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ElCowboy & the Cajon

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Rating

1495
peak 1495 · rated over 1 contests

Contests

1
in the data

First seen

2013-07-26
latest 2013-07-26

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
1 podiums

Overall top-10s

0
of 1 contests

Avg finish

top 72%
overall standings

Best overall

613.0744 / 720

Perfect 180s

0

Walk rate

100%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

169.7372

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs
avg 169.74 · weakest Pork (137.13)

Master avg

613.07 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs

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ElCowboy & the Cajon has 1 rated contest — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 118 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.

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1495 ▲ 0 power rating
Contests
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GCs
0
Top-10s
40%
Peak
1510
No shared contest yet.

5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where ElCowboy & the Cajon's is still finding its level.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen 2026-05-01
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SOUTH OF THE TRACKS BBQ
#3446 of the rated field
1494 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
20%
Peak
1494
No shared contest yet.

Level with ElCowboy & the Cajon on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen 2021-06-04
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THEBACKYARDBBQ.CA
#3415 of the rated field
1495 ▲ 0 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
20%
Peak
1495
No shared contest yet.

They turned up 5 years after ElCowboy & the Cajon did, first appearing in 2018.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen 2019-08-31
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Turnin 'n' Burnin
#3414 of the rated field
1495 ▲ 0 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1504
No shared contest yet.

5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where ElCowboy & the Cajon's is still finding its level.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen 2019-04-05
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RBQ BBQ KS
#3422 of the rated field
1495 ▲ 0 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1505
No shared contest yet.

5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where ElCowboy & the Cajon's is still finding its level.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen 2018-10-12
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Smokin' Porky BBQ
#3413 of the rated field
1495 ▲ 0 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1503
No shared contest yet.

5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where ElCowboy & the Cajon's is still finding its level.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen 2018-04-06
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By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 1 0 0 0 161.1084 161.1084 161.11 top 53%
Pork Ribs 1 1 0 1 169.7372 169.7372 169.74 top 4%
Pork 1 0 0 0 137.1316 137.1316 137.13 top 94%
Brisket 1 0 0 0 145.0972 145.0972 145.10 top 74%

“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.

The story so far (11 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 0 yrs 2013-07-26 → 2013-07-26
Busiest season 2013 1 contest
Cooks most in CA 1 of 1 contests
Contests visited 1 0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat Chicken 1 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 169.74 · weakest Pork (137.13)
Walk rate 100% a top-10 call in 1 of 1 contests
Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 1 contests
Master average 613.07 out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced 52 15–37 across every shared overall standing
Power rating 1495 peak 1495 · #null of 6,413 rated

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

  1. 2013
  2. First tracked contest The Great American Cookoff
  3. First call The Great American Cookoff
  4. Career-best overall score613.0744 The Great American Cookoff
  5. Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.7372 The Great American Cookoff

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Season by season

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20131000 100% top 72% 85.1% 85.1%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2013-07-26 The Great American Cookoff Woodlake, CA 38 / 53 (613.0744) 28 (161.1084) 2 (169.7372) 50 (137.1316) 39 (145.0972)

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

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