LOSING EFFORT

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

Power ranking

#5147

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1459

peak 1459 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-09-27

latest 2016-04-22

Best ToY finish

#1471

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 71%

overall standings

Best overall

662.1712 / 720

Master · Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

639.32 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 629.71 (+9.61)

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

171.4172

Pork · Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship

Consistency

±15.52

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 161.43 · weakest Brisket (150.80)

Road miles

mi across 9 mapped stops

Schedule strength

15%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1522)

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

629.71 / 720

9 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

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

MIDNIGHT STOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings

MIDNIGHT STOKERS has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−10.6 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.63 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Brisket avg 150.80
Pork Ribs avg 161.43
0 calls in 9 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Most Wanted BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

6 of 6 shared pork ribs entries lost

MAXIMUM LOIN ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, MAXIMUM LOIN has out-cooked them in 6 of 6 shared pork ribs entries.

A September team

Top 51% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 51% across 3 contests, versus top 71% the rest of the year.

3 September contests
top 71% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.16% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.16% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 87.5% of a perfect score
9 contests

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

Smoke Showin

#5130 of the rated field

1459 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1459

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2026-01-09

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THE ROOKIES

#5151 of the rated field

1459 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1500

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2022-07-22

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Smoke of Genius

#5135 of the rated field

1459 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1503

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 6 years after LOSING EFFORT did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2026-05-15

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Global Smokers

#5152 of the rated field

1459 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1459

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2025-09-12

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Dewey Smokem & Howe

#5132 of the rated field

1459 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1459

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 2024-09-20

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Big Foot BBQ

#5158 of the rated field

1458 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1458

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2026-08-28

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
MIDNIGHT STOKERS	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
HIGH i QUE	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Hoggy Style	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SKUNK RIVER BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
MAXIMUM LOIN	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
T'S SMOKIN PIT	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
913 BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Theslabs.com	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
SWEET ASH BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ SQUAD	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	169.6912	145.6344	160.22	top 63%
Pork Ribs	9	166.8344	150.8344	161.43	top 54%
Pork	9	171.4172	137.6684	157.25	top 65%
Brisket	9	165.7028	139.3144	150.80	top 75%

“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)	1	0	top 53%
Large (40+)	8	0	top 73%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	3	26	0	top 51%	2015-09-25

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

On the trail 2.6 yrs 2013-09-27 → 2016-04-22

Busiest season 2014 4 contests

Contests a season 2.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KS 9 of 9 contests

Contests visited 7 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 9 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 161.43 · weakest Brisket (150.80)

Walk rate 0% a top-10 call in 0 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 9 contests

Master average 629.71 out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 343 216–398 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 90 9 mapped stops

Schedule strength 1522 average field rating faced — tougher than 15% of rated contests

State championships 0 from 3 state-championship entries

Power rating 1459 peak 1459 · #5147 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Sep 27 First tracked contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Sep 27 Peak power rating (1496) Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
2014
Sep 26 First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.1712 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Sep 26 Career-best overall score662.1712 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Sep 26 Career-best single call (Pork)171.4172 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
2016
Apr 22 Most recent contest 8th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.6	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	2014-09-26
+1.6	Smokin' on Oak	2014-08-22

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.8	Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout	2014-06-13
-10.1	Cookin' on the Kaw	2013-10-11
-9.4	VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE)	2014-04-25
-8.8	VFW Post 846 7th Annual BBQ Challenge	2015-04-17
-5.2	8th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge	2016-04-22

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	1	0%	top 80%	87.6%	87.6%
2015	2	0%	top 77%	87.9%	87.4%
2014	4	0%	top 65%	92%	88.1%
2013	2	0%	top 73%	87.7%	86.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-04-22	8th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge Overland Park, KS	48 / 60 (630.7656)	37 (165.1084)	34 (165.1544)	58 (149.1084)	48 (151.3944)
2015-09-25	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	74 / 112 (633.0516)	90 (154.8456)	48 (165.0972)	55 (162.2972)	90 (150.8116)
2015-04-17	VFW Post 846 7th Annual BBQ Challenge Overland Park, KS	41 / 47 (625.5884)	36 (156.5256)	36 (155.9772)	40 (152.5600)	32 (160.5256)
2014-09-26	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	26 / 112 (662.1712)	25 (169.6912)	76 (155.3600)	18 (171.4172)	23 (165.7028)
2014-08-22	Smokin' on Oak Bonner Springs, KS	16 / 30 (645.0056)	22 (159.9428)	11 (166.8228)	22 (158.2856)	18 (159.9544)
2014-06-13	Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout Tonganoxie, KS	40 / 41 (612.4228)	26 (162.2400)	15 (166.8344)	41 (137.6684)	37 (145.6800)
2014-04-25	VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE) Overland Park, KS	55 / 65 (617.0404)	38 (162.9032)	53 (150.8344)	45 (161.0856)	62 (142.2172)
2013-10-11	Cookin' on the Kaw DeSoto, KS	35 / 42 (610.0116)	39 (145.6344)	22 (161.0972)	14 (163.9656)	39 (139.3144)
2013-09-27	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	72 / 114 (631.2916)	39 (165.1200)	35 (165.7144)	68 (158.8456)	102 (141.6116)

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	#1471 (175 pts)	#1754 (145 pts)	#1444 (200 pts)	#1748 (145 pts)	#1599 (165 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1582 (142 pts)	#1634 (142 pts)	#1544 (157 pts)	#1343 (197 pts)	#1614 (142 pts)