High-water mark
697.6340
career-best overall
96.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 697.6340 at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest — 96.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Nov 5, 2025
Just Cook Better BBQ
Just Cook Better BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2025. Their best overall finish is 33rd of 401 at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest (2025). They finished #1148 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1517
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Nov 5, 2025
latest Nov 5, 2025
Avg finish
top 8%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 177.70 · weakest Brisket (171.41)
Road miles
0
across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$68K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Still inside their first twelve months: see what a first season usually looks like.
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 | #1148 (60 pts) | #1199 (65 pts) | #1293 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 177.7028 | 177.7028 | 177.70 | top 6% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 176.5600 | 176.56 | top 7% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 171.9656 | 171.97 | top 40% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 171.4056 | 171.41 | top 30% |
“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.
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20255 milestones
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score697.6340 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Career-best overall score697.6340 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7028 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 33 / 401 (697.6340) | 24 (177.7028) | 29 (176.5600) | 159 (171.9656) | 122 (171.4056) |