CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE

CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE is a competition barbecue team with 34 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2018. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the I-39 Smokin Car Show (2017). They are ranked #1360 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,360

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1575

peak 1601 · rated over 34 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 17, 2013

latest Jul 20, 2018 · 5.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#355

Master 2017 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 3% of the time

Category wins

12 podiums

Overall top-10s

32% of 34 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 46%

overall standings

Best overall

681.6688 / 720

Master · Hog Capital Challenge (JUDGES FULL)

Perfect 180s

Current form

645.44 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 654.38 (-8.94)

Walk rate

74%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Chicken · Up In Smoke On The Square

Consistency

±16.19

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.23 · weakest Brisket (160.23)

Road miles

3,256

across 34 mapped stops · furthest 245 mi

Schedule strength

38%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)

Master avg

654.38 / 720

34 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (15 found in their record)

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

Against the odds

30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 70 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at I-39 Smokin Car Show (Jul 1, 2017) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 30-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, BREWMASTERS BAR-B-QUE.

They almost always walk

74% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 25 of 34 contests

A top-10 category call in 74% of their 34 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

681.6688 career-best overall

94.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 681.6688 at Hog Capital Challenge (JUDGES FULL) — 94.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 16, 2017

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS has finished one call ahead of CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2017 1 Grand Championship

2017 was the year it came together: 7 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 34%.

7 contests
3 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 34%

A tough matchup

23–0 behind in the head-to-head

One2BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

One2BBQ has come out ahead in 23 of their 23 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.0 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.00 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 29% of the time against 62%.

Brisket avg 160.23
Chicken avg 168.23
10 calls in 34 entries

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The drought

8 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at I-39 Smokin Car Show on Jul 1, 2017 — 8 contests and 9.3 years ago.

last GC Jul 1, 2017
9.3 years ago

A strong matchup

12–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 92% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of MEATSMACK in 12 of their 13 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

14 of 23 shared chicken entries lost

One2BBQ ahead 61% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, One2BBQ has out-cooked them in 14 of 23 shared chicken entries.

A big fish in small ponds

Top 42% average finish in small fields

Field size changes the story: they average a top 42% finish in small fields against top 52% in large ones.

Small (<20 teams): top 42% (7)
Large (40+): top 52% (15)

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

FIDDLIN' FATBACK has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An August team

Top 28% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 28% across 3 contests, versus top 46% the rest of the year.

3 August contests
top 46% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,256 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,256 miles across 34 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 245 miles to Lake of the Ozarks Blues & BBQ Weekend.

34 mapped stops
furthest 245 mi

The metronome

±2.25% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.25% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.9% of a perfect score
34 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
2018 ↗	Master	#1005 (279 pts)	#758 (454 pts)	#1075 (279 pts)	#1036 (294 pts)	#1030 (289 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#355 (1,048 pts)	#308 (1,143 pts)	#547 (738 pts)	#426 (898 pts)	#423 (928 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#381 (1,012 pts)	#343 (1,072 pts)	#617 (662 pts)	#342 (1,082 pts)	#466 (882 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#670 (543 pts)	#607 (643 pts)	#959 (363 pts)	#527 (738 pts)	#964 (353 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#537 (713 pts)	#372 (1,008 pts)	#366 (1,003 pts)	#721 (528 pts)	#586 (628 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#565 (549 pts)	#552 (589 pts)	#429 (744 pts)	#462 (709 pts)	#644 (504 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE, each with one reason worth a look.

