CARNIVORES

CARNIVORES is a competition barbecue team with 32 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 18th of 26 at the Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest (2019). They are ranked #6455 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,455

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1354

peak 1354 · rated over 28 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 14, 2013

latest Oct 30, 2024 · 11.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#655

Master 2020 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

0% of 32 contests

Avg finish

top 85%

overall standings

Best overall

646.1716 / 720

Master · American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST

Perfect 180s

Current form

628.23 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 610.08 (+18.15)

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4172

Chicken · LuLu's Brew & Que

Consistency

±40.86

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 160.15 · weakest Brisket (149.61)

Road miles

18,143

across 32 mapped stops · furthest 5,320 mi

Schedule strength

52%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1567)

Purse competed for

$356K

listed at 13 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 14 state-championship entries

Master avg

610.08 / 720

28 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

DAD'S BARBEQUE has finished one call ahead of CARNIVORES 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2022 their best year

2022 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 69%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 69%

A tough matchup

19–0 behind in the head-to-head

Backdraft BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Backdraft BBQ has come out ahead in 19 of their 19 shared contests.

The weak link

−10.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.53 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 4% of the time against 4%.

Brisket avg 149.61
Chicken avg 160.15
1 call in 28 entries

A strong matchup

5–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Wine & Swine in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

15 of 18 shared chicken entries lost

Backdraft BBQ ahead 83% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Backdraft BBQ has out-cooked them in 15 of 18 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

DOUBLE J SMOKERS has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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The long haul

18,143 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 18,143 miles across 32 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 5,320 miles to 3rd Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2017.

32 mapped stops
furthest 5,320 mi

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	#950 (115 pts)	#1065 (110 pts)	#979 (130 pts)	#871 (145 pts)	#990 (115 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#771 (180 pts)	#834 (180 pts)	#801 (234 pts)	#802 (180 pts)	#757 (215 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#954 (130 pts)	#1051 (120 pts)	#1075 (130 pts)	#1046 (120 pts)	#890 (165 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#1236 (60 pts)	#1286 (60 pts)	#1309 (60 pts)	#1262 (60 pts)	#1245 (60 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#655 (120 pts)	#514 (210 pts)	#701 (120 pts)	#706 (120 pts)	#681 (120 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#983 (266 pts)	#1076 (246 pts)	#1071 (261 pts)	#1019 (276 pts)	#897 (336 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1068 (246 pts)	#723 (496 pts)	#1204 (236 pts)	#1077 (271 pts)	#1099 (261 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1215 (238 pts)	#1126 (303 pts)	#1267 (248 pts)	#1313 (233 pts)	#1112 (298 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1773 (133 pts)	#1763 (143 pts)	#1229 (253 pts)	#1800 (138 pts)	#1559 (173 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to CARNIVORES, each with one reason worth a look.

Wiggle Butts BBQ

#6,454 of the rated field

1356 ▲ 2 power rating

Contests: 50
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 2%
Peak: 1356

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 50 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 50 contests
last seen Jul 9, 2026

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MOSSY ROCK BBQ

#6,453 of the rated field

1358 ▲ 4 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1358

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

rated over 27 contests

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King's Cooking

#6,456 of the rated field

1350 ▼ 4 power rating

Contests: 32
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 3%
Peak: 1350

Careers of much the same size, 32 contests to 32, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 32 contests
last seen Jul 25, 2025

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BBQBrewCrew

#6,452 of the rated field

1358 ▲ 4 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1503

24 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 24 contests
last seen Oct 25, 2025

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3 BRATS AND A COCKTAIL WEENIE

#6,457 of the rated field

1349 ▼ 5 power rating

Contests: 41
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1349

2–4 in 6 shared contests (33% to CARNIVORES)

These two have cooked 6 of the same contests — 3 BRATS AND A COCKTAIL WEENIE ahead 4–2 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 41 contests
last seen May 8, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

BBQ Bandits

#6,451 of the rated field

1359 ▲ 5 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1514

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 25 contests
last seen Aug 16, 2025

