A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKE ON WHEELS ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKE ON WHEELS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
PACHAS BY THE POUND
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1497
peak 1501 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2013-05-31
latest 2014-06-13
Best ToY finish
#1483
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
647.66
last 5 Master vs avg 647.66 (+0.00)
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.54
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.38 · weakest Brisket (155.96)
Road miles
151
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 87 mi
Schedule strength
19%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)
Master avg
647.66 / 720
5 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.
The weak link
−10.4
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.42 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 40%.
- Brisket avg 155.96
- Pork avg 166.38
- 0 calls in 5 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.
116 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3353 of the rated field
- Contests
- 22
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 5%
- Peak
- 1531
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to PACHAS BY THE POUND)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team PACHAS BY THE POUND has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3340 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3366 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after PACHAS BY THE POUND did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#3363 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1496
No shared contest yet.
Level with PACHAS BY THE POUND on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3329 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3342 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5712 | 161.6568 | 165.24 | top 46% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 149.0628 | 160.08 | top 58% |
| Pork | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.1656 | 162.8570 | 166.38 | top 39% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3828 | 147.4284 | 155.96 | top 67% |
“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) | 4 | 0 | top 55% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 68% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2013-05-31 → 2014-06-13
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 166.38 · weakest Brisket (155.96)
Walk rate
40%
a top-10 call in 2 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
647.66
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
135
71–91 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
151
5 mapped stops · furthest 87 mi
Schedule strength
1526
average field rating faced — tougher than 19% of rated contests
Power rating
1497
peak 1501 · #3343 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Big Blue BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.8512 BBQ at the Races Kansas Speedway
- Career-best overall score659.8512 BBQ at the Races Kansas Speedway
- First call Smokin' on Oak
- 2014
- Career-best single call (Pork)169.1656 Smokin' N the Ville
- Peak power rating (1501) Smokin' N the Ville
- Most recent contest Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.5 | Smokin' on Oak | 2013-08-23 |
| +1 | Smokin' N the Ville | 2014-04-25 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.3 | Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout | 2014-06-13 |
| -2 | Big Blue BBQ Championship | 2013-05-31 |
| -1.8 | BBQ at the Races Kansas Speedway | 2013-08-17 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 60% | 90.6% | 89.9% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 56% | 91.6% | 90% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-06-13 | Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout Tonganoxie, KS | 28 / 41 (642.0796) | 28 (161.6568) | 35 (155.9544) | 17 (166.2400) | 23 (158.2284) |
| 2014-04-25 | Smokin' N the Ville Edwardsville, KS | 14 / 27 (652.0224) | 7 (168.5712) | 6 (166.8572) | 8 (169.1656) | 23 (147.4284) |
| 2013-08-23 | Smokin' on Oak Bonner Springs, KS | 16 / 38 (638.6396) | 11 (165.7028) | 25 (149.0628) | 5 (167.9656) | 22 (155.9084) |
| 2013-08-17 | BBQ at the Races Kansas Speedway Kansas City, KS | 20 / 31 (659.8512) | 22 (165.1084) | 18 (165.6916) | 19 (165.6684) | 21 (163.3828) |
| 2013-05-31 | Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS | 18 / 30 (645.7134) | 11 (165.1428) | 17 (162.8568) | 15 (162.8570) | 20 (154.8568) |
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 | #1483 (173 pts) | #1350 (223 pts) | #1299 (233 pts) | #1250 (253 pts) | #1787 (138 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1893 (90 pts) | #1772 (125 pts) | #1936 (95 pts) | #1918 (105 pts) | #2008 (80 pts) |