34 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

GATEWAY DRUM SMOKERS.COM

#1,362 of the rated field

1575 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 64%
Peak: 1584

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Oct 11, 2013

⚔ Head-to-head

Q Shanty

#1,361 of the rated field

1575 power rating

Contests: 46
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1583

Careers of much the same size, 46 contests to 34, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 45 contests
last seen Aug 15, 2026

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HOOS SMOKIN

#1,359 of the rated field

1575 power rating

Contests: 49
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1665

They've been 1665 at their best, 90 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 49 contests
last seen Apr 24, 2026

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AWESOME Q

#1,357 of the rated field

1575 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1581

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 20 contests, alongside a 30% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 19 contests
last seen Sep 1, 2018

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RANCH 13 BBQ

#1,358 of the rated field

1575 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 47%
Peak: 1580

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 19 contests

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THE GRILL DOCTORS

#1,355 of the rated field

1575 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1587

Level with CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Sep 21, 2019

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
QUAU	25	14	11	56%	⚔ compare
FIDDLIN' FATBACK	23	13	10	57%	⚔ compare
One2BBQ	23	0	23	0%	⚔ compare
Its 5 Oclock Somewhere	19	5	14	26%	⚔ compare
ALL IN QUE	19	5	14	26%	⚔ compare
Outsiders BBQ	17	3	14	18%	⚔ compare
SMOKY LINCS	15	10	5	67%	⚔ compare
Monsters of the Ribway	14	8	6	57%	⚔ compare
CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE	14	5	9	36%	⚔ compare
THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS	14	3	11	21%	⚔ compare
MEATSMACK	13	12	1	92%	⚔ compare
CHANNABILLY BBQ	13	8	5	62%	⚔ compare
JUGS BBQ	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
RACK MASTERS BBQ	12	8	4	67%	⚔ compare
MONSTER-QUE	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	34	21	1	4	178.8572	154.2172	168.23	top 34%
Pork Ribs	34	8	2	3	176.5944	137.0744	161.26	top 57%
Pork	34	12	2	4	177.1428	150.7772	164.66	top 46%
Brisket	34	10	0	1	173.1200	142.1828	160.23	top 55%

“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)	7	1	top 42%
Medium (20–39)	12	0	top 40%
Large (40+)	15	0	top 52%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
IL	32	1	top 45%
WI	1	0	top 32%
MO	1	0	top 71%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Up In smoke on the Square ( WAIT LIST ONLY FOR JUDGES)	4	13	0	top 49%	Jun 1, 2018
I-39 Smokin Car Show	2	1	1	top 44%	Jun 30, 2018
Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL)	2	26	0	top 66%	Jul 20, 2018
Route 66 Smoke Out	2	12	0	top 37%	May 4, 2018
CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ	2	16	0	top 64%	Oct 13, 2017
Smoke on the Prairie	2	7	0	top 44%	May 29, 2015
Smoke on the River	2	13	0	top 60%	Sep 5, 2014
Morton BBQ Throwdown	2	20	0	top 51%	Jul 25, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 7 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 5.7 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in IL 32 of 34 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 24 8 of them more than once

First title Jul 1, 2017 I-39 Smokin Car Show

Opponents faced 449 finished ahead 606 times, behind 512

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

20181 milestone

Jul 20 Most recent contest Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL)

20174 milestones

Jun 16 25th tracked contest Hog Capital Challenge (JUDGES FULL)
Jun 16 Career-best overall score681.6688 Hog Capital Challenge (JUDGES FULL)
Jul 1 First Grand Championship I-39 Smokin Car Show
Oct 13 Peak power rating (1601) CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ

20161 milestone

Jul 22 First overall podium Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (Formerly Morton BBQ Throwdown)

20142 milestones

Aug 22 10th tracked contest Up In Smoke On The Square
Aug 22 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 Up In Smoke On The Square

20135 milestones

May 17 First tracked contest Lake of the Ozarks Blues & BBQ Weekend
May 17 First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.9994 Lake of the Ozarks Blues & BBQ Weekend
Jul 13 First call Heart of Illinois Fair BBQ Cookoff
Sep 27 First category win (Pork Ribs) Taste of Downtown Danville BBQ Competition
Sep 27 First overall top-10 Taste of Downtown Danville BBQ Competition

