IT'S A LEAGUE GAME, SMOKEY

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

Power ranking

#2803

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1511

peak 1525 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-19

latest 2018-05-04

Best ToY finish

#1524

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 52%

overall standings

Best overall

682.7772 / 720

Master · *Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

626.54 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 632.62 (-6.08)

Walk rate

60%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Pork · *Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival

Consistency

±51.85

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 164.83 · weakest Brisket (160.27)

Road miles

614

mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 98 mi

Schedule strength

25%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)

Master avg

632.62 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (10 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.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.

Pork ×1

They almost always walk

60% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 6 of 10 contests

A top-10 category call in 60% of their 10 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

682.7772 career-best overall

94.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 682.7772 at *Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival — 94.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
2016-05-06

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

BUTCHER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

BUTCHER BBQ has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.6 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.56 points below their pork, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 30%.

Brisket avg 160.27
Pork avg 164.83
2 calls in 10 entries

A strong matchup

5–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Sweet Mesquiters in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

8 of 9 shared pork entries lost

BUTCHER BBQ ahead 89% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BUTCHER BBQ has out-cooked them in 8 of 9 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

T-TOWN QUE has landed one call behind them 2 times.

Boom or bust

±7.20% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±7.20% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 87.9% of a perfect score
best 94.8%

A May team

Top 43% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 43% across 6 contests, versus top 52% the rest of the year.

6 May contests
top 52% the rest of the year

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.

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

EAST LENEXA BBQ

#2815 of the rated field

1510 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1519

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2021-06-25

⚔ Head-to-head

SATISFIED HOGS

#2802 of the rated field

1511 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1521

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2016-05-27

⚔ Head-to-head

42 BBQ

#2809 of the rated field

1510 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1525

No shared contest yet.

Level with IT'S A LEAGUE GAME, SMOKEY on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2026-05-29

⚔ Head-to-head

Hackers-n-Hogs

#2801 of the rated field

1511 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1518

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2017-06-17

⚔ Head-to-head

QUISINE

#2796 of the rated field

1511 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1527

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2019-09-27

⚔ Head-to-head

Uncle Redstone

#2800 of the rated field

1511 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1523

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 7 contests, alongside a 14% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2024-10-18

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BUTCHER BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
IRON WHEEL COOKERS	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
KNOW BULL	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
BUFFALO'S BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Sweet Mesquiters	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
FATTMIKES BBQ	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
RUB IT ALL OVER	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
THE GRISWOLDS	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
Three Hog Night Smokers	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Los Primos BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
UNCLE BC'S	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Waste Management	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
Men On Fire	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
Eddie Frank's BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	1	0	1	176.0000	142.8112	161.07	top 52%
Pork Ribs	10	3	0	0	175.4172	151.4172	162.56	top 48%
Pork	10	3	1	1	180.0000 🔥	157.0972	164.83	top 43%
Brisket	10	2	0	0	170.8228	151.3828	160.27	top 44%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 94%
Medium (20–39)	2	top 72%
Large (40+)	7	top 40%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
*Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival	3	7	0	top 44%	2018-05-04
Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon	2	17	0	top 57%	2015-04-03

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5 yrs 2013-04-19 → 2018-05-04

Busiest season 2014 3 contests

Contests a season 1.7 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in OK 10 of 10 contests

Contests visited 7 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 10 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 164.83 · weakest Brisket (160.27)

Walk rate 60% a top-10 call in 6 of 10 contests

Overall top-10 rate 10% 1 of 10 contests

Master average 632.62 out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 311 319–237 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 614 10 mapped stops · furthest 98 mi

Schedule strength 1533 average field rating faced — tougher than 25% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1 yrs 2015-05-01 → 2016-05-06

Power rating 1511 peak 1525 · #2803 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Apr 19 First tracked contest 8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ
Aug 2 First call Smokin on Route 66
2014
May 2 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.2972 Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival
2016
May 6 First category win (Pork) *Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival
May 6 First overall top-10 *Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival
May 6 First perfect 180 (Pork) *Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival
May 6 Career-best overall score682.7772 *Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival
2017
May 5 Peak power rating (1525) *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival(JUDGES FULL)
2018
May 4 10th tracked contest *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival
May 4 Most recent contest *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.6	*Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival	2016-05-06
+9.7	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival	2015-05-01
+9.2	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival	2014-05-02
+7.9	*Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival(JUDGES FULL)	2017-05-05
+4.9	Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon	2014-04-04

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.3	*Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival	2018-05-04
-12	Smokin on Route 66	2013-08-02
-4.5	Grand Lake BBQ Festival	2014-05-16
-4	Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon	2015-04-03
-0.9	8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ	2013-04-19

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	1	0	0	100%	top 96%	68.1%	68.1%
2017	1	0	0	0%	top 28%	93.3%	93.3%
2016	1	1	1	100%	top 8%	94.8%	94.8%
2015	2	0	0	50%	top 48%	93.2%	89.4%
2014	3	0	0	67%	top 47%	90.9%	88.7%
2013	2	0	0	50%	top 74%	89.3%	88.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-05-04	*Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival Bixby, OK	65 / 68 (490.1828)	—	55 (154.2400)	36 (165.1200)	9 (170.8228)
2017-05-05	*Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival(JUDGES FULL) Bixby, OK	19 / 68 (671.9428)	12 (172.5484)	20 (166.8344)	17 (169.1200)	24 (163.4400)
2016-05-06	*Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK	7 / 83 (682.7772)	25 (168.5256)	5 (175.4172)	1 (180.0000)	34 (158.8344)
2015-05-01	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK	21 / 81 (670.8000)	3 (176.0000)	19 (169.1428)	32 (165.6800)	36 (159.9772)
2015-04-03	Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon Stillwater, OK	24 / 34 (617.0168)	32 (142.8112)	27 (154.8344)	21 (161.1084)	18 (158.2628)
2014-05-16	Grand Lake BBQ Festival Langley, OK	24 / 33 (642.1828)	22 (163.4056)	23 (160.5372)	23 (162.2400)	25 (156.0000)
2014-05-02	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK	20 / 80 (654.2972)	49 (154.2856)	5 (172.0116)	9 (170.2856)	39 (157.7144)
2014-04-04	Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon Stillwater, OK	17 / 40 (619.9888)	20 (153.1772)	24 (151.4172)	10 (157.0972)	8 (158.2972)
2013-08-02	Smokin on Route 66 Miami, OK	16 / 17 (634.1596)	16 (158.8456)	10 (164.0000)	12 (159.9312)	16 (151.3828)
2013-04-19	8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	34 / 63 (642.8566)	32 (160.0000)	42 (157.1428)	48 (157.7140)	12 (167.9998)

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
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	—	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1495 (145 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2027 (90 pts)	#1768 (125 pts)	#2155 (85 pts)	#2038 (100 pts)	#2230 (65 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1557 (165 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#1512 (185 pts)	#1186 (285 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1564 (144 pts)	#1087 (294 pts)	#1654 (149 pts)	#1682 (139 pts)	#1592 (154 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1524 (163 pts)	#1731 (148 pts)	#1176 (268 pts)	#1330 (228 pts)	#1823 (133 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1970 (75 pts)	#2073 (75 pts)	#2043 (75 pts)	#2080 (75 pts)	#1625 (140 pts)