High-water mark
687.3600
career-best overall
95.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 687.3600 at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest — 95.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 30, 2026
4 C's BBQ
4 C's BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 114th of 158 at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest (2026).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1518
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 22 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Nov 5, 2025
latest Sep 30, 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.70
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 172.98 · weakest Pork (165.82)
Road miles
12
across 6 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$220K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
679.76 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Still inside their first twelve months: see what a first season usually looks like.
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4 C's BBQ has 2 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 79 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,582 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1524
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1527
They were already cooking in 2014, 11 years before 4 C's BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,573 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1518
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before 4 C's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1533
Level with 4 C's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1520
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before 4 C's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,572 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 11 years before 4 C's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 166.2628 | 170.40 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 159.9544 | 170.55 | top 44% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 159.3828 | 165.82 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 178.8572 | 166.8112 | 172.98 | top 33% |
“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.
More numbers
Contests a season
3
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
527
finished ahead 573 times, behind 500
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Career-best overall score687.3600 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest
20254 milestones
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
- First call American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.1716 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest
- Career-best single call (Brisket)178.8572 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 52% | 95.5% | 94.7% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 60% | 95.1% | 94.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 114 / 158 (677.0284) | 58 (173.1200) | 51 (174.2628) | 152 (159.3828) | 97 (170.2628) |
| Sep 30, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 114 / 360 (687.3600) | 241 (167.9656) | 149 (171.4172) | 137 (171.9772) | 41 (176) |
| Sep 30, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 141 / 401 (684.4684) | 99 (174.2628) | 27 (176.5600) | 264 (166.8344) | 230 (166.8112) |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 135 / 158 (670.1716) | 131 (166.2628) | 151 (159.9544) | 136 (165.0972) | 5 (178.8572) |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.