Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
93.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 670.1828 at 22nd Annual Platte City BBQ Cook Off at Basswood Resort — 93.1% of a perfect 720.
PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Just Smoked Your Butt in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at 22nd Annual Platte City BBQ Cook Off at Basswood Resort (2017-05-19).
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.
Animal Lovers has 4 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 127 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.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Animal Lovers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 17% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 8 years after Animal Lovers did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 155.3944 | 162.83 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 151.9544 | 159.83 | top 62% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3828 | 158.2056 | 159.96 | top 75% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1428 | 157.7146 | 164.72 | top 39% |
“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.
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 78% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 49% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platte City BBQ Cook-Off | 2 | 23 | 0 | top 54% | 2014-05-16 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.8 | 22nd Annual Platte City BBQ Cook Off at Basswood Resort | 2017-05-19 |
| +2.4 | Platte City BBQ Cook-Off | 2014-05-16 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.3 | 23rd Annual Platte City BBQ Cook Off at Basswood Resort | 2018-05-18 |
| -3.3 | Platte City BBQ Cook-Off | 2013-05-10 |
| 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% | top 78% | 87.2% | 87.2% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 41% | 93.1% | 93.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 46% | 91.3% | 91.3% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-18 | 23rd Annual Platte City BBQ Cook Off at Basswood Resort Platte City, MO | 29 / 37 (627.8404) | 32 (155.3944) | 32 (151.9544) | 27 (159.9656) | 20 (160.5260) |
| 2017-05-19 | 22nd Annual Platte City BBQ Cook Off at Basswood Resort Platte City, MO | 24 / 59 (670.1828) | 26 (167.9772) | 34 (165.6800) | 42 (163.3828) | 6 (173.1428) |
| 2014-05-16 | Platte City BBQ Cook-Off Platte City, MO | 23 / 50 (657.0516) | 13 (168.5372) | 25 (162.8228) | 41 (158.2056) | 17 (167.4860) |
| 2013-05-10 | Platte City BBQ Cook-Off Platte City, MO | 32 / 52 (634.2860) | 35 (159.4286) | 29 (158.8570) | 38 (158.2858) | 30 (157.7146) |