High-water mark
671.3260
career-best overall
93.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 671.3260 at BBQ Jackpot — 93.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Dec 6, 2024
Wood N Coals BBQ
Wood N Coals BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 9th of 26 at The Best Dam Barbeque (2021). They finished #870 in the 2021 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1508
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
May 28, 2021
latest Dec 6, 2024 · 3.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.04
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 172.41 · weakest Pork (158.54)
Road miles
20
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
67%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1585)
Purse competed for
$33K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
666.20 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 169.6912 | 172.41 | top 35% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 171.4172 | 163.4172 | 167.42 | top 42% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8116 | 158.2628 | 158.54 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6916 | 160.0344 | 162.56 | top 61% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 52% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 66% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Dam Barbeque | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 60% | May 26, 2023 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NV
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
111
finished ahead 63 times, behind 86
Longest layoff
1.5 yrs
May 26, 2023 → Dec 6, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20243 milestones
- Career-best overall score671.3260 BBQ Jackpot
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4056 BBQ Jackpot
- Most recent contest BBQ Jackpot
20231 milestone
- Peak power rating (1509) Best Dam Barbeque
20214 milestones
- First tracked contest The Best Dam Barbeque
- First call The Best Dam Barbeque
- First overall top-10 The Best Dam Barbeque
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.1200 The Best Dam Barbeque
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.5 | The Best Dam Barbeque | May 28, 2021 |
| +0.8 | Best Dam Barbeque | May 27, 2022 |
| +0.4 | Best Dam Barbeque | May 26, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -0.9 | BBQ Jackpot | Dec 6, 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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 66% | 93.2% | 93.2% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 63% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 58% | 91.1% | 91.1% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 35% | 92.9% | 92.9% |
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 | 49 / 74 (671.3260) | 18 (175.4056) | 25 (171.4172) | 67 (158.8116) | 53 (165.6916) |
| May 26, 2023 | Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV | 17 / 27 (668.4572) | 15 (169.6912) | 16 (166.2632) | — | 18 (163.9772) |
| May 27, 2022 | Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV | 15 / 26 (655.9084) | 9 (173.7028) | 16 (163.4172) | 16 (158.2628) | 14 (160.5256) |
| May 28, 2021 | The Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV | 9 / 26 (669.1200) | 7 (170.8344) | 3 (168.5828) | — | 14 (160.0344) |