A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKIN ELVISES ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKIN ELVISES has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
RUBBIN IT SOUTH OF THE RIVER
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-08-01
latest 2015-07-31
Best ToY finish
#1840
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 76%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
624.04
last 4 Master vs avg 624.04 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.57
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 159.41 · weakest Brisket (148.95)
Road miles
159
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 50 mi
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)
Master avg
624.04 / 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BLUE COLLAR 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.
RUBBIN IT SOUTH OF THE RIVER 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 150 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.
#4293 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
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#4324 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after RUBBIN IT SOUTH OF THE RIVER did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with RUBBIN IT SOUTH OF THE RIVER on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4314 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1476
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#4309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
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#4322 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2972 | 150.2172 | 157.40 | top 71% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5944 | 145.6344 | 159.41 | top 67% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8456 | 155.4284 | 158.27 | top 74% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.3944 | 142.2628 | 148.95 | top 78% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 73% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 85% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2014-08-01 → 2015-07-31
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 159.41 · weakest Brisket (148.95)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
624.04
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
109
36–110 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
159
4 mapped stops · furthest 50 mi
Schedule strength
1542
average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Rossville Tall Corn BBQ Contest
- First call Rossville Tall Corn BBQ Contest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.2972 Rossville Tall Corn BBQ Contest
- Career-best overall score638.7888 Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee
- Peak power rating (1494) Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee
- 2015
- Most recent contest Rossville Tall Corn Festival BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.3 | Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee | 2014-10-10 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.6 | Rossville Tall Corn BBQ Contest | 2014-08-01 |
| -10.3 | Big Blue BBQ Championship | 2015-06-05 |
| -7.3 | Rossville Tall Corn Festival BBQ Contest | 2015-07-31 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 87% | 86.3% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 65% | 88.7% | 87% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-07-31 | Rossville Tall Corn Festival BBQ Contest Rossville, KS | 39 / 46 (626.1716) | 44 (150.8344) | 40 (157.6916) | 29 (162.8456) | 36 (154.8000) |
| 2015-06-05 | Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS | 27 / 30 (616.4800) | 28 (150.2172) | 14 (165.7372) | 23 (158.2628) | 29 (142.2628) |
| 2014-10-10 | Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee Topeka, KS | 14 / 37 (638.7888) | 26 (158.2628) | 13 (168.5944) | 25 (156.5372) | 15 (155.3944) |
| 2014-08-01 | Rossville Tall Corn BBQ Contest Rossville, KS | 34 / 37 (614.7200) | 9 (170.2972) | 36 (145.6344) | 33 (155.4284) | 36 (143.3600) |
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 | #1840 (115 pts) | #1892 (115 pts) | #1543 (170 pts) | #1757 (125 pts) | #1909 (115 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1857 (117 pts) | #2686 (62 pts) | #1898 (122 pts) | #2693 (62 pts) | #1951 (112 pts) |