A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
BUFFALO'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BUFFALO'S BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
RED RIVER SMOKE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1511 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2013-04-05
latest 2019-04-19
Best ToY finish
#2274
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 74%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
510.06
last 5 Master vs avg 510.06 (+0.00)
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±181.07
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 155.98 · weakest Pork Ribs (126.38)
Road miles
102
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 51 mi
Schedule strength
46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
510.06 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 weak link
−29.6
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 29.60 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 25%.
- Pork Ribs avg 126.38
- Brisket avg 155.98
- 1 calls in 5 entries
The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Pork-A-Palooza (2022-04-15).
- last seen 2019-04-19
- back 2022-04-15
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.
146 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4402 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after RED RIVER SMOKE did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#4436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Level with RED RIVER SMOKE 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.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4440 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4443 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUFFALO'S BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.2856 | 129.0856 | 140.98 | top 84% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.1430 | 20.0000 | 126.38 | top 71% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.3712 | 140.5372 | 147.40 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 149.0972 | 155.98 | top 54% |
“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 96% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 59% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pork-A-Palooza | 2 | 24 | 0 | top 96% | 2019-04-19 |
| Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon | 2 | 28 | 0 | top 80% | 2016-04-01 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6 yrs
2013-04-05 → 2019-04-19
Busiest season
2022
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OK
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
3
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 155.98 · weakest Pork Ribs (126.38)
Walk rate
17%
a top-10 call in 1 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
17%
1 of 6 contests
Master average
510.06
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
135
61–129 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
102
6 mapped stops · furthest 51 mi
Schedule strength
1559
average field rating faced — tougher than 46% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$10,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2019-04-19 → 2022-04-15
Power rating
1474
peak 1511 · #4417 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Stillwater Elks 25th Annual Blazathon
- First call Stillwater Elks 25th Annual Blazathon
- First overall top-10 Stillwater Elks 25th Annual Blazathon
- Career-best overall score627.9998 Stillwater Elks 25th Annual Blazathon
- Career-best single call (Brisket)166.8572 Stillwater Elks 25th Annual Blazathon
- Peak power rating (1511) Stillwater Elks 25th Annual Blazathon
- 2022
- Most recent contest Pork-A-Palooza
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.1 | Stillwater Elks 25th Annual Blazathon | 2013-04-05 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.6 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon | 2016-04-01 |
| -10.5 | Pork-A-Palooza | 2019-04-19 |
| -9.8 | *Pork-A-Palooza | 2018-03-16 |
| -5.2 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon | 2014-04-04 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 20.7% | 20.7% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 81.6% | 81.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 82.3% | 82.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 82.4% | 82.4% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 17% | 87.2% | 87.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-15 | Pork-A-Palooza 🏅 Weatherford, OK | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019-04-19 | Pork-A-Palooza Weatherford, OK | 33 / 33 (149.0856) | 33 (129.0856) | 33 (20.0000) | — | — |
| 2018-03-16 | *Pork-A-Palooza Weatherford, OK | 24 / 26 (587.2572) | 26 (135.9088) | 24 (148.5600) | 23 (147.9656) | 20 (154.8228) |
| 2016-04-01 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon Stillwater, OK | 40 / 44 (592.4800) | 39 (149.7028) | 37 (149.0972) | 44 (140.5372) | 30 (153.1428) |
| 2014-04-04 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon Stillwater, OK | 28 / 40 (593.4740) | 36 (139.9200) | 28 (149.0856) | 13 (155.3712) | 25 (149.0972) |
| 2013-04-05 | Stillwater Elks 25th Annual Blazathon Stillwater, OK | 9 / 52 (627.9998) | 21 (150.2856) | 5 (165.1430) | 34 (145.7140) | 5 (166.8572) |
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) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2620 (65 pts) | #2633 (65 pts) | #2644 (65 pts) | #1908 (125 pts) | #2630 (65 pts) |