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.9	I-39 Smokin Car Show	Jul 1, 2017
+13.1	Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (Formerly Morton BBQ Throwdown)	Jul 22, 2016
+12.6	Hog Capital Challenge - JUDGES FULL	Jun 17, 2016
+12.2	5th Annual Morton BBQ Throwdown	Jul 24, 2015
+11	Hog Capital Challenge (JUDGES FULL)	Jun 16, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13	CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ	Oct 14, 2016
-12.6	I-39 Smokin Car Show	Jun 30, 2018
-11.6	Assumption Fest Smokin Hot BBQ Contest	Jun 24, 2016
-9.2	Up In smoke on the Square ( WAIT LIST ONLY FOR JUDGES)	Jun 1, 2018
-8.6	Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL)	Jul 21, 2017

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	4	0	0	0	0%	top 66%	92%	89.2%
2017	7	1	3	0	86%	top 34%	94.7%	91.6%
2016	7	0	4	1	86%	top 45%	94.4%	91.2%
2015	4	0	2	1	100%	top 31%	93.5%	92.3%
2014	6	0	1	2	100%	top 45%	93.1%	91.3%
2013	6	0	1	1	50%	top 59%	91.2%	89.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 20, 2018	Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL) Peoria, IL	26 / 43 (656.4000)	19 (168.5372)	37 (158.2516)	27 (163.3828)	22 (166.2284)
Jun 30, 2018	I-39 Smokin Car Show Minonk, IL	24 / 29 (620.9716)	11 (167.4172)	16 (158.2860)	23 (153.0856)	29 (142.1828)
Jun 1, 2018	Up In smoke on the Square ( WAIT LIST ONLY FOR JUDGES) Lincoln, IL	31 / 40 (628.3540)	14 (167.4056)	34 (152.5028)	17 (160.5372)	36 (147.9084)
May 4, 2018	Route 66 Smoke Out Dwight, IL	17 / 38 (662.6972)	12 (170.8228)	25 (161.6688)	23 (162.8228)	17 (167.3828)
Oct 13, 2017	CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ Arthur, IL	16 / 41 (658.7888)	10 (169.7144)	22 (161.1200)	28 (158.8116)	12 (169.1428)
Oct 6, 2017	Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Decatur, IL	5 / 30 (678.2632)	6 (172.5600)	19 (161.1432)	3 (175.4172)	8 (169.1428)
Aug 19, 2017	McHenry Rotary Blues Brews & BBQ McHenry, IL	12 / 36 (649.6344)	10 (168.5600)	12 (161.7260)	26 (154.8228)	5 (164.5256)
Jul 21, 2017	Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL) Peoria, IL	34 / 48 (619.2460)	35 (156.5600)	41 (148.4916)	29 (158.2744)	27 (155.9200)
Jul 1, 2017	I-39 Smokin Car Show Minonk, IL	1 / 18 (671.3144)	2 (170.8344)	3 (171.4172)	2 (171.9772)	10 (157.0856)
Jun 16, 2017	Hog Capital Challenge (JUDGES FULL) Kewanee, IL	4 / 26 (681.6688)	4 (173.1200)	14 (167.4060)	11 (169.1200)	7 (172.0228)
Jun 9, 2017	Beardstown Blues,Brews & Barbecue Beardstown, IL	13 / 24 (659.8740)	4 (172.5600)	21 (153.0628)	10 (168.5484)	9 (165.7028)
Oct 14, 2016	CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ Authur, IL	49 / 55 (637.5888)	30 (165.6800)	44 (158.2744)	13 (168.0116)	53 (145.6228)
Aug 20, 2016	Illinois BBQ Fest at Hillcrest Event Center Orion, IL	3 / 12 (662.1712)	2 (172.5600)	8 (159.9656)	4 (163.3828)	4 (166.2628)
Jul 22, 2016	Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (Formerly Morton BBQ Throwdown) Peoria, IL	3 / 37 (679.3828)	11 (169.6684)	12 (166.8344)	1 (177.1428)	15 (165.7372)
