TRAILHOUND SMOKERS

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

Power ranking

#2537

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1518

peak 1518 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-01-25

latest 2016-04-08

Best ToY finish

#625

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 48%

overall standings

Best overall

662.7776 / 720

Master · Northern Arizona BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

653.40 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 648.78 (+4.62)

Walk rate

63%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1200

Brisket · 3rd Annual Holbrook

Consistency

±10.49

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 165.40 · weakest Pork (159.83)

Road miles

1,577

mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 407 mi

Schedule strength

22%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1530)

Master avg

648.78 / 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

662.7776 career-best overall

92.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 662.7776 at Northern Arizona BBQ Festival — 92.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
2014-06-13

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.6 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.56 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 25% of the time against 25%.

Pork avg 159.83
Brisket avg 165.40
2 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Phil the Grill in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

The comeback

1.7 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2016-04-08).

last seen 2014-07-24
back 2016-04-08

Brisket nemesis

4 of 5 shared brisket entries lost

LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ ahead 80% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ has out-cooked them in 4 of 5 shared brisket entries.

The metronome

±1.46% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.46% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.1% 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.

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

BBQ PIT STOP

#2543 of the rated field

1518 ▼ 0 power rating

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

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to TRAILHOUND SMOKERS)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team TRAILHOUND SMOKERS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2015-07-24

⚔ Head-to-head

SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE SMOKER

#2552 of the rated field

1518 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1518

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to TRAILHOUND SMOKERS)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2015-06-19

⚔ Head-to-head

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.

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 2017-09-22

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKETACULAR

#2544 of the rated field

1518 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1518

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2014-05-02

⚔ 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

Unprohibited BBQ

#2530 of the rated field

1519 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1522

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2017-05-26

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Rhythm n QUE	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	1	0	169.7144	156.5600	161.21	top 62%
Pork Ribs	8	2	1	172.5716	151.9772	162.34	top 48%
Pork	8	2	2	170.8572	145.6228	159.83	top 59%
Brisket	8	2	2	173.1200	161.0972	165.40	top 37%

“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
UT	3	top 38%
AZ	3	top 48%
NV	2	top 63%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	7	0	top 46%
Large (40+)	1	0	top 64%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	6	0	top 37%	2016-04-08

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

On the trail 3.2 yrs 2013-01-25 → 2016-04-08

Busiest season 2014 5 contests

Contests a season 2.7 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in UT 3 of 8 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 7 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 8 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Brisket averages 165.40 · weakest Pork (159.83)

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

Overall top-10 rate 25% 2 of 8 contests

Master average 648.78 out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 196 149–146 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,577 8 mapped stops · furthest 407 mi

Schedule strength 1530 average field rating faced — tougher than 22% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1.7 yrs 2014-07-24 → 2016-04-08

Power rating 1518 peak 1518 · #2537 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Jan 25 First tracked contest 5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship
Jul 12 First call 3rd Annual Holbrook
Jul 12 Career-best single call (Brisket)173.1200 3rd Annual Holbrook
2014
Apr 11 First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Apr 11 First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.4056 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jun 13 Career-best overall score662.7776 Northern Arizona BBQ Festival
2016
Apr 8 Peak power rating (1518) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Apr 8 Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.9	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2014-04-11
+9.7	Northern Arizona BBQ Festival	2014-06-13
+4.6	Days of 47 BBQ Showdown	2014-07-24
+0.7	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2016-04-08
+0.6	3rd Annual Holbrook	2013-07-12

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-4.3	5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship	2013-01-25
-3.7	10th Annual Best Dam Barbecue Challenge	2014-05-23
-0.1	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	2014-04-25

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	1	0	100%	top 53%	90.1%	90.1%
2014	5	2	60%	top 42%	92.1%	90.9%
2013	2	0	50%	top 60%	88.6%	88%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-04-08	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT	16 / 30 (648.4456)	22 (157.1084)	4 (170.2744)	27 (157.0856)	14 (163.9772)
2014-07-24	Days of 47 BBQ Showdown Holladay, UT	12 / 31 (646.8116)	14 (164.0344)	2 (172.5716)	29 (148.5600)	12 (161.6456)
2014-06-13	Northern Arizona BBQ Festival Williams, AZ	9 / 35 (662.7776)	9 (169.7144)	19 (161.1088)	3 (170.8572)	18 (161.0972)
2014-05-23	10th Annual Best Dam Barbecue Challenge Boulder City, NV	23 / 35 (647.2800)	29 (156.5600)	16 (162.8116)	17 (164.5372)	20 (163.3712)
2014-04-25	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Las Vegas, NV	18 / 30 (661.6688)	22 (163.4172)	19 (162.8688)	11 (170.2628)	14 (165.1200)
2014-04-11	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT	6 / 29 (655.4056)	20 (161.1428)	24 (151.9772)	2 (169.7372)	2 (172.5484)
2013-07-12	3rd Annual Holbrook Holbrook, AZ	15 / 27 (637.5772)	17 (160.5600)	18 (158.2744)	27 (145.6228)	3 (173.1200)
2013-01-25	5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship Lake Havasu City, AZ	55 / 86 (630.2852)	57 (157.1428)	43 (158.8572)	75 (151.9996)	35 (162.2856)

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
2016 ↗	Master	#2037 (100 pts)	#2283 (70 pts)	#1441 (205 pts)	#2918 (55 pts)	#2059 (110 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#625 (595 pts)	#792 (465 pts)	#644 (595 pts)	#499 (770 pts)	#556 (665 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1351 (177 pts)	#1469 (167 pts)	#1519 (162 pts)	#1786 (127 pts)	#993 (302 pts)