BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS

BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS is a competition barbecue team with 44 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2018. They have won 5 Grand Championships, most recently at the Prime UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP (2017), and finished Reserve Grand Champion 4 times. They are ranked #386 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “* BBQ Longhorn Ranch Hands”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#386

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1703

peak 1703 · rated over 40 contests4 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 30, 2015

latest Jun 30, 2018 · 3.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#30

Master 2016 · every season

Grand champs

4 reserve · wins it all 11% of the time

Category wins

40 podiums

Overall top-10s

73% of 44 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 29%

overall standings

Best overall

696.5484 / 720

Master · Vuur en Vlees (Fire and Meat)

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

669.34 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 668.76 (+0.57)

Walk rate

84%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Brisket · EUregio Barbecue Festival

Consistency

±16.50

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 168.21 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.49)

Road miles

31,809

across 44 mapped stops · furthest 4,536 mi

Schedule strength

24%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)

Master avg

668.76 / 720

44 Master contests · 5 GCs

Storylines (17 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

0.0796 points from the title

Came within 0.0796 points of the Grand Championship at Oslofjord BBQ Challenge (Aug 13, 2016).

Among the elite

#386 of 6,476 rated teams

In the top 6% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1703 puts them #386 of 6,476 rated teams — the top 6% of the field.

rating 1703
peak 1703
40 rated contests

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in brisket.

Brisket ×1

Giant slayer

30 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 30-team field at W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest.

Jan 14, 2017

Happy hunting ground

Top 19% average finish here

Barbecue Bulls Championship 2016 is their spot: an average finish in the top 19% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 2nd
average top 19%

A multi-meat day

1 contest with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Bohemian BBQ (May 21, 2016).

Pork Ribs 1st
Brisket 1st

They almost always walk

84% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 37 of 44 contests

A top-10 category call in 84% of their 44 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

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High-water mark

696.5484 career-best overall

96.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 696.5484 at Vuur en Vlees (Fire and Meat) — 96.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 4, 2016

The one to beat

4× one call ahead of them

IQ - NETHERLANDS has finished one call ahead of BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2016 3 Grand Championships

2016 was the year it came together: 20 contests, 3 Grand Championships and 9 category wins, at an average finish in the top 22%.

20 contests
17 overall top-10s
9 category wins
average top 22%

A tough matchup

16–6 behind in the head-to-head

BUNCH OF SWINES ahead in 73% of their meetings

BUNCH OF SWINES has come out ahead in 16 of their 22 shared contests.

A strong matchup

18–6 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of ROKENDE REGAHS in 18 of their 24 shared contests.

Announced themselves early

3rd at their very first contest

Finished 3 of 12 at their very first tracked contest, Barbecue Bulls Championship 2015 (Apr 30, 2015).

Apr 30, 2015
12-team field

Looking over their shoulder

5× one call behind them

MISS PIGGY'S U.K. has landed one call behind them 5 times.

A September team

Top 17% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 17% across 7 contests, versus top 29% the rest of the year.

7 September contests
top 29% the rest of the year

The long haul

31,809 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 31,809 miles across 44 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 4,536 miles to 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL).

44 mapped stops
furthest 4,536 mi

The metronome

±2.29% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.29% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.9% of a perfect score
44 contests

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
2017 ↗	Master	#172 (1,625 pts)	#195 (1,410 pts)	#287 (1,180 pts)	#129 (1,685 pts)	#239 (1,360 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#30 (2,473 pts)	#6 (2,585 pts)	#41 (2,162 pts)	#36 (2,181 pts)	#33 (2,289 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#199 (1,516 pts)	#374 (996 pts)	#310 (1,111 pts)	#234 (1,266 pts)	#170 (1,631 pts)

Overall rank by season

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1703 power rating

Contests: 93
GCs: 5
Top-10s: 51%
Peak: 1734

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

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#384 of the rated field

1703 power rating

Contests: 51
GCs: 4
Top-10s: 80%
Peak: 1715

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rated over 51 contests
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#385 of the rated field

1703 power rating

Contests: 57
GCs: 5
Top-10s: 58%
Peak: 1703

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 54 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 54 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026
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#383 of the rated field

1703 power rating

Contests: 75
GCs: 7
Top-10s: 47%
Peak: 1709

Their rating is built on 7 Grand Championships in 75 contests, alongside a 47% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 68 contests
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KC SMOKE DAWGS

#389 of the rated field

1702 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 72
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1725

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS)

Level with BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 70 contests
last seen Nov 5, 2025

