A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
iBQ'n ahead in 100% of their meetings
iBQ'n has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
UP IN SMOKE BBQ-MI
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1480
peak 1480 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2018-09-14
latest 2019-09-13
Best ToY finish
#1524
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 76%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
609.79
last 3 Master vs avg 609.79 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.04
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 161.31 · weakest Chicken (148.74)
Road miles
311
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 104 mi
Schedule strength
33%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)
Purse competed for
$9K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
609.79 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
UP IN SMOKE BBQ-MI 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 142 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.
#4098 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4116 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Level with UP IN SMOKE BBQ-MI on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4089 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4113 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after UP IN SMOKE BBQ-MI did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4126 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4119 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
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 | 151.9884 | 146.8684 | 148.74 | top 79% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1316 | 141.6572 | 149.85 | top 71% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5600 | 148.0000 | 149.89 | top 84% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9888 | 159.9544 | 161.31 | top 56% |
“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 82% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 63% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2018-09-14 → 2019-09-13
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MI
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 161.31 · weakest Chicken (148.74)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
609.79
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
99
31–105 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
311
3 mapped stops · furthest 104 mi
Schedule strength
1544
average field rating faced — tougher than 33% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$8,500
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Power rating
1480
peak 1480 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest *Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Brisket)163.9888 *Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1498) *Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score618.2284 *Smoke & Ale Fall Festival
- 2019
- Most recent contest Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.5 | Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival | 2019-09-13 |
| -6.1 | *Smoke & Ale Fall Festival | 2018-10-12 |
| -2.2 | *Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival | 2018-09-14 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 84.7% | 84.7% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 85.9% | 84.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-13 | Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival 🏅 Mears, MI | 31 / 35 (610.1484) | 33 (146.8684) | 32 (150.7656) | 33 (152.5600) | 24 (159.9544) |
| 2018-10-12 | *Smoke & Ale Fall Festival Chelsea, MI | 29 / 38 (618.2284) | 30 (151.9884) | 23 (157.1316) | 35 (149.1084) | 23 (160.0000) |
| 2018-09-14 | *Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI | 30 / 48 (601.0060) | 30 (147.3600) | 30 (141.6572) | 32 (148.0000) | 19 (163.9888) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1955 (60 pts) | #2049 (60 pts) | #2026 (60 pts) | #2029 (60 pts) | #1973 (65 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1524 (120 pts) | #1598 (120 pts) | #1555 (130 pts) | #1610 (120 pts) | #1445 (160 pts) |