High-water mark
345.1428
career-best overall
95.9% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 345.1428 at Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) — 95.9% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Jun 7, 2019
What The Cluck
What The Cluck is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 25 at the Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) (2019).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1521
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 22 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
10
in the data
First seen
May 3, 2019
latest Nov 2, 2024 · 5.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
3
30% of 10 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 25%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
10%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.15 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.87)
Road miles
217
across 9 mapped stops · furthest 201 mi
Purse competed for
$24K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Backyard avg
332.02 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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The teams rated closest to What The Cluck, each with one reason worth a look.
What The Cluck has 2 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 81 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,486 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1521
Fewer contests behind them than What The Cluck has cooked, 5 to 10, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#2,500 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
Level with What The Cluck on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,497 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
Fewer contests behind them than What The Cluck has cooked, 5 to 10, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#2,493 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before What The Cluck's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,485 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before What The Cluck's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,496 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1521
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before What The Cluck's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 179.4400 | 158.8688 | 169.15 | top 18% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7028 | 160.0340 | 162.87 | top 47% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 27% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 12% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 35% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 8 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
6 of 10 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
183
finished ahead 150 times, behind 43
Longest layoff
4.9 yrs
Jun 7, 2019 → Apr 20, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- 10th tracked contest World Championship Hot Wings Contest & Festival (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- Most recent contest World Championship Hot Wings Contest & Festival (COMPETITORS SERIES)
20194 milestones
- First call Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First category win (Chicken) Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score345.1428 Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)179.4400 Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
—4 milestones
- First tracked contest Southern Hotwing Festival (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- First overall top-10 Southern Hotwing Festival (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- First overall podium Southern Hotwing Festival (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score178.8572 Southern Hotwing Festival (COMPETITOR SERIES)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | — | 99.4% | 99.4% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | top 27% | 96.2% | 96.2% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50% | top 24% | 95.9% | 92.2% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.