High-water mark
690.7540
career-best overall
95.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 690.7540 at The Downtown BBQ Showdown — 95.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Apr 14, 2023
HURRICANE COOKERS
HURRICANE COOKERS is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 8th of 29 at The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival (2023). They are ranked #2147 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1533
peak 1533 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Mar 27, 2015
latest Oct 6, 2023 · 8.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
67% of 6 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 39%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
681.71 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 680.46 (+1.25)
Walk rate
83%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.48
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 172.17 · weakest Brisket (167.67)
Road miles
1,108
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 469 mi
Schedule strength
47%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1561)
Purse competed for
$60K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
680.46 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 HURRICANE COOKERS, each with one reason worth a look.
84 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,146 of the rated field
- Contests
- 36
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 22%
- Peak
- 1538
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to HURRICANE COOKERS)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team HURRICANE COOKERS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,145 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1533
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,155 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 63%
- Peak
- 1533
4 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Compare careers#2,143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1533
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 8 years before HURRICANE COOKERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,136 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1533
They turned up 7 years after HURRICANE COOKERS did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Compare careers#2,154 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1533
Level with HURRICANE COOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 179.4400 | 162.8344 | 170.46 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 175.4172 | 162.2284 | 170.16 | top 40% |
| Pork | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 178.2972 | 166.2284 | 172.17 | top 40% |
| Brisket | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1084 | 158.2172 | 167.67 | top 54% |
“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 38% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 44% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
4 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
4 of 6 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
6
a different one every time
Opponents faced
188
finished ahead 135 times, behind 93
Longest layoff
4 yrs
Mar 22, 2019 → Mar 31, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20235 milestones
- Career-best overall score690.7540 The Downtown BBQ Showdown
- First category win (Chicken) Smoketember Fest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)179.4400 Smoketember Fest
- Peak power rating (1533) The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
- Most recent contest The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
20154 milestones
- First tracked contest Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash
- First call Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash
- First overall top-10 Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.1944 Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.9 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown | Apr 14, 2023 |
| +7.1 | Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash | Mar 27, 2015 |
| +6.2 | Smoketember Fest | Sep 15, 2023 |
| +5.5 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival | Oct 6, 2023 |
| +4.1 | Hammond BBQ | Mar 22, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -1.1 | Swampfest | Mar 31, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 75% | top 38% | 95.9% | 94.9% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 44% | 93.7% | 93.7% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 36% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2023 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA | 8 / 29 (688.4916) | 13 (170.2628) | 6 (175.4172) | 12 (171.9772) | 14 (170.8344) |
| Sep 15, 2023 | Smoketember Fest 🏅 Baxley, GA | 9 / 25 (689.0628) | 1 (179.4400) | 17 (169.6800) | 8 (173.7144) | 15 (166.2284) |
| Apr 14, 2023 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown 🏅 Lake City, FL | 8 / 32 (690.7540) | 25 (169.1200) | 3 (174.2628) | 10 (174.2628) | 12 (173.1084) |
| Mar 31, 2023 | Swampfest 🏅 Waycross, GA | 18 / 28 (665.5428) | 15 (171.4056) | 18 (167.3828) | 18 (168.5372) | 24 (158.2172) |
| Mar 22, 2019 | Hammond BBQ 🏅 Hammond, LA | 21 / 48 (674.7084) | 24 (169.6800) | 4 (171.9772) | 30 (166.2284) | 34 (166.8228) |
| Mar 27, 2015 | Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash Ashburn, GA | 10 / 28 (674.1944) | 20 (162.8344) | 19 (162.2284) | 2 (178.2972) | 6 (170.8344) |