TRASH CAN COOKERS

TRASH CAN COOKERS is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2021. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full) (2014). They finished #792 in the 2014 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1536

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 14, 2014

latest Jun 11, 2021 · 7.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#792

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 25% of the time

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

75% of 4 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s, still running

Avg finish

top 16%

overall standings

Best overall

663.9768 / 720

Master · Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full)

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

100%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.2860

Pork Ribs · Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 169.00 · weakest Pork (158.55)

Road miles

644

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 409 mi

Schedule strength

18%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)

Purse competed for

$14K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

653.94 / 720

2 Master contests · 1 GC

Backyard avg

340.54 / 360

1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

Storylines (4 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Against the odds

33-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 67 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full) (Apr 4, 2014) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 33-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, SMOKE THIS.

Giant slayer

50 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 50-team field at Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full).

Apr 4, 2014

High-water mark

663.9768 career-best overall

92.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 663.9768 at Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full) — 92.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
Apr 4, 2014

The comeback

7.2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 7.2 years, then back at Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest - One Meat Contest - Ribs (Jun 11, 2021).

last seen Apr 4, 2014
back Jun 11, 2021

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
2014 ↗	Master	#792 (429 pts)	#1081 (309 pts)	#1017 (334 pts)	#1420 (209 pts)	#888 (384 pts)

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	3	2	1	169.1428	156.5144	163.97	top 38%
Pork Ribs	4	3	1	174.2860	164.5944	169.00	top 20%
Pork	2	0	0	165.1312	151.9772	158.55	top 50%
Brisket	2	1	1	165.1428	165.1084	165.13	top 17%

“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 23%
Large (40+)	1	1	top 2%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
TX	2	1	top 18%
KS	1	0	top 11%

More numbers

Contests a season 2 across 2 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 2 of 4 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 3 a different one every time

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 4 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

First title Apr 4, 2014 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full)

Opponents faced 120 finished ahead 107 times, behind 13

Longest layoff 7.2 yrs Apr 4, 2014 → Jun 11, 2021

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20213 milestones

Jun 11 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.2860 Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
Jun 11 Peak power rating (1536) Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
Jun 11 Most recent contest Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest

20148 milestones

Mar 14 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 14 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 14 First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Apr 4 First overall podium Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full)
Apr 4 First Grand Championship Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full)
Apr 4 First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.9768 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full)
Apr 4 Biggest field won (50 teams) Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full)
Apr 4 Career-best overall score663.9768 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full)	Apr 4, 2014
+13.4	Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest	Jun 11, 2021
+6.5	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Mar 14, 2014

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)
2021	2	0	1	0	100%	top 11%	94.6%	94.6%
2014	2	1	2	0	100%	top 18%	92.2%	90.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 11, 2021	Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS	3 / 28 (340.5376)	7 (166.2516)	3 (174.2860)	—	—
Jun 11, 2021	Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest - One Meat Contest - Ribs Derby, KS	—	—	5 (166.8572)	—	—
Apr 4, 2014	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full) Cedar Park, TX	1 / 50 (663.9768)	3 (169.1428)	14 (164.5944)	12 (165.1312)	14 (165.1084)
Mar 14, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Worth, TX	10 / 29 (643.9088)	24 (156.5144)	4 (170.2744)	22 (151.9772)	2 (165.1428)

TRASH CAN COOKERS

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

Best single call

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Backyard avg

Storylines (4 found in their record)

Against the odds

Giant slayer

High-water mark

The comeback

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)