A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Theslabs.com ahead in 100% of their meetings
Theslabs.com has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
DYIN TO SMOKE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1496
peak 1503 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-10-11
latest 2016-10-07
Best ToY finish
#1912
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 61%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
646.41
last 3 Master vs avg 646.41 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.28
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.52 · weakest Chicken (153.86)
Road miles
4
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
40%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)
Master avg
646.41 / 720
3 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 comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Cookin on the Kaw (2016-10-07).
- last seen 2014-10-10
- back 2016-10-07
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.
DYIN TO SMOKE has 3 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 118 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.
#3366 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3363 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1496
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after DYIN TO SMOKE did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3369 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Level with DYIN TO SMOKE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3365 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1496
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3386 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3356 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 3 years before DYIN TO SMOKE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5600 | 141.6572 | 153.86 | top 80% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7488 | 160.5716 | 164.58 | top 49% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5484 | 162.3200 | 165.52 | top 43% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 157.1200 | 162.45 | top 50% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookin on the Kaw | 3 | 21 | 0 | top 61% | 2016-10-07 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2013-10-11 → 2016-10-07
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 165.52 · weakest Chicken (153.86)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
646.41
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
106
53–88 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
4
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1553
average field rating faced — tougher than 40% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2014-10-10 → 2016-10-07
Power rating
1496
peak 1503 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Cookin' on the Kaw
- First call Cookin' on the Kaw
- 2014
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.3828 Cookin on the Kaw
- Career-best overall score659.3828 Cookin on the Kaw
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.7488 Cookin on the Kaw
- Peak power rating (1503) Cookin on the Kaw
- 2016
- Most recent contest Cookin on the Kaw
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.2 | Cookin on the Kaw | 2014-10-10 |
| +0.6 | Cookin' on the Kaw | 2013-10-11 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.8 | Cookin on the Kaw | 2016-10-07 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 48% | 91.6% | 91.6% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-07 | Cookin on the Kaw DeSoto, KS | 48 / 56 (634.2516) | 56 (141.6572) | 36 (163.4172) | 37 (162.3200) | 26 (166.8572) |
| 2014-10-10 | Cookin on the Kaw DeSoto, KS | 22 / 46 (659.3828) | 35 (160.5600) | 13 (169.7488) | 22 (165.6912) | 25 (163.3828) |
| 2013-10-11 | Cookin' on the Kaw DeSoto, KS | 21 / 42 (645.6000) | 27 (159.3600) | 23 (160.5716) | 6 (168.5484) | 21 (157.1200) |
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 | #1912 (87 pts) | #2501 (67 pts) | #2035 (77 pts) | #1411 (182 pts) | #1965 (87 pts) |