High-water mark
669.6112
career-best overall
93.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 669.6112 at 9th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge — 93.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jan 12, 2024
Carne Kings
Carne Kings is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 23rd of 26 at the Downtown Mesa BBQ Classic (2023). They finished #873 in the 2024 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1475
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Apr 1, 2016
latest Jan 12, 2024 · 7.8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 82%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±28.92
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.97 · weakest Brisket (149.39)
Road miles
1,056
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 900 mi
Schedule strength
64%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1581)
Purse competed for
$30K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
624.04 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 | #873 (121 pts) | #943 (131 pts) | #1014 (121 pts) | #680 (246 pts) | #917 (121 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Carne Kings, each with one reason worth a look.
Carne Kings has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 151 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,415 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,391 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
Level with Carne Kings on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,405 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before Carne Kings's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,423 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2016.
⚔ Compare careers#4,417 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before Carne Kings's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,400 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 8 years before Carne Kings's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8456 | 153.1084 | 160.97 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 137.0628 | 155.06 | top 78% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 177.1428 | 146.8344 | 160.70 | top 63% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2172 | 141.6688 | 149.39 | top 89% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 89% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 75% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon | 2 | 33 | 0 | top 87% | Mar 31, 2017 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AZ
3 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
130
finished ahead 34 times, behind 127
Longest layoff
6.6 yrs
Mar 31, 2017 → Nov 3, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20245 milestones
- First call 9th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.6112 9th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
- Career-best overall score669.6112 9th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
- Career-best single call (Pork)177.1428 9th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
- Most recent contest 9th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
20162 milestones
- First tracked contest Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon
- Peak power rating (1491) Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.1 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon | Apr 1, 2016 |
| -8.9 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon | Mar 31, 2017 |
| -7.2 | Downtown Mesa BBQ Classic | Nov 3, 2023 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 66% | 93% | 93% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 87.2% | 87.2% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 82.7% | 82.7% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 83.8% | 83.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 2024 | 9th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ | 38 / 58 (669.6112) | 28 (170.8456) | 36 (167.4056) | 5 (177.1428) | 52 (154.2172) |
| Nov 3, 2023 | Downtown Mesa BBQ Classic 🏅 Mesa, AZ | 23 / 26 (627.8860) | 21 (157.1200) | 23 (158.8000) | 23 (158.8344) | 23 (153.1316) |
| Nov 3, 2023 | Downtown Mesa BBQ Classic (One Meat Ribs) Mesa, AZ | — | — | 11 (163.4056) | — | — |
| Mar 31, 2017 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon Stillwater, OK | 33 / 37 (595.2456) | 22 (162.7884) | 35 (137.0628) | 33 (146.8344) | 32 (148.5600) |
| Apr 1, 2016 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon Stillwater, OK | 37 / 44 (603.4056) | 33 (153.1084) | 38 (148.6284) | 29 (160) | 40 (141.6688) |