High-water mark
687.4056
career-best overall
95.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 687.4056 at Danny Dietz Memorial World Championship Cookoff — 95.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 11, 2026
CROOKED CROWN COOKERS
CROOKED CROWN COOKERS is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 5th of 75 at the Danny Dietz Memorial World Championship Cookoff (2026).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1521
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 21 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 27, 2023
latest Sep 11, 2026 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 43%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.61
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 172.57 · weakest Brisket (166.46)
Road miles
630
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 630 mi
Purse competed for
$170K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
678.80 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9884 | 163.9428 | 167.21 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 166.2628 | 172.57 | top 33% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 169.1200 | 172.56 | top 33% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1656 | 162.2628 | 166.46 | top 56% |
“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
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
550
finished ahead 396 times, behind 373
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Sep 27, 2023 → Sep 11, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20264 milestones
- First call Danny Dietz Memorial World Championship Cookoff
- First overall top-10 Danny Dietz Memorial World Championship Cookoff
- Career-best overall score687.4056 Danny Dietz Memorial World Championship Cookoff
- Most recent contest Danny Dietz Memorial World Championship Cookoff
20233 milestones
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score677.6684 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 7% | 95.5% | 95.5% |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 61% | 94.1% | 93.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2026 | Danny Dietz Memorial World Championship Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 5 / 75 (687.4056) | 52 (163.9428) | 8 (175.4400) | 12 (174.8572) | 12 (173.1656) |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 172 / 211 (671.3256) | 94 (171.9884) | 171 (166.2628) | 135 (169.1200) | 172 (163.9544) |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 199 / 487 (677.6684) | 308 (165.7028) | 41 (176) | 96 (173.7028) | 336 (162.2628) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.