High-water mark
669.0744
career-best overall
92.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 669.0744 at Carnivores Classic — 92.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2016-09-23
SMOKIN PUP
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1529
peak 1532 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-05-29
latest 2017-04-07
Best ToY finish
#1113
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 34%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
663.34
last 4 Master vs avg 663.34 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.77
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 171.41 · weakest Chicken (161.96)
Road miles
2,479
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 1023 mi
Schedule strength
37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)
Master avg
663.34 / 720
4 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.
Announced themselves early
4th
at their very first contest
Finished 4 of 20 at their very first tracked contest, Carnivores Classic (2015-05-29).
- 2015-05-29
- 20-team field
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 PUP has 4 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 76 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.
#2250 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1542
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2233 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 5 contests, alongside a 40% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#2244 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKIN PUP on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2242 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 4 years before SMOKIN PUP's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2245 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1539
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 4 years before SMOKIN PUP's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2246 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after SMOKIN PUP did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 168.5484 | 151.3600 | 161.96 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7260 | 159.3828 | 165.13 | top 44% |
| Pork | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 178.8572 | 165.1200 | 171.41 | top 23% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 168.5600 | 159.3828 | 164.84 | top 40% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MT | 2 | 0 | top 22% |
| UT | 1 | 0 | top 66% |
| MN | 1 | 0 | top 26% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 37% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 26% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.9 yrs
2015-05-29 → 2017-04-07
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MT
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 171.41 · weakest Chicken (161.96)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
50%
2 of 4 contests
Master average
663.34
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
111
84–39 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,479
4 mapped stops · furthest 1,023 mi
Schedule strength
1548
average field rating faced — tougher than 37% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2015-05-29 → 2016-06-03
Power rating
1529
peak 1532 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Carnivores Classic
- First call Carnivores Classic
- First category win (Brisket) Carnivores Classic
- First overall top-10 Carnivores Classic
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.7540 Carnivores Classic
- 2016
- Career-best single call (Pork)178.8572 Smokin in Steele
- Career-best overall score669.0744 Carnivores Classic
- Peak power rating (1532) Carnivores Classic
- 2017
- Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.4 | Carnivores Classic | 2015-05-29 |
| +10.6 | Carnivores Classic | 2016-09-23 |
| +10 | Smokin in Steele | 2016-06-03 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.1 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2017-04-07 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 66% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 25% | 92.9% | 92.8% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 20% | 92% | 92% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-04-07 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT | 19 / 29 (654.1828) | 12 (168.5484) | 18 (161.1316) | 20 (165.1200) | 23 (159.3828) |
| 2016-09-23 | Carnivores Classic Missoula, MT | 6 / 25 (669.0744) | 9 (163.9656) | 11 (166.2744) | 3 (170.2744) | 7 (168.5600) |
| 2016-06-03 | Smokin in Steele Owatonna, MN | 14 / 53 (667.3604) | 49 (151.3600) | 7 (173.7260) | 1 (178.8572) | 25 (163.4172) |
| 2015-05-29 | Carnivores Classic Missoula, MT | 4 / 20 (662.7540) | 10 (163.9656) | 11 (159.3828) | 2 (171.4056) | 1 (168.0000) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2072 (84 pts) | #1920 (119 pts) | #2137 (89 pts) | #2158 (79 pts) | #2253 (64 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1113 (280 pts) | #1457 (195 pts) | #1167 (285 pts) | #771 (510 pts) | #1396 (215 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1321 (195 pts) | #1778 (120 pts) | #1897 (115 pts) | #1270 (245 pts) | #1129 (270 pts) |