The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Brass Monkey BBQ has finished one call ahead of SMOKIN' STACK RACKS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
SMOKIN' STACK RACKS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1464
peak 1464 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-08-23
latest 2015-10-23
Best ToY finish
#1676
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 92%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
564.68
last 3 Master vs avg 564.68 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±54.21
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 154.64 · weakest Chicken (108.36)
Road miles
16
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
13%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1519)
Master avg
564.68 / 720
3 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
Risky Brisket ahead in 100% of their meetings
Risky Brisket has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Grill Games (2015-08-28).
- last seen 2013-08-23
- back 2015-08-28
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' STACK RACKS has 3 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 133 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.
#4928 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4937 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after SMOKIN' STACK RACKS did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4934 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKIN' STACK RACKS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4914 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4900 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4902 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5484 | 20.0000 | 108.36 | top 91% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2972 | 145.1088 | 150.09 | top 76% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9884 | 147.9884 | 154.64 | top 74% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2512 | 142.8232 | 151.59 | top 66% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grill Games | 2 | 43 | 0 | top 95% | 2015-08-28 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.2 yrs
2013-08-23 → 2015-10-23
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
WI
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 154.64 · weakest Chicken (108.36)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
564.68
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
93
11–122 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
16
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1519
average field rating faced — tougher than 13% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2013-08-23 → 2015-08-28
Power rating
1464
peak 1464 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Grill Games
- Peak power rating (1484) Grill Games
- 2015
- Career-best overall score610.2172 Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook off
- Career-best single call (Pork)163.9884 Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook off
- Most recent contest Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -16 | Grill Games | 2013-08-23 |
| -11.2 | Grill Games | 2015-08-28 |
| -8.8 | Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook off | 2015-10-23 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 84.8% | 83.7% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 67.8% | 67.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-23 | Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook off Union Grove, WI | 38 / 44 (610.2172) | 35 (156.5484) | 40 (146.8572) | 20 (163.9884) | 39 (142.8232) |
| 2015-08-28 | Grill Games Kenosha, WI | 44 / 49 (595.3260) | 46 (148.5372) | 45 (145.1088) | 45 (147.9884) | 33 (153.6916) |
| 2013-08-23 | Grill Games Kenosha, WI | 43 / 43 (488.5028) | 43 (20.0000) | 19 (158.2972) | 36 (151.9544) | 18 (158.2512) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1676 (120 pts) | #1778 (120 pts) | #1776 (120 pts) | #1647 (145 pts) | #1763 (120 pts) |