High-water mark
174.8572
career-best overall
97.1% of a perfect 180
Their best day on record: 174.8572 at Smoke in the Spring — 97.1% of a perfect 180.
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- Apr 11, 2025
Cooper Mercer
Cooper Mercer is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2025. Their best overall finish is 7th of 92 at the Smoke in the Spring (2025).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1516
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Apr 11, 2025
latest Apr 11, 2025
Overall top-10s
1
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 8%
overall standings
Road miles
64
across 2 mapped stops · furthest 32 mi
Purse competed for
$23K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|
“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.
More numbers
Opponents faced
106
finished ahead 93 times, behind 12
Longest layoff
1.5 yrs
Sep 27, 2023 → Apr 11, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20254 milestones
- First overall top-10 Smoke in the Spring
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score174.8572 Smoke in the Spring
- Career-best overall score174.8572 Smoke in the Spring
- Most recent contest Smoke in the Spring
20231 milestone
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Kids Que
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2025 | Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS | 7 / 92 (174.8572) | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Kids Que Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |