A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Clean Smoke BBQ Team ahead in 100% of their meetings
Clean Smoke BBQ Team has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Stuie's BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1475
peak 1475 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2026-06-05
latest 2026-06-13
Best ToY finish
#116
Backyard 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 112%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
314.76
last 3 Backyard vs avg 314.76 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±3.64
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 161.66 · weakest Chicken (157.10)
Road miles
80
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 80 mi
Schedule strength
68%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1585)
Purse competed for
$7K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
314.76 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here. Still inside their first twelve months: see what a first season usually looks like.
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Stuie's BBQ 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 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.
#4402 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4386 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2017, 9 years before Stuie's BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4379 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Level with Stuie's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4394 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4387 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Stuie's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4388 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Stuie's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8344 | 152.4912 | 157.10 | top 112% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.5256 | 153.6456 | 157.66 | top 107% |
| Pork | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.6572 | 161.6572 | 161.66 | top 75% |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PA | 2 | 0 | top 127% |
| VA | 1 | 0 | top 83% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 126% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 84% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| York County BBQ Festival (Day 2) | 2 | 21 | 0 | top 127% | 2026-06-13 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0 yrs
2026-06-05 → 2026-06-13
Busiest season
2026
3 contests
Cooks most in
PA
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 161.66 · weakest Chicken (157.10)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Backyard average
314.76
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
55
9–83 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
80
3 mapped stops · furthest 80 mi
Schedule strength
1585
average field rating faced — tougher than 68% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$6,500
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Power rating
1475
peak 1475 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2026
- First tracked contest Loudoun Rotary BBQ Classic (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Loudoun Rotary BBQ Classic (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Loudoun Rotary BBQ Classic (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)164.5256 Loudoun Rotary BBQ Classic (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1493) Loudoun Rotary BBQ Classic (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score317.6344 York County BBQ Festival (Day 1)
- Most recent contest York County BBQ Festival (Day 2)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.1 | York County BBQ Festival (Day 2) | 2026-06-13 |
| -8.3 | York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) | 2026-06-12 |
| -6.8 | Loudoun Rotary BBQ Classic (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2026-06-05 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33% | top 112% | 88.2% | 87.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-13 | York County BBQ Festival (Day 2) 🏅 Delta, PA | 22 / 13 (309.6228) | 22 (155.9772) | 22 (153.6456) | — | — |
| 2026-06-12 | York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 Delta, PA | 21 / 25 (317.6344) | 17 (162.8344) | 23 (154.8000) | — | — |
| 2026-06-05 | Loudoun Rotary BBQ Classic (BACKYARD ONLY) Leesburg, VA | 10 / 12 (317.0168) | 12 (152.4912) | 7 (164.5256) | 9 (161.6572) | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Backyard | #116 (373 pts) | #120 (383 pts) | #118 (423 pts) | — | — |