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Mad Hatter BBQ

#388 of the rated field

1703 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 37
GCs: 4
Top-10s: 68%
Peak: 1715

They turned up 8 years after BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS did, first appearing in 2023.

rated over 37 contests
last seen Aug 21, 2026

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
MISS PIGGY'S U.K.	27	11	16	41%	⚔ compare
ROKENDE REGAHS	24	18	6	75%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	24	12	12	50%	⚔ compare
DE FILOUS	23	13	10	57%	⚔ compare
BBQ+	22	10	12	45%	⚔ compare
BUNCH OF SWINES	22	6	16	27%	⚔ compare
White Squirrel BBQ	20	12	8	60%	⚔ compare
GRILLKUNST	19	16	3	84%	⚔ compare
PUREBBQ	18	12	6	67%	⚔ compare
IQ - NETHERLANDS	18	4	14	22%	⚔ compare
LETZQ	17	14	3	82%	⚔ compare
BBQ WIESEL	17	10	7	59%	⚔ compare
DRAGON BBQ	16	9	7	56%	⚔ compare
BOHEMIAN BBQ	15	10	5	67%	⚔ compare
IRON BBQ	14	11	3	79%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	44	22	6	11	178.8572	150.2172	167.65	top 41%
Pork Ribs	44	24	3	7	178.8800	148.5372	165.49	top 42%
Pork	44	27	2	11	179.4400	150.8456	168.21	top 34%
Brisket	44	28	3	11	180 🔥	150.2632	167.41	top 33%

“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
Small (<20 teams)	9	1	top 36%
Medium (20–39)	24	4	top 23%
Large (40+)	11	0	top 34%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
NL	7	1	top 24%
KS	2	0	top 69%
TN	2	0	top 60%
DE	2	0	top 16%
IT	2	0	top 8%
BZ	1	1	top 3%
BE	1	0	top 17%
NR	1	1	top 4%
NO	1	0	top 7%
SE	1	0	top 16%
CZ	1	0	top 14%
CH	1	1	top 5%
AT	1	0	top 13%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
PRIME UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP	2	1	1	top 50%	Jun 30, 2018
Brew N Q (OPEN)	2	8	0	top 33%	May 27, 2017
37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	2	131	0	top 69%	Oct 29, 2016
Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)	2	40	0	top 60%	Oct 21, 2016
Regahfest 2016	2	8	0	top 33%	Aug 27, 2016
Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	2	9	0	top 25%	May 14, 2016
Barbecue Bulls Championship 2016	2	2	0	top 19%	Apr 23, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 20 contests · 3 GCs

Contests a season 11 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NL 7 of 44 contests · 13 states and provinces in all

Contests visited 37 7 of them more than once

First title Apr 30, 2016 Smoke By the River

Opponents faced 1,022 finished ahead 1,268 times, behind 821

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

20181 milestone

Jun 30 Most recent contest PRIME UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP

20173 milestones

Jan 14 Biggest field won (30 teams) W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest
Jul 1 5th Grand Championship Prime UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP
Sep 22 Peak power rating (1703) 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017

20166 milestones

Apr 30 First Grand Championship Smoke By the River
May 21 First multi-meat day Bohemian BBQ
Jun 4 Career-best overall score696.5484 Vuur en Vlees (Fire and Meat)
Aug 13 10th category win Oslofjord BBQ Challenge
Aug 20 First perfect 180 (Brisket) EUregio Barbecue Festival
Aug 20 25th tracked contest EUregio Barbecue Festival

20158 milestones

Apr 30 First tracked contest Barbecue Bulls Championship 2015
Apr 30 First call Barbecue Bulls Championship 2015
Apr 30 First category win (Pork) Barbecue Bulls Championship 2015
Apr 30 First overall top-10 Barbecue Bulls Championship 2015
Apr 30 First overall podium Barbecue Bulls Championship 2015
Apr 30 First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.1316 Barbecue Bulls Championship 2015
Sep 19 First Reserve Championship Het BBQ Kampioenschap Van Het Waasland
Sep 25 10th tracked contest 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.5	2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015	Sep 25, 2015
+13.8	3rd Annual BBQ Society Cook Off	Oct 10, 2015
+13.7	Het BBQ Kampioenschap Van Het Waasland	Sep 19, 2015
+12.2	Smoke By the River	Apr 30, 2016
+12	Meat the East	Mar 19, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.2	EUregio BBQ Festival	Aug 15, 2015
-9.9	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)	Oct 21, 2016
-9.2	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	Oct 29, 2016
-7.1	Vuur en Vlees (Fire and Meat)	Jun 6, 2015
-6.8	Delft Beer & BBQ Fest	Jun 27, 2015

