K & K KOOKERS TN

Power ranking

#2793

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1435

peak 1507

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-04-05

latest 2024-06-07

Best ToY finish

#357

Master 2020

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 28 contests

Avg finish

top 69%

overall standings

Best overall

685.6916

Go Hog Wild BBQ Cook-Off

Perfect 180s

Current form

654.85 ▼

last 5 vs career avg 655.67 (-0.83)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8800

Pork · International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest

Consistency

±14.39

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.41 · weakest Brisket (160.32)

Road miles

2820

mi across 28 mapped stops · furthest 234 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ has finished one call ahead of K & K KOOKERS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

⚔️ A tough matchup

RAZORRACKS has come out ahead in 20 of their 20 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of BIG ASS Q MASTERS in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

Teams like this (closest power rating, TN first)

Four Alarm Smokers #2787 · 1436 · TN Big Alz BBQ #2777 · 1436 · TN SMOKIN BRICKS BBQ #2751 · 1439 · TN Four Alarm Smoker #2731 · 1441 · TN Blinkys Offset BBQ #2848 · 1427 · TN CLIFFS SMOKIN BBQ #2862 · 1425 · TN

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	28	5	0	1	176.6172	151.3600	166.41	top 58%
Pork Ribs	28	3	1	1	178.2972	142.8228	162.73	top 69%
Pork	28	6	0	2	178.8800	151.9200	166.21	top 59%
Brisket	28	2	0	1	173.1544	147.9772	160.32	top 70%

“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
TN	11	top 75%
MS	7	top 66%
AR	6	top 65%
MO	3	top 57%
AL	1	top 82%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 89%
Medium (20–39)	19	top 73%
Large (40+)	7	top 53%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2021 (7 contests)
Cooks mostly in TN (11 of 28 contests)
Most-entered category: Chicken (28 entries)
All-time average overall score: 655.67

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

Category scores over time

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

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
2024	2	0	669.0284	661.85
2023	3	0	652.4116	650.18
2022	5	1	665.6688	656.47
2021	7	0	685.6916	652.96
2020	5	0	669.1084	650.75
2019	6	0	681.0628	662.97

