A tough matchup
6–0
behind in the head-to-head
SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ SQUAD ahead in 100% of their meetings
SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ SQUAD has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
NO CLUE BARBQ OLATHE KS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1446
peak 1446 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2014-04-25
latest 2017-05-19
Best ToY finish
#1467
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
624.29
last 5 Master vs avg 623.87 (+0.42)
Walk rate
13%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.74
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 157.71 · weakest Pork (154.63)
Road miles
138
mi across 8 mapped stops
Schedule strength
29%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1540)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
623.87 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
Chicken nemesis
6 of 6
shared chicken entries lost
SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ SQUAD ahead 100% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ SQUAD has out-cooked them in 6 of 6 shared chicken entries.
The metronome
±0.94%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±0.94% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 86.6% of a perfect score
- 8 contests
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.
95 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5673 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to NO CLUE BARBQ OLATHE KS)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team NO CLUE BARBQ OLATHE KS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5663 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
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.
⚔ Head-to-head#5669 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1446
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5664 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after NO CLUE BARBQ OLATHE KS did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#5678 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
No shared contest yet.
Level with NO CLUE BARBQ OLATHE KS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5684 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1445
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ SQUAD | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Four Men and A Pig | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0344 | 147.9428 | 157.71 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1084 | 149.6800 | 156.70 | top 74% |
| Pork | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5484 | 144.5712 | 154.63 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 142.8228 | 154.83 | top 69% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 6 | 0 | top 80% |
| MO | 2 | 0 | top 82% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 80% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 80% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.1 yrs
2014-04-25 → 2017-05-19
Busiest season
2016
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
6 of 8 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
8
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
8 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 157.71 · weakest Pork (154.63)
Walk rate
13%
a top-10 call in 1 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 8 contests
Master average
623.87
out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
383
117–382 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
138
8 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1540
average field rating faced — tougher than 29% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Power rating
1446
peak 1446 · #5679 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE)
- Peak power rating (1490) VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE)
- First call Brew, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cook-Off
- Career-best overall score636.4680 Brew, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cook-Off
- 2016
- Career-best single call (Chicken)168.0344 21st Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-off At Basswood Resort
- 2017
- Most recent contest 22nd Annual Platte City BBQ Cook Off at Basswood Resort
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13 | Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cookoff | 2015-05-01 |
| -10.5 | VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE) | 2014-04-25 |
| -7.8 | 22nd Annual Platte City BBQ Cook Off at Basswood Resort | 2017-05-19 |
| -7.3 | 8th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge | 2016-04-22 |
| -7.3 | *Brew, Blues, & Bar-B-Q | 2017-05-05 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 87.5% | 86.9% |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 87.3% | 86.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 85.6% | 85.6% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 72% | 88.4% | 87% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-19 | 22nd Annual Platte City BBQ Cook Off at Basswood Resort Platte City, MO | 52 / 59 (630.1828) | 55 (154.2400) | 43 (161.0972) | 48 (159.4400) | 48 (155.4056) |
| 2017-05-05 | *Brew, Blues, & Bar-B-Q Lansing, KS | 26 / 30 (621.6000) | 24 (158.2856) | 19 (160.5828) | 26 (153.6800) | 25 (149.0516) |
| 2016-06-24 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 119 / 183 (622.3200) | 58 (163.4744) | 113 (157.1428) | 101 (158.8800) | 156 (142.8228) |
| 2016-05-13 | 21st Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-off At Basswood Resort Platte City, MO | 39 / 51 (628.6288) | 15 (168.0344) | 46 (149.6800) | 46 (152.0000) | 30 (158.9144) |
| 2016-04-22 | 8th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge Overland Park, KS | 51 / 60 (618.7080) | 55 (149.7028) | 45 (161.1084) | 43 (160.5484) | 55 (147.3484) |
| 2015-05-01 | Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cookoff Lansing, KS | 32 / 33 (616.4684) | 32 (147.9428) | 25 (159.9884) | 30 (150.8228) | 24 (157.7144) |
| 2014-05-02 | Brew, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cook-Off Lansing, KS | 15 / 26 (636.4680) | 20 (157.1084) | 17 (154.2856) | 21 (157.1084) | 5 (167.9656) |
| 2014-04-25 | VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE) Overland Park, KS | 56 / 65 (616.5596) | 37 (162.9144) | 55 (149.6800) | 64 (144.5712) | 38 (159.3940) |
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 | #1775 (120 pts) | #1632 (170 pts) | #1884 (120 pts) | #1872 (120 pts) | #1839 (120 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2737 (58 pts) | #2735 (58 pts) | #2737 (58 pts) | #2754 (58 pts) | #2202 (63 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1467 (176 pts) | #1657 (151 pts) | #1578 (166 pts) | #1741 (146 pts) | #1214 (251 pts) |