#3712 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 2.
⚔ Head-to-headSMOKE DAZE BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1488
peak 1488 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2013-09-13
latest 2014-09-19
Best ToY finish
#1970
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 71%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 159.97 · weakest Brisket (150.53)
Road miles
1
mi across 2 mapped stops
Master avg
625.87 / 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.
SMOKE DAZE 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 146 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.
#3730 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 12 years after SMOKE DAZE BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3740 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKE DAZE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3726 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
6 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where SMOKE DAZE BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#3733 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#3744 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
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 | 162.8456 | 156.5256 | 159.69 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9772 | 159.9540 | 159.97 | top 55% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.0856 | 154.2972 | 155.69 | top 75% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5484 | 148.5028 | 150.53 | top 73% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle of the Brisket | 2 | 34 | 0 | top 71% | 2014-09-19 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2013-09-13 → 2014-09-19
Busiest season
2014
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
2 of 2 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 159.97 · weakest Brisket (150.53)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 2 contests
Master average
625.87
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
72
29–68 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1
2 mapped stops
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2013-09-13 → 2014-09-19
Power rating
1488
peak 1488 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Battle of the Brisket
- Career-best overall score628.3880 Battle of the Brisket
- Career-best single call (Chicken)162.8456 Battle of the Brisket
- 2014
- Most recent contest Battle of the Brisket
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 | 0% | top 74% | 86.6% | 86.6% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 87.3% | 87.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-09-19 | Battle of the Brisket Mission, KS | 34 / 46 (623.3484) | 39 (156.5256) | 25 (159.9772) | 38 (154.2972) | 29 (152.5484) |
| 2013-09-13 | Battle of the Brisket Mission, KS | 36 / 53 (628.3880) | 25 (162.8456) | 30 (159.9540) | 36 (157.0856) | 44 (148.5028) |
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 | #2494 (71 pts) | #2537 (71 pts) | #2537 (71 pts) | #2549 (71 pts) | #2525 (71 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1970 (75 pts) | #2073 (75 pts) | #2043 (75 pts) | #2080 (75 pts) | #2034 (75 pts) |