High-water mark
664.5256
career-best overall
92.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 664.5256 at 34th Annual Kennett Jaycee Show-Me State BBQ CookOff — 92.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-05-22
Thank You for Smoking
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1470
peak 1470 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2013-06-07
latest 2015-09-05
Best ToY finish
#1905
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 71%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
628.56 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 542.59 (+85.97)
Walk rate
43%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±222.40
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 139.57 · weakest Brisket (133.19)
Road miles
5,808
mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 4311 mi
Schedule strength
22%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1530)
Master avg
542.59 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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 tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
FIRE DANCER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
FIRE DANCER BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The weak link
−6.4
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.39 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 29%.
- Brisket avg 133.19
- Chicken avg 139.57
- 0 calls in 7 entries
The long haul
5,808
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,808 miles across 7 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 4,311 miles to Grillstock.
- 7 mapped stops
- furthest 4,311 mi
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.
141 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4585 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4580 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1507 at their best, 37 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4600 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Level with Thank You for Smoking on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4576 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#4601 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
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#4578 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
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-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.1084 | 0.0000 | 139.57 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 173.7144 | 0.0000 | 135.58 | top 69% |
| Pork | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 0.0000 | 134.25 | top 73% |
| Brisket | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 0.0000 | 133.19 | top 68% |
“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 (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.2 yrs
2013-06-07 → 2015-09-05
Busiest season
2014
4 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
2 of 7 contests · 4 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
7
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
7 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 139.57 · weakest Brisket (133.19)
Walk rate
43%
a top-10 call in 3 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 7 contests
Master average
542.59
out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
194
63–155 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
5,808
7 mapped stops · furthest 4,311 mi
Schedule strength
1530
average field rating faced — tougher than 22% of rated contests
Power rating
1470
peak 1470 · #4591 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Lincolnton Hog Happenin'
- Peak power rating (1486) Lincolnton Hog Happenin'
- 2014
- First call Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.3372 Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.7144 Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff
- 2015
- Career-best overall score664.5256 34th Annual Kennett Jaycee Show-Me State BBQ CookOff
- Most recent contest Grillstock
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.5 | 34th Annual Kennett Jaycee Show-Me State BBQ CookOff | 2015-05-22 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.6 | Lincolnton Hog Happenin' | 2013-06-07 |
| -8 | 13th Annual Bordertown Bash | 2014-07-11 |
| -4 | Smokelawn | 2014-05-02 |
| -3.7 | Central Illinois Bragging Rights | 2014-10-10 |
| -1.7 | Grillstock | 2015-09-05 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 59% | 92.3% | 88.1% |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | top 71% | 91% | 87.8% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 0% | 0% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-09-05 | Grillstock London, | 16 / 26 (604.4340) | 9 (162.8228) | 17 (148.0000) | 22 (141.0856) | 12 (152.5256) |
| 2015-05-22 | 34th Annual Kennett Jaycee Show-Me State BBQ CookOff Kennett, MO | 18 / 32 (664.5256) | 7 (173.1084) | 18 (165.7372) | 16 (167.4056) | 24 (158.2744) |
| 2014-10-10 | Central Illinois Bragging Rights Arthur, IL | 26 / 37 (632.5028) | 15 (166.2972) | 34 (151.9428) | 32 (154.8344) | 23 (159.4284) |
| 2014-07-11 | 13th Annual Bordertown Bash Fort Smith, AR | 30 / 35 (611.8176) | 22 (163.9888) | 26 (156.0116) | 27 (154.7772) | 33 (137.0400) |
| 2014-05-02 | Smokelawn Hot Springs, AR | 27 / 39 (629.5424) | 28 (159.9656) | 34 (153.6684) | 27 (157.1200) | 22 (158.7884) |
| 2014-04-04 | Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff Kennett, MO | 13 / 22 (655.3372) | 21 (150.8344) | 3 (173.7144) | 12 (164.5484) | 11 (166.2400) |
| 2013-06-07 | Lincolnton Hog Happenin' Lincolnton, NC | 32 / 34 (0.0000) | 32 (0.0000) | 33 (0.0000) | 31 (0.0000) | 31 (0.0000) |
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 | #1965 (92 pts) | #1584 (162 pts) | #2021 (92 pts) | #2004 (102 pts) | #2207 (62 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1905 (107 pts) | #2594 (67 pts) | #1348 (222 pts) | #1979 (112 pts) | #1926 (117 pts) |