#2756 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headLATE EMPIRE BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1512
peak 1512 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2013-06-22
latest 2013-09-20
Best ToY finish
#1832
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 35%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 164.00 · weakest Chicken (153.15)
Road miles
90
mi across 2 mapped stops · furthest 90 mi
Master avg
639.14 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
LATE EMPIRE BBQ has 2 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 116 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.
#2749 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after LATE EMPIRE BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#2759 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Level with LATE EMPIRE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2768 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#2745 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#2758 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4400 | 146.8570 | 153.15 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.1430 | 160.5600 | 162.85 | top 37% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4284 | 154.8572 | 159.14 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 169.1428 | 158.8572 | 164.00 | top 19% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | 1 | 0 | top 27% |
| DC | 1 | 0 | top 43% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 27% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 43% |
The story so far (12 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.2 yrs
2013-06-22 → 2013-09-20
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Cooks most in
VA
1 of 2 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 164.00 · weakest Chicken (153.15)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 1 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
50%
1 of 2 contests
Master average
639.14
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
65
43–23 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
90
2 mapped stops · furthest 90 mi
Power rating
1512
peak 1512 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Safeway National Capital Barbecue Battle
- First call Smokin' on the Track BBQ
- First overall top-10 Smokin' on the Track BBQ
- Career-best overall score644.0000 Smokin' on the Track BBQ
- Career-best single call (Brisket)169.1428 Smokin' on the Track BBQ
- Most recent contest Smokin' on the Track BBQ
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 35% | 89.4% | 88.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-09-20 | Smokin' on the Track BBQ Shenandoah, VA | 7 / 26 (644.0000) | 14 (159.4400) | 10 (160.5600) | 18 (154.8572) | 2 (169.1428) |
| 2013-06-22 | Safeway National Capital Barbecue Battle Washington, DC | 18 / 42 (634.2856) | 35 (146.8570) | 15 (165.1430) | 14 (163.4284) | 13 (158.8572) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1832 (102 pts) | #2501 (67 pts) | #1830 (117 pts) | #1814 (122 pts) | #1726 (127 pts) |