Happy hunting ground
Top 16%
average finish here
Battle River BBQ Showdown is their spot: an average finish in the top 16% across 2 visits.
- 2 visits
- best finish 3rd
- average top 16%
Dos Smokin Bros
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1553
peak 1553 · rated over 11 contests ⓘ
Best runs
3
straight top-10s
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
2018-05-12
latest 2020-09-26
Best ToY finish
#410
Master 2019
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
6 podiums
Overall top-10s
7
of 11 contests
Avg finish
top 35%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
636.54 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 638.65 (-2.11)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
best run (overall)
Consistency
±11.23
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 162.74 · weakest Brisket (157.19)
Road miles
1,539
mi across 11 mapped stops · furthest 414 mi
Schedule strength
26%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1535)
Purse competed for
$1K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
638.65 / 720
11 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (11 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.
They almost always walk
100%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 11 of 11 contests
A top-10 category call in 100% of their 11 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
MEAT SWEATS BBQ AB has finished one call ahead of Dos Smokin Bros 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Their season
2018
their best year
2018 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 22%.
- 4 contests
- 3 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 22%
A tough matchup
9–1
behind in the head-to-head
SMELLAQUE ahead in 90% of their meetings
SMELLAQUE has come out ahead in 9 of their 10 shared contests.
The weak link
−5.6
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.56 points below their pork, and turns into a call 64% of the time against 64%.
- Brisket avg 157.19
- Pork avg 162.74
- 7 calls in 11 entries
A strong matchup
7–3
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 70% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Kreiser Barbecue in 7 of their 10 shared contests.
Announced themselves early
5th
at their very first contest
Finished 5 of 30 at their very first tracked contest, Smokin Q at Lynwood Ranch (2018-05-12).
- 2018-05-12
- 30-team field
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
FROZEN TOQUE BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
An August team
Top 22%
average finish in August
Something about August: average finish in the top 22% across 3 contests, versus top 35% the rest of the year.
- 3 August contests
- top 35% the rest of the year
The metronome
±1.56%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±1.56% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 88.7% of a perfect score
- 11 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.
57 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1671 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1553
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#1672 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 45%
- Peak
- 1553
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 6 years before Dos Smokin Bros's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#1679 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1553
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#1674 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1553
No shared contest yet.
4 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Head-to-head#1675 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1553
No shared contest yet.
14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 7% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#1683 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 47%
- Peak
- 1552
No shared contest yet.
Level with Dos Smokin Bros on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36% | ⚔ compare |
| Kreiser Barbecue | 10 | 7 | 3 | 70% | ⚔ compare |
| THE DEVIL MADE ME Q IT | 10 | 7 | 3 | 70% | ⚔ compare |
| Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery | 10 | 6 | 4 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| SMELLAQUE | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10% | ⚔ compare |
| ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10% | ⚔ compare |
| Rack Addicts BBQ Team | 9 | 7 | 2 | 78% | ⚔ compare |
| 403 BBQ CO | 9 | 6 | 3 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| YOU NEED A BBQ | 9 | 5 | 4 | 56% | ⚔ compare |
| FROZEN TOQUE BBQ | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| GRIZZLY PAW SMOKERS | 7 | 6 | 1 | 86% | ⚔ compare |
| MOTLEY QUE | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ TEAM NAIT | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Fire BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| BIGG SMOAK BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 171.4400 | 139.3256 | 160.08 | top 48% |
| Pork Ribs | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 168.6172 | 146.7888 | 158.64 | top 49% |
