XTREME TEXAS COOKERS

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#2334

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1525

peak 1558 · rated over 14 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2015-10-02

latest 2024-10-30

Best ToY finish

#878

Master 2024

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 21 contests

Avg finish

top 54%

overall standings

Best overall

677.0400 / 720

Master · 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)

Perfect 180s

Current form

619.21 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 630.98 (-11.77)

Walk rate

10%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Pork · American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST

Consistency

±76.82

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 166.56 · weakest Chicken (162.22)

Road miles

3,828

mi across 21 mapped stops · furthest 631 mi

Schedule strength

43%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1556)

Purse competed for

$322K

listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 7 state-championship entries

Master avg

630.98 / 720

18 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (9 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

High-water mark

677.0400 career-best overall

94.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 677.0400 at 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) — 94.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
2018-09-14

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

DIVA Q has finished one call ahead of XTREME TEXAS COOKERS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

12–1 behind in the head-to-head

GETTIN' BASTED ahead in 92% of their meetings

GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 12 of their 13 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.3 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.34 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 6% of the time against 6%.

Chicken avg 162.22
Pork Ribs avg 166.56
1 calls in 18 entries

A strong matchup

7–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Black & Veatch in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

12 of 13 shared pork ribs entries lost

GETTIN' BASTED ahead 92% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, GETTIN' BASTED has out-cooked them in 12 of 13 shared pork ribs entries.

Boom or bust

±10.67% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±10.67% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 87.6% of a perfect score
best 94.0%

A February team

Top 31% average finish in February

Something about February: average finish in the top 31% across 3 contests, versus top 54% the rest of the year.

3 February contests
top 54% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,828 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,828 miles across 21 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 631 miles to Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff.

21 mapped stops
furthest 631 mi

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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.

81 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

SWINEDOTTE CO BBQ

#2323 of the rated field

1525 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 12%
Peak: 1525

0–3 in 3 shared contests (0% to XTREME TEXAS COOKERS)

These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — SWINEDOTTE CO BBQ ahead 3–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2026-08-21

⚔ Head-to-head

PAT BBQ

#2340 of the rated field

1525 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1525

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to XTREME TEXAS COOKERS)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before XTREME TEXAS COOKERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Sky High BBQ

#2333 of the rated field

1525 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1525

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 14 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2026-08-28

⚔ Head-to-head

GO BIG OR GO BBQ

#2329 of the rated field

1525 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1527

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 15 contests to 21, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2026-06-26

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKIN N TURNIN BBQ

#2328 of the rated field

1525 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1535

No shared contest yet.

14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 21% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2015-05-29

⚔ Head-to-head

Purdom's BBQ

#2324 of the rated field

1525 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1535

No shared contest yet.

Level with XTREME TEXAS COOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2026-04-03

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
LA PASADITA	15	3	12	20%	⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
SLAPS BBQ	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
BULLHORN BBQ	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
CLARK CREW BBQ	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
PORKY BUTTS BBQ	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	18	1	169.6912	145.6456	162.22	top 63%
Pork Ribs	18	1	173.1200	154.2628	166.56	top 45%
Pork	18	1	178.8572	147.3256	164.10	top 52%
Brisket	17	0	176.5600	142.8000	162.94	top 50%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
KS	9	top 67%
TX	7	top 41%
MO	2	top 45%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 49%
Large (40+)	16	0	top 55%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	3	6	top 53%	2023-09-27
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest	2	206	top 91%	2023-09-27
Humble BBQ Cook Off	2	25	top 25%	2021-01-29
Humble Rodeo and BBQ	2	25	top 21%	2019-02-01
39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	2	108	top 65%	2018-09-15

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 9.1 yrs 2015-10-02 → 2024-10-30

Busiest season 2018 4 contests

Contests a season 2.1 across 10 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KS 12 of 21 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 12 5 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 18 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 166.56 · weakest Chicken (162.22)

Walk rate 10% a top-10 call in 2 of 21 contests

Overall top-10 rate 5% 1 of 21 contests

Master average 630.98 out of 720 · 18 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 2,126 2,145–2,810 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 3,828 21 mapped stops · furthest 631 mi

Schedule strength 1556 average field rating faced — tougher than 43% of rated contests

Purse competed for $321,625 listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 7 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1.1 yrs 2015-10-03 → 2016-10-29

Power rating 1525 peak 1558 · #2334 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2015
Oct 2 First tracked contest 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational
Oct 2 First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.7888 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational
2017
Aug 11 First call *Q'ing to Cure Childhood Cancer BBQ Cookoff
2018
Sep 14 Career-best overall score677.0400 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)
2020
Jan 31 10th tracked contest Humble BBQ Cook off
2021
Sep 16 First overall top-10 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
Sep 16 Career-best single call (Pork)178.8572 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
Sep 16 Peak power rating (1558) American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
2024
Oct 30 Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+17.1	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST	2021-09-16
+11.3	*Humble Rodeo and BBQ	2018-02-02
+8.9	Humble BBQ Cook off	2020-01-31
+8.8	Humble Rodeo and BBQ	2019-02-01
+6.7	Humble BBQ Cook Off	2021-01-29

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-16.8	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff	2024-09-13
-9.4	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST	2022-09-29
-5.9	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	2023-09-27
-3.6	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)	2016-10-29
-1.7	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	2018-09-15

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	3	0	0%	top 80%	93%	80.9%
2023	3	0	0%	top 86%	90.5%	89.9%
2022	3	0	0%	top 84%	92.5%	90.5%
2021	2	1	50%	top 15%	90%	90%
2020	1	0	0%	top 21%	90.8%	90.8%
2019	1	0	0%	top 24%	90.7%	90.7%
2018	4	0	0%	top 50%	94%	91.8%
2017	1	0	100%	top 46%	88.6%	88.6%
2016	1	0	0%	top 70%	88.6%	88.6%
2015	2	0	0%	top 45%	92.6%	70.4%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024-10-30	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
2024-10-30	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	263 / 444 (669.6456)	339 (162.8112)	163 (171.4172)	144 (171.4172)	286 (164.0000)
2024-09-13	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX	67 / 67 (495.3600)	49 (163.9656)	37 (168.0000)	49 (163.3944)	—
2023-09-27	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
2023-09-27	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	358 / 487 (651.2800)	371 (162.8000)	206 (170.2856)	290 (166.2744)	445 (151.9200)
2023-09-27	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS	206 / 211 (642.7656)	206 (157.1200)	205 (158.8112)	188 (163.3828)	175 (163.4516)
2022-10-01	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
2022-09-29	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST unrated Kansas City, KS	212 / 249 (665.6460)	189 (167.3944)	190 (166.2628)	192 (166.8228)	192 (165.1660)
2022-09-29	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	421 / 505 (636.9944)	438 (157.6572)	195 (169.1428)	253 (167.3944)	482 (142.8000)
2021-09-16	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	6 / 467 (520.5712)	318 (161.6800)	99 (171.4744)	8 (178.8572)	293 (160.5600)
2021-01-29	Humble BBQ Cook Off Humble, TX	32 / 113 (647.8972)	67 (151.9656)	15 (170.2744)	29 (163.4172)	32 (162.2400)
2020-01-31	Humble BBQ Cook off 🏅 Humble, TX	25 / 117 (653.6344)	17 (169.6684)	29 (165.1316)	30 (165.1200)	59 (153.7144)
2019-02-01	Humble Rodeo and BBQ 🏅 Humble, TX	30 / 126 (653.0856)	20 (166.8800)	81 (154.2628)	29 (166.8228)	34 (165.1200)
2018-09-15	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	295 / 467 (651.2572)	368 (158.8000)	333 (161.0972)	242 (163.9772)	175 (167.3828)
2018-09-14	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS	108 / 164 (677.0400)	125 (166.8344)	96 (167.9772)	55 (173.1200)	98 (169.1084)
2018-02-16	*Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX	20 / 38 (652.4912)	18 (166.2628)	22 (163.4172)	27 (158.8684)	17 (163.9428)
2018-02-02	*Humble Rodeo and BBQ Humble, TX	25 / 145 (662.3316)	45 (163.9884)	57 (162.2972)	36 (166.8916)	21 (169.1544)
2017-08-11	*Q'ing to Cure Childhood Cancer BBQ Cookoff Conroe, TX	12 / 26 (637.6224)	6 (169.6912)	9 (166.2744)	17 (151.4172)	21 (150.2396)
2016-10-29	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS	388 / 557 (638.0912)	526 (145.6456)	58 (173.1200)	529 (147.3256)	76 (172.0000)
2015-10-03	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO	122 / 606 (346.8112)	419 (159.3828)	99 (170.8800)	286 (164.5372)	67 (172.5484)
2015-10-02	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	129 / 187 (666.7888)	115 (167.4172)	99 (167.9772)	182 (154.8344)	14 (176.5600)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024 ↗	Master	#878 (120 pts)	#977 (120 pts)	#1021 (120 pts)	#938 (120 pts)	#1204 (60 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1266 (180 pts)	#1319 (180 pts)	#1354 (180 pts)	#1342 (180 pts)	#1270 (200 pts)