High-water mark
678.1940
career-best overall
94.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.1940 at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest — 94.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 30, 2024
Wild Thang Cookers
Wild Thang Cookers is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2024. Their best overall finish is 157th of 169 at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest (2024). They finished #1182 in the 2024 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1505
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 11 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Oct 30, 2024
latest Oct 30, 2024
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 172.55 · weakest Pork (163.09)
Road miles
0
across 3 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$113K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
672.18 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #1065 (110 pts) | #1317 (60 pts) | #1231 (60 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 178.2972 | 165.0972 | 171.70 | top 46% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1316 | 160.5484 | 164.84 | top 75% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9428 | 162.2400 | 163.09 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 169.7028 | 172.55 | top 32% |
“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
Most contests held in
KS
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
a different one every time
Opponents faced
443
finished ahead 254 times, behind 357
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20245 milestones
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.1716 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest
- Career-best overall score678.1940 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)178.2972 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 202 / 444 (678.1940) | 15 (178.2972) | 370 (160.5484) | 318 (163.9428) | 37 (175.4056) |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 157 / 169 (666.1716) | 151 (165.0972) | 112 (169.1316) | 156 (162.2400) | 95 (169.7028) |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.