High-water mark
673.6340
career-best overall
93.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 673.6340 at Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out — 93.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2018-09-14
THE ORIGINAL SMOKE RINGERS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1510
peak 1510 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-10-29
latest 2018-09-14
Best ToY finish
#1500
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 46%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
653.23
last 3 Master vs avg 653.23 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.09
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.22 · weakest Pork (159.20)
Road miles
49
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
38%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)
Master avg
653.23 / 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.
THE ORIGINAL SMOKE RINGERS 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 99 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.
#2813 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1535
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2829 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after THE ORIGINAL SMOKE RINGERS did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#2816 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Level with THE ORIGINAL SMOKE RINGERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2806 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 4 years before THE ORIGINAL SMOKE RINGERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2821 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2814 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1084 | 166.2744 | 167.22 | top 38% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 165.0856 | 167.22 | top 44% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 155.4172 | 159.20 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5828 | 144.5144 | 159.59 | top 54% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 2 | 0 | top 44% |
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 51% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 34% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 52% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.9 yrs
2016-10-29 → 2018-09-14
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 167.22 · weakest Pork (159.20)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
653.23
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
625
324–325 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
49
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1550
average field rating faced — tougher than 38% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.3 yrs
2017-06-02 → 2018-09-14
Power rating
1510
peak 1510 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.2404 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)
- 2018
- First call Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- Career-best overall score673.6340 Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- Career-best single call (Brisket)172.5828 Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- Peak power rating (1510) Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- Most recent contest Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.5 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out | 2018-09-14 |
| +2.7 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) | 2016-10-29 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -0.1 | *Kelley Wilson BBQ | 2017-06-02 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 34% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 54% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 51% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-14 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO | 12 / 35 (673.6340) | 16 (169.1084) | 26 (165.7028) | 15 (166.2400) | 8 (172.5828) |
| 2017-06-02 | *Kelley Wilson BBQ Kansas City, MO | 33 / 61 (631.8060) | 16 (166.2744) | 23 (165.0856) | 33 (155.9316) | 51 (144.5144) |
| 2016-10-29 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 283 / 557 (654.2404) | 229 (166.2860) | 107 (170.8572) | 461 (155.4172) | 302 (161.6800) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1500 (125 pts) | #1802 (105 pts) | #1996 (60 pts) | #1781 (110 pts) | #1462 (155 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2014 (105 pts) | #2244 (70 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |