STINKY D'S BBQ

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

Power ranking

#4803

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1466

peak 1466 · rated over 12 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-06-21

latest 2019-06-21

Best ToY finish

#1317

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 12 contests

Avg finish

top 70%

overall standings

Best overall

661.0628 / 720

Master · 8th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cookoff

Perfect 180s

Current form

630.87 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 628.98 (+1.89)

Walk rate

33%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.2856

Chicken · 8th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cookoff

Consistency

±13.85

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 162.42 · weakest Pork (153.87)

Road miles

388

mi across 12 mapped stops · furthest 32 mi

Schedule strength

39%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)

Purse competed for

$8K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

628.98 / 720

12 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.

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

STEEL SMOKIN' BBQ has finished one call ahead of STINKY D'S BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

11–0 behind in the head-to-head

iBQ'n ahead in 100% of their meetings

iBQ'n has come out ahead in 11 of their 11 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.5 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.55 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 8% of the time against 8%.

Pork avg 153.87
Chicken avg 162.42
1 calls in 12 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of HenriQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

9 of 11 shared chicken entries lost

THE REAL SMOKIN ACES ahead 82% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, THE REAL SMOKIN ACES has out-cooked them in 9 of 11 shared chicken entries.

The metronome

±1.92% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.92% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 87.4% 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.

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

MAD JACK'S BBQ

#4786 of the rated field

1467 ▲ 0 power rating

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

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to STINKY D'S BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team STINKY D'S BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2015-06-26

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The Smokin' B.A.R.

#4792 of the rated field

1467 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1467

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2026-05-23

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GREAT WHITE BBQ

#4798 of the rated field

1467 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1503

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2019-05-17

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PIG PICKERS

#4808 of the rated field

1466 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1511

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before STINKY D'S BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 13 contests

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A-QUE

#4794 of the rated field

1467 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1467

No shared contest yet.

Level with STINKY D'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2019-08-16

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A SIMPLE PIG

#4790 of the rated field

1467 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1467

No shared contest yet.

14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 7% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
DETROIT PIGSKIN BARBEQUE	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
iBQ'n	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
Mac Attack BBQ	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
AWW HELL	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
BAD WOLF BBQ	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' IN THE D	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
BAVARIAN SMOKE BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
MOTLEY QUE CREW	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
PB&J'S BBQ TEAM	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
HOLY SMOKERS MI	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
SWEET RACKS & SMOKIN' BUTTS BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
SMOLDERING Q	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	12	1	1	174.2856	151.4284	162.42	top 54%
Pork Ribs	12	2	1	170.8456	142.8574	157.73	top 64%
Pork	12	1	0	165.1316	142.8228	153.87	top 77%
Brisket	12	1	0	166.2400	141.0744	154.96	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.

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Blues.Brews & Barbecue	2	23	0	top 75%	2016-07-29

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 6 yrs 2013-06-21 → 2019-06-21

Busiest season 2015 3 contests

Contests a season 1.7 across 7 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MI 12 of 12 contests

Contests visited 11 1 of them cooked more than once

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

Strongest meat Chicken averages 162.42 · weakest Pork (153.87)

Walk rate 33% a top-10 call in 4 of 12 contests

Overall top-10 rate 8% 1 of 12 contests

Master average 628.98 out of 720 · 12 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 136 117–254 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 388 12 mapped stops · furthest 32 mi

Schedule strength 1552 average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests

Purse competed for $8,000 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Power rating 1466 peak 1466 · #4803 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Jun 21 First tracked contest 5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off
Jun 21 Peak power rating (1494) 5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off
2014
Jun 20 First call 6th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off
2016
Jun 24 First overall top-10 8th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cookoff
Jun 24 First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.0628 8th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cookoff
Jun 24 Career-best overall score661.0628 8th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cookoff
Jun 24 Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2856 8th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cookoff
2017
Jul 21 10th tracked contest *BBQ & BREWS
2019
Jun 21 Most recent contest 11th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.9	8th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cookoff	2016-06-24
+3.4	*BBQ & BREWS	2017-07-21
+0.5	9th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off	2017-06-23

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.2	7th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off	2015-06-19
-7.8	Blues, Brews & Barbecues	2013-08-23
-7	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2015-07-17
-5.9	5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off	2013-06-21
-5.3	11th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off	2019-06-21

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0	0%	top 80%	88.4%	88.4%
2018	1	0	0%	top 77%	85.6%	85.6%
2017	2	0	50%	top 57%	89.1%	88.8%
2016	2	1	50%	top 53%	91.8%	89.1%
2015	3	0	33%	top 80%	87.9%	86.8%
2014	1	0	100%	top 71%	87.6%	87.6%
2013	2	0	0%	top 74%	85.5%	85.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-06-21	11th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off 🏅 Auburn Hills, MI	24 / 30 (636.4112)	23 (161.7028)	23 (161.1200)	27 (149.0628)	14 (164.5256)
2018-06-22	10th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off Auburn Hills, MI	23 / 30 (616.4340)	22 (155.9772)	21 (157.1428)	27 (150.7884)	21 (152.5256)
2017-07-21	*BBQ & BREWS Birch Run, MI	19 / 37 (641.6344)	16 (164.0000)	4 (170.8456)	30 (152.5372)	27 (154.2516)
2017-06-23	9th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off Auburn Hills, MI	20 / 32 (637.6228)	13 (167.4400)	19 (158.2400)	23 (157.6800)	23 (154.2628)
2016-07-29	Blues.Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI	31 / 39 (622.2284)	12 (168.0228)	34 (154.8344)	38 (142.8228)	24 (156.5484)
2016-06-24	8th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cookoff Auburn Hills, MI	8 / 30 (661.0628)	2 (174.2856)	3 (168.5716)	15 (161.1200)	17 (157.0856)
2015-08-21	Blues, Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI	23 / 33 (629.0060)	23 (157.6800)	18 (163.3828)	9 (165.1316)	29 (142.8116)
2015-07-17	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Auburn Hills, MI	24 / 28 (633.0284)	23 (158.8572)	26 (155.3828)	19 (161.7028)	25 (157.0856)
2015-06-19	7th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off Auburn Hills, MI	27 / 32 (613.5200)	17 (162.8000)	26 (151.3600)	30 (147.4172)	27 (151.9428)
2014-06-20	6th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off Auburn Hills, MI	22 / 31 (630.6284)	14 (164.5372)	27 (147.3600)	29 (152.4912)	10 (166.2400)
2013-08-23	Blues, Brews & Barbecues Birch Run, MI	24 / 31 (615.8744)	13 (162.2856)	15 (161.7028)	29 (150.8116)	28 (141.0744)
2013-06-21	5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off Auburn Hills, MI	21 / 30 (610.2858)	24 (151.4284)	27 (142.8574)	21 (154.8572)	11 (161.1428)

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
2019 ↗	Master	#1955 (60 pts)	#2013 (65 pts)	#1996 (65 pts)	#2529 (55 pts)	#1698 (110 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1931 (65 pts)	#1949 (70 pts)	#1931 (75 pts)	#2534 (55 pts)	#1912 (75 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1491 (172 pts)	#1348 (222 pts)	#1137 (297 pts)	#1767 (127 pts)	#1763 (127 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1317 (210 pts)	#952 (380 pts)	#1156 (290 pts)	#1664 (165 pts)	#1639 (160 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1364 (183 pts)	#1307 (228 pts)	#1385 (203 pts)	#1162 (283 pts)	#1517 (168 pts)