High-water mark
679.9084
career-best overall
94.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 679.9084 at Smoke on the Bricks — 94.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2025-08-08
3 Idiots & A Smoker
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1495
peak 1495 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2022-06-24
latest 2026-06-26
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 61%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
668.46 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 587.65 (+80.81)
Walk rate
14%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±178.49
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.88 · weakest Pork (162.75)
Road miles
82
mi across 7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
40%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)
Purse competed for
$83K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 7 state-championship entries
Master avg
587.65 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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
6–1
behind in the head-to-head
LOVE 2 Q ahead in 86% of their meetings
LOVE 2 Q has come out ahead in 6 of their 7 shared contests.
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of JayHawgs BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship (2025-06-27).
- last seen 2023-06-23
- back 2025-06-27
A June team
Top 49%
average finish in June
Something about June: average finish in the top 49% across 4 contests, versus top 61% the rest of the year.
- 4 June contests
- top 61% the rest of the year
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.
123 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3385 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3381 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before 3 Idiots & A Smoker's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3393 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2015, 7 years before 3 Idiots & A Smoker's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3401 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Level with 3 Idiots & A Smoker on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3379 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1496
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 10 years before 3 Idiots & A Smoker's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3408 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 11 years before 3 Idiots & A Smoker's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOVE 2 Q | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Barking Hogs BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| KC Meat Sweats | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| SLAPS BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Barking Dog BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Three Legged Pig BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Aww Shucks BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Que or be Qued | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Damn Fine Beef & Swine | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.8456 | 161.6572 | 165.88 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 154.7888 | 165.21 | top 53% |
| Pork | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 150.2628 | 162.75 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 149.0744 | 164.63 | top 46% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 92% |
| Large (40+) | 6 | 0 | top 55% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 3 | 37 | 0 | top 31% | 2026-06-26 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2022-06-24 → 2026-06-26
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
5
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork
7 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 165.88 · weakest Pork (162.75)
Walk rate
14%
a top-10 call in 1 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 7 contests
Master average
587.65
out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
387
369–429 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
82
7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1552
average field rating faced — tougher than 40% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$83,200
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 7 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2023-06-23 → 2025-06-27
Power rating
1495
peak 1495 · #3392 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- 2023
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.1716 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- 2025
- First call The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5600 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Career-best overall score679.9084 Smoke on the Bricks
- 2026
- Peak power rating (1495) The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Most recent contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.4 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2025-06-27 |
| +10.2 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2026-06-26 |
| +2.9 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2023-06-23 |
| +2.5 | Smoke on the Bricks | 2025-08-08 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.2 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2022-06-24 |
| -9.2 | 6th Annual Smoke on the Trails | 2022-09-09 |
| -6.2 | 8th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship | 2026-03-20 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 53% | 93.8% | 92.4% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 40% | 94.4% | 94.2% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 47% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 85.8% | 53.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 38 / 157 (675.3372) | 100 (161.6572) | 26 (172.5944) | 50 (170.2628) | 33 (170.8228) |
| 2026-03-20 | 8th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 55 / 68 (655.8400) | 53 (165.1200) | 58 (161.0972) | 17 (175.4056) | 60 (154.2172) |
| 2025-08-08 | Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS | 30 / 53 (679.9084) | 43 (161.6800) | 12 (175.4056) | 27 (170.8228) | 19 (172.0000) |
| 2025-06-27 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 37 / 159 (677.0628) | 22 (174.8456) | 85 (165.1200) | 111 (160.5372) | 5 (176.5600) |
| 2023-06-23 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 78 / 167 (654.1716) | 49 (167.9772) | 92 (162.2744) | 127 (158.8000) | 60 (165.1200) |
| 2022-09-09 | 6th Annual Smoke on the Trails 🏅 Gardner, KS | 34 / 37 (618.1032) | 25 (163.9772) | 31 (154.7888) | 35 (150.2628) | 35 (149.0744) |
| 2022-06-24 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 164 / 164 (153.1312) | — | — | 141 (153.1312) | — |