SMOKEN HOG RODS

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

Power ranking

#5997

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1432

peak 1432 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-31

latest 2016-06-17

Best ToY finish

#1358

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 84%

overall standings

Best overall

647.3484 / 720

Master · Cookin on the Kaw

Perfect 180s

Current form

631.02 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 625.52 (+5.50)

Walk rate

44%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Brisket · McLouth BBQ Blowout 24th Annual (JUDGES FULL)

Consistency

±13.87

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 160.38 · weakest Brisket (153.31)

Road miles

150

mi across 9 mapped stops

Schedule strength

29%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1539)

Master avg

625.52 / 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

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

TRUEBUD BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

TRUEBUD BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.1 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.08 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 11% of the time against 22%.

Brisket avg 153.31
Chicken avg 160.38
1 calls in 9 entries

The comeback

1.6 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.6 years, then back at McLouth BBQ Blowout 24th Annual (JUDGES FULL) (2015-06-05).

last seen 2013-10-11
back 2015-06-05

Chicken nemesis

5 of 5 shared chicken entries lost

TRUEBUD BBQ ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, TRUEBUD BBQ has out-cooked them in 5 of 5 shared chicken entries.

Going the wrong way

-26 rating points in a year

The rating has slipped 26 points across 5 contests since 2015-08-28 — from 1458 down to 1432.

5 contests since 2015-08-28
now 1432

The metronome

±1.93% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.93% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 86.9% of a perfect score
9 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.

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

SIXTY & STILL SMOKIN M&M BBQ

#5994 of the rated field

1432 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1432

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SMOKEN HOG RODS)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SMOKEN HOG RODS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2019-06-07

⚔ Head-to-head

RIBANATOR RUB BBQ TEAM

#6000 of the rated field

1432 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1432

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 2016-11-11

⚔ Head-to-head

PIG PIRATES BBQ

#5993 of the rated field

1433 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1433

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2025-10-24

⚔ Head-to-head

BUGHOUSE BBQ

#5988 of the rated field

1433 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1433

No shared contest yet.

Level with SMOKEN HOG RODS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2019-05-31

⚔ Head-to-head

BIG BEE'S BBQ

#6002 of the rated field

1432 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1432

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2018-08-24

⚔ Head-to-head

STEEL N SMOKE

#5999 of the rated field

1432 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1432

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2017-06-09

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
TRUEBUD BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	2	1	1	174.8800	144.0000	160.38	top 63%
Pork Ribs	9	1	0	0	169.6684	151.3712	156.98	top 80%
Pork	9	1	0	0	175.4400	141.6912	154.84	top 77%
Brisket	9	1	1	1	179.4400	143.3828	153.31	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)	6	0	top 86%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 79%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Cookin on the Kaw	2	31	0	top 84%	2015-10-09

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

On the trail 3 yrs 2013-05-31 → 2016-06-17

Busiest season 2016 3 contests

Contests a season 3 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KS 9 of 9 contests

Contests visited 8 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 9 entries · 1 win · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 160.38 · weakest Brisket (153.31)

Walk rate 44% a top-10 call in 4 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 9 contests

Master average 625.52 out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 238 55–276 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 150 9 mapped stops

Schedule strength 1539 average field rating faced — tougher than 29% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1.6 yrs 2013-10-11 → 2015-06-05

Power rating 1432 peak 1432 · #5997 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
May 31 First tracked contest McLouth BBQ Blowout 22nd Annual
May 31 Peak power rating (1488) McLouth BBQ Blowout 22nd Annual
2015
Jun 5 First call McLouth BBQ Blowout 24th Annual (JUDGES FULL)
Jun 5 First category win (Brisket) McLouth BBQ Blowout 24th Annual (JUDGES FULL)
Jun 5 Career-best single call (Brisket)179.4400 McLouth BBQ Blowout 24th Annual (JUDGES FULL)
Oct 9 Career-best overall score647.3484 Cookin on the Kaw
2016
Jun 17 Most recent contest Knights of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off

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

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.1	BBQ at the Races Kansas Speedway	2013-08-17
-12	McLouth BBQ Blowout 22nd Annual	2013-05-31
-9.5	Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge	2016-06-10
-8.4	Cookin' on the Kaw	2013-10-11
-7.8	Cookin on the Kaw	2015-10-09

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)
2016	3	1	67%	top 83%	87.4%	86.4%
2015	3	1	67%	top 79%	89.9%	89.2%
2013	3	0	0%	top 90%	85.8%	85.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-06-17	Knights of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off Kansas City, KS	18 / 25 (629.6112)	1 (172.5828)	24 (151.9428)	14 (160.5600)	23 (144.5256)
2016-06-10	Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge Kansas City, KS	32 / 34 (608.4800)	29 (155.4400)	31 (153.0972)	30 (156.5600)	33 (143.3828)
2016-04-22	8th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge Overland Park, KS	50 / 60 (627.3488)	9 (174.8800)	52 (155.9660)	55 (150.8228)	57 (145.6800)
2015-10-09	Cookin on the Kaw DeSoto, KS	31 / 36 (647.3484)	34 (155.4056)	24 (168.5944)	5 (175.4400)	35 (147.9084)
2015-08-28	Smokin' on Oak Bonner Springs, KS	31 / 42 (642.3088)	22 (168.0228)	36 (156.5716)	41 (153.6800)	20 (164.0344)
2015-06-05	McLouth BBQ Blowout 24th Annual (JUDGES FULL) McLouth, KS	25 / 33 (636.5024)	32 (144.0000)	10 (169.6684)	32 (143.3940)	1 (179.4400)
2013-10-11	Cookin' on the Kaw DeSoto, KS	34 / 42 (612.4572)	13 (164.5828)	37 (151.3712)	39 (148.5600)	33 (147.9432)
2013-08-17	BBQ at the Races Kansas Speedway Kansas City, KS	31 / 31 (607.8968)	30 (155.4056)	29 (152.5028)	31 (141.6912)	23 (158.2972)
2013-05-31	McLouth BBQ Blowout 22nd Annual McLouth, KS	33 / 37 (617.7138)	33 (153.1426)	30 (153.1426)	20 (162.8570)	32 (148.5716)

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	#1358 (204 pts)	#806 (479 pts)	#1609 (174 pts)	#1399 (224 pts)	#1543 (179 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1417 (178 pts)	#1427 (193 pts)	#1204 (258 pts)	#1101 (303 pts)	#845 (428 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1716 (123 pts)	#1404 (183 pts)	#1812 (123 pts)	#1810 (123 pts)	#1680 (133 pts)