The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Smoking Pallet has finished one call ahead of SMOKE, WINE & FUN 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
SMOKE, WINE & FUN
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1427
peak 1427 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2013-08-09
latest 2016-08-12
Best ToY finish
#1444
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 94%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
528.00 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 548.47 (-20.48)
Walk rate
14%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±103.26
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 153.78 · weakest Pork Ribs (138.40)
Road miles
625
mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 183 mi
Schedule strength
40%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
548.47 / 720
7 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 tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The weak link
−15.4
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 15.39 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 17%.
- Pork Ribs avg 138.40
- Pork avg 153.78
- 0 calls in 7 entries
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.
38 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#6076 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1427
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.
⚔ Head-to-head#6080 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1427
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 11 contests to 7.
⚔ Head-to-head#6075 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1427
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#6074 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1427
No shared contest yet.
14 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Head-to-head#6073 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1428
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKE, WINE & FUN on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#6082 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1501 at their best, 75 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.0000 | 144.5484 | 151.25 | top 90% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8688 | 119.7600 | 138.40 | top 95% |
| Pork | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 141.0856 | 153.78 | top 80% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2856 | 137.7144 | 148.18 | top 82% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 4 | 0 | top 90% |
| KS | 2 | 0 | top 98% |
| NE | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 87% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 99% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | 2 | 52 | 0 | top 98% | 2015-06-05 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2013-08-09 → 2016-08-12
Busiest season
2015
3 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
4 of 7 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
6
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
7 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 153.78 · weakest Pork Ribs (138.40)
Walk rate
14%
a top-10 call in 1 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 7 contests
Master average
548.47
out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
217
14–257 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
625
7 mapped stops · furthest 183 mi
Schedule strength
1553
average field rating faced — tougher than 40% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2015-07-31 → 2016-08-12
Power rating
1427
peak 1427 · #6077 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Cass County
- Peak power rating (1485) Cass County
- Career-best overall score622.2632 Bates County BBQ State Championship
- 2015
- First call Smoke Out in the Valley
- Career-best single call (Pork)167.4172 Smoke Out in the Valley
- 2016
- Most recent contest Smokin' Trackside BBQ & Brew Bash
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.1 | Cass County | 2013-08-09 |
| -12.5 | 2015 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | 2015-06-05 |
| -12.2 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | 2014-06-06 |
| -11.4 | Laurie Hillbilly BBQ | 2015-07-31 |
| -9 | Smokin' Trackside BBQ & Brew Bash | 2016-08-12 |
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 100% | 81.4% | 81.4% |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 95% | 84.8% | 68.5% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 79.7% | 79.7% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 86.4% | 83.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-12 | Smokin' Trackside BBQ & Brew Bash Winston, MO | 17 / 17 (586.1716) | 16 (146.8344) | 16 (140.5372) | 17 (150.2400) | 16 (148.5600) |
| 2015-07-31 | Laurie Hillbilly BBQ Laurie, MO | 38 / 38 (569.9656) | 34 (160.0000) | 38 (119.7600) | 38 (150.8456) | 38 (139.3600) |
| 2015-06-20 | Smoke Out in the Valley Buckner, MO | 25 / 29 (610.2056) | 29 (145.6684) | 29 (134.8344) | 10 (167.4172) | 13 (162.2856) |
| 2015-06-05 | 2015 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS | 64 / 64 (299.4400) | 48 (158.8800) | 64 (140.5600) | — | — |
| 2014-06-06 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS | 52 / 54 (574.1940) | 50 (151.9884) | 53 (143.4056) | 53 (141.0856) | 53 (137.7144) |
| 2013-10-25 | Bates County BBQ State Championship 🏅 Butler, MO | 25 / 33 (622.2632) | 27 (150.8572) | 25 (154.8688) | 23 (158.2972) | 18 (158.2400) |
| 2013-08-09 | Cass County Weeping Water, NE | 44 / 44 (577.0624) | 44 (144.5484) | 44 (134.8112) | 34 (154.8112) | 43 (142.8916) |
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 | #2133 (82 pts) | #2203 (87 pts) | #2208 (87 pts) | #2201 (82 pts) | #2189 (87 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1444 (174 pts) | #1538 (174 pts) | #1525 (174 pts) | #1483 (189 pts) | #1491 (174 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2084 (75 pts) | #2167 (75 pts) | #2161 (75 pts) | #2172 (75 pts) | #2148 (75 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1687 (127 pts) | #1759 (127 pts) | #1774 (127 pts) | #1710 (137 pts) | #1464 (162 pts) |