The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
IT'S A LEAGUE GAME, SMOKEY has finished one call ahead of T-TOWN QUE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
T-TOWN QUE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1468
peak 1468 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-05-17
latest 2014-05-16
Best ToY finish
#1615
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 92%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
581.43
last 3 Master vs avg 581.43 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±69.59
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 162.85 · weakest Brisket (104.51)
Road miles
59
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)
Master avg
581.43 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared 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.
T-TOWN QUE has 3 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 150 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.
#4755 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4724 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after T-TOWN QUE did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4734 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Level with T-TOWN QUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4774 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1510 at their best, 43 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4743 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4771 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4286 | 157.7488 | 160.94 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 152.0000 | 162.85 | top 59% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1544 | 148.5714 | 153.14 | top 91% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.3600 | 20.0000 | 104.51 | top 95% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 88% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Lake BBQ Festival | 2 | 25 | 0 | top 88% | 2014-05-16 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2013-05-17 → 2014-05-16
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OK
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 162.85 · weakest Brisket (104.51)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
581.43
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
56
8–69 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
59
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1542
average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests
Power rating
1468
peak 1468 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Grand Lake BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1485) Grand Lake BBQ Festival
- First call Smokin on Route 66
- 2014
- Career-best overall score642.1372 Grand Lake BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.9772 Grand Lake BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Grand Lake BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.9 | Grand Lake BBQ Festival | 2013-05-17 |
| -13.4 | Smokin on Route 66 | 2013-08-02 |
| -4.2 | Grand Lake BBQ Festival | 2014-05-16 |
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 | 100% | top 76% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 100% | 85.9% | 76.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-16 | Grand Lake BBQ Festival Langley, OK | 25 / 33 (642.1372) | 25 (161.6456) | 9 (171.9772) | 27 (157.1544) | 28 (151.3600) |
| 2013-08-02 | Smokin on Route 66 Miami, OK | 17 / 17 (618.1604) | 17 (157.7488) | 9 (164.5600) | 16 (153.6800) | 17 (142.1716) |
| 2013-05-17 | Grand Lake BBQ Festival Langley, OK | 30 / 30 (484.0000) | 21 (163.4286) | 29 (152.0000) | 29 (148.5714) | 30 (20.0000) |
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 | #2745 (58 pts) | #2744 (58 pts) | #1740 (143 pts) | #2755 (58 pts) | #2745 (58 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1615 (137 pts) | #1511 (157 pts) | #1430 (182 pts) | #1670 (142 pts) | #1651 (137 pts) |