#3103 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headTHE SMOKE MECHANIX
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1503
peak 1503 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2013-04-06
latest 2014-03-28
Best ToY finish
#1850
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 50%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 162.26 · weakest Brisket (156.28)
Road miles
16
mi across 2 mapped stops
Master avg
634.54 / 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.
THE SMOKE MECHANIX 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 111 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.
#3084 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Level with THE SMOKE MECHANIX on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3091 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3096 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#3101 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#3081 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
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 | 161.7028 | 155.4284 | 158.57 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 166.2856 | 158.2400 | 162.26 | top 34% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.0000 | 150.8570 | 157.43 | top 53% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.1316 | 151.4288 | 156.28 | top 49% |
“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.
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2013-04-06 → 2014-03-28
Busiest season
2014
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
2 of 2 contests
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 162.26 · weakest Brisket (156.28)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 2 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 2 contests
Master average
634.54
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
54
31–29 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
16
2 mapped stops
Power rating
1503
peak 1503 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Kings of the Que BBQ Championship
- First call Kings of the Que BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)166.2856 Kings of the Que BBQ Championship
- 2014
- Career-best overall score645.0744 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
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 48% | 89.6% | 89.6% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 52% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-03-28 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Sacramento, CA | 14 / 29 (645.0744) | 15 (161.7028) | 17 (158.2400) | 9 (164.0000) | 10 (161.1316) |
| 2013-04-06 | Kings of the Que BBQ Championship Woodland, CA | 17 / 33 (623.9998) | 19 (155.4284) | 3 (166.2856) | 25 (150.8570) | 21 (151.4288) |
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 | #1900 (109 pts) | #2015 (104 pts) | #2058 (94 pts) | #1794 (139 pts) | #1852 (129 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1850 (98 pts) | #1992 (88 pts) | #1248 (233 pts) | #2616 (58 pts) | #2022 (78 pts) |