The comeback
4.5 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4.5 years, then back at *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (2018-08-31).
- last seen 2014-03-07
- back 2018-08-31
3 C COOKERS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1502
peak 1502 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-08-31
latest 2014-03-07
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 52%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.75 · weakest Brisket (155.95)
Road miles
419
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 140 mi
Master avg
640.24 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
3 C COOKERS has 2 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 104 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3133 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after 3 C COOKERS did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#3131 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Level with 3 C COOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3142 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3141 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3134 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 147.3944 | 158.83 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0116 | 159.3944 | 161.70 | top 47% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.1656 | 162.3316 | 163.75 | top 34% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5256 | 155.3828 | 155.95 | 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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 54% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.5 yrs
2013-08-31 → 2014-03-07
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 163.75 · weakest Brisket (155.95)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
640.24
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
105
52–57 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
419
3 mapped stops · furthest 140 mi
Longest layoff
4.5 yrs
2014-03-07 → 2018-08-31
Power rating
1502
peak 1502 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- 2014
- First call NBBQA BBQ Bash Cook Off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.3600 NBBQA BBQ Bash Cook Off
- Career-best overall score651.3600 NBBQA BBQ Bash Cook Off
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.2744 NBBQA BBQ Bash Cook Off
- 2018
- Most recent contest *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 54% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-08-31 | *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014-03-07 | NBBQA BBQ Bash Cook Off San Marcos, TX | 11 / 22 (651.3600) | 5 (170.2744) | 16 (159.3944) | 8 (165.1656) | 14 (156.5256) |
| 2013-08-31 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 48 / 89 (629.1204) | 78 (147.3944) | 19 (164.0116) | 28 (162.3316) | 47 (155.3828) |