A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
RBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
RBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
SMOKIN' THE 916
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2016-10-14
latest 2017-09-15
Best ToY finish
#1310
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
612.91
last 4 Master vs avg 612.91 (-0.00)
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.66
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 157.36 · weakest Brisket (146.53)
Road miles
278
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 80 mi
Schedule strength
45%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1558)
Master avg
612.91 / 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
-25
rating points in a year
The rating has slipped 25 points across 4 contests since 2016-10-14 — from 1498 down to 1474.
- 4 contests since 2016-10-14
- now 1474
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.
SMOKIN' THE 916 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 146 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.
#4469 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
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#4424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKIN' THE 916 on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after SMOKIN' THE 916 did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
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#4462 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
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#4440 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
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-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.0972 | 154.8684 | 157.36 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5484 | 137.6684 | 150.84 | top 75% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7028 | 148.5372 | 155.83 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5144 | 140.5372 | 146.53 | top 81% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 77% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.9 yrs
2016-10-14 → 2017-09-15
Busiest season
2017
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 157.36 · weakest Brisket (146.53)
Walk rate
20%
a top-10 call in 1 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
612.91
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
89
29–107 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
278
5 mapped stops · furthest 80 mi
Schedule strength
1558
average field rating faced — tougher than 45% of rated contests
Power rating
1474
peak 1474 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Smoke on the River Bands, Brews & BBQ (BACKYARD)
- First call Smoke on the River Bands, Brews & BBQ (BACKYARD)
- Career-best overall score623.8400 Smoke on the River
- Peak power rating (1498) Smoke on the River
- 2017
- Career-best single call (Pork)165.7028 3rd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest 3rd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.4 | Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship | 2017-05-05 |
| -8.2 | Ceres Bands Brews & BBQ Throwdown / Formerly Smoke on the River | 2017-08-11 |
| -8 | 3rd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship | 2017-09-15 |
| -1.9 | Smoke on the River | 2016-10-14 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 86.5% | 84.6% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 61% | 86.6% | 86.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-15 | 3rd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA | 42 / 48 (622.8344) | 38 (158.8572) | 44 (151.4172) | 23 (165.7028) | 44 (146.8572) |
| 2017-08-11 | Ceres Bands Brews & BBQ Throwdown / Formerly Smoke on the River Ceres, CA | 18 / 21 (599.3716) | 17 (154.8684) | 18 (145.7032) | 14 (158.2628) | 20 (140.5372) |
| 2017-05-05 | Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship Elk Grove, CA | 28 / 33 (605.6112) | 24 (156.0000) | 24 (154.8456) | 28 (148.5372) | 26 (146.2284) |
| 2016-10-14 | Smoke on the River Sacramento, CA | 23 / 38 (623.8400) | 27 (155.9772) | 15 (164.5484) | 24 (150.8000) | 22 (152.5144) |
| 2016-08-26 | Smoke on the River Bands, Brews & BBQ (BACKYARD) Ceres, CA | — | 5 (161.0972) | 19 (137.6684) | — | — |
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 | #1310 (199 pts) | #1398 (209 pts) | #1421 (204 pts) | #1325 (229 pts) | #1450 (189 pts) |