High-water mark
682.2628
career-best overall
94.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 682.2628 at American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST — 94.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 16, 2021
Lobo's Den BBQ Co.
Lobo's Den BBQ Co. is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 33rd of 113 at the Humble BBQ Cook Off (2021).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1511
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 31 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jan 29, 2021
latest Sep 12, 2025 · 4.6 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 40%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.65
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 175.16 · weakest Brisket (160.83)
Road miles
1,261
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 630 mi
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)
Purse competed for
$149K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
665.39 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5484 | 155.3940 | 163.68 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8916 | 159.4400 | 165.72 | top 47% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 178.2972 | 168.6056 | 175.16 | top 7% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5716 | 146.2284 | 160.83 | top 54% |
“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
More numbers
Busiest season
2021
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TX
2 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
635
finished ahead 476 times, behind 377
Longest layoff
4 yrs
Sep 16, 2021 → Sep 12, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
20216 milestones
- First tracked contest Humble BBQ Cook Off
- First call American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score682.2628 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST
- Career-best overall score682.2628 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST
- Career-best single call (Pork)178.2972 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST
- Peak power rating (1513) American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8 | Humble BBQ Cook Off | Jan 29, 2021 |
| +4.8 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | Sep 16, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.1 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | Sep 12, 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 60% | 91.3% | 91.3% |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 33% | 94.8% | 92.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 2025 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 55 / 92 (657.6456) | 58 (163.9772) | 36 (169.7028) | 4 (177.7372) | 87 (146.2284) |
| Sep 16, 2021 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 118 / 467 (674.2400) | 306 (162.8112) | 304 (162.8572) | 27 (176) | 60 (172.5716) |
| Sep 16, 2021 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 unrated Kansas City, KS | 84 / 185 (682.2628) | 70 (172.5484) | 86 (170.8916) | 7 (178.2972) | 169 (160.5256) |
| Jan 29, 2021 | Humble BBQ Cook Off Humble, TX | 33 / 113 (647.4284) | 50 (155.3940) | 44 (159.4400) | 17 (168.6056) | 19 (163.9888) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.