High-water mark
664.0688
career-best overall
92.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 664.0688 at BBQ an der Burg 2018 — 92.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2018-06-30
AFTER THE SMOKE IS GONE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1466
peak 1466 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2016-09-24
latest 2020-09-12
Best ToY finish
#1499
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 74%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
636.86 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 609.25 (+27.61)
Walk rate
57%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±51.83
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.74 · weakest Brisket (142.18)
Road miles
829
mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 151 mi
Schedule strength
21%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1530)
Master avg
609.25 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
BBQ+ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BBQ+ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
The weak link
−17.6
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 17.56 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 43% of the time against 14%.
- Brisket avg 142.18
- Chicken avg 159.74
- 3 calls in 7 entries
The comeback
2.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.2 years, then back at Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ (2020-09-12).
- last seen 2018-06-30
- back 2020-09-12
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.
148 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4811 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4809 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
Level with AFTER THE SMOKE IS GONE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4819 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 3 years before AFTER THE SMOKE IS GONE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4786 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1506 at their best, 39 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4793 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after AFTER THE SMOKE IS GONE did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4805 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE SMOKIN' PORKETEERS | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| THE BLAZIN' BARRELS NL | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| VIKING BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ+ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5828 | 145.6340 | 159.74 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.7488 | 134.7884 | 152.32 | top 67% |
| Pork | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2972 | 147.9656 | 155.01 | top 74% |
| Brisket | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 170.8572 | 20.0000 | 142.18 | top 51% |
“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) | 5 | 0 | top 68% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 89% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2016-09-24 → 2020-09-12
Busiest season
2017
3 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
DE
1 of 7 contests
Contests visited
7
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
7 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 159.74 · weakest Brisket (142.18)
Walk rate
57%
a top-10 call in 4 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
14%
1 of 7 contests
Master average
609.25
out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
168
66–218 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
829
7 mapped stops · furthest 151 mi
Schedule strength
1530
average field rating faced — tougher than 21% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2.2 yrs
2018-06-30 → 2020-09-12
Power rating
1466
peak 1466 · #4802 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016
- Peak power rating (1486) 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016
- 2017
- First call BBQ An Der Burg
- 2018
- First overall top-10 BBQ an der Burg 2018
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score664.0688 BBQ an der Burg 2018
- Career-best overall score664.0688 BBQ an der Burg 2018
- Career-best single call (Brisket)170.8572 BBQ an der Burg 2018
- 2020
- Most recent contest Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.5 | BBQ an der Burg 2018 | 2018-06-30 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15 | BBQ An Der Burg | 2017-07-01 |
| -13.9 | 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016 | 2016-09-24 |
| -9.3 | Farm Meat | 2017-09-09 |
| -6.5 | 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 | 2017-09-22 |
| -2.8 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ | 2020-09-12 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 71% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 40% | 92.2% | 90.7% |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 89% | 86.8% | 80.4% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 81.3% | 81.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-12 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Dongen, 5106NC | 22 / 31 (636.5488) | 23 (159.4056) | 28 (145.1204) | 13 (166.2972) | 9 (165.7256) |
| 2018-06-30 | BBQ an der Burg 2018 Geestland, 27574 | 4 / 30 (664.0688) | 5 (168.5828) | 5 (169.7488) | 20 (154.8800) | 3 (170.8572) |
| 2018-04-14 | Meat The East Hengelo, 7534 HK | 23 / 34 (642.7088) | 15 (165.6916) | 22 (157.6916) | 31 (153.0856) | 10 (166.2400) |
| 2017-09-22 | 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 Waltrop NRW, Germany, | 53 / 66 (615.9656) | 47 (158.3200) | 66 (134.7884) | 37 (158.8800) | 17 (163.9772) |
| 2017-09-09 | Farm Meat Dongen, 5106NC | 33 / 38 (625.0056) | 27 (159.9884) | 27 (155.9772) | 30 (154.2400) | 31 (154.8000) |
| 2017-07-01 | BBQ An Der Burg Geestland, , 27574 | 25 / 25 (494.8916) | 16 (160.5828) | 6 (164.5944) | 24 (149.7144) | 25 (20.0000) |
| 2016-09-24 | 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016 Waltrop NRW, DE | 65 / 67 (585.5768) | 64 (145.6340) | 67 (138.2856) | 59 (147.9656) | 53 (153.6916) |
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 | #1499 (170 pts) | #1363 (215 pts) | #1166 (285 pts) | #1536 (175 pts) | #1375 (210 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |