High-water mark
690.2972
career-best overall
95.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 690.2972 at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest — 95.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 30, 2024
Hoo Cares Kookers
Hoo Cares Kookers is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 22nd of 67 at the Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff (2024).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1506
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 42 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Sep 13, 2024
latest Nov 5, 2025 · 1.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 62%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
662.88 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 665.25 (-2.36)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.23
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 170.38 · weakest Brisket (161.95)
Road miles
1,893
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 631 mi
Schedule strength
45%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)
Purse competed for
$312K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
665.25 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
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Hoo Cares Kookers 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 116 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,975 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,986 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
They were already cooking in 2019, 5 years before Hoo Cares Kookers's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,966 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
Level with Hoo Cares Kookers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Hoo Cares Kookers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,978 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Hoo Cares Kookers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,964 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1517
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before Hoo Cares Kookers'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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BULLHORN BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| MAN MEAT BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| LA PASADITA | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| The Pitfather BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin Los BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| RENEGADE BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Kanned Heat | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Crossed Rifles BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Sure Shot BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| LC BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| TINY E BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke Show BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Loud and Heavy BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.3316 | 158.2516 | 165.22 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175.4516 | 163.9888 | 170.38 | top 46% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 160.5256 | 167.70 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 176.5828 | 151.9200 | 161.95 | top 62% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2 | 73 | 0 | top 48% | Nov 5, 2025 |
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest | 2 | 119 | 0 | top 84% | Nov 5, 2025 |
| Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | 2 | 22 | 0 | top 54% | Sep 12, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
4 contests
Contests a season
3.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
5 of 7 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
3 of them more than once
Opponents faced
645
finished ahead 570 times, behind 755
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
20245 milestones
- First tracked contest Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score677.0628 Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- Career-best overall score690.2972 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5828 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest
- Peak power rating (1521) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Oct 30, 2024 |
| +7 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | Sep 13, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.8 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | Sep 12, 2025 |
| -6.9 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Nov 5, 2025 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 90.5% | 90.1% |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 40% | 95.9% | 94.7% |
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 - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 322 / 401 (651.8976) | 359 (158.2516) | 42 (175.4516) | 268 (166.2744) | 374 (151.9200) |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 155 / 158 (647.2688) | 149 (161.0972) | 109 (169.6800) | 138 (164.5716) | 158 (151.9200) |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 70 / 92 (646.7200) | 60 (163.4056) | 65 (163.9888) | 76 (160.5256) | 64 (158.8000) |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 73 / 444 (690.2972) | 106 (174.3316) | 112 (173.1428) | 36 (176.5600) | 243 (166.2628) |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 119 / 169 (678.2288) | 159 (163.3944) | 119 (168.5716) | 117 (169.6800) | 18 (176.5828) |
| Sep 13, 2024 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 22 / 67 (677.0628) | 22 (170.8344) | 21 (171.4172) | 31 (168.5712) | 29 (166.2400) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.