| Pork | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 172.5716 | 146.2172 | 162.74 | top 33% |
| Brisket | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 168.5712 | 151.9772 | 157.19 | top 45% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AB | 4 | 0 | top 25% |
| SK | 1 | 0 | top 58% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 56% |
| Medium (20–39) | 6 | 0 | top 25% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 41% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle River BBQ Showdown | 2 | 3 | 0 | top 16% | 2019-08-10 |
| Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 43% | 2019-06-15 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.4 yrs
2018-05-12 → 2020-09-26
Busiest season
2019
6 contests
Contests a season
3.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AB
4 of 11 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
9
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
11 entries · 0 wins · 6 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 162.74 · weakest Brisket (157.19)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 11 of 11 contests
Overall top-10 rate
64%
7 of 11 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight contests
Master average
638.65
out of 720 · 11 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
135
203–111 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,539
11 mapped stops · furthest 414 mi
Schedule strength
1535
average field rating faced — tougher than 26% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$1,050
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2019-09-01 → 2020-09-26
Power rating
1553
peak 1553 · #1678 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest Smokin Q at Lynwood Ranch
- First call Smokin Q at Lynwood Ranch
- First overall top-10 Smokin Q at Lynwood Ranch
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.2516 Smokin Q at Lynwood Ranch
- 2019
- Career-best single call (Pork)172.5716 Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- First overall podium Battle River BBQ Showdown
- 10th tracked contest Prairie Dog on the Bow
- Career-best overall score651.9776 Prairie Dog on the Bow
- 2020
- Peak power rating (1553) BBQ on the Bow
- Most recent contest BBQ on the Bow
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.8 | Smokin Q at Lynwood Ranch | 2018-05-12 |
| +12.8 | Battle River BBQ Showdown | 2019-08-10 |
| +12.5 | *Battle River BBQ Showdown | 2018-08-18 |
| +10.1 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 2018-06-16 |
| +6.4 | BBQ on the Bow | 2020-09-26 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.9 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 2019-06-15 |
| -4 | BBQ on the Bow | 2019-08-31 |
| -1.8 | Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff | 2019-06-08 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 33% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100% | top 44% | 90.6% | 88.4% |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100% | top 22% | 90.5% | 89.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-26 | BBQ on the Bow Didsbury, AB | 7 / 21 (633.0972) | 21 (142.8228) | 2 (168.6172) | 6 (165.1428) | 10 (156.5144) |
| 2019-09-01 | Prairie Dog on the Bow Alberta, T2P 2M2 | 7 / 13 (651.9776) | 8 (168.5372) | 12 (159.4516) | 5 (168.0000) | 10 (155.9888) |
| 2019-08-31 | BBQ on the Bow Calgary, T3B 0H7 | 13 / 37 (157.1084) | 31 (150.2284) | 7 (164.5828) | 11 (164.5600) | 20 (153.1776) |
| 2019-08-10 | Battle River BBQ Showdown Camrose, AB | 3 / 20 (646.8688) | 8 (158.8344) | 7 (162.8916) | 4 (167.9884) | 7 (157.1544) |
| 2019-06-15 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton, T6E 5K1 | 29 / 44 (618.2172) | 43 (139.3256) | 32 (153.7372) | 3 (172.5716) | 30 (152.5828) |
| 2019-06-08 | Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff Pilot Butte, SK | 11 / 19 (622.1488) | 6 (165.7144) | 11 (154.8344) | 15 (146.2172) | 10 (155.3828) |
| 2019-05-25 | Heritage Heat Western Smokin BBQ Mountain View, AB | 8 / 22 (642.2284) | 3 (170.8800) | 19 (146.7888) | 10 (159.4284) | 3 (165.1312) |
| 2018-09-01 | BBQ on the Bow Calgary, T2W3J6 | 16 / 43 (632.4684) | 15 (163.9428) | 27 (148.5372) | 24 (151.4172) | 5 (168.5712) |
| 2018-08-18 | *Battle River BBQ Showdown Camrose, AB | 4 / 25 (651.8856) | 2 (171.4172) | 8 (159.9428) | 6 (164.5484) | 7 (155.9772) |
| 2018-06-16 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton, T6E 5K1 | 10 / 51 (643.4396) | 24 (157.7028) | 5 (166.8456) | 11 (162.3084) | 17 (156.5828) |
| 2018-05-12 | Smokin Q at Lynwood Ranch Aldersyde, T1A5H8 | 5 / 30 (650.2516) | 2 (171.4400) | 18 (158.8344) | 5 (168.0000) | 23 (151.9772) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #598 (151 pts) | #885 (66 pts) | #471 (246 pts) | #610 (161 pts) | #680 (121 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #410 (784 pts) | #437 (774 pts) | #522 (669 pts) | #345 (939 pts) | #454 (749 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1748 (105 pts) | #1780 (110 pts) | #1996 (60 pts) | #1997 (65 pts) | #1310 (185 pts) |