A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
GRILLIN' BEAVERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
GRILLIN' BEAVERS has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
SMOKE E'S BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1453
peak 1453 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-03-29
latest 2016-06-24
Best ToY finish
#1995
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 94%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
598.21
last 4 Master vs avg 598.21 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.80
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 156.70 · weakest Brisket (145.13)
Road miles
180
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 66 mi
Schedule strength
28%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1538)
Master avg
598.21 / 720
4 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.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2016-04-15).
- last seen 2014-04-18
- back 2016-04-15
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 E'S BBQ has 4 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 119 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.
#5393 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5379 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after SMOKE E'S BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#5385 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKE E'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5387 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1453
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 17% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#5381 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5390 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 142.8570 | 156.70 | top 72% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148.5372 | 141.7144 | 145.84 | top 94% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9544 | 146.8572 | 150.54 | top 88% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.1430 | 137.0972 | 145.13 | top 88% |
“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.
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.2 yrs
2013-03-29 → 2016-06-24
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CO
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 156.70 · weakest Brisket (145.13)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
598.21
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
82
7–110 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
180
4 mapped stops · furthest 66 mi
Schedule strength
1538
average field rating faced — tougher than 28% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2014-04-18 → 2016-04-15
Power rating
1453
peak 1453 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Peak power rating (1485) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- 2016
- Career-best overall score604.5260 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best single call (Chicken)167.4172 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Most recent contest Leadville BBQ and Brew Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.8 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2013-03-29 |
| -11.3 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2014-04-18 |
| -10.8 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2016-04-15 |
| -10 | Leadville BBQ and Brew Festival | 2016-06-24 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 84% | 83.5% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 83.6% | 83.6% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 81.8% | 81.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-24 | Leadville BBQ and Brew Festival Leadville, CO | 30 / 33 (597.5432) | 15 (167.4056) | 30 (145.1088) | 30 (147.9316) | 32 (137.0972) |
| 2016-04-15 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Collins, CO | 27 / 28 (604.5260) | 12 (167.4172) | 26 (148.0116) | 28 (146.8572) | 27 (142.2400) |
| 2014-04-18 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Denver, CO | 28 / 30 (601.6460) | 30 (149.1200) | 29 (148.5372) | 24 (155.9544) | 29 (148.0344) |
| 2013-03-29 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Thornton, CO | 29 / 30 (589.1428) | 30 (142.8570) | 29 (141.7144) | 24 (151.4284) | 18 (153.1430) |
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 | #1995 (111 pts) | #1360 (226 pts) | #2077 (111 pts) | #2056 (111 pts) | #2056 (111 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2784 (55 pts) | #2780 (55 pts) | #2785 (55 pts) | #2715 (60 pts) | #2777 (55 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #2650 (55 pts) | #2658 (55 pts) | #2656 (55 pts) | #2584 (60 pts) | #1940 (90 pts) |