Avon Purple Cobra's

Avon Purple Cobra's is a competition barbecue team with 14 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 20th of 20 at the BLACK BOX BBQ @ Wadsworth Municipal Airport (2023). They are ranked #5538 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,538

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1450

peak 1450 · rated over 8 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 16, 2021

latest Jul 31, 2026 · 5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#875

Master 2025 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

0% of 14 contests

Avg finish

top 84%

overall standings

Best overall

673.6568 / 720

Master · Grizzly BBQ Brawl

Perfect 180s

Current form

654.30 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 645.24 (+9.06)

Walk rate

36%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8800

Chicken · Grizzly BBQ Brawl

Consistency

±16.19

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 164.13 · weakest Brisket (157.96)

Road miles

1,110

across 14 mapped stops · furthest 337 mi

Schedule strength

68%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1585)

Purse competed for

$59K

listed at 13 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 8 state-championship entries

Master avg

645.24 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

673.6568 career-best overall

93.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 673.6568 at Grizzly BBQ Brawl — 93.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 5, 2025

Their season

2025 their best year

2025 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 74%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 74%

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

BooyaQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

BooyaQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.2 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.17 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 25%.

Brisket avg 157.96
Chicken avg 164.13
0 calls in 8 entries

Chicken nemesis

7 of 8 shared chicken entries lost

BooyaQ ahead 88% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BooyaQ has out-cooked them in 7 of 8 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Thin Blue BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±2.25% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.25% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 89.6% of a perfect score
14 contests

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026 ↗	Master	#1065 (60 pts)	#1141 (60 pts)	#923 (137 pts)	#1111 (60 pts)	#1102 (60 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#875 (120 pts)	#659 (270 pts)	#739 (239 pts)	#935 (120 pts)	#920 (120 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#1182 (60 pts)	#1242 (60 pts)	#826 (196 pts)	#1231 (60 pts)	#1204 (60 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#917 (127 pts)	#854 (177 pts)	#739 (265 pts)	#603 (302 pts)	#966 (127 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#1653 (55 pts)	#1657 (55 pts)	#858 (203 pts)	#1654 (55 pts)	#1263 (75 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#1226 (62 pts)	#1518 (57 pts)	#961 (138 pts)	#1206 (77 pts)	#1236 (62 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Avon Purple Cobra's, each with one reason worth a look.

115 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

BUTTS-N-RACKS

#5,567 of the rated field

1450 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1450

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026

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Barr's BQ

#5,561 of the rated field

1450 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1450

Fewer contests behind them than Avon Purple Cobra's has cooked, 8 to 14, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Aug 16, 2024

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2 B SMOKIN

#5,555 of the rated field

1450 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1450

Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Avon Purple Cobra's's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 8 contests

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BUTT FIRST BBQ

#5,519 of the rated field

1451 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1501

They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before Avon Purple Cobra's's first contest.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Aug 30, 2019

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LEFLER'S PIT CREW

#5,554 of the rated field

1450 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1450

Level with Avon Purple Cobra's on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Sep 7, 2018

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SKILLET HEAD BBQ

#5,566 of the rated field

1450 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1450

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Mar 19, 2016

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BooyaQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
Q-JITSU	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
KEVLAR BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Shiggin aint easy	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Sailor Nicks BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
iBQ'n	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
TIRE SMOKE BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
BO B Q BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	2	0	178.8800	154.8344	164.13	top 72%
Pork Ribs	14	2	0	169.7028	140.5256	163.89	top 67%
Pork	8	1	1	175.4056	153.6456	161.83	top 72%
Brisket	8	0	0	162.7884	153.0744	157.96	top 87%

“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)	4	0	top 89%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 79%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
MI	5	0	top 87%
OH	3	0	top 80%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
All American BBQ Throwdown	3	30	0	top 85%	Jul 31, 2026
Bordertown BBQ Brawl	2	23	0	top 89%	Jul 15, 2022

More numbers

Busiest season 2025 3 contests

Contests a season 2.3 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MI 10 of 14 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 5 2 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 14 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Opponents faced 137 finished ahead 48 times, behind 223

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20261 milestone

Jul 31 Most recent contest All American BBQ Throwdown

20253 milestones

Aug 1 10th tracked contest All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS)
Sep 5 Career-best overall score673.6568 Grizzly BBQ Brawl
Sep 5 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8800 Grizzly BBQ Brawl

20241 milestone

Aug 2 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.2284 All American BBQ Throwdown

20221 milestone

Jul 15 First call Bordertown BBQ Brawl (One Meat Ribs)

20212 milestones

Jul 16 First tracked contest Bordertown BBQ Brawl - One Meat Rib Contest
Jul 16 Peak power rating (1491) Bordertown BBQ Brawl

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+1.1	Grizzly BBQ Brawl	Sep 5, 2025

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.8	BLACK BOX BBQ @ Wadsworth Municipal Airport	Oct 13, 2023
-9.8	Bordertown BBQ Brawl	Jul 15, 2022
-8.7	Bordertown BBQ Brawl	Jul 16, 2021
-7.7	All American BBQ Throwdown	Jul 31, 2026
-5.5	All American BBQ Throwdown	Aug 1, 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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	2	0%	top 93%	89.8%	89.8%
2025	3	33%	top 74%	93.6%	92.1%
2024	2	0%	top 75%	90.9%	90.9%
2023	3	100%	top 89%	89.4%	89.4%
2022	2	50%	top 93%	88%	88%
2021	2	0%	top 85%	85.2%	85.2%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 31, 2026	All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	42 / 45 (646.6972)	41 (161.6916)	32 (168.5256)	40 (158.8000)	43 (157.6800)
Jul 31, 2026	All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI	—	—	21 (168.5256)	—	—
Sep 5, 2025	Grizzly BBQ Brawl 🏅 Wellington, OH	26 / 42 (673.6568)	4 (178.8800)	25 (168.5256)	34 (165.1084)	35 (161.1428)
Aug 1, 2025	All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	37 / 43 (653.0056)	40 (154.8344)	16 (169.7028)	30 (165.6800)	36 (162.7884)
Aug 1, 2025	All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI	—	—	21 (167.3944)	—	—
Aug 2, 2024	All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	30 / 40 (654.2284)	30 (166.2856)	15 (167.9772)	26 (165.7484)	39 (154.2172)
Aug 2, 2024	All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI	—	—	18 (167.4056)	—	—
Oct 13, 2023	BLACK BOX BBQ @ Wadsworth Municipal Airport 🏅 Wadsworth, OH	20 / 20 (643.9200)	10 (170.8456)	18 (161.1200)	20 (153.6916)	20 (158.2628)
Jul 21, 2023	The Buckeye BBQ Classic 🏅 Hillsboro, OH	25 / 32 (643.2800)	25 (161.6916)	30 (153.1084)	3 (175.4056)	26 (153.0744)
Apr 28, 2023	Marietta River City BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) Marietta, OH	—	—	9 (168)	—	—
Jul 15, 2022	Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI	28 / 30 (633.5316)	27 (158.8228)	25 (161.1088)	27 (153.6456)	21 (159.9544)
Jul 15, 2022	Bordertown BBQ Brawl (One Meat Ribs) Sault Ste Marie, MI	—	—	8 (169.7028)	—	—
Jul 16, 2021	Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI	23 / 27 (613.5772)	24 (159.9772)	25 (140.5256)	20 (156.5372)	23 (156.5372)
Jul 16, 2021	Bordertown BBQ Brawl - One Meat Rib Contest Sault Ste Marie, MI	—	—	17 (162.8000)	—	—

Avon Purple Cobra's

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (7 found in their record)

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The metronome

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)