A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Jury's Out ahead in 100% of their meetings
Jury's Out has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Smokin temptations
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1473
peak 1473 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2021-08-13
latest 2026-06-12
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 88%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
310.42
last 3 Backyard vs avg 310.42 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.92
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 157.12 · weakest Chicken (153.30)
Road miles
11
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
43%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1556)
Purse competed for
$20K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
310.42 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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.
The comeback
4 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4 years, then back at Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) (2026-06-12).
- last seen 2022-06-10
- back 2026-06-12
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
SMOKING BROKE has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
Smokin temptations 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 146 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.
#4456 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Smokin temptations)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smokin temptations has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4469 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin temptations on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Smokin temptations's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4462 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Smokin temptations's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4440 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2016, 5 years before Smokin temptations's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2744 | 147.9540 | 153.30 | top 87% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8460 | 154.2628 | 157.12 | top 73% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 91% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 82% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 21 | 0 | top 91% | 2026-06-12 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.8 yrs
2021-08-13 → 2026-06-12
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 157.12 · weakest Chicken (153.30)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Backyard average
310.42
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
144
27–125 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
11
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1556
average field rating faced — tougher than 43% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$20,400
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
4 yrs
2022-06-10 → 2026-06-12
Power rating
1473
peak 1473 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Peak power rating (1492) Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- 2026
- Career-best overall score321.1204 Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)162.2744 Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.5 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2026-06-12 |
| -9.5 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2022-06-10 |
| -7.6 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2021-08-13 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 83.9% | 83.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-12 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 28 / 31 (321.1204) | 26 (162.2744) | 29 (158.8460) | — | — |
| 2022-06-10 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 21 / 23 (307.9084) | 22 (149.6684) | 16 (158.2400) | — | — |
| 2021-08-13 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 40 / 49 (302.2168) | 40 (147.9540) | 28 (154.2628) | — | — |