High-water mark
675.9660
career-best overall
93.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 675.9660 at 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open — 93.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 3, 2015
Longhorn Cookers
Longhorn Cookers is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 12th of 53 at the Cedar Fest BBQ (2015).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1517
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 42 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Apr 10, 2015
latest Mar 31, 2017 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
650.90
last 5 Master vs avg 651.07 (-0.17)
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.08
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 166.95 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.26)
Road miles
1,253
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 622 mi
Schedule strength
30%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)
Master avg
651.07 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Longhorn Cookers, each with one reason worth a look.
Longhorn Cookers has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 78 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,597 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 57%
- Peak
- 1531
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Longhorn Cookers)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Longhorn Cookers has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,601 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1524
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,586 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1524
They turned up 6 years after Longhorn Cookers did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Compare careers#2,588 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1531
Level with Longhorn Cookers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,596 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1522
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,603 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1524
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 3 years before Longhorn Cookers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA PASADITA | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| HONKY-TONK SMOKERS | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| BUTCHER BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4628 | 149.6456 | 160.35 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8800 | 139.9772 | 158.26 | top 66% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 153.6456 | 165.50 | top 42% |
| Brisket | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 173.1660 | 158.2512 | 166.95 | top 34% |
“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.
By field size and state
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2 | 150 | 0 | top 70% | Oct 29, 2016 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2015
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TX
2 of 6 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
936
finished ahead 872 times, behind 773
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
Oct 3, 2015 → Oct 28, 2016
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20171 milestone
- Most recent contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off
20156 milestones
- First tracked contest Cedar Fest BBQ
- First call Cedar Fest BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.9316 Cedar Fest BBQ
- Career-best overall score675.9660 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.8572 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
- Peak power rating (1523) 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | Oct 3, 2015 |
| +10.2 | Cedar Fest BBQ | Apr 10, 2015 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off | Mar 31, 2017 |
| -0.2 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | Oct 29, 2016 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 91.8% | 91.1% |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 41% | 93.9% | 91.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2017 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off Cedar Park, TX | 47 / 70 (612.9824) | 24 (161.1084) | 64 (139.9772) | 51 (153.6456) | 28 (158.2512) |
| Oct 29, 2016 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 316 / 557 (650.1712) | 396 (158.8456) | 459 (154.2056) | 37 (174.2972) | 275 (162.8228) |
| Oct 28, 2016 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS | 150 / 180 (661.1428) | 83 (171.4628) | 160 (160.5256) | 150 (162.8344) | 116 (166.3200) |
| Oct 3, 2015 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 92 / 606 (675.9660) | 473 (157.0628) | 97 (170.8800) | 32 (174.8572) | 50 (173.1660) |
| Oct 2, 2015 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO | 162 / 187 (654.2284) | 186 (149.6456) | 132 (164.0116) | 73 (169.7028) | 70 (170.8684) |
| Apr 10, 2015 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cedar Park, TX | 12 / 53 (651.9316) | 15 (164) | 26 (159.9888) | 25 (157.6684) | 3 (170.2744) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.