High-water mark
689.7140
career-best overall
95.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 689.7140 at Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship — 95.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Aug 21, 2026
Rafter C Barbecue
Rafter C Barbecue is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 12th of 51 at the Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship (2026). They finished #802 in the 2026 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1514
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 21 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Nov 5, 2025
latest Aug 21, 2026
Avg finish
top 45%
overall standings
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.17
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 174.67 · weakest Chicken (169.30)
Road miles
555
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 555 mi
Purse competed for
$110K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
683.37 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 167.9656 | 169.30 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 177.7144 | 172.5828 | 174.67 | top 27% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4400 | 163.9884 | 170.08 | top 50% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4284 | 167.3712 | 169.31 | top 50% |
“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
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
2 of 3 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
438
finished ahead 294 times, behind 313
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- First call Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship
- Career-best overall score689.7140 Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship
- Most recent contest Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship
20253 milestones
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score683.3488 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7144 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2026 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship 🏅 Lubbock, TX | 12 / 51 (689.7140) | 24 (170.2628) | 21 (172.5828) | 10 (175.4400) | 18 (171.4284) |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 208 / 401 (677.0396) | 249 (167.9656) | 15 (177.7144) | 304 (163.9884) | 219 (167.3712) |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 96 / 158 (683.3488) | 114 (169.6800) | 56 (173.7144) | 86 (170.8228) | 96 (169.1316) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.