BBQ Challenge CR
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1544 Masters BBQ Challenge CR
- Peak power rating (1500) Masters BBQ Challenge CR
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2026 | Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge Play Jaco | 15 / 16 (642.8572) | 14 (166.8456) | 10 (172.0116) | 14 (162.2972) | 16 (141.7028) |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025 Perez Zeldon, SJ | 13 / 16 (637.6116) | 13 (158.2400) | 8 (163.4516) | 14 (161.6800) | 14 (154.2400) |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Masters BBQ Challenge CR San Jose | 9 / 17 (648.5260) | 2 (173.1544) | 14 (158.2972) | 12 (151.9656) | 5 (165.1088) |