A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
GIRLS CAN GRILL ahead in 100% of their meetings
GIRLS CAN GRILL has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
BIG SMOKIES
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1481
peak 1481 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2018-05-18
latest 2021-08-20
Best ToY finish
#856
Master 2020
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 82%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
629.82
last 3 Master vs avg 629.82 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±25.25
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.53 · weakest Pork Ribs (147.04)
Road miles
54
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 36 mi
Schedule strength
59%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1575)
Purse competed for
$21K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
629.82 / 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.
The comeback
2.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.2 years, then back at Western Legends Heritage and Music Festival (2020-08-14).
- last seen 2018-05-18
- back 2020-08-14
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.
BIG SMOKIES 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 134 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#4072 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after BIG SMOKIES did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#4089 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
Level with BIG SMOKIES on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4067 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4077 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4071 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before BIG SMOKIES'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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 177.7028 | 160.5828 | 169.53 | top 41% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.7260 | 141.1428 | 147.04 | top 93% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0000 | 146.7884 | 156.15 | top 80% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1200 | 149.6456 | 157.10 | top 80% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 62% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 90% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.3 yrs
2018-05-18 → 2021-08-20
Busiest season
2021
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
UT
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 169.53 · weakest Pork Ribs (147.04)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
629.82
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
63
15–65 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
54
3 mapped stops · furthest 36 mi
Schedule strength
1575
average field rating faced — tougher than 59% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$21,000
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.2 yrs
2018-05-18 → 2020-08-14
Power rating
1481
peak 1481 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest *Southern Utah BBQ Festival
- First call *Southern Utah BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1488) *Southern Utah BBQ Festival
- 2021
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.9660 Western Legends BBQ Contest
- Career-best overall score659.9660 Western Legends BBQ Contest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7028 Western Legends BBQ Contest
- Most recent contest Western Legends BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.9 | Western Legends BBQ Contest | 2021-08-20 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.1 | *Southern Utah BBQ Festival | 2018-05-18 |
| -8.2 | Western Legends Heritage and Music Festival | 2020-08-14 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 62% | 91.7% | 91.7% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 87.7% | 87.7% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 93% | 83.1% | 83.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-20 | Western Legends BBQ Contest 🏅 Kanab, UT | 16 / 26 (659.9660) | 3 (177.7028) | 23 (153.7260) | 12 (168.0000) | 20 (160.5372) |
| 2020-08-14 | Western Legends Heritage and Music Festival 🏅 Kanab, UT | 38 / 42 (631.3256) | 22 (170.2972) | 41 (146.2400) | 40 (153.6684) | 32 (161.1200) |
| 2018-05-18 | *Southern Utah BBQ Festival Washington, UT | 14 / 15 (598.1596) | 9 (160.5828) | 14 (141.1428) | 15 (146.7884) | 13 (149.6456) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1091 (96 pts) | #715 (226 pts) | #1306 (61 pts) | #1032 (116 pts) | #1190 (76 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #856 (60 pts) | #865 (75 pts) | #913 (60 pts) | #899 (60 pts) | #883 (60 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1784 (95 pts) | #1566 (125 pts) | #1844 (95 pts) | #1870 (90 pts) | #1806 (100 pts) |