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Backdraft BBQ	19	0	19	0%	⚔ compare
PROUD SOULS BARBECUE	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
THE CELTIC PIG	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
Lost Weekend Grill	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
PORKY'S PIT CREW	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
UNCLE J'S	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
#MIDNIGHT SMOKERS	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
Q LIVE CREW	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
PORKY BUTTS BBQ	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
3 LIL' MACS BBQ	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
SHB Customs	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
913 BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	27	1	1	175.4172	138.2862	160.15	top 68%
Pork Ribs	29	1	0	169.7488	133.1426	151.86	top 82%
Pork	28	0	0	167.3944	123.9996	154.36	top 80%
Brisket	28	1	0	169.1428	117.7142	149.61	top 77%

“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)	9	0	top 84%
Large (40+)	19	0	top 85%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
CO	18	top 82%
KS	6	top 87%
WY	2	top 96%
WI	1	top 93%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	3	360	top 83%	Sep 27, 2023
LuLu's Brew & Que	3	24	top 86%	Apr 26, 2019
Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest	2	18	top 72%	Jun 21, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2023 5 contests

Contests a season 2.7 across 12 seasons in the data

Most contests held in CO 18 of 32 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 23 3 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 29 entries · 0 wins · 1 call

Opponents faced 1,580 finished ahead 451 times, behind 3,291

Longest layoff 1.1 yrs Sep 12, 2019 → Oct 2, 2020

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

20241 milestone

Oct 30 Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides

20231 milestone

Jun 9 25th tracked contest Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS)

20221 milestone

Sep 29 Career-best overall score646.1716 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST

20181 milestone

Apr 28 Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4172 LuLu's Brew & Que

20171 milestone

Sep 29 10th tracked contest LuLu's Brew & Que

20141 milestone

Jun 20 First call 2nd Annual South Park Kick Ass BBQ Competition

20132 milestones

Jun 14 First tracked contest Colorado Barbecue Challenge
Jun 14 Peak power rating (1486) Colorado Barbecue Challenge

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+3.8	Frisco BBQ Challenge	Jun 16, 2022
+2.3	25th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge	Jun 15, 2018
+0.5	Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest	Jun 21, 2019
+0.5	Colorado BBQ Challenge	Jun 16, 2023

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.7	Colorado Barbecue Challenge	Jun 14, 2013
-13.2	South Park Kick Ass BBQ Competition	Jun 21, 2013
-12.9	22nd Colorado BBQ Challenge	Jun 19, 2015
-9.6	LuLu's Brew & Que	Sep 29, 2017
-9.1	2nd Annual South Park Kick Ass BBQ Competition	Jun 20, 2014

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	3	0%	top 93%	88.2%	87.6%
2023	5	0%	top 87%	88.6%	87%
2022	3	0%	top 69%	89.7%	89.1%
2021	1	0%	top 77%	88.4%	88.4%
2020	2	0%	top 96%	88.6%	88.5%
2019	4	25%	top 82%	88.6%	85.1%
2018	4	25%	top 79%	87.8%	85.2%
2017	4	0%	top 86%	89.2%	85.5%
2016	1	0%	top 91%	81.6%	81.6%
2015	1	0%	top 100%	60.7%	60.7%
2014	2	50%	top 76%	86.3%	86%
2013	2	0%	top 90%	79.4%	77.6%

