A tough matchup
6–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKE ON WHEELS ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKE ON WHEELS has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
DRUM-B-QUE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1465
peak 1510 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2013-10-03
latest 2020-08-21
Best ToY finish
#2274
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 74%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
618.15 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 624.78 (-6.63)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.77
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.32 · weakest Brisket (148.37)
Road miles
191
mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 40 mi
Schedule strength
46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)
Purse competed for
$9K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
624.78 / 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.
The weak link
−10.9
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.95 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Brisket avg 148.37
- Chicken avg 159.32
- 0 calls in 7 entries
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of DUSTY ROADS BBQ in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
3.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.8 years, then back at Smoke on the Bricks (2020-08-21).
- last seen 2016-10-29
- back 2020-08-21
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.
143 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4877 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
2–3 in 5 shared contests (40% to DRUM-B-QUE)
These two have cooked 5 of the same contests — DIXIE MOON ahead 3–2 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#4888 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
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#4896 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#4881 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
Level with DRUM-B-QUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4909 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
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-head#4890 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1465
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theslabs.com | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Four Men and A Pig | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKE ON WHEELS | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Wabash BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Outhouse BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| DIXIE MOON | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| IBEW SMOKIN' SPARKYS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| GETTIN' BASTED | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| PARK AVENUE PORK | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOOTH SMOKE | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| CHOP QUEY | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| 50 SHADES OF QUE | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| PORK ME PURPLE | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| ULTIMATE TAILGATE | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.0000 | 141.1088 | 159.32 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 137.6916 | 158.26 | top 60% |
| Pork | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 147.3712 | 158.83 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2972 | 143.3828 | 148.37 | top 85% |
“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 (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6.9 yrs
2013-10-03 → 2020-08-21
Busiest season
2014
3 contests
Contests a season
1.4
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
4 of 7 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
7
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
7 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 159.32 · weakest Brisket (148.37)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 7 contests
Master average
624.78
out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
1,316
679–1,732 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
191
7 mapped stops · furthest 40 mi
Schedule strength
1559
average field rating faced — tougher than 46% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$8,500
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3.8 yrs
2016-10-29 → 2020-08-21
Power rating
1465
peak 1510 · #4891 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.9428 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Career-best overall score655.9428 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Peak power rating (1510) 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- 2016
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172.0000 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)
- 2020
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Bricks
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.5 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2013-10-03 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.4 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | 2015-10-03 |
| -10 | Smoke on the Bricks | 2020-08-21 |
| -9.8 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2014-10-02 |
| -5.3 | Balloons & BBQ Festival at Kansas Speedway | 2014-08-08 |
| -4.2 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) | 2016-10-29 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 86.6% | 86.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 88% | 88% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 80.9% | 80.9% |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 88.2% | 86.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 24% | 91.1% | 91.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-08-21 | Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS | 43 / 43 (623.8628) | 34 (166.8456) | 41 (157.1088) | 42 (156.5256) | 43 (143.3828) |
| 2016-10-29 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 419 / 557 (633.5424) | 83 (172.0000) | 224 (166.8456) | 527 (147.3712) | 506 (147.3256) |
| 2015-10-03 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 585 / 606 (582.7204) | 589 (141.1088) | 598 (137.6916) | 398 (160.5256) | 553 (143.3944) |
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 477 / 552 (615.3716) | 428 (157.7144) | 532 (145.1088) | 282 (163.4284) | 474 (149.1200) |
| 2014-08-08 | Balloons & BBQ Festival at Kansas Speedway Kansas City, KS | 39 / 53 (635.2568) | 46 (153.6456) | 21 (167.4056) | 28 (165.1084) | 49 (149.0972) |
| 2014-04-11 | Smoke In The Spring Osage City, KS | 46 / 73 (626.7540) | 49 (157.0968) | 17 (168.5372) | 66 (149.1428) | 53 (151.9772) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 127 / 535 (655.9428) | 139 (166.8228) | 150 (165.1200) | 70 (169.7028) | 324 (154.2972) |
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) |