A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
FOUR SMOKING GUYS ahead in 100% of their meetings
FOUR SMOKING GUYS has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
CIRCLE OF FRIENDS BBQ
CIRCLE OF FRIENDS BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 8th of 15 at The Best BBQ Chef Competition (2014). They finished #1241 in the 2014 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1498
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jun 20, 2014
latest Aug 29, 2015 · 1.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±2.07
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.54 · weakest Pork (154.27)
Road miles
14
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
34%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1546)
Master avg
641.37 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 160.5256 | 164.54 | top 44% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 169.7372 | 154.8688 | 164.43 | top 36% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5140 | 146.8456 | 154.27 | top 78% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 150.8228 | 158.13 | top 48% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 59% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 56% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 65% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Best BBQ Chef Competition | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 59% | Aug 29, 2015 |
| Sun BBQ Fest | 2 | 18 | 0 | top 61% | Jun 13, 2015 |
More numbers
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CT
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
72
finished ahead 45 times, behind 67
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20152 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.7372 Sun BBQ Fest
- Most recent contest The Best BBQ Chef Competition
20145 milestones
- First tracked contest Sun BBQ Fest
- First call Sun BBQ Fest
- Career-best overall score644.5260 Sun BBQ Fest
- First overall top-10 The Best BBQ Chef Competition
- Peak power rating (1500) The Best BBQ Chef Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.1 | The Best BBQ Chef Competition | Sep 27, 2014 |
| +0.1 | Sun BBQ Fest | Jun 20, 2014 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2 | Sun BBQ Fest | Jun 13, 2015 |
| -0.5 | The Best BBQ Chef Competition | Aug 29, 2015 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 65% | 89% | 88.9% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 55% | 89.5% | 89.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2015 | The Best BBQ Chef Competition New London, CT | 11 / 17 (638.7196) | 10 (163.4056) | 8 (163.9772) | 11 (160.5140) | 14 (150.8228) |
| Jun 13, 2015 | Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT | 34 / 52 (641.1312) | 21 (166.8456) | 7 (169.7372) | 48 (146.8456) | 28 (157.7028) |
| Sep 27, 2014 | The Best BBQ Chef Competition New London, CT | 8 / 15 (641.0972) | 8 (160.5256) | 2 (169.1200) | 13 (151.4400) | 4 (160.0116) |
| Jun 20, 2014 | Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT | 18 / 32 (644.5260) | 7 (167.3828) | 22 (154.8688) | 22 (158.2972) | 9 (163.9772) |