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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)
2018	1	0	0	0	0%	top 94%	89.3%	89.3%
2017	11	2	9	3	100%	top 22%	96.5%	94%
2016	20	3	17	9	85%	top 22%	96.7%	93.7%
2015	12	0	6	2	75%	top 40%	94%	90.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 30, 2018	PRIME UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP unrated Gaiarine	17 / 18 (643.3032)	18 (157.0856)	18 (153.7032)	12 (166.2744)	12 (166.2400)
Sep 22, 2017	4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 Waltrop NRW, Germany	4 / 66 (674.8228)	17 (167.9656)	13 (167.4516)	4 (172.0228)	11 (167.3828)
Aug 19, 2017	EUregio Barbeque Festival Waldfeucht-Haaren/NRW	7 / 31 (675.9544)	21 (164.5256)	5 (170.2972)	4 (174.2972)	12 (166.8344)
Jul 22, 2017	2nd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen	13 / 40 (675.4404)	6 (174.8572)	31 (160.5716)	30 (162.2972)	4 (177.7144)
Jul 8, 2017	Vienna BBQ Days Vienna	3 / 20 (677.1660)	1 (176.5944)	6 (162.2860)	4 (172.5828)	5 (165.7028)
Jul 1, 2017	Prime UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP unrated Gaiarine	1 / 18 (694.8340)	7 (171.4284)	1 (178.8800)	6 (171.9656)	3 (172.5600)
May 27, 2017	Brew N Q (OPEN) Burton Upon Trent	8 / 34 (676.5372)	23 (165.0856)	9 (171.4516)	5 (172)	9 (168)
May 26, 2017	Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL) unrated Burton Upon Trent	11 / 26 (663.9544)	11 (169.1200)	6 (168.0116)	6 (170.2856)	23 (156.5372)
Apr 29, 2017	3rd Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2017 Salzburg Austria	5 / 28 (682.7884)	4 (174.2628)	18 (163.9656)	1 (179.4400)	15 (165.1200)
Apr 22, 2017	Bardo-Q BBQ Competition Bardonecchia	7 / 28 (684.0344)	7 (173.7600)	7 (172.5716)	3 (176.5828)	21 (161.1200)
Apr 8, 2017	Meat Smoke and Beer Festival 2017 Wels	7 / 14 (659.9316)	12 (159.9544)	11 (162.2744)	2 (170.8456)	6 (166.8572)
Jan 14, 2017	W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ	1 / 30 (679.4172)	2 (173.1544)	7 (171.4172)	19 (162.2856)	2 (172.5600)
Oct 29, 2016	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	358 / 557 (643.9200)	399 (158.8000)	379 (159.4056)	259 (165.1316)	312 (160.5828)
Oct 28, 2016	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS	131 / 180 (667.3368)	124 (167.9656)	108 (166.8572)	134 (165.1084)	103 (167.4056)
Oct 21, 2016	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN	74 / 96 (658.1368)	76 (162.2512)	52 (169.1316)	87 (158.2284)	46 (168.5256)
Sep 24, 2016	3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016 Waltrop NRW, DE	10 / 67 (664.6400)	2 (176.6172)	38 (160)	3 (174.3200)	52 (153.7028)
Sep 17, 2016	Het BBQ Kampionenschap Van Het Waasland Nikiaas, Belgium	5 / 29 (674.2056)	10 (168.5484)	10 (162.8572)	3 (171.9772)	3 (170.8228)
Sep 10, 2016	Farm Meat Dongen, NL	8 / 27 (665.6000)	18 (164.5256)	17 (161.1088)	11 (166.8572)	4 (173.1084)
Aug 27, 2016	Regahfest 2016 Den Hagg, NL	8 / 35 (676.4912)	23 (166.8228)	2 (171.4400)	15 (165.1084)	4 (173.1200)
Aug 20, 2016	EUregio Barbecue Festival Waldfeutch-Haaren/NRW, NR	1 / 28 (696.5376)	2 (176.0116)	21 (161.6688)	2 (178.8572)	1 (180)
Aug 13, 2016	Oslofjord BBQ Challenge OSLO, Norway, NO	2 / 28 (672.5832)	1 (173.7260)	16 (158.2972)	3 (168.5944)	3 (171.9656)
Aug 6, 2016	Smoke in the North Gothenburg, Sweden	5 / 31 (660.4572)	17 (161.6800)	7 (167.4288)	3 (173.7028)	19 (157.6456)
