A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
THE SMOKING HILLS ahead in 100% of their meetings
THE SMOKING HILLS has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Smok'n Freaks
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1463
peak 1463 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-10-02
latest 2019-03-15
Best ToY finish
#2212
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 88%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
609.71
last 4 Master vs avg 609.71 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.83
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 154.98 · weakest Chicken (147.10)
Road miles
28
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1561)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
609.71 / 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
2.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) (2016-10-29).
- last seen 2014-10-02
- back 2016-10-29
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.
Smok'n Freaks 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 139 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.
#4926 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 21%
- Peak
- 1516
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Smok'n Freaks)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smok'n Freaks has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4928 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
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#4947 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smok'n Freaks on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4937 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Smok'n Freaks did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4934 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
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#4946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
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-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4056 | 137.6572 | 147.10 | top 91% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7028 | 149.1088 | 154.10 | top 81% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 148.0000 | 154.98 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8344 | 145.6688 | 153.53 | top 77% |
“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 (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.4 yrs
2014-10-02 → 2019-03-15
Busiest season
2019
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 154.98 · weakest Chicken (147.10)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
609.71
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
1,039
184–1,390 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
28
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1561
average field rating faced — tougher than 48% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
2014-10-02 → 2016-10-29
Power rating
1463
peak 1463 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Peak power rating (1487) 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- 2017
- Career-best overall score639.3368 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
- Career-best single call (Pork)169.1428 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
- 2019
- Most recent contest Qlathe BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2014-10-02 |
| -10.7 | Qlathe BBQ Championship | 2019-03-15 |
| -9.5 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) | 2016-10-29 |
| -3.4 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2017-09-01 |
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 92% | 84.6% | 84.6% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 84.7% | 84.7% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 80.6% | 80.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-15 | Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 59 / 64 (608.9716) | 59 (148.5144) | 46 (157.1200) | 58 (150.8228) | 55 (152.5144) |
| 2017-09-01 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 299 / 407 (639.3368) | 312 (159.4056) | 313 (157.7028) | 133 (169.1428) | 332 (153.0856) |
| 2016-10-29 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 504 / 557 (610.1028) | 537 (142.8344) | 474 (152.4684) | 500 (151.9656) | 268 (162.8344) |
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 534 / 552 (580.4348) | 543 (137.6572) | 506 (149.1088) | 508 (148.0000) | 505 (145.6688) |
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) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |