STOKED TO SMOKE

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#5419

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1452

peak 1452 · rated over 12 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-05-23

latest 2020-01-17

Best ToY finish

#655

Master 2020

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 12 contests

Avg finish

top 75%

overall standings

Best overall

665.0744 / 720

Master · Horse Town Brew n Que Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

644.66 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 644.08 (+0.58)

Walk rate

25%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.0000

Chicken · Rim County BBQ Classic and Testicle Festival

Consistency

±9.73

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 163.50 · weakest Brisket (158.62)

Road miles

4,736

mi across 12 mapped stops · furthest 1203 mi

Schedule strength

54%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1569)

Purse competed for

$46K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 4 state-championship entries

Master avg

644.08 / 720

12 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (7 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.

High-water mark

665.0744 career-best overall

92.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 665.0744 at Horse Town Brew n Que Festival — 92.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-05-29

A tough matchup

10–0 behind in the head-to-head

LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ has come out ahead in 10 of their 10 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.9 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.88 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 8% of the time against 8%.

Brisket avg 158.62
Chicken avg 163.50
1 calls in 12 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BUTTS-N-RACKS in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

8 of 10 shared chicken entries lost

LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ ahead 80% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ has out-cooked them in 8 of 10 shared chicken entries.

The long haul

4,736 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,736 miles across 12 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,203 miles to Rim County BBQ Classic and Testicle Festival.

12 mapped stops
furthest 1,203 mi

The metronome

±1.35% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.35% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 89.5% of a perfect score
12 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.

114 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

NASQ

#5411 of the rated field

1452 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1501

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1501 at their best, 49 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2018-05-19

⚔ Head-to-head

The Big LebowsQ

#5408 of the rated field

1452 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1452

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 12, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2025-08-30

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Smokin' G's BBQ

#5432 of the rated field

1452 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1452

No shared contest yet.

Level with STOKED TO SMOKE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2018-10-05

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SNOUTS HONOR BBQ TEAM

#5435 of the rated field

1452 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1506

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 3 years before STOKED TO SMOKE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 14 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

BORDER BBQ

#5431 of the rated field

1452 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1452

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2015-10-03

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKE JUMPERS

#5439 of the rated field

1452 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1452

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2022-06-16

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
BIG POPPA SMOKERS	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
COW TIPPIN BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
Bad Boyz BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
Your Behind BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
The BBQ Asylum	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Rhythm n QUE	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
KNIFE PORK AND SPOON	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
MONSOON BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKERS PURGATORY	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
DJS SMOKIN' BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
SHIG NINJA BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
CLOUD OF SMOKE BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Burnin and Lootin	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	12	1	176.0000	147.3944	163.50	top 66%
Pork Ribs	12	1	174.8916	148.5944	162.36	top 56%
Pork	12	0	168.5600	147.3828	159.60	top 71%
Brisket	12	1	169.1200	149.0400	158.62	top 67%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
AZ	6	top 74%
NV	5	top 80%
CA	1	top 57%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	6	0	top 77%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 73%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge	2	40	0	top 72%	2020-01-17
Best Dam Barbecue	2	26	0	top 76%	2016-05-27

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5.7 yrs 2014-05-23 → 2020-01-17

Busiest season 2019 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in AZ 6 of 12 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 10 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 12 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 163.50 · weakest Brisket (158.62)

Walk rate 25% a top-10 call in 3 of 12 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 12 contests

Master average 644.08 out of 720 · 12 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 281 142–383 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 4,736 12 mapped stops · furthest 1,203 mi

Schedule strength 1569 average field rating faced — tougher than 54% of rated contests

Purse competed for $46,000 listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 4 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1.3 yrs 2016-05-27 → 2017-09-29

Power rating 1452 peak 1452 · #5419 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2014
May 23 First tracked contest 10th Annual Best Dam Barbecue Challenge
May 23 Peak power rating (1492) 10th Annual Best Dam Barbecue Challenge
2015
May 2 First call Smokin In Mesquite BBQ Championship
May 29 First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.0744 Horse Town Brew n Que Festival
May 29 Career-best overall score665.0744 Horse Town Brew n Que Festival
2017
Sep 29 Career-best single call (Chicken)176.0000 Rim County BBQ Classic and Testicle Festival
2019
May 3 10th tracked contest 7th Annual Show Low BBQ Throw down
2020
Jan 17 Most recent contest Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+0.8	Horse Town Brew n Que Festival	2015-05-29
+0.2	7th Annual Show Low BBQ Throw down	2019-05-03
+0.1	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge	2020-01-17

