Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.
- Chicken ×1
Texas Original Charcoal
Texas Original Charcoal is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2024. Their best overall finish is 6th of 74 at the BBQ Jackpot (2024).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1550
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 41 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Aug 9, 2024
latest Dec 6, 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
40% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 30%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.05
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 174.73 · weakest Pork Ribs (169.68)
Road miles
2,315
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 1,143 mi
Schedule strength
71%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1590)
Purse competed for
$179K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
687.46 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Texas Original Charcoal, each with one reason worth a look.
Texas Original Charcoal has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 59 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#1,746 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1550
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Texas Original Charcoal)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Texas Original Charcoal has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#1,743 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1550
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Texas Original Charcoal)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#1,750 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1550
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#1,758 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1550
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 11 years before Texas Original Charcoal's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#1,755 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1550
They were already cooking in 2019, 5 years before Texas Original Charcoal's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#1,752 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1550
Level with Texas Original Charcoal on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 180 🔥 | 164.5372 | 174.73 | top 26% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 177.7144 | 161.6572 | 169.68 | top 47% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 169.1084 | 173.13 | top 26% |
| Brisket | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 177.1428 | 158.8000 | 169.91 | top 42% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 28% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 31% |
More numbers
Most contests held in
KS
2 of 5 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Opponents faced
533
finished ahead 554 times, behind 199
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20248 milestones
- First tracked contest Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews
- First call Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews
- First overall top-10 Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score685.6112 Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews
- First perfect 180 (Chicken) BBQ Jackpot
- Career-best overall score694.8000 BBQ Jackpot
- Peak power rating (1550) BBQ Jackpot
- Most recent contest BBQ Jackpot
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +17 | BBQ Jackpot | Dec 6, 2024 |
| +14 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Oct 30, 2024 |
| +10.1 | Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews | Aug 9, 2024 |
| +8.7 | Smoke on the Water | Sep 20, 2024 |
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)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 2024 | BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV | 6 / 74 (694.8000) | 5 (180) | 67 (161.6572) | 13 (176) | 6 (177.1428) |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 67 / 444 (691.3828) | 90 (175.4056) | 25 (177.7144) | 188 (169.7256) | 183 (168.5372) |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 108 / 169 (680.4572) | 14 (177.7144) | 124 (168.5372) | 34 (175.4056) | 162 (158.8000) |
| Sep 20, 2024 | Smoke on the Water 🏅 Pine Bluff, AR | 15 / 42 (685.0400) | 32 (164.5372) | 11 (171.9772) | 5 (175.4056) | 13 (173.1200) |
| Aug 9, 2024 | Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews 🏅 Alamosa, CO | 8 / 29 (685.6112) | 5 (176) | 11 (168.5372) | 11 (169.1084) | 10 (171.9656) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.