A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Sons of a Brisket ahead in 100% of their meetings
Sons of a Brisket has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
PARTY ON THE PATIO
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1490
peak 1490 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-04-26
latest 2016-06-03
Best ToY finish
#1589
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 61%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
632.95
last 4 Master vs avg 632.95 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.09
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.70 · weakest Chicken (151.98)
Road miles
16
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
10%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1514)
Master avg
632.95 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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 strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Bad Influence BBQ - MO in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Smokin' on the Summit (2015-06-05).
- last seen 2013-06-07
- back 2015-06-05
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.
PARTY ON THE PATIO has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 162 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3635 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to PARTY ON THE PATIO)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team PARTY ON THE PATIO has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3656 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1520
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to PARTY ON THE PATIO)
They've been 1520 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#3666 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3651 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with PARTY ON THE PATIO on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3654 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3661 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after PARTY ON THE PATIO did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1426 | 141.6456 | 151.98 | top 78% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 164.0000 | 165.70 | top 33% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1428 | 141.1200 | 156.71 | top 63% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5716 | 157.1200 | 158.56 | top 55% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin' on the Summit | 2 | 35 | 0 | top 64% | 2015-06-05 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.1 yrs
2013-04-26 → 2016-06-03
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 165.70 · weakest Chicken (151.98)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
632.95
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
182
105–158 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
16
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1514
average field rating faced — tougher than 10% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2013-06-07 → 2015-06-05
Power rating
1490
peak 1490 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Smokin' In The Creek
- Peak power rating (1499) SMOKIN on the Summit
- 2015
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)167.4172 Smokin' on the Summit
- 2016
- Career-best overall score646.2168 Smokin' on the Summit BBQ
- Most recent contest Smokin' on the Summit BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.8 | SMOKIN on the Summit | 2013-06-07 |
| +0.8 | Smokin' on the Summit BBQ | 2016-06-03 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.9 | Smokin' on the Summit | 2015-06-05 |
| -3.8 | Smokin' In The Creek | 2013-04-26 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 52% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 84.3% | 84.3% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 53% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-03 | Smokin' on the Summit BBQ Lee's Summit, MO | 35 / 67 (646.2168) | 49 (155.4284) | 25 (167.3828) | 29 (165.1428) | 41 (158.2628) |
| 2015-06-05 | Smokin' on the Summit Lee's Summit, MO | 66 / 78 (607.3028) | 76 (141.6456) | 19 (167.4172) | 76 (141.1200) | 47 (157.1200) |
| 2013-06-07 | SMOKIN on the Summit Lees Summit, MO | 35 / 81 (638.8572) | 55 (157.1426) | 29 (164.0000) | 44 (159.4286) | 36 (158.2860) |
| 2013-04-26 | Smokin' In The Creek Sugar Creek, MO | 26 / 41 (639.4288) | 30 (153.7142) | 14 (164.0000) | 24 (161.1430) | 22 (160.5716) |
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 | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2031 (90 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1589 (141 pts) | #1644 (141 pts) | #1387 (196 pts) | #1642 (146 pts) | #1478 (156 pts) |