A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKE'N ICE ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKE'N ICE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
TIM'S TAILGATE BBQ TEAM
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1499
peak 1507 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-08-31
latest 2014-08-30
Best ToY finish
#1647
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 53%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
634.60
last 3 Master vs avg 634.60 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.45
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.41 · weakest Pork (152.73)
Road miles
26
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
11%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1515)
Master avg
634.60 / 720
3 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of FULL DRAW BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared 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.
TIM'S TAILGATE BBQ TEAM has 3 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 132 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.
#3205 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3236 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with TIM'S TAILGATE BBQ TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3207 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3206 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3218 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3232 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1499
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 172.5600 | 161.0856 | 167.41 | top 19% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5716 | 153.1316 | 160.75 | top 52% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8228 | 151.4056 | 152.73 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7028 | 151.4284 | 153.71 | top 59% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 72% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 44% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | 2 | 26 | 0 | top 44% | 2014-08-30 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2013-08-31 → 2014-08-30
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 167.41 · weakest Pork (152.73)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
634.60
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
148
103–88 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
26
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1515
average field rating faced — tougher than 11% of rated contests
Power rating
1499
peak 1507 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- First call City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score643.3144 City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.5716 City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1507) City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- 2014
- Most recent contest City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.3 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | 2013-08-31 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.4 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2014-03-14 |
| -1.6 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | 2014-08-30 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 65% | 88.2% | 87.5% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 29% | 89.3% | 89.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-08-30 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 44 / 76 (635.3712) | 4 (172.5600) | 52 (156.5600) | 61 (154.8228) | 55 (151.4284) |
| 2014-03-14 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Worth, TX | 21 / 29 (625.1200) | 3 (168.5828) | 24 (153.1316) | 23 (151.4056) | 18 (152.0000) |
| 2013-08-31 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 26 / 89 (643.3144) | 36 (161.0856) | 5 (172.5716) | 60 (151.9544) | 39 (157.7028) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1647 (149 pts) | #808 (454 pts) | #1823 (134 pts) | #1794 (139 pts) | #1606 (164 pts) |