A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BIG POPPA SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
BIG POPPA SMOKERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
SMOKE N GRILL BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1463
peak 1463 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-07-08
latest 2018-07-06
Best ToY finish
#2274
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 96%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
569.73
last 3 Master vs avg 569.73 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.70
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 148.58 · weakest Brisket (132.32)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
34%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1545)
Master avg
569.73 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
SMOKE N GRILL 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 123 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.
#4971 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4956 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after SMOKE N GRILL BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4986 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKE N GRILL BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4978 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4964 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4983 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1660 | 140.5712 | 148.58 | top 84% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.7656 | 126.8116 | 141.24 | top 90% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1544 | 138.8000 | 147.59 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 137.6800 | 124.4800 | 132.32 | top 98% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 96% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 96% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival | 3 | 36 | 0 | top 96% | 2018-07-06 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2016-07-08 → 2018-07-06
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 148.58 · weakest Brisket (132.32)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
569.73
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
86
5–118 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1545
average field rating faced — tougher than 34% of rated contests
Power rating
1463
peak 1463 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival
- Peak power rating (1486) Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival
- 2018
- Career-best overall score584.9144 Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)161.1660 Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival
- Most recent contest Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.3 | Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival | 2016-07-08 |
| -12.2 | Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival | 2017-07-07 |
| -10.5 | Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival | 2018-07-06 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 81.2% | 81.2% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 78.9% | 78.9% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 77.3% | 77.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07-06 | Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival Petaluma, CA | 36 / 38 (584.9144) | 27 (161.1660) | 36 (146.1372) | 36 (142.8228) | 37 (134.7884) |
| 2017-07-07 | Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival Petaluma, CA | 48 / 50 (567.8168) | 48 (140.5712) | 39 (150.7656) | 49 (138.8000) | 48 (137.6800) |
| 2016-07-08 | Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival Petaluma, CA | 37 / 38 (556.4460) | 32 (144.0000) | 37 (126.8116) | 13 (161.1544) | 38 (124.4800) |
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) | #1872 (120 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |