Perfect scores on the board
2
perfect 180s
2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.
- Pork Ribs ×1
- Brisket ×1
KG Cookers
KG Cookers is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 92 at the Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff (2025). They are ranked #1600 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1558
peak 1561 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Feb 3, 2017
latest Nov 5, 2025 · 8.8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
29% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 29%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Current form
681.99 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 681.40 (+0.59)
Walk rate
71%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.90
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 172.48 · weakest Pork (168.06)
Road miles
5,207
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 1,179 mi
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)
Purse competed for
$238K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
681.40 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to KG Cookers, each with one reason worth a look.
54 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1,593 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1558
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to KG Cookers)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team KG Cookers has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#1,595 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1558
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to KG Cookers)
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#1,598 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1558
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to KG Cookers)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#1,604 of the rated field
- Contests
- 41
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 5%
- Peak
- 1562
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to KG Cookers)
41 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 5% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#1,601 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1558
They turned up 6 years after KG Cookers did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Compare careers#1,602 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1558
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 9 years before KG 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourbon & Blues BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 177.7028 | 164.5256 | 169.94 | top 38% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 180 🔥 | 158.8000 | 172.48 | top 29% |
| Pork | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 159.3828 | 168.06 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 180 🔥 | 162.8228 | 170.92 | top 26% |
“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
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 41% |
| Large (40+) | 6 | 0 | top 27% |
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 | 249 | 0 | top 61% | Nov 5, 2025 |
| Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | 2 | 3 | 0 | top 4% | Sep 12, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
3 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TX
3 of 7 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
5
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
848
finished ahead 674 times, behind 555
Longest layoff
7.3 yrs
May 26, 2017 → Sep 13, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20255 milestones
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- Career-best overall score694.2860 Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1561) Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
20242 milestones
- First overall top-10 Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- First overall podium Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
20173 milestones
- First tracked contest Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier)
- First call Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score673.0628 Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.9 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | Sep 13, 2024 |
| +14.7 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | Sep 12, 2025 |
| +14.2 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) | May 26, 2017 |
| +13.7 | Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier) | Feb 3, 2017 |
| +4.8 | Best Dam BBQ | May 23, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Nov 5, 2025 |
| -1.5 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Oct 30, 2024 |
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 | 1 | 1 | 67% | top 36% | 96.4% | 94.8% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 32% | 96.3% | 94.6% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 16% | 95.4% | 94.4% |
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 | 249 / 401 (670.7428) | 141 (172.5600) | 355 (158.8000) | 354 (159.3828) | 6 (180) |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 3 / 92 (694.2860) | 34 (168.5716) | 1 (180) | 24 (172) | 5 (173.7144) |
| May 23, 2025 | Best Dam BBQ 🏅 Boulder City, NV | 12 / 29 (683.3372) | 13 (170.2628) | 11 (173.1200) | 18 (169.1316) | 13 (170.8228) |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 267 / 444 (668.4800) | 305 (165.0972) | 144 (172) | 345 (161.6800) | 157 (169.7028) |
| Sep 13, 2024 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 3 / 67 (693.0968) | 3 (177.7028) | 22 (171.4056) | 5 (175.4056) | 17 (168.5828) |
| May 26, 2017 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA | 14 / 67 (686.7888) | 32 (170.8344) | 4 (177.1544) | 33 (167.9772) | 23 (170.8228) |
| Feb 3, 2017 | Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier) Humble, TX | 14 / 136 (673.0628) | 39 (164.5256) | 3 (174.8572) | 18 (170.8572) | 51 (162.8228) |