Just Cook Better BBQ KS
Rating
1516
peak 1516 · rated over 1 contests
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2025-11-05
latest 2025-11-05
Best ToY finish
#1148
Master 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 8%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 177.70 · weakest Brisket (171.41)
Road miles
0
mi across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$68K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
697.63 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating, KS first)
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.
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (2 contests)
- Cooks mostly in KS (2 of 2 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (1 entries)
- Average Master overall score: 697.63 / 720
Milestones
- 🚩 2025-11-05 — First tracked contest · American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- ⭐ 2025-11-05 — Career-best overall score (697.6340) · American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 8% | 96.9% | 96.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2025-11-05 | 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) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — 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) |