A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
H2 BARBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1472
peak 1472 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2017-04-21
latest 2019-08-16
Best ToY finish
#1722
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 93%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
612.00
last 3 Master vs avg 612.00 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.98
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 156.32 · weakest Brisket (150.06)
Road miles
181
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 121 mi
Schedule strength
78%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1601)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
612.00 / 720
3 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.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at BBQ and Fly In on the River (2019-08-16).
- last seen 2017-08-18
- back 2019-08-16
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.
H2 BARBQ 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 134 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.
#4502 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4525 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after H2 BARBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4529 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Level with H2 BARBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4514 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4501 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 32 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4533 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
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 | 163.4172 | 147.3372 | 154.81 | top 86% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9772 | 149.0856 | 150.82 | top 91% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 144.4912 | 156.32 | top 77% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.3200 | 131.8972 | 150.06 | top 78% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ and Fly In on the River | 2 | 58 | 0 | top 94% | 2019-08-16 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.3 yrs
2017-04-21 → 2019-08-16
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 156.32 · weakest Brisket (150.06)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
612.00
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
142
12–158 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
181
3 mapped stops · furthest 121 mi
Schedule strength
1601
average field rating faced — tougher than 78% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$10,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2017-08-18 → 2019-08-16
Power rating
1472
peak 1472 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest
- Career-best overall score634.7540 Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest
- Career-best single call (Pork)167.3828 Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest
- Peak power rating (1490) Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest
- 2019
- Most recent contest BBQ and Fly In on the River
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.2 | BBQ and Fly In on the River | 2019-08-16 |
| -9.9 | Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest | 2017-04-21 |
| -7.9 | BBQ and Fly In on the River | 2017-08-18 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 99% | 81.7% | 81.7% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 88.2% | 86.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-16 | BBQ and Fly In on the River 🏅 Excelsior Springs, MO | 67 / 68 (588.2856) | 67 (147.3372) | 59 (151.9772) | 60 (157.0740) | 68 (131.8972) |
| 2017-08-18 | BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 58 / 65 (612.9596) | 45 (163.4172) | 61 (149.0856) | 65 (144.4912) | 48 (155.9656) |
| 2017-04-21 | Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest Washington, MO | 36 / 40 (634.7540) | 36 (153.6684) | 37 (151.3828) | 17 (167.3828) | 24 (162.3200) |
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 | #1722 (120 pts) | #1802 (120 pts) | #1822 (120 pts) | #1603 (160 pts) | #1771 (125 pts) |