BENTWOOD SMOKERS

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

Power ranking

#5625

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1447

peak 1447 · rated over 12 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-25

latest 2018-04-20

Best ToY finish

#1349

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 12 contests

Avg finish

top 74%

overall standings

Best overall

642.1832 / 720

Master · Pickin' in the Panhandle

Perfect 180s

Current form

616.45 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 618.61 (-2.15)

Walk rate

25%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5714

Chicken · The Memorial Day Pignic

Consistency

±12.21

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 159.21 · weakest Brisket (146.83)

Road miles

287

mi across 12 mapped stops · furthest 66 mi

Schedule strength

40%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)

Master avg

618.61 / 720

12 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.

A tough matchup

11–0 behind in the head-to-head

3 EYZ BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

3 EYZ BBQ has come out ahead in 11 of their 11 shared contests.

The weak link

−12.4 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 12.38 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 17%.

Brisket avg 146.83
Chicken avg 159.21
0 calls in 12 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of LATE STARTERS in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

10 of 11 shared chicken entries lost

3 EYZ BBQ ahead 91% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, 3 EYZ BBQ has out-cooked them in 10 of 11 shared chicken entries.

The metronome

±1.70% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.70% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 85.9% of a perfect score
12 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked The Ironman every year from 2015 to 2018 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 30th

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.

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

POP N' SMOKE

#5638 of the rated field

1447 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1447

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

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2022-01-14

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S&S BEERBQ

#5630 of the rated field

1447 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1447

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BENTWOOD SMOKERS)

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 2021-04-16

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SWINE AND CHEESE

#5613 of the rated field

1447 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1500

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

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 23 contests to 12.

rated over 23 contests
last seen 2026-07-11

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SMOKI BROS. BBQ

#5624 of the rated field

1447 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1447

No shared contest yet.

12 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2017-09-22

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Half-Inked BBQ

#5636 of the rated field

1447 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1447

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 8 years after BENTWOOD SMOKERS did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2026-08-08

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33 Smokers

#5628 of the rated field

1447 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1505

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2025-09-19

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
3 EYZ BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
DRILLING & GRILLING	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
4:20 Q	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
The Inked Pig	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
BONE TO BARK BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
RED BROTHERS BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN GNOME BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Brown Liquor BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	12	2	1	1	176.5714	148.5600	159.21	top 63%
Pork Ribs	12	1	0	0	169.1544	134.2516	155.07	top 63%
Pork	12	0	0	0	166.2628	149.0856	157.50	top 64%
Brisket	12	0	0	0	160.5372	125.1426	146.83	top 78%

“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
PA	6	top 71%
MD	4	top 87%
VA	1	top 67%
WV	1	top 46%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 70%
Large (40+)	9	0	top 76%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
The Ironman	4	30	0	top 68%	2018-04-06
*Interstate BBQ Festival	2	55	0	top 91%	2018-04-20

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

On the trail 4.9 yrs 2013-05-25 → 2018-04-20

Busiest season 2014 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in PA 6 of 12 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 8 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 12 entries · 1 win · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 159.21 · weakest Brisket (146.83)

Walk rate 25% a top-10 call in 3 of 12 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 12 contests

Master average 618.61 out of 720 · 12 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 278 149–427 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 287 12 mapped stops · furthest 66 mi

Schedule strength 1553 average field rating faced — tougher than 40% of rated contests

Power rating 1447 peak 1447 · #5625 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
May 25 First tracked contest The Memorial Day Pignic
May 25 First call The Memorial Day Pignic
May 25 First category win (Chicken) The Memorial Day Pignic
May 25 Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5714 The Memorial Day Pignic
Sep 6 Career-best overall score642.1832 Pickin' in the Panhandle
Sep 6 Peak power rating (1495) Pickin' in the Panhandle
2017
Apr 14 10th tracked contest *Interstate BBQ Festival
2018
Apr 20 Most recent contest *Interstate BBQ Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+3.1	Pickin' in the Panhandle	2013-09-06
+1.9	The Ironman	2018-04-06

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.8	*Interstate BBQ Festival	2017-04-14
-8.5	The Memorial Day Pignic	2013-05-25
-8.5	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2014-08-15
-6.9	*Interstate BBQ Festival	2016-04-15
-6.6	*Interstate BBQ Festival	2018-04-20

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	2	0	0%	top 74%	88.2%	87.1%
2017	2	0	0%	top 83%	85.9%	84.1%
2016	2	0	0%	top 84%	85.5%	85.3%
2015	1	0	100%	top 63%	87.4%	87.4%
2014	3	0	33%	top 74%	85.8%	85.7%
2013	2	1	50%	top 62%	89.2%	86.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-04-20	*Interstate BBQ Festival Hagerstown, MD	59 / 67 (619.9200)	64 (148.5600)	34 (162.8228)	58 (154.2744)	54 (154.2628)
2018-04-06	The Ironman Greencastle, PA	36 / 60 (634.8460)	46 (155.4056)	20 (164.5716)	20 (165.7256)	49 (149.1432)
2017-04-14	*Interstate BBQ Festival Hagerstown, MD	55 / 58 (592.9712)	50 (156.4912)	46 (157.7028)	55 (150.8456)	57 (127.9316)
2017-03-31	The Ironman Greencastle, PA	42 / 59 (618.6400)	50 (151.3828)	26 (161.6684)	46 (152.5144)	40 (153.0744)
2016-04-15	*Interstate BBQ Festival Hagerstown, MD	36 / 41 (615.8972)	35 (157.0856)	24 (158.2860)	23 (162.2628)	40 (138.2628)
2016-04-01	The Ironman Greencastle, PA	43 / 54 (613.0172)	21 (165.1200)	51 (134.2516)	20 (164.5600)	42 (149.0856)
2015-04-03	The Ironman Shady Grove, PA	30 / 48 (629.0060)	28 (160.5028)	4 (169.1544)	28 (157.0972)	43 (142.2516)
2014-10-03	Keystone Classic Barbeque Harrisburg, PA	37 / 53 (617.6112)	26 (160.5256)	45 (147.3828)	26 (158.8572)	41 (150.8456)
2014-08-15	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Harrisburg, PA	24 / 28 (615.9088)	10 (166.8800)	25 (141.0516)	20 (156.5600)	20 (151.4172)
2014-06-27	Hogging Up BBQ Festival Winchester, VA	31 / 46 (616.9828)	28 (157.6800)	42 (149.6800)	42 (149.0856)	16 (160.5372)
2013-09-06	Pickin' in the Panhandle Inwood, WV	17 / 37 (642.1832)	30 (154.2744)	19 (161.6916)	14 (166.2628)	21 (159.9544)
2013-05-25	The Memorial Day Pignic Fort Ritchie, MD	30 / 38 (606.2854)	1 (176.5714)	25 (152.5716)	26 (151.9998)	38 (125.1426)

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
2017 ↗	Master	#1722 (120 pts)	#1802 (120 pts)	#1822 (120 pts)	#1799 (120 pts)	#1794 (120 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1775 (120 pts)	#1765 (140 pts)	#1854 (125 pts)	#1720 (155 pts)	#1839 (120 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2158 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#1362 (210 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1349 (204 pts)	#1178 (274 pts)	#1448 (199 pts)	#1360 (224 pts)	#1167 (269 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1401 (165 pts)	#920 (350 pts)	#1556 (155 pts)	#1419 (180 pts)	#1586 (145 pts)