A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMELLAQUE ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMELLAQUE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
BARE STEEL BAR-B-KEW
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1479
peak 1505 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2017-06-10
latest 2017-09-02
Best ToY finish
#1624
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
606.17
last 3 Master vs avg 606.17 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.20
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 154.82 · weakest Brisket (147.39)
Road miles
496
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 277 mi
Schedule strength
12%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1517)
Master avg
606.17 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
BARE STEEL BAR-B-KEW has 3 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 144 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.
#4166 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2017.
⚔ Head-to-head#4169 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Level with BARE STEEL BAR-B-KEW on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4151 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4144 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4186 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2628 | 149.0744 | 154.82 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 133.1316 | 150.45 | top 67% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 143.9884 | 153.50 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 152.5600 | 141.6344 | 147.39 | top 74% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 38% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.2 yrs
2017-06-10 → 2017-09-02
Busiest season
2017
3 contests
Cooks most in
SK
1 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 154.82 · weakest Brisket (147.39)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
606.17
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
71
28–68 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
496
3 mapped stops · furthest 277 mi
Schedule strength
1517
average field rating faced — tougher than 12% of rated contests
Power rating
1479
peak 1505 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- First call Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score628.5028 Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.7028 Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1505) Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest BBQ on the Bow
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.7 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 2017-06-10 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.1 | Those Were The Days BBQ Showdown | 2017-08-12 |
| -12.7 | BBQ on the Bow | 2017-09-02 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 75% | 87.3% | 84.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-02 | BBQ on the Bow Calgary, T2W3J6 | 39 / 42 (586.6632) | 33 (149.0744) | 41 (133.1316) | 12 (162.8228) | 37 (141.6344) |
| 2017-08-12 | Those Were The Days BBQ Showdown North Battleford, SK | 17 / 18 (603.3372) | 12 (158.2628) | 17 (148.5260) | 18 (143.9884) | 10 (152.5600) |
| 2017-06-10 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton, T6E 5K1 | 15 / 39 (628.5028) | 20 (157.1200) | 4 (169.7028) | 22 (153.6912) | 30 (147.9888) |
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 | #1624 (143 pts) | #1587 (168 pts) | #1707 (143 pts) | #1402 (203 pts) | #1524 (178 pts) |