A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
TWISTED BLUE SMOKE ahead in 100% of their meetings
TWISTED BLUE SMOKE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
OWYHEE BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1460
peak 1460 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2016-09-16
latest 2017-09-15
Best ToY finish
#1628
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
616.46
last 4 Master vs avg 616.46 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±24.45
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 156.41 · weakest Pork Ribs (151.24)
Road miles
1,898
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 592 mi
Schedule strength
33%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)
Master avg
616.46 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
Going the wrong way
-33
rating points in a year
The rating has slipped 33 points across 4 contests since 2016-09-16 — from 1494 down to 1460.
- 4 contests since 2016-09-16
- now 1460
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.
OWYHEE BBQ has 4 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 127 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.
#5113 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5107 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2016.
⚔ Head-to-head#5090 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
No shared contest yet.
Level with OWYHEE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5091 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1506 at their best, 46 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#5086 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5093 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.3088 | 146.8000 | 156.41 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.7884 | 129.6228 | 151.24 | top 78% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 144.5028 | 156.11 | top 78% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8344 | 147.9656 | 152.70 | top 93% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ID | 2 | 0 | top 79% |
| WA | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| NV | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 86% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2016-09-16 → 2017-09-15
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
ID
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 156.41 · weakest Pork Ribs (151.24)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
616.46
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
86
11–92 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,898
4 mapped stops · furthest 592 mi
Schedule strength
1544
average field rating faced — tougher than 33% of rated contests
Power rating
1460
peak 1460 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival
- First call Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score645.6912 Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.3088 Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1494) Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival
- 2017
- Most recent contest *Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.7 | *Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off | 2017-08-19 |
| -12.7 | USA Barbecue Championship | 2016-10-27 |
| -6.4 | Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival | 2016-09-16 |
| -6.2 | *Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival | 2017-09-15 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 86.7% | 86.3% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 88% | 89.7% | 85% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-15 | *Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival Boise, ID | 23 / 28 (624.4688) | 27 (146.8000) | 19 (158.2744) | 16 (164.5600) | 23 (154.8344) |
| 2017-08-19 | *Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off DuPont, WA | 18 / 18 (617.6000) | 18 (152.5484) | 12 (158.2628) | 17 (152.5144) | 16 (154.2744) |
| 2016-10-27 | USA Barbecue Championship Laughlin, NV | 36 / 36 (578.0912) | 36 (156.0000) | 36 (129.6228) | 35 (144.5028) | 36 (147.9656) |
| 2016-09-16 | Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival Nampa, ID | 19 / 25 (645.6912) | 8 (170.3088) | 19 (158.7884) | 16 (162.8800) | 25 (153.7140) |
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 | #1628 (141 pts) | #1743 (131 pts) | #1457 (191 pts) | #1485 (181 pts) | #1654 (151 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |