BOB & ED EAT SMOKE BBQ

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

Power ranking

#2663

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1514

peak 1522 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-31

latest 2016-07-15

Best ToY finish

#869

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 48%

overall standings

Best overall

663.8744 / 720

Master · Cookin' on Kampeska

Perfect 180s

Current form

652.28

last 5 Master vs avg 652.52 (-0.24)

Walk rate

63%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

176.0000

Chicken · Cookin' on Kampeska: Wing Fling & BBQ Thing

Consistency

±7.72

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.79 · weakest Brisket (159.25)

Road miles

454

mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 90 mi

Schedule strength

21%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1529)

Master avg

652.52 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (8 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.

They almost always walk

63% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 5 of 8 contests

A top-10 category call in 63% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

663.8744 career-best overall

92.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 663.8744 at Cookin' on Kampeska — 92.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
2014-07-18

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS has finished one call ahead of BOB & ED EAT SMOKE BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

Eggspert BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Eggspert BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.54 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 38%.

Brisket avg 159.25
Chicken avg 168.79
1 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

6–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SHAGAN PIT in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

6 of 8 shared chicken entries lost

Eggspert BBQ ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Eggspert BBQ has out-cooked them in 6 of 8 shared chicken entries.

The metronome

±1.07% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.07% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.6% of a perfect score
8 contests

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

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

KPG SMOKIN'

#2656 of the rated field

1514 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1515

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2026-05-08

⚔ Head-to-head

T & J Backyard BBQ

#2667 of the rated field

1514 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1514

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2020-02-21

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NELSON FAMILY BARBEQUE

#2678 of the rated field

1514 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1519

No shared contest yet.

Level with BOB & ED EAT SMOKE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2019-06-07

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S.W.A.T. BBQ

#2675 of the rated field

1514 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1520

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2018-01-13

⚔ Head-to-head

NO LABEL BBQ

#2655 of the rated field

1514 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1522

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2023-01-27

⚔ Head-to-head

THE NOTORIOUS P.I.G. (AKA PIGGY SMALLZ BBQ)

#2676 of the rated field

1514 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1521

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2019-07-12

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
Eggspert BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
SPITFIRE	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
Charcoal Loungers	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
MUSTANG SALLY BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
SHAGAN PIT	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
CRF BLUE RIBB'N BBQ	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
BIG J'S SMOKEHOUSE	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
Pigtamer BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
Subtle Smoke	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
BIG ISLAND BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
GERRIT BOYS BARBEQUE	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
SIN CIRCLE BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	3	1	2	176.0000	162.2972	168.79	top 33%
Pork Ribs	8	2	0	0	172.0116	150.2516	160.35	top 56%
Pork	8	2	0	1	173.7372	158.2628	164.13	top 48%
Brisket	8	1	0	0	167.3944	147.4284	159.25	top 53%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
SD	7	0	top 51%
MN	1	0	top 32%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	4	0	top 42%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 55%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Cookin' on Kampeska	3	15	0	top 59%	2016-07-15
Original SD BBQ Championships	2	14	0	top 43%	2015-06-05

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.1 yrs 2013-05-31 → 2016-07-15

Busiest season 2013 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in SD 7 of 8 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 5 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 8 entries · 1 win · 3 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 168.79 · weakest Brisket (159.25)

Walk rate 63% a top-10 call in 5 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 25% 2 of 8 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 652.52 out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 125 147–136 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 454 8 mapped stops · furthest 90 mi

Schedule strength 1529 average field rating faced — tougher than 21% of rated contests

Power rating 1514 peak 1522 · #2663 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
May 31 First tracked contest Original SD BBQ Championships
May 31 First call Original SD BBQ Championships
May 31 First category win (Chicken) Original SD BBQ Championships
Jul 19 First overall top-10 Cookin' on Kampeska: Wing Fling & BBQ Thing
Jul 19 First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.5032 Cookin' on Kampeska: Wing Fling & BBQ Thing
Jul 19 Career-best single call (Chicken)176.0000 Cookin' on Kampeska: Wing Fling & BBQ Thing
2014
Jul 18 Career-best overall score663.8744 Cookin' on Kampeska
2015
Jul 17 Peak power rating (1522) Cookin' on Kampeska
2016
Jul 15 Most recent contest Cookin' on Kampeska

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+7	Smokefest	2013-08-16
+6.6	Original SD BBQ Championships	2015-06-05
+5.4	Cookin' on Kampeska: Wing Fling & BBQ Thing	2013-07-19
+1.5	Cookin' on Kampeska	2014-07-18
+1.1	Cookin' on Kampeska	2015-07-17

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7.6	Cookin' on Kampeska	2016-07-15
-0.2	SD BBQ Championships	2014-06-06

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	1	0	0	100%	top 78%	89.7%	89.7%
2015	2	0	0	50%	top 42%	90.7%	90.7%
2014	2	0	0	0%	top 52%	92.2%	90.9%
2013	3	2	1	100%	top 41%	91.7%	90.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-07-15	Cookin' on Kampeska Watertown, SD	32 / 41 (645.6460)	27 (162.2972)	10 (172.0116)	31 (161.6916)	38 (149.6456)
2015-07-17	Cookin' on Kampeska Watertown, SD	19 / 38 (653.0624)	15 (166.8456)	24 (160.5256)	25 (160.5484)	11 (165.1428)
2015-06-05	Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD	14 / 41 (653.0860)	14 (168.0000)	34 (150.2516)	3 (173.7372)	19 (161.0972)
2014-07-18	Cookin' on Kampeska Watertown, SD	15 / 31 (663.8744)	17 (165.1088)	13 (167.4172)	17 (166.8228)	16 (164.5256)
2014-06-06	SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD	23 / 42 (645.7144)	14 (166.9144)	22 (158.2856)	26 (158.2628)	18 (162.2516)
2013-08-16	Smokefest Marshall, MN	10 / 31 (658.2860)	7 (170.2972)	23 (156.5828)	10 (164.0116)	8 (167.3944)
2013-07-19	Cookin' on Kampeska: Wing Fling & BBQ Thing Watertown, SD	10 / 26 (660.5032)	2 (176.0000)	10 (165.7144)	14 (162.2400)	13 (156.5488)
2013-05-31	Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD	21 / 41 (639.9998)	1 (174.8570)	29 (152.0000)	14 (165.7144)	36 (147.4284)

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
2014 ↗	Master	#2070 (77 pts)	#1926 (122 pts)	#2134 (82 pts)	#2618 (67 pts)	#2000 (102 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#869 (343 pts)	#451 (703 pts)	#1151 (258 pts)	#900 (358 pts)	#937 (328 pts)