SMOKIN' REJECTS!

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

Power ranking

#5066

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1461

peak 1461 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-10-04

latest 2016-10-07

Best ToY finish

#1017

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 73%

overall standings

Best overall

669.6456 / 720

Master · West Coast BBQ Classic

Perfect 180s

Current form

652.15 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 635.83 (+16.32)

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

171.4172

Pork · West Coast BBQ Classic

Consistency

±25.20

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 161.26 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.54)

Road miles

460

mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 67 mi

Schedule strength

30%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)

Master avg

635.83 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 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.

High-water mark

669.6456 career-best overall

93.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 669.6456 at West Coast BBQ Classic — 93.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-05-08

Their season

2015 their best year

2015 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 52%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 52%

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

Burnin and Lootin ahead in 100% of their meetings

Burnin and Lootin has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.7 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.72 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Pork Ribs avg 156.54
Brisket avg 161.26
0 calls in 9 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PRIBS RIB in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Brisket nemesis

8 of 8 shared brisket entries lost

LEFT COAST Q ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LEFT COAST Q has out-cooked them in 8 of 8 shared brisket 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.

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

THREE TEN BBQ

#5065 of the rated field

1461 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1508

2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to SMOKIN' REJECTS!)

These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — SMOKIN' REJECTS! ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2016-04-01

⚔ Head-to-head

TEAM BACON

#5089 of the rated field

1460 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1460

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2021-05-14

⚔ Head-to-head

BIG LOG BBQ

#5072 of the rated field

1461 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1461

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2018-04-20

⚔ Head-to-head

THE ROOSTER CREW

#5079 of the rated field

1460 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1460

No shared contest yet.

Level with SMOKIN' REJECTS! on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2016-10-21

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FLAMIN YAWNS

#5081 of the rated field

1460 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1510

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1510 at their best, 49 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2021-06-11

⚔ Head-to-head

Sholly AM Hams

#5070 of the rated field

1461 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1461

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2017-04-28

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Burnin and Lootin	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
TWISTED BRISKET BBQ	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
COOL GRILLING	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
LEFT COAST Q	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
Smokin it Up BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' HART'S	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
LADY OF Q	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
VICIOUS SMOKE	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
My Smokin' Grillfriend	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Meat Candy Q	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	169.7028	139.9768	158.20	top 74%
Pork Ribs	9	166.8456	146.8116	156.54	top 75%
Pork	9	171.4172	126.6400	159.84	top 62%
Brisket	9	168.5716	157.1200	161.26	top 59%

“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)	1	0	top 90%
Large (40+)	8	0	top 71%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Dana Point State BBQ Championship	3	63	0	top 81%	2016-10-07
West Coast BBQ Classic	2	25	0	top 63%	2015-05-08

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3 yrs 2013-10-04 → 2016-10-07

Busiest season 2014 4 contests

Contests a season 2.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in CA 9 of 9 contests

Contests visited 6 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 9 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Brisket averages 161.26 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.54)

Walk rate 0% a top-10 call in 0 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 9 contests

Master average 635.83 out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 270 148–413 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 460 9 mapped stops · furthest 67 mi

Schedule strength 1541 average field rating faced — tougher than 30% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1.2 yrs 2015-07-24 → 2016-10-07

Power rating 1461 peak 1461 · #5066 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Oct 4 First tracked contest Dana Point State BBQ Championship
Oct 4 Peak power rating (1487) Dana Point State BBQ Championship
2015
Feb 20 First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.0520 The Pig (Guinea Pig) Competitor's Series
May 8 Career-best overall score669.6456 West Coast BBQ Classic
May 8 Career-best single call (Pork)171.4172 West Coast BBQ Classic
2016
Oct 7 Most recent contest Dana Point State BBQ Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+6.4	West Coast BBQ Classic	2015-05-08
+3.2	The Pig (Guinea Pig) Competitor's Series	2015-02-20
+1	7th Annual Vista BBQ Classic	2015-07-24

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.1	Dana Point State BBQ Championship	2013-10-04
-9.6	Mission Beach Centennial Party and BBQ	2014-09-26
-9	6th Annual Vista Q Classic	2014-07-25
-8.4	West Coast BBQ Classic	2014-05-09
-7.5	Dana Point State BBQ Championship	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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	1	0%	top 84%	87.5%	87.5%
2015	3	0%	top 52%	93%	91.9%
2014	4	0%	top 81%	89.7%	87.7%
2013	1	0%	top 94%	81%	81%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-10-07	Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA	63 / 75 (630.1484)	51 (161.6912)	67 (150.8000)	57 (159.9772)	58 (157.6800)
2015-07-24	7th Annual Vista BBQ Classic Vista, CA	32 / 54 (665.7372)	25 (169.7028)	37 (160.5600)	27 (168.0344)	21 (167.4400)
2015-05-08	West Coast BBQ Classic Long Beach, CA	25 / 57 (669.6456)	36 (162.8112)	29 (166.8456)	13 (171.4172)	19 (168.5716)
2015-02-20	The Pig (Guinea Pig) Competitor's Series Rancho Mirage, CA	26 / 49 (649.0520)	31 (163.9772)	25 (164.5488)	29 (161.1088)	31 (159.4172)
2014-10-02	Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA	64 / 97 (646.1716)	63 (164.5372)	80 (157.6572)	47 (165.6800)	65 (158.2972)
2014-09-26	Mission Beach Centennial Party and BBQ San Diego, CA	18 / 20 (636.4912)	15 (162.2856)	16 (154.8000)	20 (156.5828)	14 (162.8228)
2014-07-25	6th Annual Vista Q Classic Vista, CA	52 / 60 (629.6116)	55 (155.9660)	55 (150.2516)	38 (163.9656)	39 (159.4284)
2014-05-09	West Coast BBQ Classic Long Beach, CA	49 / 59 (612.4912)	58 (139.9768)	54 (146.8116)	22 (165.1428)	29 (160.5600)
2013-10-04	Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA	93 / 99 (583.1204)	95 (142.8116)	71 (156.5488)	98 (126.6400)	64 (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
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1676 (120 pts)	#1778 (120 pts)	#1776 (120 pts)	#1505 (180 pts)	#1506 (170 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1017 (305 pts)	#1053 (320 pts)	#1052 (315 pts)	#1065 (310 pts)	#1010 (325 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1970 (75 pts)	#2073 (75 pts)	#2043 (75 pts)	#2080 (75 pts)	#2034 (75 pts)