A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
GUARDIANS OF THE GRILLAXY
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1470
peak 1470 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-07-10
latest 2016-08-19
Best ToY finish
#2159
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 82%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
628.46
last 4 Master vs avg 628.46 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.94
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.83 · weakest Brisket (150.53)
Road miles
285
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 103 mi
Schedule strength
37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)
Master avg
628.46 / 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 strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of PAPA BEAR BAR-B-QUE in 3 of their 4 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.
GUARDIANS OF THE GRILLAXY 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 144 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.
#4612 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1501 at their best, 31 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4616 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
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#4632 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after GUARDIANS OF THE GRILLAXY did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4636 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Level with GUARDIANS OF THE GRILLAXY on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4657 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
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#4615 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
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 | 160.5256 | 154.8116 | 157.97 | top 87% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.0228 | 151.3484 | 156.13 | top 80% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 171.4400 | 157.1084 | 163.83 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2744 | 146.7888 | 150.53 | top 78% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 80% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Waterfall | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 86% | 2016-06-24 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2015-07-10 → 2016-08-19
Busiest season
2016
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MN
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 163.83 · weakest Brisket (150.53)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
628.46
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
78
21–88 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
285
4 mapped stops · furthest 103 mi
Schedule strength
1548
average field rating faced — tougher than 37% of rated contests
Power rating
1470
peak 1470 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Waterfall
- First call Smoke on the Waterfall
- Peak power rating (1490) Smoke on the Waterfall
- 2016
- Career-best overall score643.3828 Treasure Island BBQ/ Steak Food Fest
- Career-best single call (Pork)171.4400 Smoke on the Waterfall
- Most recent contest SMSU Smokefest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.5 | SMSU Smokefest | 2016-08-19 |
| -10.3 | Smoke on the Waterfall | 2015-07-10 |
| -8 | Smoke on the Waterfall | 2016-06-24 |
| -1.7 | Treasure Island BBQ/ Steak Food Fest | 2016-06-17 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 80% | 89.4% | 87.5% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 88% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-19 | SMSU Smokefest Marshall, MN | 35 / 37 (613.5084) | 34 (154.8116) | 32 (151.3484) | 31 (157.1084) | 30 (150.2400) |
| 2016-06-24 | Smoke on the Waterfall Redwoodfalls, MN | 22 / 26 (632.4916) | 26 (157.0856) | 22 (157.1432) | 2 (171.4400) | 22 (146.8228) |
| 2016-06-17 | Treasure Island BBQ/ Steak Food Fest Red Wing, MN | 21 / 34 (643.3828) | 25 (160.5256) | 23 (160.0228) | 15 (164.5600) | 18 (158.2744) |
| 2015-07-10 | Smoke on the Waterfall REDWOOD FALLS, MN | 14 / 16 (624.4456) | 13 (159.4400) | 13 (155.9884) | 9 (162.2284) | 15 (146.7888) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2159 (79 pts) | #2859 (59 pts) | #2304 (69 pts) | #2076 (109 pts) | #2158 (94 pts) |