SLEEP EASY & THE MIDNIGHT SMOKERS

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

Rating

1500

peak 1500 · rated over 1 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2016-06-10

latest 2016-06-10

Best ToY finish

#2274

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 1 contests

Avg finish

top 61%

overall standings

Best overall

655.2800 / 720

Master · Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

171.9656

Chicken · Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 171.97 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.24)

Master avg

655.28 / 720

1 Master contest · 0 GCs

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SLEEP EASY & THE MIDNIGHT SMOKERS has 1 rated contest — 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 125 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.

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1500 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1500

No shared contest yet.

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#3205 of the rated field

1500 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1505

No shared contest yet.

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rated over 5 contests
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Oink-A-Doodle-Moo

#3199 of the rated field

1500 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1507

No shared contest yet.

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rated over 5 contests
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TBD 'QUE

#3207 of the rated field

1500 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1500

No shared contest yet.

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rated over 5 contests
last seen 2021-08-20

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No Prep BBQ

#3206 of the rated field

1500 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

No shared contest yet.

5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where SLEEP EASY & THE MIDNIGHT SMOKERS's is still finding its level.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2021-07-17

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Pig Tails II

#3218 of the rated field

1500 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1507

No shared contest yet.

5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where SLEEP EASY & THE MIDNIGHT SMOKERS's is still finding its level.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2021-06-11

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By meat

Category	Entries	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	1	171.9656	171.9656	171.97	top 33%
Pork Ribs	1	158.2400	158.2400	158.24	top 79%
Pork	1	162.2744	162.2744	162.27	top 76%
Brisket	1	162.8000	162.8000	162.80	top 62%

“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 (11 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 0 yrs 2016-06-10 → 2016-06-10

Busiest season 2016 1 contest

Cooks most in NC 1 of 1 contests

Contests visited 1 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 1 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 171.97 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.24)

Walk rate 0% a top-10 call in 0 of 1 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 1 contests

Master average 655.28 out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 75 30–45 across every shared overall standing

Power rating 1500 peak 1500 · #null of 6,413 rated

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

2016
Jun 10 First tracked contest Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
Jun 10 First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.2800 Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
Jun 10 Career-best overall score655.2800 Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
Jun 10 Career-best single call (Chicken)171.9656 Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival

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	0%	top 61%	91%	91%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-06-10	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC	46 / 76 (655.2800)	25 (171.9656)	60 (158.2400)	58 (162.2744)	47 (162.8000)

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)