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024-06-07	Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Wynne, AR	23 / 33 (654.6740)	29 (161.0972)	29 (161.6456)	15 (169.7028)	24 (162.2284)
2024-04-12	12th Annual Bull Moose BBQ Somerville, TN	14 / 14 (669.0284)	14 (163.9428)	6 (174.2628)	13 (168.5256)	14 (162.2972)
2023-06-09	Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Wynne, AR	20 / 26 (652.4116)	24 (157.0628)	22 (164.0004)	17 (169.6684)	19 (161.6800)
2023-05-19	3rd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 1 Union City, TN	14 / 18 (647.9200)	10 (169.1428)	15 (160.5600)	15 (166.2744)	16 (151.9428)
2023-04-14	11th Annual Bull Moose BBQ Somerville, TN	22 / 25 (650.1944)	18 (167.9888)	25 (161.6684)	24 (161.7028)	22 (158.8344)
2022-09-09	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest Millington, TN	26 / 38 (665.6688)	24 (168.0000)	37 (155.3944)	4 (178.8800)	25 (163.3944)
2022-06-10	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Wynne, AR	30 / 33 (644.9944)	10 (173.1544)	30 (160.5372)	32 (151.9200)	27 (159.3828)
2022-06-03	Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival Covington, TN	19 / 28 (654.7660)	14 (169.1200)	16 (165.7144)	24 (160.5144)	20 (159.4172)
2022-04-22	Southaven Springfest Southaven, MS	29 / 36 (654.7428)	3 (175.4172)	33 (159.4056)	23 (166.2400)	32 (153.6800)
2022-04-01	Smokin' For Down Syndrome Collierville, TN	17 / 28 (662.1600)	17 (168.5256)	1 (178.2972)	18 (165.1200)	22 (150.2172)
2021-10-29	Southaven Springfest Southaven, MS	23 / 36 (658.7544)	21 (168.5372)	28 (162.8460)	22 (166.2628)	25 (161.1084)
2021-10-01	Go Hog Wild BBQ Cook-Off Sheridan, AR	13 / 30 (685.6916)	17 (168.5600)	16 (168.5600)	2 (175.4172)	7 (173.1544)
2021-08-20	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO	14 / 27 (657.6456)	15 (163.4172)	17 (163.9656)	19 (161.1200)	3 (169.1428)
2021-06-18	DeSoto Shrine Club 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off Nesbit, MS	29 / 48 (662.1828)	26 (167.4172)	25 (167.4172)	41 (158.2284)	23 (169.1200)
2021-06-04	Covington TN's World's Oldest BBQ Cooking Contest Covington, TN	28 / 34 (641.5428)	23 (166.2628)	27 (156.5372)	21 (166.2284)	31 (152.5144)
2021-05-14	Obion County Barbeque Cook Off Union City, TN	29 / 31 (604.4456)	29 (153.0972)	31 (142.8228)	27 (154.2400)	22 (154.2856)
2021-04-09	Smokin' For Down Syndrome (Formally Bull Moose) Collierville, TN	28 / 44 (660.4688)	13 (171.4056)	32 (161.1432)	19 (170.2744)	34 (157.6456)
2020-10-09	Roast-N-Boast Columbus, MS	30 / 36 (641.6572)	22 (166.2972)	34 (154.2744)	8 (173.1084)	35 (147.9772)
2020-09-25	TN River BBQ Battle & Music Fest Savannah, TN	29 / 47 (669.1084)	24 (169.6800)	39 (160.0000)	3 (177.7028)	36 (161.7256)
2020-09-18	Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL	23 / 28 (645.0060)	16 (166.8456)	21 (158.2516)	25 (157.6572)	24 (162.2516)
2020-06-26	Swinging Bridge BBQ Festival Byram, MS	23 / 31 (642.6628)	28 (151.3600)	15 (165.0856)	19 (163.9772)	19 (162.2400)
2020-06-19	Desoto Shrine Club 12th Annual BBQ Cook-Off Hernando, MS	31 / 47 (655.3028)	44 (157.0972)	40 (164.5372)	33 (164.5484)	23 (169.1200)
2019-10-11	BBQ & Blues on the Levee Helena, AR	15 / 20 (664.4344)	12 (169.1316)	12 (165.6800)	16 (162.2516)	15 (167.3712)
2019-09-27	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR	14 / 43 (663.3372)	25 (158.8228)	23 (163.3944)	4 (176.5600)	14 (164.5600)
2019-08-16	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO	21 / 45 (655.3944)	4 (176.6172)	31 (156.5716)	36 (158.8000)	21 (163.4056)
2019-06-14	Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off Hernado, MS	18 / 49 (681.0628)	18 (173.1428)	7 (176.0000)	15 (171.4172)	38 (160.5028)
2019-05-03	38th Annual Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff Kennett, MO	18 / 25 (659.4404)	16 (166.3088)	13 (166.8916)	16 (165.6800)	19 (160.5600)
2019-04-05	9th Annual Bull Moose Millington, TN	14 / 25 (654.1372)	5 (171.9656)	13 (161.1088)	8 (171.9656)	22 (149.0972)

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	#1038 (94 pts)	#1122 (94 pts)	#915 (154 pts)	#1073 (99 pts)	#1069 (94 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#656 (239 pts)	#671 (259 pts)	#849 (209 pts)	#688 (239 pts)	#714 (234 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#561 (354 pts)	#370 (634 pts)	#456 (554 pts)	#461 (484 pts)	#612 (324 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#359 (527 pts)	#351 (582 pts)	#430 (487 pts)	#292 (697 pts)	#288 (707 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#357 (309 pts)	#347 (354 pts)	#350 (359 pts)	#209 (589 pts)	#365 (334 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#570 (580 pts)	#459 (745 pts)	#556 (625 pts)	#487 (710 pts)	#683 (495 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#805 (405 pts)	#894 (365 pts)	#735 (490 pts)	#630 (595 pts)	#882 (370 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#853 (429 pts)	#1051 (344 pts)	#785 (514 pts)	#846 (469 pts)	#838 (459 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#416 (941 pts)	#525 (772 pts)	#383 (1002 pts)	#281 (1221 pts)	#356 (1061 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#423 (894 pts)	#480 (819 pts)	#353 (1024 pts)	#356 (989 pts)	#424 (889 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#378 (986 pts)	#452 (841 pts)	#334 (1076 pts)	#291 (1181 pts)	#443 (861 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#459 (670 pts)	#379 (815 pts)	#463 (705 pts)	#389 (815 pts)	#493 (645 pts)