Team of the Year

Team profile

Wild Thang Cookers

  • IBCA
  • KCBS
  • 2023–2026
Contests
26
Grand Championships GC
5
Reserve Grand Championships RGC
1
Overall top 10s
15
Average overall score
551.84
Best overall score
687.326
Seasons active
2023–2026
Sanctioning bodies
IBCAKCBS

Strengths by category

How often the team finishes where, call by call. “Typical finish” is the average finish as a share of the field — lower is better.

Chicken

Typical finishTop 31%

Entries
17
Firsts
2
Top 10s
11

Ribs

Typical finishTop 32%

Entries
22
Firsts
3
Top 10s
13

Pork

Typical finishTop 62%

Entries
4
Firsts
0
Top 10s
0

Brisket

Typical finishTop 15%

Entries
21
Firsts
5
Top 10s
15

Season by season

Overall results per year: how many contests, how they finished, and how the scores moved.

Contests enteredby how the team finished
Contests by year for Wild Thang Cookers Stacked bars of overall contests entered each year, 2023 to 2026. Each bar is split into Grand Championships, other top 10 finishes and all other finishes. The busiest year was 2026 with 11 contests. The full numbers are in the table that follows. 051015 2023: 2 contests, 2 top 10s 2 2023 2024: 5 contests, 2 Grand Championships, 2 top 10s 5 2024 2025: 5 contests, 3 top 10s 5 2025 2026: 11 contests, 3 Grand Championships, 8 top 10s 11 2026
Overall contests by year for Wild Thang Cookers
YearContestsGrand ChampionshipsOverall top 10sAverage overall score
2023202496.78
2024522585.145
2025503522.516
20261138560.042
Average overall scoreper season
Average overall score by year for Wild Thang Cookers Line chart of the team’s average overall score in each year it competed. The highest average was 585.145 in 2024. The yearly averages are in the table of the contests chart. 450500550600 2023: average overall score 496.78496.8 2023 2024: average overall score 585.145585.1 2024 2025: average overall score 522.516522.5 2025 2026: average overall score 560.042560.0 2026

Recent results

The latest overall finishes on record, newest first.

  • Official: KCBS has certified these scores.
  • Posted: IBCA and MBN publish results but do not mark them official.
  1. 5th

    Hunting with Soldiers

    Oct 16, 2026IBCA Elgin, TX 14 teams

    Results status: Posted. Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.
    536.68
  2. 2ndRGC

    Brazos Valley Fair & Rodeo BBQ Cook Off

    Oct 9, 2026IBCA Bryan, TX 17 teams

    Results status: Posted. Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.
    534.5
  3. 78th

    American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest

    Sep 30, 2026KCBS Kansas City, KS 158 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores (first seen Oct 6).KCBS has certified these scores (first seen Oct 6).
    687.326
  4. 173rd

    American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest

    Sep 30, 2026KCBS Kansas City, KS 360 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores (first seen Oct 6).KCBS has certified these scores (first seen Oct 6).
    680.994
  5. 1stGC

    Kids Kicking Cancer - Texas

    Sep 25, 2026IBCA Crosby, TX 33 teams

    Results status: Posted. Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.
    530.84
  6. 4th

    Friends of Wharton Texas Animal Control

    Sep 18, 2026IBCA Wharton, TX 24 teams

    Results status: Posted. Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.
    549.2
  7. 1stGC

    Schulenburg Festival

    Jul 31, 2026IBCA Schulenburg, TX 36 teams

    Results status: Posted. Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.
    549.68
  8. 9th

    Buckles & Badges

    Jul 10, 2026IBCA Hempstead, TX 43 teams

    Results status: Posted. Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.
    526.06
  9. 1stGC

    BBQ for the Brave

    May 29, 2026IBCA Elgin, TX 37 teams

    Results status: Posted. Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.
    552.62
  10. 6th

    MSCA Annual Bar B Que Cookoff

    May 8, 2026IBCA Madisonville, TX 29 teams

    Results status: Posted. Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.
    499.36
  11. 14th

    Buda Lions Country Fair BBQ Cook Off

    Apr 24, 2026IBCA Buda, TX 48 teams

    Results status: Posted. Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.
    513.2
  12. 3rd

    VFW post 4692 IBCA Cook Off

    Sep 19, 2025IBCA Bryan, TX 18 teams

    Results status: Posted. Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.
    541.48

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