Jun 24, 2016	Assumption Fest Smokin Hot BBQ Contest Assumption, IL	16 / 18 (636.9028)	3 (173.1428)	18 (152.4800)	16 (160.5028)	17 (150.7772)
Jun 17, 2016	Hog Capital Challenge - JUDGES FULL Kewanee, IL	4 / 23 (674.1712)	6 (170.2628)	19 (159.3712)	5 (173.7028)	6 (170.8344)
Jun 3, 2016	Up In smoke on the Square Lincoln, IL	27 / 52 (649.5540)	9 (171.9656)	37 (156.5256)	33 (161.1200)	28 (159.9428)
May 13, 2016	Madison Magazine BBQ Festival Sauk City, WI	6 / 19 (657.6688)	10 (161.6916)	9 (161.1200)	5 (169.7372)	3 (165.1200)
Jul 24, 2015	5th Annual Morton BBQ Throwdown Morton, IL	7 / 47 (673.1088)	9 (169.1316)	13 (166.8344)	7 (171.4400)	16 (165.7028)
Jun 5, 2015	Up In Smoke On The Square Lincoln, IL	16 / 40 (652.9600)	6 (171.9772)	33 (153.0628)	11 (168.5372)	24 (159.3828)
May 29, 2015	Smoke on the Prairie Brimfield, IL	7 / 18 (659.3372)	5 (167.9772)	16 (154.2516)	1 (174.8800)	12 (162.2284)
May 1, 2015	Route 66 Smoke Out (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Dwight, IL	12 / 40 (671.8856)	8 (170.2628)	18 (167.9772)	6 (172.5600)	22 (161.0856)
Sep 5, 2014	Heart of Illinois BBQ, Beer & Bluegrass Festival Peoria, IL	4 / 16 (669.0972)	6 (168.5372)	1 (176.5944)	8 (165.7256)	13 (158.2400)
Sep 5, 2014	Smoke on the River Quincy, IL	13 / 21 (655.9316)	9 (167.9772)	15 (163.4056)	18 (157.7144)	9 (166.8344)
Aug 22, 2014	Up In Smoke On The Square Lincoln, IL	13 / 50 (670.2056)	1 (178.8572)	4 (172.5944)	25 (162.2628)	33 (156.4912)
Jul 25, 2014	Morton BBQ Throwdown Morton, IL	20 / 48 (648.4228)	6 (171.9656)	7 (169.6916)	28 (160.5256)	45 (146.2400)
Jun 13, 2014	Smoke on the Prairie Brimfield, IL	14 / 28 (655.2684)	7 (170.8228)	12 (165.6800)	18 (158.8228)	20 (159.9428)
Apr 25, 2014	Wabash Ribberfest Barbecue Championship Mt. Carmel, IL	32 / 50 (643.8060)	44 (154.2172)	16 (165.6916)	47 (150.7772)	8 (173.1200)
Oct 11, 2013	Central Illinois Bragging Rights Arthur, IL	25 / 53 (645.0512)	21 (166.8684)	39 (154.2400)	17 (165.7028)	26 (158.2400)
Sep 27, 2013	Taste of Downtown Danville BBQ Competition Danville, IL	9 / 25 (656.9940)	9 (167.3828)	1 (176.0116)	18 (157.0512)	13 (156.5484)
Sep 6, 2013	Smoke On The River Quincy, IL	16 / 28 (643.2456)	19 (160.5256)	10 (165.0972)	11 (167.4056)	23 (150.2172)
Jul 26, 2013	Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist) Morton, IL	27 / 45 (628.9372)	19 (163.9428)	43 (137.0744)	13 (168.5256)	21 (159.3944)
Jul 13, 2013	Heart of Illinois Fair BBQ Cookoff Peoria, IL	12 / 15 (638.1488)	12 (159.9772)	14 (159.9544)	4 (166.8228)	13 (151.3944)
May 17, 2013	Lake of the Ozarks Blues & BBQ Weekend Lake of the Ozarks, MO	29 / 41 (651.9994)	24 (166.2856)	18 (165.1426)	31 (159.4286)	26 (161.1426)

CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE

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 (15 found in their record)

Against the odds

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

The drought

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

A big fish in small ponds

Looking over their shoulder

An August 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)