Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.
- Chicken ×1
The Worms Cooking Team
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1524
peak 1524 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2017-02-03
latest 2018-02-02
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 33%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
660.28
last 3 Master vs avg 660.28 (-0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.06
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 175.06 · weakest Brisket (160.35)
Road miles
922
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 461 mi
Schedule strength
49%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1563)
Master avg
660.28 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
High-water mark
671.2800
career-best overall
93.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 671.2800 at World Barbecue Championship — 93.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2017-11-08
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
The Worms Cooking Team has 3 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 93 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.
#2382 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before The Worms Cooking Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2371 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2369 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Level with The Worms Cooking Team on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2388 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1541
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2377 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1530
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2387 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1523
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after The Worms Cooking Team did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 180.0000 🔥 | 172.0228 | 175.06 | top 4% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5484 | 148.4684 | 160.70 | top 54% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5828 | 151.3944 | 164.17 | top 41% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 157.1316 | 160.35 | top 55% |
“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.
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2017-02-03 → 2018-02-02
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 1 win · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 175.06 · weakest Brisket (160.35)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
660.28
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Perfect 180s
1
every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced
334
259–112 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
922
3 mapped stops · furthest 461 mi
Schedule strength
1563
average field rating faced — tougher than 49% of rated contests
Power rating
1524
peak 1524 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest *Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier)
- First call *Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.0972 *Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier)
- First category win (Chicken) World Barbecue Championship
- First perfect 180 (Chicken) World Barbecue Championship
- Career-best overall score671.2800 World Barbecue Championship
- 2018
- Peak power rating (1524) *Humble Rodeo and BBQ
- Most recent contest *Humble Rodeo and BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.1 | *Humble Rodeo and BBQ | 2018-02-02 |
| +6.8 | *Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier) | 2017-02-03 |
| +6.7 | World Barbecue Championship | 2017-11-08 |
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 | 100% | top 20% | 91.7% | 91.7% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 39% | 93.2% | 91.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-02-02 | *Humble Rodeo and BBQ Humble, TX | 29 / 145 (660.4684) | 6 (173.1544) | 115 (148.4684) | 12 (172.5828) | 35 (166.2628) |
| 2017-11-08 | World Barbecue Championship Orange Beach, AL | 43 / 93 (671.2800) | 1 (180.0000) | 58 (165.0972) | 38 (168.5372) | 80 (157.6456) |
| 2017-02-03 | *Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier) Humble, TX | 43 / 136 (649.0972) | 9 (172.0228) | 28 (168.5484) | 100 (151.3944) | 73 (157.1316) |