Cook Shak BBQ MS AL
Rating
1562
peak 1562 · rated over 10 contests
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
2025-03-07
latest 2026-05-02
Best ToY finish
#56
Backyard 2025
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
1
6 podiums
Overall top-10s
6
of 11 contests
Avg finish
top 38%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
344.41 ▼
last 5 Backyard vs avg 345.93 (-1.52)
Walk rate
82%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
and counting
Consistency
±5.22
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 176.56 · weakest Pork Ribs (171.41)
Road miles
844
mi across 11 mapped stops · furthest 211 mi
Schedule strength
83%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1585)
Purse competed for
$92K
listed at 11 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
683.29 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
345.93 / 360
9 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
Storylines
👀 Looking over their shoulder
LEE LA Q has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
Rollin Smoke BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 10 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Pork Life in 6 of their 8 shared contests.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 1.1428 points of the Grand Championship at Smoke on the Falls BBQ Competition (2025-04-11).
🐣 Announced themselves early
Finished 3 of 30 at their very first tracked contest, Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025-03-07).
Teams like this (closest power rating, AL first)
Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rollin Smoke BBQ | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30% | ⚔ compare |
| Pork Life | 8 | 6 | 2 | 75% | ⚔ compare |
| LEE LA Q | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Modest Meats | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| Deviant Smoke | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| Bentley Que | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| Wee Daddy's BBQ | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| Electro-Que-ted | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Budget BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| HOLY SMOKIN!!! | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Jury's Out | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| NORALA BBQ TEAM | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 180.0000 🔥 | 165.0856 | 173.69 | top 40% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 177.7144 | 166.2628 | 171.41 | top 45% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 179.4400 | 169.6684 | 174.41 | top 28% |
| Brisket | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 176.5600 | 176.56 | top 11% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL | 9 | 0 | top 35% |
| GA | 1 | 0 | top 61% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 3 | 0 | top 51% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 23% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 44% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (8 contests)
- Cooks mostly in AL (10 of 11 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (11 entries)
- Average Master overall score: 683.29 / 720
- Average Backyard overall score: 345.93 / 360
- 1 perfect 180 on the books 🔥
Milestones
- 🚩 2025-03-07 — First tracked contest · Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 📣 2025-03-07 — First call · Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 🔥 2025-05-03 — First perfect 180 (Chicken) · O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2
- ⭐ 2025-11-14 — Career-best overall score (683.2912) · Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
- 📈 2026-05-02 — Peak power rating (1562) · O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +17 | Smoke on the Falls BBQ Competition | 2025-04-11 |
| +15.8 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2025-03-07 |
| +11.8 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 | 2026-05-02 |
| +11.6 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 | 2025-05-03 |
| +6.2 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2026-03-27 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.9 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | 2025-11-14 |
| -3.3 | Central AL BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2025-09-26 |
| -0.1 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 | 2026-05-01 |
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 40% | 97.8% | 96.1% |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 75% | top 37% | 98.1% | 95.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-02 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 Cleveland, AL | 4 / 15 (351.9656) | 8 (174.2628) | 2 (177.7028) | — | — |
| 2026-05-01 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 Cleveland, AL | 10 / 17 (341.6572) | 13 (165.0856) | 2 (176.5716) | — | — |
| 2026-03-27 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL | 15 / 43 (343.9656) | 6 (177.7028) | 26 (166.2628) | — | — |
| 2025-11-14 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | 34 / 56 (683.2912) | 48 (166.2284) | 44 (168.5372) | 26 (171.9656) | 6 (176.5600) |
| 2025-09-26 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-off Qualifier "Friday Night Chicken Fight" (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Clanton, AL | — | 4 (176.5600) | — | — | — |
| 2025-09-26 | Central AL BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Clanton, AL | 10 / 15 (341.6456) | 7 (174.2628) | 10 (167.3828) | — | — |
| 2025-06-20 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 15 / 42 (342.8116) | 13 (174.2744) | 21 (168.5372) | — | — |
| 2025-05-03 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 Oneonta, AL | 6 / 23 (350.8228) | 2 (180.0000) | 16 (170.8228) | 4 (176.5600) | — |
| 2025-05-02 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 Oneonta, AL | 14 / 28 (337.6684) | 15 (169.6684) | 19 (168.0000) | 12 (169.6684) | — |
| 2025-04-11 | Smoke on the Falls BBQ Competition 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 2 / 31 (353.1316) | 6 (175.4172) | 2 (177.7144) | — | — |
| 2025-03-07 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL | 3 / 30 (349.7028) | 3 (177.1428) | 7 (172.5600) | 1 (179.4400) | — |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Backyard | #98 (417 pts) | #105 (412 pts) | #86 (542 pts) | — | — |
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #894 (60 pts) | #974 (60 pts) | #1013 (60 pts) | #929 (60 pts) | #635 (175 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #56 (878 pts) | #48 (984 pts) | #84 (711 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | — | #795 (186 pts) | — | — | — |