Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
92.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 665.0284 at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest — 92.4% of a perfect 720.
CHICKEN FRIED BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
CHICKEN FRIED BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 20.38 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
Off the trail for 3.1 years, then back at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest (2024-10-30).
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
THE SMOKIN CAJUN has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 140 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team THE SMOKIN CAJUN has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head29 contests to 6: their number has had years to settle where THE SMOKIN CAJUN's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with THE SMOKIN CAJUN on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 9 contests, alongside a 33% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Rio Valley Meat BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Crossed Rifles BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| MAN MEAT BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Fergolicious BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| LC BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| LA PASADITA | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| LAST CALL HEROES BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Team Chupacabra | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 153.7032 | 161.69 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 20.0000 | 142.74 | top 60% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 150.2284 | 159.78 | top 79% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8800 | 147.9656 | 163.13 | top 59% |
“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.
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.6 | Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship | 2021-08-20 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.5 | 15th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ | 2020-08-07 |
| -4.2 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | 2021-09-16 |
| -4.1 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2024-10-30 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 92.4% | 91.6% |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 91.4% | 83.4% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 89.3% | 89.3% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 161 / 169 (665.0284) | 145 (166.2628) | 111 (169.6800) | 131 (167.4172) | 158 (161.6684) |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 333 / 444 (654.1828) | 297 (165.1428) | 321 (164.5372) | 388 (157.1084) | 216 (167.3944) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 unrated Kansas City, KS | 185 / 185 (511.9312) | 164 (162.8228) | 185 (20.0000) | 157 (164.5484) | 139 (164.5600) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 263 / 467 (658.2172) | 298 (162.8228) | 205 (167.4172) | 370 (157.0972) | 93 (170.8800) |
| 2021-08-20 | Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship 🏅 Lubbock, TX | 25 / 43 (631.9316) | 32 (153.7032) | 13 (168.0000) | 22 (162.2628) | 33 (147.9656) |
| 2020-08-07 | 15th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ 🏅 Enid, OK | 44 / 54 (642.7424) | 45 (159.4056) | 25 (166.8228) | 52 (150.2284) | 22 (166.2856) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #878 (120 pts) | #977 (120 pts) | #1021 (120 pts) | #938 (120 pts) | #922 (120 pts) |