High-water mark
664.4340
career-best overall
92.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 664.4340 at *CCS Fest — 92.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2018-04-06
OUTLAW BARBECUE SMOKERS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1496
peak 1496 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2017-05-12
latest 2018-05-11
Best ToY finish
#1382
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
642.28
last 3 Master vs avg 642.28 (-0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.47
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 162.62 · weakest Brisket (157.85)
Road miles
212
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 71 mi
Schedule strength
79%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1602)
Master avg
642.28 / 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
SMOKIN HOOSIERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKIN HOOSIERS 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.
OUTLAW BARBECUE SMOKERS 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 117 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.
#3388 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1496
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3366 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after OUTLAW BARBECUE SMOKERS did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#3363 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1496
No shared contest yet.
Level with OUTLAW BARBECUE SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3369 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3391 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3365 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1496
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before OUTLAW BARBECUE SMOKERS'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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1084 | 156.5028 | 161.47 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 158.8000 | 162.62 | top 59% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 151.9200 | 160.34 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2284 | 149.6800 | 157.85 | top 70% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 84% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 37% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Rockin BBQ | 2 | 25 | 0 | top 84% | 2018-05-11 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2017-05-12 → 2018-05-11
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IN
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 Ribs
averages 162.62 · weakest Brisket (157.85)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
642.28
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
74
42–68 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
212
3 mapped stops · furthest 71 mi
Schedule strength
1602
average field rating faced — tougher than 79% of rated contests
Power rating
1496
peak 1496 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest *Rockin BBQ
- 2018
- First call *CCS Fest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score664.4340 *CCS Fest
- Career-best overall score664.4340 *CCS Fest
- Career-best single call (Pork)169.1200 *CCS Fest
- Peak power rating (1500) *CCS Fest
- Most recent contest *Rockin BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.9 | *CCS Fest | 2018-04-06 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.4 | *Rockin BBQ | 2017-05-12 |
| -3.6 | *Rockin BBQ | 2018-05-11 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 56% | 92.3% | 90.8% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 86% | 86% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-11 | *Rockin BBQ Warsaw, IN | 28 / 37 (643.1996) | 33 (156.5028) | 25 (160.5028) | 27 (159.9656) | 13 (166.2284) |
| 2018-04-06 | *CCS Fest Indianapolis, IN | 18 / 49 (664.4340) | 15 (169.1084) | 16 (168.5600) | 10 (169.1200) | 40 (157.6456) |
| 2017-05-12 | *Rockin BBQ Warsaw, IN | 25 / 27 (619.2116) | 24 (158.8116) | 21 (158.8000) | 27 (151.9200) | 25 (149.6800) |
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 | #1382 (155 pts) | #1401 (170 pts) | #1433 (165 pts) | #1286 (195 pts) | #1330 (180 pts) |