The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
DARKSIDE BBQ has finished one call ahead of SMOKIN' USA 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
SMOKIN' USA
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1477
peak 1477 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2017-04-01
latest 2018-04-07
Best ToY finish
#2212
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
610.56
last 3 Master vs avg 610.56 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.40
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 158.06 · weakest Pork Ribs (146.45)
Road miles
36
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1565)
Master avg
610.56 / 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
GETTIN' BASTED ahead in 100% of their meetings
GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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' USA 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 140 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.
#4293 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4257 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKIN' USA on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4274 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#4281 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4289 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4265 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
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 | 153.7028 | 141.6916 | 148.74 | top 97% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5712 | 141.1544 | 146.45 | top 91% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4056 | 149.0856 | 157.31 | top 74% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1312 | 155.4172 | 158.06 | top 61% |
“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.
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2017-04-01 → 2018-04-07
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AR
3 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
Brisket
averages 158.06 · weakest Pork Ribs (146.45)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
610.56
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
78
17–88 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
36
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1565
average field rating faced — tougher than 51% of rated contests
Power rating
1477
peak 1477 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest *Smoke on the Border Gravette Chambers of Commerce
- Peak power rating (1486) *Smoke on the Border Gravette Chambers of Commerce
- 2018
- Career-best overall score620.3768 *Smoke on the Border
- Career-best single call (Pork)163.4056 *Smoke on the Border
- Most recent contest *Smoke on the Border
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.9 | *Smoke on the Border Gravette Chambers of Commerce | 2017-04-01 |
| -5.2 | Bikes, Blues and BBQ | 2017-09-22 |
| -4.1 | *Smoke on the Border | 2018-04-07 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 85.9% | 84.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-07 | *Smoke on the Border Gravette, AR | 25 / 33 (620.3768) | 31 (153.7028) | 31 (145.6228) | 21 (163.4056) | 22 (157.6456) |
| 2017-09-22 | Bikes, Blues and BBQ Fayetteville, AR | 29 / 38 (618.2280) | 37 (150.8112) | 30 (152.5712) | 23 (159.4284) | 25 (155.4172) |
| 2017-04-01 | *Smoke on the Border Gravette Chambers of Commerce Gravette, AR | 37 / 37 (593.0628) | 37 (141.6916) | 37 (141.1544) | 36 (149.0856) | 19 (161.1312) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #2501 (58 pts) | #2514 (58 pts) | #2496 (58 pts) | #1939 (78 pts) | #1930 (73 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2079 (90 pts) |