D. BLACKS SMOKIN' QUE

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

Power ranking

#5112

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1460

peak 1460 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-08-16

latest 2016-02-19

Best ToY finish

#1491

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 74%

overall standings

Best overall

672.5716 / 720

Master · California Honey Harvest Festival and BBQ Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

647.51 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 642.00 (+5.50)

Walk rate

33%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172.5600

Pork · High Desert Music Festival and BBQ Showdown

Consistency

±23.03

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 161.38 · weakest Chicken (158.54)

Road miles

488

mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 93 mi

Schedule strength

43%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1556)

Master avg

642.00 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (4 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

672.5716 career-best overall

93.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 672.5716 at California Honey Harvest Festival and BBQ Championship — 93.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-06-12

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

Brisket nemesis

8 of 8 shared brisket entries lost

LADY OF Q ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LADY OF Q has out-cooked them in 8 of 8 shared brisket entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

YARD LOBSTER BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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.

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

YARD LOBSTER BBQ

#5125 of the rated field

1459 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

3–2 in 5 shared contests (60% to D. BLACKS SMOKIN' QUE)

These two have cooked 5 of the same contests — D. BLACKS SMOKIN' QUE ahead 3–2 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 22 contests
last seen 2020-02-21

⚔ Head-to-head

SLOW SMOKIN BBQ

#5096 of the rated field

1460 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
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 2017-10-20

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MEAT BEATERS

#5106 of the rated field

1460 ▲ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2023-09-27

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MIKE'S KENTUCKY HURRICANES

#5092 of the rated field

1460 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2015-06-12

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Smokin' Gone Wild

#5104 of the rated field

1460 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1460

No shared contest yet.

Level with D. BLACKS SMOKIN' QUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2024-09-13

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Butt Rubbers

#5118 of the rated field

1460 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1460

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2024-08-24

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
COOL GRILLING	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
LADY OF Q	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
TROPICAL HEAT BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Rooftop BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
BIG POPPA SMOKERS	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
LEFT COAST Q	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Porterhouse BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
YARD LOBSTER BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
FUNTIME BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	0	167.9884	142.8000	158.54	top 78%
Pork Ribs	9	1	172.0000	146.2400	160.69	top 62%
Pork	9	2	172.5600	148.5712	161.38	top 64%
Brisket	9	1	170.8228	139.9772	161.38	top 55%

“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)	5	0	top 68%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 83%

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.5 yrs 2013-08-16 → 2016-02-19

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 9 0 of them cooked more than once

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

Strongest meat Brisket averages 161.38 · weakest Chicken (158.54)

Walk rate 33% a top-10 call in 3 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 9 contests

Master average 642.00 out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 192 91–272 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 488 9 mapped stops · furthest 93 mi

Schedule strength 1556 average field rating faced — tougher than 43% of rated contests

Power rating 1460 peak 1460 · #5112 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Aug 16 First tracked contest Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons
Aug 16 Peak power rating (1497) Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons
2014
Jun 26 First call High Desert Music Festival and BBQ Showdown
Jun 26 First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.3660 High Desert Music Festival and BBQ Showdown
Jun 26 Career-best single call (Pork)172.5600 High Desert Music Festival and BBQ Showdown
2015
Jun 12 Career-best overall score672.5716 California Honey Harvest Festival and BBQ Championship
2016
Feb 19 Most recent contest The Pig(Guinea Pig)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+3.5	High Desert Music Festival and BBQ Showdown	2014-06-26
+1.3	California Honey Harvest Festival and BBQ Championship	2015-06-12

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.5	Cowboy Up at the PRCA Rodeo & BBQ	2013-10-18
-10.3	The Pig(Guinea Pig)	2016-02-19
-6.2	Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons	2015-08-07
-5.9	Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons Day 1	2014-08-08
-5.6	Blazin' BBQ Throwdown	2014-10-17

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 98%	86.2%	86.2%
2015	2	50%	top 69%	93.4%	91.4%
2014	4	50%	top 70%	92.1%	90.9%
2013	2	0%	top 77%	86.8%	84.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-02-19	The Pig(Guinea Pig) Indio, CA	47 / 48 (620.4684)	48 (142.8000)	42 (158.2744)	48 (148.5712)	13 (170.8228)
2015-08-07	Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons Huntington Beach, CA	46 / 58 (643.9768)	55 (153.7256)	25 (168.5600)	51 (154.2512)	25 (167.4400)
2015-06-12	California Honey Harvest Festival and BBQ Championship Fillmore, CA	15 / 26 (672.5716)	19 (166.8344)	5 (172.0000)	14 (166.2972)	12 (167.4400)
2014-10-17	Blazin' BBQ Throwdown Lancaster, CA	23 / 29 (637.6796)	25 (157.7028)	12 (168.5372)	22 (159.4512)	26 (151.9884)
2014-08-09	Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons Day 2 Huntington Beach, CA	27 / 38 (662.8344)	30 (164.0344)	17 (168.5944)	30 (162.8228)	19 (167.3828)
2014-08-08	Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons Day 1 Huntington Beach, CA	31 / 39 (655.9772)	25 (167.9884)	36 (153.7144)	10 (169.1200)	23 (165.1544)
2014-06-26	High Desert Music Festival and BBQ Showdown Victorville, CA	15 / 30 (662.3660)	14 (167.5088)	23 (154.8800)	9 (172.5600)	10 (167.4172)
2013-10-18	Cowboy Up at the PRCA Rodeo & BBQ Lancaster, CA	38 / 41 (596.9824)	32 (155.3940)	35 (146.2400)	36 (155.3712)	41 (139.9772)
2013-08-16	Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons Huntington State Beach, CA	39 / 63 (625.1544)	50 (150.9028)	42 (155.4172)	20 (164.0000)	30 (154.8344)

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	#1491 (161 pts)	#1665 (141 pts)	#1283 (236 pts)	#1574 (166 pts)	#1476 (176 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2639 (64 pts)	#2791 (54 pts)	#1920 (119 pts)	#2579 (69 pts)	#2793 (54 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#2483 (66 pts)	#2521 (66 pts)	#2517 (66 pts)	#2520 (66 pts)	#2519 (66 pts)