High-water mark
689.6800
career-best overall
95.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 689.6800 at Big Island BBQ — 95.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2014-08-22
SMOKIN MOOSE BBQ TEAM
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1517
peak 1517 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-05-16
latest 2016-03-04
Best ToY finish
#2274
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 37%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
662.40
last 3 Master vs avg 662.40 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.30
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.41 · weakest Chicken (163.69)
Road miles
270
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 110 mi
Schedule strength
26%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1535)
Master avg
662.40 / 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN ahead in 100% of their meetings
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Harry's Bar All Sauced Up & Smokin 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.
SMOKIN MOOSE BBQ TEAM 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 93 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.
#2567 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2562 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.
⚔ Head-to-head#2561 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKIN MOOSE BBQ TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2564 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1533
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#2556 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1526
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#2557 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1520
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 | 169.7028 | 158.8116 | 163.69 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8344 | 154.2400 | 164.69 | top 34% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 174.8456 | 159.9772 | 168.41 | top 24% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.0000 | 154.2628 | 165.53 | top 35% |
“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 (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.8 yrs
2014-05-16 → 2016-03-04
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MN
4 of 4 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 168.41 · weakest Chicken (163.69)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
662.40
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
135
107–61 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
270
4 mapped stops · furthest 110 mi
Schedule strength
1535
average field rating faced — tougher than 26% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2015-02-27 → 2016-03-04
Power rating
1517
peak 1517 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Minnesota in May
- First call Big Island BBQ
- First overall top-10 Big Island BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score689.6800 Big Island BBQ
- Career-best overall score689.6800 Big Island BBQ
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176.0000 Big Island BBQ
- 2016
- Peak power rating (1517) Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship
- Most recent contest Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.6 | Big Island BBQ | 2014-08-22 |
| +2.4 | Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship | 2016-03-04 |
| +1.4 | Minnesota in May | 2014-05-16 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 46% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 32% | 95.8% | 92.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-03-04 | Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship Isle, MN | 27 / 59 (649.6228) | 26 (164.5484) | 5 (170.8344) | 33 (159.9772) | 41 (154.2628) |
| 2015-02-27 | Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship (Competitor's Series) Isle, MN | — | 24 (161.7144) | 14 (164.5372) | 6 (170.2628) | — |
| 2014-08-22 | Big Island BBQ Albert Lea, MN | 8 / 54 (689.6800) | 24 (169.7028) | 13 (169.1316) | 3 (174.8456) | 3 (176.0000) |
| 2014-05-16 | Minnesota in May Falcon Heights, MN | 29 / 58 (647.9088) | 37 (158.8116) | 42 (154.2400) | 12 (168.5372) | 18 (166.3200) |
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) | #1512 (185 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |