High-water mark
664.5144
career-best overall
92.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 664.5144 at Mid-South BBQ Festival — 92.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2016-10-14
SMOKING KNOTHEADS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1473
peak 1473 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2016-06-17
latest 2018-03-09
Best ToY finish
#1954
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
646.33
last 3 Master vs avg 646.33 (+0.00)
Walk rate
43%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.53
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 169.97 · weakest Brisket (155.19)
Road miles
161
mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 34 mi
Schedule strength
70%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1588)
Master avg
646.33 / 720
3 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
BIG G BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BIG G 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.
SMOKING KNOTHEADS 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 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.
#4469 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after SMOKING KNOTHEADS did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKING KNOTHEADS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4462 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4440 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4468 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1503 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1316 | 154.7884 | 162.83 | top 84% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.8800 | 147.3488 | 162.83 | top 71% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 165.0856 | 169.97 | top 47% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9428 | 145.0972 | 155.19 | top 88% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 87% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 95% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.7 yrs
2016-06-17 → 2018-03-09
Busiest season
2017
3 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TN
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 169.97 · weakest Brisket (155.19)
Walk rate
43%
a top-10 call in 3 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 7 contests
Master average
646.33
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
109
11–129 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
161
7 mapped stops · furthest 34 mi
Schedule strength
1588
average field rating faced — tougher than 70% of rated contests
Power rating
1473
peak 1473 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.8284 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Peak power rating (1491) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First call Mid-South BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score664.5144 Mid-South BBQ Festival
- 2018
- Career-best single call (Pork)175.4172 Smoke on the Shores
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Shores
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10 | Smoke on the Shores | 2018-03-09 |
| -9.3 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2016-06-17 |
| -7.3 | Mid-South BBQ Festival | 2016-10-14 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 95% | 86.5% | 86.5% |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 87% | 92.3% | 91.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-03-09 | Smoke on the Shores Nashville, TN | 83 / 87 (622.6516) | 84 (154.7884) | 85 (147.3488) | 6 (175.4172) | 85 (145.0972) |
| 2017-11-10 | Brew B Q Nashville, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-09-22 | First Tennessee Bank Bluegrass & BBQ (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)(JUDGES FULL) Columbia, TN | — | 13 (169.1316) | 6 (174.8800) | 17 (165.0856) | — |
| 2017-08-25 | Great American BBQ Festival Franklin, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-10-14 | Mid-South BBQ Festival Mount Pleasant, TN | 23 / 27 (664.5144) | 24 (162.2856) | 18 (166.3088) | 8 (171.9772) | 21 (163.9428) |
| 2016-08-26 | Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club Franklin, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-06-17 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Hendersonville, TN | 26 / 29 (651.8284) | 27 (165.0972) | 27 (162.7884) | 21 (167.4056) | 26 (156.5372) |
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 | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1996 (60 pts) | #1380 (175 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1959 (116 pts) | #2065 (111 pts) | #1763 (141 pts) | #1410 (221 pts) | #1796 (126 pts) |