SMOKIN ON THE ROOF

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#3072

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1503

peak 1503 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-02-22

latest 2013-10-11

Best ToY finish

#790

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 5 contests

Avg finish

top 53%

overall standings

Best overall

669.0744 / 720

Master · PorktoberQue

Perfect 180s

Current form

653.77

last 5 Master vs avg 653.77 (-0.00)

Walk rate

60%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.7144

Chicken · Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge

Consistency

±13.58

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.61 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.75)

Road miles

759

mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 162 mi

Schedule strength

11%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1516)

Master avg

653.77 / 720

5 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (3 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

High-water mark

669.0744 career-best overall

92.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 669.0744 at PorktoberQue — 92.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
2013-09-27

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

LOTTA BULL BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

LOTTA BULL BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.9 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.87 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 40%.

Pork Ribs avg 159.75
Chicken avg 166.61
1 calls in 5 entries

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

Spark BBQ

#3084 of the rated field

1503 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1514

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
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TWISTED PIG

#3071 of the rated field

1503 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1521

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 11 years after SMOKIN ON THE ROOF did, first appearing in 2024.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2024-09-20

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Smoke and Mirrors

#3091 of the rated field

1503 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1511

No shared contest yet.

Level with SMOKIN ON THE ROOF on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2023-08-04

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FOUR ONE OAK

#3096 of the rated field

1503 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1515

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2020-06-26

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Smoke-N-Things

#3081 of the rated field

1503 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1512

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2018-05-04

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#3064 of the rated field

1504 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1505

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2017-10-13

⚔ Head-to-head

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	5	2	173.7144	155.9998	166.61	top 47%
Pork Ribs	5	1	169.1428	149.6688	159.75	top 62%
Pork	5	0	167.4172	158.2856	164.44	top 52%
Brisket	5	1	169.1428	146.8572	162.97	top 46%

“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 contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 49%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 59%

The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 0.6 yrs 2013-02-22 → 2013-10-11

Busiest season 2013 5 contests

Cooks most in AL 5 of 5 contests

Contests visited 5 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 5 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 166.61 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.75)

Walk rate 60% a top-10 call in 3 of 5 contests

Overall top-10 rate 20% 1 of 5 contests

Master average 653.77 out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 171 106–113 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 759 5 mapped stops · furthest 162 mi

Schedule strength 1516 average field rating faced — tougher than 11% of rated contests

Power rating 1503 peak 1503 · #3072 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Feb 22 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Feb 22 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Feb 22 First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.8568 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Sep 27 First overall top-10 PorktoberQue
Sep 27 Career-best overall score669.0744 PorktoberQue
Oct 11 Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7144 Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge
Oct 11 Peak power rating (1503) Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge
Oct 11 Most recent contest Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.1	PorktoberQue	2013-09-27
+3.9	Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest	2013-09-13
+2.3	Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge	2013-10-11

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7.3	BBQ Championship & Hog Wild Festival	2013-03-08
-5.6	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2013-02-22

Category scores over time

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)
2013	5	0	1	0	60%	top 53%	92.9%	90.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2013-10-11	Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge Cullman, AL	17 / 32 (665.0972)	9 (173.7144)	29 (154.8228)	12 (167.4172)	14 (169.1428)
2013-09-27	PorktoberQue Dothan, AL	7 / 29 (669.0744)	5 (171.9772)	6 (166.8228)	11 (167.4172)	12 (162.8572)
2013-09-13	Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL	34 / 80 (653.5544)	28 (167.3828)	74 (149.6688)	28 (167.3828)	17 (169.1200)
2013-03-08	BBQ Championship & Hog Wild Festival Mobile, AL	42 / 56 (630.2854)	49 (155.9998)	12 (169.1428)	42 (158.2856)	51 (146.8572)
2013-02-22	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Daphne, AL	20 / 29 (650.8568)	20 (163.9998)	24 (158.2856)	21 (161.7142)	10 (166.8572)

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

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2013 ↗	Master	#790 (388 pts)	#800 (408 pts)	#748 (443 pts)	#919 (348 pts)	#740 (438 pts)