SMOKIN IN THE BOYS ROOM

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

Power ranking

#4550

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1472

peak 1472 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-11-22

latest 2017-09-29

Best ToY finish

#1970

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 71%

overall standings

Best overall

646.1484 / 720

Master · Poor Que

Perfect 180s

Current form

619.66 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 623.62 (-3.96)

Walk rate

14%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

169.6684

Pork Ribs · Poor Que

Consistency

±19.77

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 158.34 · weakest Brisket (154.16)

Road miles

20,464

mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 9654 mi

Schedule strength

32%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)

Master avg

623.62 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

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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 weak link

−4.2 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.18 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 14%.

Brisket avg 154.16
Pork avg 158.34
0 calls in 7 entries

The long haul

20,464 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 20,464 miles across 7 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 9,654 miles to The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival.

7 mapped stops
furthest 9,654 mi

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.

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

SMOKIN ELVIS BBQ

#4546 of the rated field

1472 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1472

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SMOKIN IN THE BOYS ROOM)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SMOKIN IN THE BOYS ROOM has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2017-06-09

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T-Ray's Rack Rubbers

#4526 of the rated field

1472 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1505

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1505 at their best, 33 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2026-03-13

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RUB SHAKERS QUE

#4535 of the rated field

1472 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1505

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2025-06-20

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Bam Bam's BBQ

#4554 of the rated field

1471 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1471

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 6 years after SMOKIN IN THE BOYS ROOM did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2024-10-04

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SMOKIN' PIT PATRIOTS

#4541 of the rated field

1472 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1503

No shared contest yet.

Level with SMOKIN IN THE BOYS ROOM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2023-09-09

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Hogs Breath BBQ SD

#4560 of the rated field

1471 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1501

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1501 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2018-07-20

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	0	161.0856	149.6800	154.66	top 76%
Pork Ribs	7	1	169.6684	142.2516	156.46	top 61%
Pork	7	1	165.7028	144.4912	158.34	top 59%
Brisket	7	0	166.8228	124.5716	154.16	top 57%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
FL	2	top 74%
KS	1	top 63%
OK	1	top 86%
AU	1	top 79%
WI	1	top 42%
PA	1	top 77%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	4	0	top 70%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 71%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Plant City Pig Jam	2	29	0	top 74%	2014-11-21

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

On the trail 3.9 yrs 2013-11-22 → 2017-09-29

Busiest season 2017 2 contests

Contests a season 1.4 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in FL 2 of 7 contests · 6 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 6 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 7 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 158.34 · weakest Brisket (154.16)

Walk rate 14% a top-10 call in 1 of 7 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 7 contests

Master average 623.62 out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 274 92–205 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 20,464 7 mapped stops · furthest 9,654 mi

Schedule strength 1542 average field rating faced — tougher than 32% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1.3 yrs 2016-02-05 → 2017-06-02

Power rating 1472 peak 1472 · #4550 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Nov 22 First tracked contest Plant City Pig Jam
Nov 22 Peak power rating (1494) Plant City Pig Jam
2015
Jun 5 First call Poor Que
Jun 5 Career-best overall score646.1484 Poor Que
Jun 5 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.6684 Poor Que
2017
Sep 29 Most recent contest *Smoke On the Trails

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+4.6	Poor Que	2015-06-05
+0.1	*Smoke On the Trails	2017-09-29

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.5	The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival	2016-02-05
-6.5	Plant City Pig Jam	2014-11-21
-6.4	The Ironman	2015-04-03
-6.3	Boots and BBQ Festival	2017-06-02
-5.6	Plant City Pig Jam	2013-11-22

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)
2017	2	0%	top 74%	89.3%	87.1%
2016	1	0%	top 79%	81.6%	81.6%
2015	2	50%	top 60%	89.7%	87.2%
2014	1	0%	top 74%	88.2%	88.2%
2013	1	0%	top 74%	87.8%	87.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-09-29	*Smoke On the Trails Gardner, KS	40 / 64 (643.3032)	43 (159.3944)	50 (154.8116)	41 (162.2744)	28 (166.8228)
2017-06-02	Boots and BBQ Festival Claremore, OK	24 / 28 (611.1768)	26 (150.2172)	21 (157.0856)	28 (144.4912)	16 (159.3828)
2016-02-05	The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival Melbourne, AU	27 / 34 (587.5544)	24 (151.4856)	14 (154.8800)	14 (156.6172)	32 (124.5716)
2015-06-05	Poor Que Montello, WI	16 / 38 (646.1484)	34 (149.6800)	5 (169.6684)	10 (165.6800)	14 (161.1200)
2015-04-03	The Ironman Shady Grove, PA	37 / 48 (610.1144)	41 (151.9428)	45 (142.2516)	37 (153.6456)	17 (162.2744)
2014-11-21	Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	29 / 39 (635.2456)	23 (161.0856)	16 (163.9772)	17 (165.7028)	34 (144.4800)
2013-11-22	Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	39 / 53 (631.8056)	35 (158.8000)	44 (152.5144)	33 (159.9884)	25 (160.5028)

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
2017 ↗	Master	#2801 (58 pts)	#2908 (53 pts)	#2240 (73 pts)	#2908 (53 pts)	#2046 (98 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2639 (64 pts)	#2497 (74 pts)	#1979 (109 pts)	#2023 (104 pts)	#2651 (64 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1970 (75 pts)	#2073 (75 pts)	#2043 (75 pts)	#2080 (75 pts)	#2034 (75 pts)