SMOKETACULAR

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

Power ranking

#2544

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1518

peak 1518 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-03-15

latest 2014-05-02

Best ToY finish

#1098

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 47%

overall standings

Best overall

672.6860 / 720

Master · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Perfect 180s

Current form

659.99 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 645.42 (+14.57)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.6172

Chicken · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Consistency

±26.69

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.50 · weakest Brisket (158.63)

Road miles

3,302

mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 1258 mi

Schedule strength

14%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1520)

Master avg

645.42 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 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

672.6860 career-best overall

93.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 672.6860 at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour — 93.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
2013-07-19

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

JAESTAR BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

JAESTAR BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.9 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.87 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 25% of the time against 25%.

Brisket avg 158.63
Chicken avg 165.50
2 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKIN PHATTY'S in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

3 of 5 shared chicken entries lost

JAESTAR BBQ ahead 60% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, JAESTAR BBQ has out-cooked them in 3 of 5 shared chicken entries.

The long haul

3,302 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,302 miles across 8 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,258 miles to 7th Stagecoach BBQ Fest.

8 mapped stops
furthest 1,258 mi

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.

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

SEXY Q/17TH ST BAR & GRILL

#2547 of the rated field

1518 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1518

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 2017-09-22

⚔ Head-to-head

TRAILHOUND SMOKERS

#2537 of the rated field

1518 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1518

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 2016-04-08

⚔ Head-to-head

BBQ PIT STOP

#2543 of the rated field

1518 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1518

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2015-07-24

⚔ Head-to-head

Fantasy Q

#2553 of the rated field

1518 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1525

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2024-03-01

⚔ Head-to-head

Gen U Wine Swine

#2555 of the rated field

1518 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1526

No shared contest yet.

Level with SMOKETACULAR on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2016-04-01

⚔ Head-to-head

TOMBSTONE BBQ

#2548 of the rated field

1518 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1532

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 7 contests
last seen 2015-04-03

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
JAESTAR BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	2	1	176.6172	145.7144	165.50	top 38%
Pork Ribs	8	0	0	167.3828	150.2856	159.65	top 60%
Pork	8	2	1	173.7142	144.5712	161.64	top 53%
Brisket	8	2	0	173.1316	138.8572	158.63	top 51%

“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	Avg finish
MO	4	top 39%
KS	1	top 41%
IL	1	top 73%
IA	1	top 14%
CA	1	top 90%

By contest size

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

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 1.1 yrs 2013-03-15 → 2014-05-02

Busiest season 2013 7 contests

Contests a season 4 across 2 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MO 4 of 8 contests · 5 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 8 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 8 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 165.50 · weakest Brisket (158.63)

Walk rate 50% a top-10 call in 4 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 13% 1 of 8 contests

Master average 645.42 out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 274 194–147 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 3,302 8 mapped stops · furthest 1,258 mi

Schedule strength 1520 average field rating faced — tougher than 14% of rated contests

Power rating 1518 peak 1518 · #2544 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Mar 15 First tracked contest NKC MO State BBQ Championship
May 10 First call Platte City BBQ Cook-Off
May 10 First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.1426 Platte City BBQ Cook-Off
Jul 19 First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jul 19 Career-best overall score672.6860 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jul 19 Career-best single call (Chicken)176.6172 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
2014
May 2 Peak power rating (1518) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
May 2 Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.5	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2013-07-19
+10.4	Platte City BBQ Cook-Off	2013-05-10
+6	Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out	2013-09-20
+4.6	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2014-05-02
+2.9	NKC MO State BBQ Championship	2013-03-15

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.4	7th Stagecoach BBQ Fest	2013-04-27
-4.7	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	2013-08-02
-2.3	The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake	2013-04-12

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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2014	1	0	0	0	0%	top 41%	90.4%	90.4%
2013	7	0	1	0	57%	top 48%	93.4%	89.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2014-05-02	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Overland Park, KS	12 / 29 (650.8112)	12 (166.2856)	20 (161.7256)	16 (159.9772)	12 (162.8228)
2013-09-20	Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO	18 / 53 (657.5884)	6 (171.9884)	16 (167.3828)	24 (163.9428)	36 (154.2744)
2013-08-02	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Rockford, IL	22 / 30 (657.7032)	20 (164.5600)	20 (162.3088)	28 (157.7028)	5 (173.1316)
2013-07-19	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Des Moines, IA	4 / 28 (672.6860)	2 (176.6172)	22 (157.7716)	4 (172.0344)	9 (166.2628)
2013-05-10	Platte City BBQ Cook-Off Platte City, MO	11 / 52 (661.1426)	18 (164.5714)	20 (164.0000)	2 (173.7142)	29 (158.8570)
2013-04-27	7th Stagecoach BBQ Fest Indio, CA	27 / 30 (579.4284)	30 (145.7144)	22 (150.2856)	30 (144.5712)	27 (138.8572)
2013-04-12	The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Smithville, MO	28 / 48 (641.7136)	13 (167.9998)	32 (156.5714)	32 (161.1426)	30 (155.9998)
2013-03-15	NKC MO State BBQ Championship N. Kansas City, MO	33 / 79 (642.2850)	14 (166.2856)	48 (157.1428)	35 (159.9998)	35 (158.8568)

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	#1854 (119 pts)	#1940 (119 pts)	#2150 (79 pts)	#2052 (99 pts)	#1915 (119 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1098 (255 pts)	#1028 (300 pts)	#1293 (220 pts)	#904 (355 pts)	#1506 (150 pts)