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.5	2014 Down Town Throw Down	2014-12-12
-8.1	10th Annual Best Dam Barbecue Challenge	2014-05-23
-6.9	Arizona National BBQ Stampede	2019-12-27
-6.9	Best Dam Barbecue	2015-05-22
-5.2	Smokin In Mesquite BBQ Championship	2015-05-02

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2020	1	0%	top 68%	90.2%	90.2%
2019	3	0%	top 78%	90.5%	89.7%
2017	1	100%	top 75%	88.3%	88.3%
2016	2	0%	top 71%	90.5%	90%
2015	3	67%	top 72%	92.4%	90.3%
2014	2	0%	top 84%	87.8%	87.5%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2020-01-17	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	40 / 59 (649.5544)	34 (166.2628)	23 (166.2744)	36 (162.7884)	46 (154.2288)
2019-12-27	Arizona National BBQ Stampede 🏅 Phoenix, AZ	40 / 44 (642.7088)	26 (166.2516)	21 (169.1084)	43 (153.6572)	41 (153.6916)
2019-05-03	7th Annual Show Low BBQ Throw down 🏅 Show Low, AZ	30 / 45 (651.8972)	39 (160.5944)	14 (168.5372)	29 (165.1200)	30 (157.6456)
2019-01-18	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	48 / 63 (643.2684)	51 (162.2628)	21 (166.2628)	32 (165.7028)	54 (149.0400)
2017-09-29	Rim County BBQ Classic and Testicle Festival Payson, AZ	27 / 36 (635.8744)	4 (176.0000)	30 (155.9428)	31 (149.1544)	26 (154.7772)
2016-05-27	Best Dam Barbecue Boulder City, NV	26 / 36 (644.0344)	20 (166.2628)	33 (148.5944)	23 (165.1772)	19 (164.0000)
2016-05-06	4th Annual BBQ Throwdown Show Low, AZ	27 / 39 (651.8168)	21 (166.8228)	26 (161.6456)	31 (160.5256)	22 (162.8228)
2015-05-29	Horse Town Brew n Que Festival Norco, CA	43 / 75 (665.0744)	41 (166.8456)	9 (174.8916)	59 (161.6800)	53 (161.6572)
2015-05-22	Best Dam Barbecue Boulder City, NV	30 / 38 (647.8972)	33 (161.6800)	16 (163.9544)	13 (168.5600)	33 (153.7028)
2015-05-02	Smokin In Mesquite BBQ Championship Mesquite, NV	33 / 41 (637.0396)	25 (165.7140)	35 (154.8228)	39 (147.3828)	9 (169.1200)
2014-12-12	2014 Down Town Throw Down Las Vegas, NV	23 / 26 (631.9088)	26 (147.3944)	21 (156.5600)	11 (166.2744)	17 (161.6800)
2014-05-23	10th Annual Best Dam Barbecue Challenge Boulder City, NV	28 / 35 (627.8860)	31 (155.9656)	20 (161.6804)	34 (149.1200)	21 (161.1200)

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
2020 ↗	Master	#655 (120 pts)	#696 (120 pts)	#636 (150 pts)	#706 (120 pts)	#681 (120 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1471 (120 pts)	#1593 (120 pts)	#1240 (195 pts)	#1578 (120 pts)	#1536 (120 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#1384 (210 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2266 (60 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1775 (120 pts)	#1649 (165 pts)	#1884 (120 pts)	#1818 (130 pts)	#1611 (165 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1372 (180 pts)	#1476 (180 pts)	#1069 (310 pts)	#1281 (240 pts)	#1144 (265 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2700 (60 pts)	#2713 (60 pts)	#2120 (85 pts)	#2715 (60 pts)	#2122 (80 pts)