A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Dead Last BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Dead Last BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
SMOKESIDE BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1503
peak 1507 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2016-08-26
latest 2019-06-21
Best ToY finish
#2274
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 50%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
640.19
last 4 Master vs avg 640.19 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.04
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.10 · weakest Pork (158.99)
Road miles
30
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
11%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1515)
Purse competed for
$18K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
640.19 / 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
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of DUNN UP BBQ in 4 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.
SMOKESIDE BBQ 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 106 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.
#3103 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1505
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#3084 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKESIDE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3091 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
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#3096 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
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#3101 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
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#3081 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
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 | 166.2628 | 158.2284 | 161.10 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4400 | 148.5144 | 160.70 | top 49% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 145.1428 | 158.99 | top 58% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 152.5372 | 159.41 | top 47% |
“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 (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.8 yrs
2016-08-26 → 2019-06-21
Busiest season
2019
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 161.10 · weakest Pork (158.99)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
640.19
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
285
327–282 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
30
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1515
average field rating faced — tougher than 11% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$18,425
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Power rating
1503
peak 1507 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival
- 2018
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.8628 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle
- Career-best overall score651.8628 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.7028 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle
- Peak power rating (1507) The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle
- 2019
- Most recent contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.9 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle | 2018-06-22 |
| +3 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2017-06-23 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.3 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2019-06-21 |
| -3.7 | East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival | 2016-08-26 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 64% | 88% | 88% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 27% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 42% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 66% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-21 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 118 / 183 (633.6684) | 50 (166.2628) | 29 (169.7256) | 177 (145.1428) | 132 (152.5372) |
| 2018-06-22 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Lenexa, KS | 50 / 185 (651.8628) | 81 (161.0856) | 161 (148.5144) | 11 (173.7028) | 24 (168.5600) |
| 2017-06-23 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 78 / 184 (639.3604) | 91 (158.8116) | 14 (171.4400) | 142 (153.6800) | 101 (155.4288) |
| 2016-08-26 | East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS | 40 / 61 (635.8628) | 45 (158.2284) | 53 (153.1200) | 31 (163.4172) | 29 (161.0972) |
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 | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |