SIMMONS SECOND CHANCE RANCH BBQ

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

Power ranking

#5446

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1452

peak 1452 · rated over 11 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2015-05-02

latest 2018-09-28

Best ToY finish

#1044

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 11 contests

Avg finish

top 77%

overall standings

Best overall

660.5716 / 720

Master · SanLuis Valley Beat The Heat Brew BBQ & Chili Challenge

Perfect 180s

Current form

623.95 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 628.47 (-4.52)

Walk rate

18%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

171.4400

Chicken · SanLuis Valley Beat The Heat Brew BBQ & Chili Challenge

Consistency

±20.40

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 160.96 · weakest Brisket (153.58)

Road miles

3,051

mi across 11 mapped stops · furthest 508 mi

Schedule strength

58%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1573)

Master avg

628.47 / 720

11 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 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.

Their season

2016 their best year

2016 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 64%.

4 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 64%

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

Backdraft BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Backdraft BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.4 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.38 points below their pork, and turns into a call 9% of the time against 9%.

Brisket avg 153.58
Pork avg 160.96
1 calls in 11 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PIG IN A PIT in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

7 of 7 shared pork entries lost

Backdraft BBQ ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Backdraft BBQ has out-cooked them in 7 of 7 shared pork entries.

The long haul

3,051 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,051 miles across 11 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 508 miles to Sam's Club National BBQ Tour.

11 mapped stops
furthest 508 mi

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.

Blackjack bbq

#5462 of the rated field

1451 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1451

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2026-01-30

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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.

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

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2018-10-05

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Grills Gone Wild

#5449 of the rated field

1452 ▼ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

Level with SIMMONS SECOND CHANCE RANCH BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2026-03-20

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IN HOG HEAVEN

#5441 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 2019-05-25

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BORDER BBQ

#5431 of the rated field

1452 ▲ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before SIMMONS SECOND CHANCE RANCH BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 10 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Chisholm Trail Smokers

#5460 of the rated field

1451 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1451

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 10 years after SIMMONS SECOND CHANCE RANCH BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2026-07-24

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Backdraft BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
MONSOON BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
BIG POPPA SMOKERS	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
JO-BAWB'S BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Lost Weekend Grill	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
BRACKEN RACKS BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
DJS SMOKIN' BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN TRIGGERS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
SCORCH AND RESQUE	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	11	1	171.4400	145.6456	157.41	top 75%
Pork Ribs	11	0	168.5600	149.0400	156.52	top 75%
Pork	11	1	169.6916	151.3716	160.96	top 68%
Brisket	11	1	166.2972	135.3372	153.58	top 71%

“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
CO	7	top 75%
AZ	2	top 91%
TX	1	top 50%
NV	1	top 88%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	8	0	top 77%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 76%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge	2	26	0	top 86%	2018-09-07

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.4 yrs 2015-05-02 → 2018-09-28

Busiest season 2016 4 contests

Contests a season 2.8 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in CO 7 of 11 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 10 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 11 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 160.96 · weakest Brisket (153.58)

Walk rate 18% a top-10 call in 2 of 11 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 11 contests

Master average 628.47 out of 720 · 11 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 213 88–269 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 3,051 11 mapped stops · furthest 508 mi

Schedule strength 1573 average field rating faced — tougher than 58% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1.5 yrs 2017-03-17 → 2018-09-07

Power rating 1452 peak 1452 · #5446 of 6,413 rated

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

2015
May 2 First tracked contest Smokin In Mesquite BBQ Championship
May 2 Peak power rating (1492) Smokin In Mesquite BBQ Championship
Jun 5 First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.4344 Boats, Bands & BBQ
2016
Jul 29 First call SanLuis Valley Beat The Heat Brew BBQ & Chili Challenge
Jul 29 Career-best overall score660.5716 SanLuis Valley Beat The Heat Brew BBQ & Chili Challenge
Jul 29 Career-best single call (Chicken)171.4400 SanLuis Valley Beat The Heat Brew BBQ & Chili Challenge
2018
Sep 7 10th tracked contest Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge
Sep 28 Most recent contest Mazatzal Grill Masters BBQ competition & Testicle Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+4.4	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge	2016-09-09
+3.6	Bliss Brews & Que	2016-10-07

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.5	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2016-04-15
-8.3	Smokin In Mesquite BBQ Championship	2015-05-02
-8.2	Mazatzal Grill Masters BBQ competition & Testicle Festival	2018-09-28
-7.6	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge	2018-09-07
-7.2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2017-03-17

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)
2018	2	0%	top 92%	83.9%	83.3%
2017	1	0%	top 90%	88.1%	88.1%
2016	4	50%	top 64%	91.7%	88.8%
2015	4	0%	top 79%	90.1%	87.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-09-28	Mazatzal Grill Masters BBQ competition & Testicle Festival Payson, AZ	37 / 40 (595.2116)	39 (145.6456)	36 (151.3716)	26 (162.8572)	39 (135.3372)
2018-09-07	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Jct, CO	29 / 32 (604.4004)	27 (149.0972)	18 (162.8228)	29 (151.3716)	32 (141.1088)
2017-03-17	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tucson, AZ	26 / 29 (634.1140)	23 (165.1544)	28 (151.3944)	24 (160.5140)	24 (157.0512)
2016-10-07	Bliss Brews & Que Ft. Bliss, TX	16 / 32 (626.6972)	29 (150.2056)	14 (162.8344)	7 (167.4172)	24 (146.2400)
2016-09-09	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO	24 / 49 (659.3028)	28 (163.9428)	17 (168.5600)	32 (161.6572)	18 (165.1428)
2016-07-29	SanLuis Valley Beat The Heat Brew BBQ & Chili Challenge Alamosa, CO	18 / 27 (660.5716)	6 (171.4400)	21 (162.2400)	22 (160.5944)	7 (166.2972)
2016-04-15	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Collins, CO	25 / 28 (609.5200)	25 (150.8112)	22 (154.8000)	23 (156.5144)	25 (147.3944)
2015-09-11	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO	26 / 32 (618.6740)	28 (153.0512)	26 (149.6800)	25 (159.3944)	22 (156.5484)
2015-07-31	SLV Beat the Heat - Barbeque, Brews and Chili Alamosa, CO	23 / 29 (624.8912)	27 (152.5028)	27 (149.0400)	16 (163.9656)	19 (159.3828)
2015-06-05	Boats, Bands & BBQ Pueblo, CO	20 / 30 (648.4344)	18 (163.3828)	26 (155.3600)	12 (169.6916)	17 (160.0000)
2015-05-02	Smokin In Mesquite BBQ Championship Mesquite, NV	36 / 41 (631.3028)	24 (166.2744)	37 (153.6456)	36 (156.5600)	34 (154.8228)

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
2018 ↗	Master	#1686 (117 pts)	#1728 (117 pts)	#1480 (152 pts)	#1741 (117 pts)	#1714 (117 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2898 (54 pts)	#2276 (64 pts)	#2895 (54 pts)	#2794 (59 pts)	#2785 (59 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1044 (307 pts)	#1039 (337 pts)	#1014 (352 pts)	#1034 (352 pts)	#955 (367 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1113 (261 pts)	#1161 (266 pts)	#1323 (226 pts)	#1013 (336 pts)	#1037 (311 pts)