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 - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Oct 30, 2024	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	398 / 444 (626.1256)	381 (158.8456)	415 (153.0972)	432 (145.0400)	170 (169.1428)
Jun 28, 2024	The Art of Barbeque 🏅 Sterling, CO	24 / 25 (634.8116)	25 (157.1200)	21 (158.2744)	18 (164.5600)	24 (154.8572)
Sep 27, 2023	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	462 / 487 (615.3260)	316 (165.1428)	392 (159.4288)	454 (153.0628)	477 (137.6916)
Sep 27, 2023	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Jun 16, 2023	Colorado BBQ Challenge 🏅 Frisco, CO	31 / 42 (637.6456)	34 (156.5600)	34 (157.6916)	29 (159.9656)	18 (163.4284)
Jun 9, 2023	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI	40 / 43 (627.2456)	36 (159.4172)	42 (152.5256)	34 (163.3828)	36 (151.9200)
Jun 9, 2023	Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI	—	—	27 (157.0628)	—	—
Oct 1, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 29, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	383 / 505 (646.1716)	287 (166.2628)	225 (167.9772)	435 (156.5716)	418 (155.3600)
Jun 16, 2022	Frisco BBQ Challenge 🏅 Frisco, CO	23 / 37 (637.5544)	36 (153.6572)	23 (162.2284)	25 (159.4060)	16 (162.2628)
Sep 16, 2021	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	360 / 467 (636.4456)	155 (169.1428)	318 (162.2400)	386 (155.3944)	409 (149.6684)
Oct 3, 2020	Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 2 🏅 Casper, WY	39 / 41 (637.0744)	21 (169.1772)	37 (160.5600)	38 (157.0972)	40 (150.2400)
Oct 2, 2020	Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1 🏅 Casper, WY	40 / 41 (637.6116)	11 (172.5828)	40 (145.6688)	28 (167.3944)	39 (151.9656)
Sep 12, 2019	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	421 / 468 (613.5544)	409 (154.8344)	392 (154.8572)	431 (148.5028)	370 (155.3600)
Jun 21, 2019	Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest 🏅 Leadville, CO	18 / 26 (617.5424)	22 (143.9200)	19 (152.5484)	16 (158.2284)	8 (162.8456)
Jun 14, 2019	26th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge 🏅 Frisco, CO	49 / 55 (583.0404)	44 (153.6456)	51 (133.5316)	42 (153.0860)	49 (142.7772)
Apr 26, 2019	LuLu's Brew & Que 🏅 Brighton, CO	32 / 40 (637.5884)	30 (163.9884)	34 (153.6572)	32 (158.8228)	23 (161.1200)
Sep 15, 2018	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	454 / 467 (582.5944)	429 (153.0856)	454 (139.9316)	457 (141.0744)	413 (148.5028)
Jun 22, 2018	2018 Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest Leadville, CO	23 / 31 (615.7596)	13 (163.3828)	30 (141.6228)	18 (157.0856)	20 (153.6684)
Jun 15, 2018	25th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO	39 / 62 (622.6056)	39 (158.8000)	45 (151.9200)	35 (162.2284)	46 (149.6572)
Apr 28, 2018	LuLu's Brew & Que Brighton, CO	33 / 40 (631.8404)	2 (175.4172)	36 (149.6572)	31 (158.2744)	38 (148.4916)
Sep 29, 2017	LuLu's Brew & Que Brighton, CO	24 / 25 (616.4000)	21 (160.5256)	24 (151.9772)	23 (152.5144)	18 (151.3828)
Sep 22, 2017	BBBrew For Hope Ft.Collins, CO	23 / 25 (605.4628)	14 (167.9656)	19 (154.8228)	25 (144.4800)	24 (138.1944)
Jun 16, 2017	24th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO	44 / 59 (596.9024)	43 (154.7884)	51 (143.3828)	53 (146.8000)	40 (151.9312)
Apr 29, 2017	3rd Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2017 Salzburg Austria	23 / 28 (642.2632)	22 (161.7144)	26 (157.6916)	23 (158.2856)	16 (164.5716)
Jun 17, 2016	23rd Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO	53 / 58 (587.7372)	46 (156.5256)	53 (139.3716)	40 (158.7884)	55 (133.0516)
Jun 19, 2015	22nd Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO	58 / 58 (436.9944)	—	54 (144.4916)	35 (158.2284)	58 (134.2744)
Jun 20, 2014	2nd Annual South Park Kick Ass BBQ Competition Fairplay, CO	24 / 28 (617.0404)	23 (161.6800)	5 (169.7488)	23 (153.1200)	28 (132.4916)
Jun 13, 2014	21st Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO	36 / 55 (621.6572)	24 (165.1656)	49 (141.6688)	46 (147.9656)	16 (166.8572)
Jun 21, 2013	South Park Kick Ass BBQ Competition Fairplay, CO	22 / 23 (571.9996)	13 (162.2856)	23 (133.1426)	17 (158.8572)	22 (117.7142)
Jun 14, 2013	Colorado Barbecue Challenge Frisco, CO	57 / 68 (545.1430)	54 (138.2862)	37 (153.1430)	60 (123.9996)	59 (129.7142)

CARNIVORES

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (8 found in their record)

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The long haul

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

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

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