A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
FIREBUGBBQ.COM
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1483
peak 1506 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-04-11
latest 2016-04-08
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 74%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
616.78
last 3 Master vs avg 616.78 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±27.81
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.74 · weakest Brisket (144.86)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
38%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)
Master avg
616.78 / 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 R U Rdy 4 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.
FIREBUGBBQ.COM 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 133 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.
#3968 of the rated field
- Contests
- 23
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 4%
- Peak
- 1512
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to FIREBUGBBQ.COM)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team FIREBUGBBQ.COM has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3983 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3990 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after FIREBUGBBQ.COM did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3954 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with FIREBUGBBQ.COM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3972 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3984 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
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 | 173.7600 | 144.4800 | 160.74 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8688 | 146.7884 | 154.26 | top 72% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1544 | 147.9428 | 156.92 | top 63% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.6456 | 140.4800 | 144.86 | top 87% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke in the Spring | 3 | 26 | 0 | top 74% | 2016-04-08 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2014-04-11 → 2016-04-08
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 160.74 · weakest Brisket (144.86)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
616.78
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
154
61–215 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1550
average field rating faced — tougher than 38% of rated contests
Power rating
1483
peak 1506 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Smoke In The Spring
- First call Smoke In The Spring
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.2632 Smoke In The Spring
- Career-best overall score654.2632 Smoke In The Spring
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7600 Smoke In The Spring
- Peak power rating (1506) Smoke In The Spring
- 2016
- Most recent contest Smoke in the Spring
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.1 | Smoke In The Spring | 2014-04-11 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.6 | Smoke in the Spring | 2015-04-10 |
| -11.1 | Smoke in the Spring | 2016-04-08 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 81.6% | 81.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 84.5% | 84.5% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 36% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-04-08 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 102 / 109 (587.7256) | 101 (144.4800) | 99 (149.1200) | 99 (149.6684) | 98 (144.4572) |
| 2015-04-10 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 90 / 97 (608.3540) | 45 (163.9772) | 93 (146.7884) | 91 (147.9428) | 80 (149.6456) |
| 2014-04-11 | Smoke In The Spring Osage City, KS | 26 / 73 (654.2632) | 5 (173.7600) | 22 (166.8688) | 4 (173.1544) | 64 (140.4800) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2084 (75 pts) | #1453 (200 pts) | #2081 (90 pts) | #1340 (225 pts) | #2148 (75 pts) |