SMOKIN MAN GAME DAY BBQ

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

Power ranking

#5745

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1443

peak 1443 · rated over 13 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2015-07-24

latest 2019-10-18

Best ToY finish

#1113

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 13 contests

Avg finish

top 75%

overall standings

Best overall

657.7260 / 720

Master · Smokin' On The Summit

Perfect 180s

Current form

633.94 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 630.96 (+2.98)

Walk rate

23%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4172

Pork · Smokin' On The Summit

Consistency

±12.04

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 164.85 · weakest Brisket (152.88)

Road miles

130

mi across 13 mapped stops

Schedule strength

39%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1551)

Purse competed for

$3K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

630.96 / 720

13 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (9 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.

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

SMOKIN IN THE BOARDROOM has finished one call ahead of SMOKIN MAN GAME DAY BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2017 their best year

2017 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 64%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 64%

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

ALL FORKED UP FOR Q ahead in 100% of their meetings

ALL FORKED UP FOR Q has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−12.0 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.96 points below their pork, and turns into a call 8% of the time against 15%.

Brisket avg 152.88
Pork avg 164.85
1 calls in 13 entries

A strong matchup

6–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 86% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of A SLEW OF SOWS AND A SMOKER in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

6 of 9 shared pork entries lost

Sons of a Brisket ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Sons of a Brisket has out-cooked them in 6 of 9 shared pork entries.

A June team

Top 59% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 59% across 3 contests, versus top 75% the rest of the year.

3 June contests
top 75% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.67% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.67% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 87.6% of a perfect score
13 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked *Racing for the BBQ every year from 2015 to 2018 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 32nd

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.

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

SKIN 'R' BUTTS

#5751 of the rated field

1443 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1443

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to SMOKIN MAN GAME DAY BBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SMOKIN MAN GAME DAY BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2017-06-02

⚔ Head-to-head

GLAZED & CONFUSED

#5734 of the rated field

1443 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1443

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 15 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2019-04-05

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CALLAWAY CREAMATORS

#5737 of the rated field

1443 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1443

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 16 contests to 13, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2018-10-12

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Side By Side BBQ

#5752 of the rated field

1443 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1443

No shared contest yet.

Level with SMOKIN MAN GAME DAY BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2026-08-22

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Bear Bonz Competition BBQ

#5735 of the rated field

1443 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1443

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 5 years after SMOKIN MAN GAME DAY BBQ did, first appearing in 2020.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2021-10-02

⚔ Head-to-head

CROWN POINT BBQ

#5741 of the rated field

1443 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1443

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2019-08-09

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
Sons of a Brisket	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
SLAPS BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
Smoke on the Water	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
PELLET ENVY	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
A SLEW OF SOWS AND A SMOKER	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
THUMP & STRUM BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
The Boys in Que	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
BURNT FINGER BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN IN THE BOARDROOM	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Theslabs.com	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SMOOTH SMOKE	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Go Pig or Go Home	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
LOVE 2 Q	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
BUTT BROS BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	13	0	172.0000	154.2972	159.85	top 69%
Pork Ribs	13	1	163.9772	143.9316	153.38	top 78%
Pork	13	2	175.4172	153.0856	164.85	top 49%
Brisket	13	1	160.5256	142.2516	152.88	top 75%

“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
MO	12	0	top 76%
KS	1	0	top 62%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	0	top 89%
Large (40+)	11	0	top 72%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
*Racing for the BBQ	4	32	0	top 78%	2018-07-27
*Independence Fire & Ice BBQ	2	37	0	top 69%	2018-10-05

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4.2 yrs 2015-07-24 → 2019-10-18

Busiest season 2016 5 contests

Contests a season 2.6 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MO 12 of 13 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 9 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 13 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 164.85 · weakest Brisket (152.88)

Walk rate 23% a top-10 call in 3 of 13 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 13 contests

Master average 630.96 out of 720 · 13 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 532 247–600 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 130 13 mapped stops

Schedule strength 1551 average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests

Purse competed for $3,050 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 2 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1 yrs 2018-10-05 → 2019-10-18

Power rating 1443 peak 1443 · #5745 of 6,413 rated

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

2015
Jul 24 First tracked contest Racing for the BBQ
Jul 24 Peak power rating (1488) Racing for the BBQ
2016
Oct 21 First call 2016 Greenbriar Blaze Off and Senior Q
2017
Jun 2 First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.7260 Smokin' On The Summit
Jun 2 Career-best overall score657.7260 Smokin' On The Summit
Jun 2 Career-best single call (Pork)175.4172 Smokin' On The Summit
Oct 6 10th tracked contest *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ
2019
Oct 18 Most recent contest Fountains at Greenbriar Blaze Off

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+6.7	Smokin' On The Summit	2017-06-02
+4.2	*Racing for the BBQ	2018-07-27

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12	Racing for the BBQ	2015-07-24
-10.5	Fountains at Greenbriar Blaze Off	2019-10-18
-10	Independence Fire & Ice BBQ	2015-09-11
-9	Racing for the BBQ	2016-07-29
-7.5	2016 Greenbriar Blaze Off and Senior Q	2016-10-21

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)
2019	1	100%	top 92%	87.2%	87.2%
2018	2	0%	top 57%	89.5%	88.9%
2017	3	33%	top 64%	91.4%	88.9%
2016	5	20%	top 79%	88.5%	87.4%
2015	2	0%	top 91%	86.6%	85.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-10-18	Fountains at Greenbriar Blaze Off 🏅 Independence, MO	12 / 13 (627.8744)	12 (159.3828)	8 (159.4288)	12 (153.0856)	9 (155.9772)
2018-10-05	*Independence Fire & Ice BBQ Independence, MO	37 / 56 (635.2456)	43 (155.4288)	29 (163.9772)	29 (166.2284)	44 (149.6112)
2018-07-27	*Racing for the BBQ Lee's Summit, MO	32 / 66 (644.4112)	30 (164.5372)	38 (158.2628)	39 (161.6456)	30 (159.9656)
2017-10-06	*Independence Fire & Ice BBQ Independence, MO	55 / 76 (623.3488)	52 (158.2400)	66 (147.3828)	15 (170.8572)	64 (146.8688)
2017-07-28	*Racing for the BBQ Lee's Summit, MO	42 / 54 (638.8228)	25 (168.5600)	48 (150.2972)	30 (166.2972)	44 (153.6684)
2017-06-02	Smokin' On The Summit Lee's Summit, MO	27 / 65 (657.7260)	11 (172.0000)	41 (157.7488)	4 (175.4172)	46 (152.5600)
2016-10-21	2016 Greenbriar Blaze Off and Senior Q Independence, MO	13 / 15 (637.5084)	14 (155.9656)	13 (153.6228)	7 (167.9656)	13 (159.9544)
2016-07-29	Racing for the BBQ Lee's Summit, MO	50 / 54 (619.8172)	41 (162.8228)	45 (156.5372)	49 (158.2056)	52 (142.2516)
2016-06-24	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	113 / 183 (625.6572)	113 (155.9772)	139 (152.5944)	89 (160.5484)	102 (156.5372)
2016-06-03	Smokin' on the Summit BBQ Lee's Summit, MO	50 / 67 (630.6744)	48 (155.9660)	61 (149.6572)	33 (164.5256)	35 (160.5256)
2016-04-01	Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief Pleasant Hill, MO	56 / 72 (631.2916)	61 (157.1544)	66 (147.9316)	20 (170.8228)	58 (155.3828)
2015-09-11	Independence Fire & Ice BBQ Independence, MO	68 / 76 (606.7432)	59 (154.2972)	73 (143.9316)	46 (158.8228)	62 (149.6916)
2015-07-24	Racing for the BBQ Lees Summit, MO	58 / 63 (623.4064)	52 (157.7488)	53 (152.5716)	19 (168.5944)	61 (144.4916)

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
2019 ↗	Master	#1702 (103 pts)	#1780 (103 pts)	#1508 (133 pts)	#1777 (103 pts)	#1531 (123 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1392 (180 pts)	#1251 (250 pts)	#1506 (180 pts)	#975 (380 pts)	#1476 (180 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1113 (280 pts)	#1200 (275 pts)	#1179 (280 pts)	#1037 (350 pts)	#1156 (280 pts)