Jul 23, 2016	Black Forrest Smoke & Wine Festival Millheim, DE	5 / 29 (687.9660)	2 (178.2972)	5 (174.8572)	7 (173.7144)	21 (161.0972)
Jun 18, 2016	Delft BBQ Fest 2016 Delft, NL	3 / 18 (681.6460)	2 (175.4172)	2 (170.2860)	10 (166.2628)	4 (169.6800)
Jun 11, 2016	Italian Barbecue Championship 2016 Perugia, Italy	2 / 29 (691.9772)	4 (175.4400)	1 (176.0116)	16 (169.1084)	8 (171.4172)
Jun 4, 2016	Vuur en Vlees (Fire and Meat) Deurne, The Netherlands, NL	1 / 24 (696.5484)	1 (178.8572)	5 (173.1200)	5 (173.7028)	4 (170.8684)
May 21, 2016	Bohemian BBQ Prague, Czech Republic	3 / 22 (671.9312)	17 (158.8000)	1 (169.7028)	2 (174.2856)	1 (169.1428)
May 14, 2016	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands, NL	9 / 65 (673.1088)	13 (170.8572)	45 (158.8228)	8 (172.5716)	7 (170.8572)
Apr 30, 2016	Smoke By the River Brugg, Switzerland	1 / 20 (681.7028)	1 (176.0116)	5 (165.7144)	4 (168.5484)	2 (171.4284)
Apr 23, 2016	Barbecue Bulls Championship 2016 Salzburg, Austria	2 / 16 (680.6060)	1 (173.1544)	4 (173.1544)	8 (162.2628)	4 (172.0344)
Mar 19, 2016	Meat the East Enschede, NL	3 / 33 (677.2116)	1 (173.1316)	3 (171.4400)	18 (160.0572)	3 (172.5828)
Jan 15, 2016	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol 2016 Rein in Taufers, Italy	3 / 30 (673.7716)	8 (167.4400)	7 (168.5600)	3 (173.1772)	11 (164.5944)
Oct 23, 2015	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN	40 / 93 (672.4796)	36 (169.6912)	39 (169.1084)	51 (165.6800)	42 (168)
Oct 10, 2015	3rd Annual BBQ Society Cook Off Hoofddorp Netherlands	3 / 42 (668.0684)	19 (164.5484)	16 (163.4744)	11 (165.7600)	2 (174.2856)
Sep 25, 2015	2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015 Herten, NRW	3 / 67 (676.5600)	24 (166.2856)	14 (165.7260)	7 (170.2856)	3 (174.2628)
Sep 19, 2015	Het BBQ Kampioenschap Van Het Waasland Sint-Niklaas	2 / 13 (668.5376)	6 (164)	6 (161.7032)	4 (166.2628)	1 (176.5716)
Sep 12, 2015	Bohemian Bluegrass & BBQ Naplavka, Prague	4 / 13 (646.2512)	4 (166.2628)	7 (160.0344)	11 (150.8456)	4 (169.1084)
Aug 29, 2015	Regahfest Den Haag, Zuid-Holland	13 / 30 (650.1596)	27 (158.8112)	18 (160.5600)	10 (165.6684)	9 (165.1200)
Aug 15, 2015	EUregio BBQ Festival Waldfeucht-Haaren / Nordrhein	19 / 22 (617.6916)	14 (160.5600)	20 (149.7488)	20 (151.9428)	13 (155.4400)
Aug 1, 2015	Smoke in the North Gunnilse/Gothenburg	11 / 26 (645.6572)	23 (150.2172)	10 (167.4744)	12 (162.7884)	8 (165.1772)
Jun 27, 2015	Delft Beer & BBQ Fest Delft, The Netherlands	15 / 20 (642.2056)	8 (166.8572)	20 (148.5372)	15 (161.1084)	5 (165.7028)
Jun 6, 2015	Vuur en Vlees (Fire and Meat) Deurne, The Netherlands, NL	9 / 12 (647.9084)	12 (153.0740)	8 (164)	5 (167.9772)	6 (162.8572)
May 23, 2015	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands	25 / 68 (648.4112)	34 (162.2628)	48 (155.9428)	14 (167.9656)	20 (162.2400)
Apr 30, 2015	Barbecue Bulls Championship 2015 Salzburg, Austria	3 / 12 (657.1316)	7 (161.7028)	2 (172.5828)	1 (172.5828)	9 (150.2632)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (17 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Among the elite

Perfect scores on the board

Giant slayer

Happy hunting ground

A multi-meat day

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Announced themselves early

Looking over their shoulder

A September team

The long haul

The metronome

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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)