A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SIN CIRCLE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
SIN CIRCLE BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
SMOKIN HOT NEIGHBORS BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1475
peak 1475 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2016-08-05
latest 2017-09-02
Best ToY finish
#1860
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 91%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
605.41
last 3 Master vs avg 605.41 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.88
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 156.21 · weakest Brisket (146.08)
Road miles
18
mi across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
83%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1608)
Master avg
605.41 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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 comeback
3.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.7 years, then back at Helping U BBQ Triple Bone - One Meat Rib Contest A (2021-05-30).
- last seen 2017-09-02
- back 2021-05-30
They cook the hard rooms
1608
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 83% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1608 power rating — a tougher draw than 83% of every rated contest in the data.
- 3 rated 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.
SMOKIN HOT NEIGHBORS BBQ 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 154 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.
#4402 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 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4386 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKIN HOT NEIGHBORS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4379 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after SMOKIN HOT NEIGHBORS BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4394 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4387 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4388 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8228 | 138.2400 | 150.43 | top 88% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 151.3828 | 156.21 | top 88% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3828 | 147.4172 | 155.39 | top 81% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2400 | 127.3716 | 146.08 | top 83% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 83% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 95% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2016-08-05 → 2017-09-02
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NE
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 156.21 · weakest Brisket (146.08)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
605.41
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
105
11–139 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
18
5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1608
average field rating faced — tougher than 83% of rated contests
Longest layoff
3.7 yrs
2017-09-02 → 2021-05-30
Power rating
1475
peak 1475 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest 24th Annual State BBQ Championship of Nebraska
- Peak power rating (1490) 24th Annual State BBQ Championship of Nebraska
- 2017
- Career-best overall score628.9600 Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge
- 2021
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)164.5600 Helping U BBQ Triple Bone - One Meat Rib Contest A
- Most recent contest Helping U BBQ Triple Bone - One Meat Rib Contest B
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.9 | 24th Annual State BBQ Championship of Nebraska | 2016-08-05 |
| -8.7 | Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -1 | 2017-08-04 |
| -6.9 | Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge | 2017-09-02 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 87.4% | 85.1% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 82% | 82% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-30 | Helping U BBQ Triple Bone - One Meat Rib Contest B Omaha, NE | — | — | 20 (155.9772) | — | — |
| 2021-05-30 | Helping U BBQ Triple Bone - One Meat Rib Contest A Omaha, NE | — | — | 19 (164.5600) | — | — |
| 2017-09-02 | Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge Omaha, NE | 24 / 29 (628.9600) | 26 (154.2400) | 21 (157.0972) | 21 (159.3828) | 22 (158.2400) |
| 2017-08-04 | Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -1 Omaha, NE | 52 / 54 (596.9600) | 42 (158.8228) | 48 (151.3828) | 42 (159.3828) | 54 (127.3716) |
| 2016-08-05 | 24th Annual State BBQ Championship of Nebraska Omaha, NE | 66 / 70 (590.2972) | 68 (138.2400) | 61 (152.0228) | 64 (147.4172) | 52 (152.6172) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Master | — | — | #931 (146 pts) | — | — |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1860 (119 pts) | #1962 (114 pts) | #1745 (134 pts) | #1730 (134 pts) | #1756 (129 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |