High-water mark
665.6232
career-best overall
92.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 665.6232 at Atlanta BarB-Que Festival — 92.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-08-14
IB SMOKIN' - ATL
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-06-05
latest 2017-05-19
Best ToY finish
#1549
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 74%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
651.57
last 4 Master vs avg 651.57 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.24
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.25 · weakest Brisket (160.24)
Road miles
61
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
18%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1525)
Master avg
651.57 / 720
4 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BIG L'S SWEET HEAT ahead in 100% of their meetings
BIG L'S SWEET HEAT has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
FRONT PORCH GEORGIA BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
IB SMOKIN' - ATL 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 148 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.
#4348 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1505 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4350 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4324 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after IB SMOKIN' - ATL did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with IB SMOKIN' - ATL on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4314 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 161.0856 | 167.25 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5488 | 154.7772 | 160.68 | top 75% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1544 | 151.9656 | 163.40 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0000 | 153.0628 | 160.24 | top 69% |
“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 78% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 70% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2015-06-05 → 2017-05-19
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 167.25 · weakest Brisket (160.24)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
651.57
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
109
41–99 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
61
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1525
average field rating faced — tougher than 18% of rated contests
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Euharlee Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier)
- First call Atlanta BarB-Que Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.6232 Atlanta BarB-Que Festival
- Career-best overall score665.6232 Atlanta BarB-Que Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.1544 Atlanta BarB-Que Festival
- Peak power rating (1490) Atlanta BarB-Que Festival
- 2017
- Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.9 | Atlanta BarB-Que Festival | 2015-08-14 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.5 | Euharlee Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier) | 2015-06-05 |
| -12.1 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2017-05-19 |
| -2.5 | Atlanta Bar B Q Festival | 2016-08-12 |
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 96% | 90.3% | 90.3% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 61% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 70% | 92.4% | 89.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-19 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Marietta, GA | 25 / 26 (650.1028) | 23 (165.0972) | 25 (154.7772) | 25 (162.2284) | 14 (168.0000) |
| 2016-08-12 | Atlanta Bar B Q Festival Atlanta, GA | 17 / 28 (663.2912) | 13 (170.8456) | 21 (162.2628) | 20 (166.2400) | 16 (163.9428) |
| 2015-08-14 | Atlanta BarB-Que Festival Atlanta, GA | 20 / 48 (665.6232) | 8 (171.9656) | 21 (164.5488) | 4 (173.1544) | 34 (155.9544) |
| 2015-06-05 | Euharlee Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier) Euharlee, GA | 41 / 42 (627.2456) | 37 (161.0856) | 35 (161.1316) | 41 (151.9656) | 39 (153.0628) |
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 | #2943 (51 pts) | #2283 (61 pts) | #2935 (51 pts) | #2925 (51 pts) | #2003 (106 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2074 (93 pts) | #2053 (113 pts) | #2283 (73 pts) | #2226 (78 pts) | #2131 (98 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1549 (145 pts) | #1341 (215 pts) | #1693 (140 pts) | #1195 (270 pts) | #1763 (120 pts) |