High-water mark
675.3828
career-best overall
93.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 675.3828 at *Smokin in the Ville — 93.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2017-04-28
CHECKERED FLAG SMOKEHOUSE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1516
peak 1516 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2017-04-28
latest 2018-06-01
Best ToY finish
#884
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
661.44
last 5 Master vs avg 661.44 (+0.00)
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.46
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.91 · weakest Brisket (163.08)
Road miles
52
mi across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
52%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1567)
Master avg
661.44 / 720
5 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
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
913 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
913 BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The weak link
−5.8
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.83 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 60%.
- Brisket avg 163.08
- Pork Ribs avg 168.91
- 1 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of DUSTY ROADS BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
87 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2600 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1525
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2608 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1523
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before CHECKERED FLAG SMOKEHOUSE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2585 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Level with CHECKERED FLAG SMOKEHOUSE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2606 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before CHECKERED FLAG SMOKEHOUSE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2589 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 4 years before CHECKERED FLAG SMOKEHOUSE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2609 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after CHECKERED FLAG SMOKEHOUSE did, first appearing in 2026.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 158.8800 | 164.90 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 160.0228 | 168.91 | top 37% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2856 | 155.9428 | 164.55 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 158.2400 | 163.08 | top 49% |
“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) | 4 | 0 | top 48% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2017-04-28 → 2018-06-01
Busiest season
2017
4 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 168.91 · weakest Brisket (163.08)
Walk rate
60%
a top-10 call in 3 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
1 of 5 contests
Master average
661.44
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
123
84–77 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
52
5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1567
average field rating faced — tougher than 52% of rated contests
Power rating
1516
peak 1516 · #2602 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest *Smokin in the Ville
- First call *Smokin in the Ville
- First overall top-10 *Smokin in the Ville
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score675.3828 *Smokin in the Ville
- Career-best overall score675.3828 *Smokin in the Ville
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.8572 *Smokin in the Ville
- 2018
- Peak power rating (1516) McLouth BBQ Blowout 27th Annual( JUDGES FULL)
- Most recent contest McLouth BBQ Blowout 27th Annual( JUDGES FULL)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.2 | *Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout | 2017-06-10 |
| +7.1 | *Smokin in the Ville | 2017-04-28 |
| +2.1 | *Sertoma 48 BBQ(JUDGESFULL) | 2017-05-05 |
| +1.5 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 27th Annual( JUDGES FULL) | 2018-06-01 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -1.5 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 26th Anniversary(JUDGES FULL) | 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)
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 50% | 92.2% | 92.2% |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 48% | 93.8% | 91.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-01 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 27th Annual( JUDGES FULL) McLouth, KS | 18 / 36 (664.0340) | 25 (158.8800) | 6 (173.7028) | 12 (170.2856) | 22 (161.1656) |
| 2017-06-10 | *Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout Tonganoxie, KS | 12 / 28 (665.6456) | 11 (170.2628) | 8 (170.8228) | 16 (163.9772) | 15 (160.5828) |
| 2017-06-02 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 26th Anniversary(JUDGES FULL) McLouth, KS | 20 / 32 (648.4796) | 14 (166.2284) | 24 (160.0228) | 26 (155.9428) | 14 (166.2856) |
| 2017-05-05 | *Sertoma 48 BBQ(JUDGESFULL) Lawrence, KS | 22 / 44 (653.6456) | 25 (163.4400) | 21 (165.1200) | 21 (166.8456) | 22 (158.2400) |
| 2017-04-28 | *Smokin in the Ville Edwardsville, KS | 10 / 26 (675.3828) | 12 (165.7028) | 4 (174.8572) | 16 (165.7028) | 9 (169.1200) |
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 | #884 (401 pts) | #940 (411 pts) | #815 (491 pts) | #1075 (331 pts) | #889 (426 pts) |