A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
DRY 2 DA BONE ahead in 100% of their meetings
DRY 2 DA BONE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
APRIL'S BIG CITY BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1482
peak 1482 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-05-31
latest 2015-05-29
Best ToY finish
#1970
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
636.50
last 3 Master vs avg 636.50 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.68
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 162.45 · weakest Brisket (152.17)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)
Master avg
636.50 / 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of PIG APPROVED BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
APRIL'S BIG CITY BBQ 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 121 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.
#4061 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4065 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with APRIL'S BIG CITY BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4058 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4046 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after APRIL'S BIG CITY BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#4040 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4035 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7142 | 159.3828 | 160.16 | top 76% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7372 | 154.8572 | 161.71 | top 51% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 160.5712 | 162.45 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.0116 | 149.0628 | 152.17 | top 79% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin in Steele | 2 | 38 | 0 | top 77% | 2014-05-30 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-05-31 → 2015-05-29
Busiest season
2015
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MN
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 162.45 · weakest Brisket (152.17)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
636.50
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
104
43–131 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1537
average field rating faced — tougher than 27% of rated contests
Power rating
1482
peak 1482 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Smokin' in Steele
- Peak power rating (1492) Smokin' in Steele
- 2014
- Career-best overall score641.6116 Smokin in Steele
- 2015
- First call Smokin' in Steel
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.7372 Smokin' in Steel
- Most recent contest Smokin' in Steel
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.6 | Smokin' in Steele | 2013-05-31 |
| -7 | Smokin in Steele | 2014-05-30 |
| -3.8 | Smokin' in Steel | 2015-05-29 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 72% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 89.1% | 89.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 87.3% | 87.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-05-29 | Smokin' in Steel Owatonna, MN | 43 / 60 (639.3028) | 45 (159.3944) | 7 (169.7372) | 37 (161.1084) | 53 (149.0628) |
| 2014-05-30 | Smokin in Steele Owatonna, MN | 53 / 67 (641.6116) | 60 (159.3828) | 47 (160.5372) | 35 (165.6800) | 49 (156.0116) |
| 2013-05-31 | Smokin' in Steele Owatonna, MN | 38 / 51 (628.5710) | 33 (161.7142) | 36 (154.8572) | 28 (160.5712) | 39 (151.4284) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #1565 (165 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2084 (75 pts) | #2167 (75 pts) | #2161 (75 pts) | #2172 (75 pts) | #2148 (75 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1970 (75 pts) | #2073 (75 pts) | #2043 (75 pts) | #2080 (75 pts) | #2034 (75 pts) |