High-water mark
671.9540
career-best overall
93.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 671.9540 at *Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest — 93.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2017-07-14
SMOKIN' 101 BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1497
peak 1505 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-02-15
latest 2017-07-14
Best ToY finish
#2212
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 58%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
647.23
last 4 Master vs avg 647.23 (-0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.51
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.55 · weakest Pork (158.27)
Road miles
1,356
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 981 mi
Schedule strength
22%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1530)
Master avg
647.23 / 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.
The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at *Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest (2017-07-14).
- last seen 2014-07-24
- back 2017-07-14
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' 101 BBQ 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 119 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.
#3340 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3321 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after SMOKIN' 101 BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3323 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1497
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKIN' 101 BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3329 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3342 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3343 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 3 years before SMOKIN' 101 BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 157.6456 | 164.55 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 137.6800 | 159.99 | top 53% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5714 | 149.7140 | 158.27 | top 77% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 173.1426 | 154.8572 | 164.43 | top 42% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| AZ | 2 | 0 | top 54% |
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 48% |
| UT | 1 | 0 | top 74% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 61% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 48% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash | 2 | 11 | 0 | top 54% | 2013-02-16 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.4 yrs
2013-02-15 → 2017-07-14
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AZ
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 164.55 · weakest Pork (158.27)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
647.23
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
121
65–80 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,356
4 mapped stops · furthest 981 mi
Schedule strength
1530
average field rating faced — tougher than 22% of rated contests
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2014-07-24 → 2017-07-14
Power rating
1497
peak 1505 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash
- First call Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.2850 Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash
- Peak power rating (1505) Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash
- 2017
- Career-best overall score671.9540 *Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.7028 *Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
- Most recent contest *Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.1 | *Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | 2017-07-14 |
| +4.7 | Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash | 2013-02-15 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.5 | Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash | 2013-02-16 |
| -6.5 | Days of 47 BBQ Showdown | 2014-07-24 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 48% | 93.3% | 93.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 54% | 90.9% | 90.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-14 | *Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS | 28 / 58 (671.9540) | 20 (169.7028) | 13 (173.7028) | 50 (159.4056) | 18 (169.1428) |
| 2014-07-24 | Days of 47 BBQ Showdown Holladay, UT | 23 / 31 (615.2684) | 24 (157.6456) | 28 (137.6800) | 20 (159.3828) | 14 (160.5600) |
| 2013-02-16 | Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash Mesa, AZ | 22 / 31 (647.4286) | 17 (167.4284) | 23 (160.5716) | 18 (164.5714) | 26 (154.8572) |
| 2013-02-15 | Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash Mesa, AZ | 11 / 29 (654.2850) | 12 (163.4284) | 7 (168.0000) | 29 (149.7140) | 2 (173.1426) |
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 | #2212 (60 pts) | #2118 (85 pts) | #1822 (120 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2055 (95 pts) |