High-water mark
339.3828
career-best overall
94.3% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 339.3828 at Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 — 94.3% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- May 4, 2024
Kooky Kampers Barbecue
Kooky Kampers Barbecue is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 5th of 35 at the Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 (2024). They are ranked #2203 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1531
peak 1531 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Apr 7, 2023
latest May 4, 2024 · 1.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
50% of 6 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 43%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
329.98 ▲
last 5 Backyard vs avg 328.68 (+1.30)
Walk rate
83%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.16
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.91 · weakest Pork (157.66)
Road miles
548
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 205 mi
Schedule strength
86%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1616)
Purse competed for
$60K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 6 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
328.68 / 360
6 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Kooky Kampers Barbecue, each with one reason worth a look.
79 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,199 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1531
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,197 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1553
They were already cooking in 2013, 10 years before Kooky Kampers Barbecue's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,207 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1531
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Kooky Kampers Barbecue's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,196 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1531
Level with Kooky Kampers Barbecue on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,200 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1531
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,208 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1531
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 9 contests to 6.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dogpatch Q | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| Optimus Swine | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKECRAFT - MD | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Off The Rack BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| NO LOOKIN' COOKIN' | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 174.2856 | 154.7772 | 166.91 | top 40% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 155.9428 | 161.76 | top 43% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1200 | 154.2056 | 157.66 | 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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 44% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 33% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 2) | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 74% | Apr 20, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
4 contests
Contests a season
3
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NC
4 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
145
finished ahead 149 times, behind 132
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20244 milestones
- Career-best overall score339.3828 Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2856 Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2
- Peak power rating (1531) Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2
- Most recent contest Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2
20234 milestones
- First tracked contest Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition
- First call Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition
- First overall top-10 Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score326.7772 Fire in the Foothills BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.6 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 | May 4, 2024 |
| +12.1 | Fire in the Foothills BBQ Festival | Sep 1, 2023 |
| +6.5 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 | May 3, 2024 |
| +5.1 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition | Apr 7, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.9 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 1) | Apr 19, 2024 |
| -1.8 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 2) | Apr 20, 2024 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — 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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75% | top 49% | 94.3% | 91.9% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 30% | 90.8% | 90.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2024 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 🏅 Kannapolis, NC | 5 / 35 (339.3828) | 4 (174.2856) | 7 (165.0972) | — | — |
| May 3, 2024 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 🏅 Kannapolis, NC | 15 / 45 (327.9200) | 9 (171.9772) | 18 (155.9428) | — | — |
| Apr 20, 2024 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 2) 🏅 Williamsburg, VA | 15 / 25 (333.6228) | 10 (170.8228) | 18 (162.8000) | 16 (154.2056) | — |
| Apr 19, 2024 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 1) 🏅 Williamsburg, VA | 22 / 25 (322.1944) | 26 (154.7772) | 12 (167.4172) | 19 (161.1200) | — |
| Sep 1, 2023 | Fire in the Foothills BBQ Festival 🏅 King, NC | 5 / 21 (326.7772) | 4 (169.1200) | 9 (157.6572) | — | — |
| Apr 7, 2023 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition 🏅 Stem, NC | 10 / 28 (322.1600) | 12 (160.5028) | 10 (161.6572) | — | — |