DTC SMOKERS

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

Power ranking

#4165

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1479

peak 1479 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2015-09-12

latest 2019-04-13

Best ToY finish

#1193

Master 2017

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 63%

overall standings

Best overall

666.8228 / 720

Master · 4th Annual BBQ Society Cook-off

Perfect 180s

Current form

638.98

last 5 Master vs avg 639.22 (-0.24)

Walk rate

40%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

170.8572

Chicken · 4th Annual BBQ Society Cook-off

Consistency

±15.66

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 161.86 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.88)

Road miles

653

mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 104 mi

Schedule strength

20%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1527)

Master avg

639.22 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (7 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.

High-water mark

666.8228 career-best overall

92.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 666.8228 at 4th Annual BBQ Society Cook-off — 92.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
2016-10-08

A tough matchup

10–0 behind in the head-to-head

IQ - NETHERLANDS ahead in 100% of their meetings

IQ - NETHERLANDS has come out ahead in 10 of their 10 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.0 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.98 points below their pork, and turns into a call 10% of the time against 0%.

Pork Ribs avg 154.88
Pork avg 161.86
1 calls in 10 entries

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of NASQ in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The comeback

1.5 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.5 years, then back at Meat the East (2019-04-13).

last seen 2017-10-07
back 2019-04-13

Pork nemesis

9 of 10 shared pork entries lost

IQ - NETHERLANDS ahead 90% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, IQ - NETHERLANDS has out-cooked them in 9 of 10 shared pork entries.

The metronome

±2.18% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.18% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 88.8% of a perfect score
10 contests

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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.

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

PLUM CRAZY BBQ OF HOISINGTON, KS

#4189 of the rated field

1479 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1479

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2021-10-15

⚔ Head-to-head

FIRECHEF BBQ

#4163 of the rated field

1479 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1479

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 4 years before DTC SMOKERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 10 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

COWBOYS SMOKIN HOT BBQ

#4177 of the rated field

1479 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1510

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2014-06-20

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KC BUTT-RUBBERS

#4137 of the rated field

1480 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1517

No shared contest yet.

Level with DTC SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2022-06-16

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Q'IN BY THE FIRE

#4173 of the rated field

1479 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1479

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2019-08-23

⚔ Head-to-head

SALT CREEK SMOKERS

#4179 of the rated field

1479 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1479

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 2021-07-30

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
IQ - NETHERLANDS	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
ROKENDE REGAHS	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
PUREBBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
BBQ+	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
LOWLAND SMOKERS	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
THE DUTCH BBQ CREW	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
RIDDLEQ'S	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
RIVERLAND SMOKERS	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
BUNCH OF SWINES	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
SEA SIDE SMOKERS	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
DE FILOUS	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
NASQ	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
CAVEMEN BBQ TEAM	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
BBQ TEAM EXTREME	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	2	1	170.8572	141.6688	161.53	top 59%
Pork Ribs	10	1	0	163.4172	147.9660	154.88	top 77%
Pork	10	0	0	167.9656	143.3828	161.86	top 53%
Brisket	10	3	0	169.1428	147.3712	160.95	top 46%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 67%
Medium (20–39)	4	top 64%
Large (40+)	5	top 62%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Farm Meat	2	8	0	top 65%	2016-09-10

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.6 yrs 2015-09-12 → 2019-04-13

Busiest season 2017 4 contests

Contests a season 2.5 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NL 4 of 10 contests

Contests visited 9 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 10 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 161.86 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.88)

Walk rate 40% a top-10 call in 4 of 10 contests

Overall top-10 rate 10% 1 of 10 contests

Master average 639.22 out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 173 140–224 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 653 10 mapped stops · furthest 104 mi

Schedule strength 1527 average field rating faced — tougher than 20% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1.5 yrs 2017-10-07 → 2019-04-13

Power rating 1479 peak 1479 · #4165 of 6,413 rated

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

2015
Sep 12 First tracked contest Farm Meat
Sep 12 First call Farm Meat
Sep 12 First overall top-10 Farm Meat
Sep 12 Peak power rating (1497) Farm Meat
2016
Sep 10 First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.8004 Farm Meat
Oct 8 Career-best overall score666.8228 4th Annual BBQ Society Cook-off
Oct 8 Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8572 4th Annual BBQ Society Cook-off
2019
Apr 13 10th tracked contest Meat the East
Apr 13 Most recent contest Meat the East

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+9.3	4th Annual BBQ Society Cook-off	2016-10-08
+1.6	Farm Meat	2017-09-09

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.4	Eastern BBQ Contest	2017-04-15
-7.6	Meat the East	2016-03-19
-4.4	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	2016-05-14
-3.1	Farm Meat	2015-09-12
-1.9	*KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees	2017-06-10

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0	0%	top 63%	89.1%	89.1%
2017	4	0	50%	top 66%	90.1%	88.7%
2016	4	0	25%	top 59%	92.6%	89.8%
2015	1	1	100%	top 67%	85.1%	85.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-04-13	Meat the East Hengelo, 7534 MK	26 / 41 (641.6344)	25 (165.1544)	36 (152.5372)	18 (163.3828)	22 (160.5600)
2017-10-07	5th Annual BBQ Society Cook-Off Hoofddorp, 6515 DE	28 / 47 (649.0056)	42 (155.9656)	20 (163.4172)	17 (167.9656)	21 (161.6572)
2017-09-09	Farm Meat Dongen, 5106NC	20 / 38 (642.7884)	25 (160.6056)	34 (152.5144)	17 (161.6800)	6 (167.9884)
2017-06-10	*KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne, 5753 PN	15 / 24 (645.6116)	17 (159.3716)	24 (151.9772)	13 (165.1200)	6 (169.1428)
2017-04-15	Eastern BBQ Contest Ninove, Belgium, g400	37 / 41 (615.8516)	41 (141.6688)	34 (149.6800)	19 (165.7028)	20 (158.8000)
2016-10-08	4th Annual BBQ Society Cook-off Hoofddorp. Netherlands, NL	13 / 46 (666.8228)	13 (170.8572)	25 (163.3828)	20 (165.7256)	11 (166.8572)
2016-09-10	Farm Meat Dongen, NL	17 / 27 (650.8004)	10 (168.5600)	16 (161.1316)	15 (162.2516)	19 (158.8572)
2016-05-14	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands, NL	44 / 65 (639.8400)	43 (161.1084)	57 (152.5144)	45 (159.9772)	16 (166.2400)
2016-03-19	Meat the East Enschede, NL	26 / 33 (627.3488)	19 (164.0000)	32 (147.9660)	12 (163.4056)	25 (151.9772)
2015-09-12	Farm Meat Dongen, the Netherlands,	8 / 12 (612.4796)	2 (168.0228)	8 (153.7028)	12 (143.3828)	9 (147.3712)

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	#1193 (244 pts)	#1398 (209 pts)	#1432 (199 pts)	#1119 (309 pts)	#898 (419 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2086 (105 pts)