OUT WEST SMOKERS

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

Power ranking

#4674

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1469

peak 1469 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-08-22

latest 2018-07-13

Best ToY finish

#1236

Master 2018

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 75%

overall standings

Best overall

674.8116 / 720

Master · Wild West BBQ Shoot Out

Perfect 180s

Current form

648.64 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 643.84 (+4.80)

Walk rate

43%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.2972

Chicken · Wild West BBQ Shoot Out

Consistency

±17.80

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 164.72 · weakest Chicken (156.40)

Road miles

444

mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 114 mi

Schedule strength

46%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

643.84 / 720

7 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.

High-water mark

674.8116 career-best overall

93.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 674.8116 at Wild West BBQ Shoot Out — 93.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
2017-08-25

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

SMOKE-IN-LAW has finished one call ahead of OUT WEST SMOKERS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

TEAM AMERICA ahead in 100% of their meetings

TEAM AMERICA has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.3 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.32 points below their pork, and turns into a call 14% of the time against 29%.

Chicken avg 156.40
Pork avg 164.72
1 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of RICHARDS ROUNDUP BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

FARVA-Q 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.

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

ASLEEP AT THE GRILL

#4686 of the rated field

1469 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1500

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1500 at their best, 32 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2021-04-09

⚔ Head-to-head

DC Smokers

#4691 of the rated field

1469 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1469

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2019-10-18

⚔ Head-to-head

BRO B QUE SMOKIN TEAM

#4662 of the rated field

1469 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1469

No shared contest yet.

Level with OUT WEST SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2018-04-20

⚔ Head-to-head

OUTLAW RAYS BARBEQUE

#4638 of the rated field

1469 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1469

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2019-02-01

⚔ Head-to-head

Smokin'101

#4645 of the rated field

1469 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1503

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1503 at their best, 34 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2017-08-18

⚔ Head-to-head

Mr. Jimmy's Obsession

#4675 of the rated field

1469 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1510

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1510 at their best, 41 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2017-07-07

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
G AND L BBQ	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
TEAM AMERICA	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
BIG JOHNSON'S BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
HALF BAKED HIPPIES BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	1	0	178.2972	145.1544	156.40	top 80%
Pork Ribs	7	1	1	177.1428	155.3828	162.84	top 57%
Pork	7	2	1	173.1544	158.8000	164.72	top 55%
Brisket	7	0	0	168.5828	152.5372	159.89	top 73%

“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
UT	5	0	top 78%
NV	2	0	top 67%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	0	top 74%
Medium (20–39)	6	0	top 75%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Wild West BBQ Shoot Out	2	21	0	top 67%	2017-08-25
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	22	0	top 73%	2016-04-08

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

On the trail 3.9 yrs 2014-08-22 → 2018-07-13

Busiest season 2018 2 contests

Contests a season 1.4 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in UT 5 of 7 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 5 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 7 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 164.72 · weakest Chicken (156.40)

Walk rate 43% a top-10 call in 3 of 7 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 7 contests

Master average 643.84 out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 101 51–133 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 444 7 mapped stops · furthest 114 mi

Schedule strength 1559 average field rating faced — tougher than 46% of rated contests

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1.4 yrs 2016-04-08 → 2017-08-25

Power rating 1469 peak 1469 · #4674 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
Aug 22 First tracked contest Wild West BBQ Shoot Out
Aug 22 First call Wild West BBQ Shoot Out
Aug 22 Peak power rating (1494) Wild West BBQ Shoot Out
2017
Aug 25 First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.8116 Wild West BBQ Shoot Out
Aug 25 Career-best overall score674.8116 Wild West BBQ Shoot Out
Aug 25 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.2972 Wild West BBQ Shoot Out
2018
Jul 13 Most recent contest Happy Grillmore BBQ Competition

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+2.8	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out	2017-08-25

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.8	YCC - Real Men Can Cook BBQ Comp	2015-06-19
-6.3	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out	2014-08-22
-5	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2015-04-10
-4.2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2016-04-08
-4	*Traeger NorUt State Championship	2018-06-29

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	50%	top 75%	91.3%	91%
2017	1	100%	top 57%	93.7%	93.7%
2016	1	0%	top 73%	88.9%	88.9%
2015	2	0%	top 82%	87.9%	86.8%
2014	1	100%	top 77%	87.6%	87.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-07-13	Happy Grillmore BBQ Competition Draper, UT	16 / 21 (657.2116)	15 (160.6172)	15 (160.0116)	2 (173.1544)	14 (163.4284)
2018-06-29	*Traeger NorUt State Championship 🏅 Ogden, UT	14 / 19 (653.1772)	18 (154.8916)	11 (164.5600)	12 (165.1428)	11 (168.5828)
2017-08-25	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out West Wendover, NV	21 / 37 (674.8116)	6 (178.2972)	3 (177.1428)	33 (163.4172)	34 (155.9544)
2016-04-08	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT	22 / 30 (640.4340)	26 (155.9656)	20 (160.5484)	20 (162.2628)	19 (161.6572)
2015-06-19	YCC - Real Men Can Cook BBQ Comp Ogden, UT	21 / 23 (617.5656)	23 (145.1544)	20 (155.3828)	19 (158.8000)	18 (158.2284)
2015-04-10	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT	22 / 30 (633.0280)	29 (151.9540)	18 (159.4056)	13 (162.8456)	18 (158.8228)
2014-08-22	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV	24 / 31 (630.6856)	30 (147.9084)	15 (162.8228)	9 (167.4172)	28 (152.5372)

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	#1236 (190 pts)	#1377 (175 pts)	#1261 (210 pts)	#908 (355 pts)	#1241 (215 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2085 (70 pts)	#2779 (55 pts)	#2031 (90 pts)	#1923 (115 pts)	#2034 (90 pts)