High-water mark
666.7776
career-best overall
92.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 666.7776 at *Smoke On The Ohio(JUDGES FULL) — 92.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2017-09-08
MEATMAN'S SMOKIN BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1520
peak 1520 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2017-09-08
latest 2018-06-01
Best ToY finish
#1069
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 45%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
656.29
last 4 Master vs avg 656.29 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.92
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.82 · weakest Brisket (162.09)
Road miles
245
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 176 mi
Schedule strength
58%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1574)
Master avg
656.29 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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
3–1
behind in the head-to-head
SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS ahead in 75% of their meetings
SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ 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.
MEATMAN'S SMOKIN 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 81 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.
#2494 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1529
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#2480 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
Level with MEATMAN'S SMOKIN BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2479 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
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#2482 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 4 years before MEATMAN'S SMOKIN BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2477 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1530
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after MEATMAN'S SMOKIN BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#2495 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 175.4056 | 155.3600 | 165.82 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 162.2400 | 164.55 | top 47% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1316 | 159.3828 | 163.83 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8456 | 157.0744 | 162.09 | top 53% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IN | 2 | 0 | top 48% |
| IL | 1 | 0 | top 18% |
| KY | 1 | 0 | top 64% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 48% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 41% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.7 yrs
2017-09-08 → 2018-06-01
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IN
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 165.82 · weakest Brisket (162.09)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
656.29
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
112
82–63 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
245
4 mapped stops · furthest 176 mi
Schedule strength
1574
average field rating faced — tougher than 58% of rated contests
Power rating
1520
peak 1520 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest *Smoke On The Ohio(JUDGES FULL)
- First call *Smoke On The Ohio(JUDGES FULL)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.7776 *Smoke On The Ohio(JUDGES FULL)
- Career-best overall score666.7776 *Smoke On The Ohio(JUDGES FULL)
- 2018
- First overall top-10 *Up In smoke on the Square( WAIT LIST ONLY FOR JUDGES)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4056 *Up In smoke on the Square( WAIT LIST ONLY FOR JUDGES)
- Peak power rating (1520) *Up In smoke on the Square( WAIT LIST ONLY FOR JUDGES)
- Most recent contest *Up In smoke on the Square( WAIT LIST ONLY FOR JUDGES)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.5 | *Up In smoke on the Square( WAIT LIST ONLY FOR JUDGES) | 2018-06-01 |
| +5.6 | *Smoke On The Ohio(JUDGES FULL) | 2017-09-08 |
| +1.8 | *Smokin For Garrett | 2018-04-27 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -1.6 | Grilling & Chillin BBQ | 2017-09-22 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 36% | 91.7% | 91.1% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 53% | 92.6% | 91.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-01 | *Up In smoke on the Square( WAIT LIST ONLY FOR JUDGES) Lincoln, IL | 7 / 40 (660.4456) | 2 (175.4056) | 13 (165.1428) | 13 (162.8228) | 27 (157.0744) |
| 2018-04-27 | *Smokin For Garrett Boonville, IN | 21 / 38 (651.8284) | 31 (159.3600) | 24 (162.2400) | 25 (159.3828) | 10 (170.8456) |
| 2017-09-22 | Grilling & Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY | 27 / 42 (646.1144) | 37 (155.3600) | 19 (163.3944) | 22 (163.9772) | 21 (163.3828) |
| 2017-09-08 | *Smoke On The Ohio(JUDGES FULL) Mt.Vernon, IN | 12 / 29 (666.7776) | 4 (173.1544) | 14 (167.4172) | 10 (169.1316) | 20 (157.0744) |
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 | #1069 (245 pts) | #979 (320 pts) | #1329 (185 pts) | #1342 (180 pts) | #1280 (195 pts) |