A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
B & C SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
B & C SMOKERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
MISSOURI MIDNIGHT SMOKERS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1513
peak 1513 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-10-03
latest 2015-10-03
Best ToY finish
#2084
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 40%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
597.00
last 4 Master vs avg 597.00 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±57.97
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.01 · weakest Pork Ribs (153.65)
Road miles
1
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)
Master avg
597.00 / 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 DUSTY ROADS 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.
MISSOURI MIDNIGHT SMOKERS 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 118 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.
#2702 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1519
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to MISSOURI MIDNIGHT SMOKERS)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team MISSOURI MIDNIGHT SMOKERS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2724 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1513
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to MISSOURI MIDNIGHT SMOKERS)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#2720 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2719 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after MISSOURI MIDNIGHT SMOKERS did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#2714 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Level with MISSOURI MIDNIGHT SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2698 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 178.8572 | 153.6340 | 163.01 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 140.4224 | 153.65 | top 70% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 141.6456 | 155.02 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2516 | 149.1200 | 157.11 | top 60% |
“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 (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-10-03 → 2015-10-03
Busiest season
2015
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.01 · weakest Pork Ribs (153.65)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
597.00
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
1,020
996–693 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1542
average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2014-10-02 → 2015-10-03
Power rating
1513
peak 1513 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- 2014
- First call 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.3828 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Career-best overall score651.3828 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- 2015
- Peak power rating (1513) 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
- Most recent contest 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.6 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | 2015-10-03 |
| +0.3 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2014-10-02 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -1 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2013-10-03 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 8% | 69.7% | 69.7% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 55% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 56% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-03 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 46 / 606 (501.6456) | 478 (156.5256) | 589 (140.4224) | 587 (141.6456) | 298 (162.2516) |
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 304 / 552 (651.3828) | 8 (178.8572) | 273 (163.9772) | 379 (159.4284) | 472 (149.1200) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 302 / 535 (634.1140) | 410 (153.6340) | 335 (156.5488) | 196 (163.9772) | 245 (159.9540) |
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 | #2158 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2084 (75 pts) | #1579 (170 pts) | #2161 (75 pts) | #2172 (75 pts) | #2148 (75 pts) |