Three Casual Smokers IA
Rating
1493
peak 1500 · rated over 4 contests
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2025-01-24
latest 2026-06-26
Best ToY finish
#211
Backyard 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.83 · weakest Brisket (157.41)
Road miles
217
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 79 mi
Schedule strength
47%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)
Purse competed for
$18K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
639.89 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
333.99 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
DIGGERS BBQ has finished one call ahead of Three Casual Smokers 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
⚔️ A tough matchup
BBQ Pit Bros has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Teams like this (closest power rating, IA first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 165.1544 | 158.8344 | 162.56 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 158.2400 | 164.83 | top 64% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7144 | 161.6688 | 161.69 | top 80% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 150.8460 | 157.41 | top 91% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IA | 3 | 0 | top 55% |
| NE | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 42% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 70% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (3 contests)
- Cooks mostly in IA (3 of 4 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (4 entries)
- Average Master overall score: 639.89 / 720
- Average Backyard overall score: 333.99 / 360
Milestones
- 🚩 2025-01-24 — First tracked contest · SJV Winter Rub
- 📣 2025-06-20 — First call · Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 📈 2025-06-20 — Peak power rating (1500) · Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- ⭐ 2025-09-19 — Career-best overall score (650.1944) · Tri-City BBQ Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.5 | Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2025-06-20 |
| +5 | Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2026-06-26 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.7 | Tri-City BBQ Fest | 2025-09-19 |
| -8.4 | SJV Winter Rub | 2025-01-24 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 42% | 92.5% | 92.5% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33% | top 70% | 93% | 90.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Sioux City, IA | 8 / 19 (333.1544) | 10 (164.0228) | 7 (169.1316) | — | — |
| 2025-09-19 | Tri-City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA | 24 / 26 (650.1944) | 25 (162.2284) | 24 (162.2744) | 23 (161.7144) | 24 (163.9772) |
| 2025-06-20 | Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Sioux City, IA | 6 / 20 (334.8344) | 8 (165.1544) | 7 (169.6800) | — | — |
| 2025-01-24 | SJV Winter Rub 🏅 Omaha, NE | 28 / 32 (629.5892) | 29 (158.8344) | 29 (158.2400) | 23 (161.6688) | 29 (150.8460) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Backyard | #211 (139 pts) | #232 (119 pts) | #222 (149 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #249 (160 pts) | #281 (140 pts) | #282 (150 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #957 (113 pts) | #1046 (108 pts) | #1102 (113 pts) | #912 (128 pts) | #993 (113 pts) |