High-water mark
663.2800
career-best overall
92.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 663.2800 at BBBrew For Hope — 92.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2017-09-22
SWEET SMOKIN' STEVE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1467
peak 1467 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-04-17
latest 2017-09-22
Best ToY finish
#1951
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 86%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
627.61
last 4 Master vs avg 627.61 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.50
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 158.82 · weakest Brisket (155.70)
Road miles
1,451
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 639 mi
Schedule strength
40%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)
Master avg
627.61 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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
Backdraft BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Backdraft BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared 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.
SWEET SMOKIN' STEVE 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 146 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.
#4755 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
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#4774 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1510 at their best, 43 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4771 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after SWEET SMOKIN' STEVE did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4789 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
Level with SWEET SMOKIN' STEVE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4780 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
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#4768 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0456 | 141.0628 | 157.27 | top 80% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 151.9544 | 158.82 | top 70% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 145.0856 | 155.83 | top 78% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2284 | 150.2856 | 155.70 | top 80% |
“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.
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.4 yrs
2015-04-17 → 2017-09-22
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CO
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 158.82 · weakest Brisket (155.70)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
627.61
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
87
15–91 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,451
4 mapped stops · furthest 639 mi
Schedule strength
1553
average field rating faced — tougher than 40% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2015-04-17 → 2016-06-03
Power rating
1467
peak 1467 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Peak power rating (1489) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- 2017
- First call BBBrew For Hope
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.2800 BBBrew For Hope
- Career-best overall score663.2800 BBBrew For Hope
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.1200 BBBrew For Hope
- Most recent contest BBBrew For Hope
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.9 | BBBrew For Hope | 2017-09-22 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.4 | Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival | 2016-09-16 |
| -11.6 | Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown | 2016-06-03 |
| -10.8 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2015-04-17 |
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 | 100% | top 56% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 86.9% | 85.9% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 84.7% | 84.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-22 | BBBrew For Hope Ft.Collins, CO | 14 / 25 (663.2800) | 18 (159.9544) | 8 (169.1200) | 14 (167.9772) | 13 (166.2284) |
| 2016-09-16 | Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival Nampa, ID | 25 / 25 (625.7488) | 20 (164.0456) | 24 (156.0000) | 24 (151.9772) | 24 (153.7260) |
| 2016-06-03 | Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown Canon City, CO | 28 / 30 (611.3256) | 21 (164.0000) | 25 (151.9544) | 29 (145.0856) | 26 (150.2856) |
| 2015-04-17 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Collins, CO | 28 / 30 (610.0796) | 29 (141.0628) | 21 (158.2056) | 19 (158.2628) | 25 (152.5484) |
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 | #1951 (105 pts) | #2118 (85 pts) | #1683 (145 pts) | #2008 (105 pts) | #1982 (110 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2910 (55 pts) | #2260 (75 pts) | #2928 (55 pts) | #2918 (55 pts) | #2921 (55 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2779 (55 pts) | #2779 (55 pts) | #2111 (75 pts) | #2086 (85 pts) | #2783 (55 pts) |