A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
AMERICAN FIRE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
AMERICAN FIRE BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
SMOKIN' HOT TA TA'S
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1478
peak 1478 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2017-09-29
latest 2018-09-28
Best ToY finish
#1894
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
626.13
last 3 Master vs avg 626.13 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.37
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.53 · weakest Pork Ribs (150.99)
Road miles
49
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
65%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1582)
Master avg
626.13 / 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.
SMOKIN' HOT TA TA'S 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.
#4222 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SMOKIN' HOT TA TA'S)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SMOKIN' HOT TA TA'S has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4234 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4251 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after SMOKIN' HOT TA TA'S did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4245 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKIN' HOT TA TA'S on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4221 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4229 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
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 | 163.9656 | 158.2056 | 160.53 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.7884 | 141.6116 | 150.99 | top 89% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.0972 | 153.7372 | 160.36 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1088 | 148.5488 | 154.24 | top 78% |
“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 90% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 72% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Smoking in the Golden Valley | 2 | 21 | 0 | top 90% | 2018-09-28 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2017-09-29 → 2018-09-28
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
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
Chicken
averages 160.53 · weakest Pork Ribs (150.99)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
626.13
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
77
18–80 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
49
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1582
average field rating faced — tougher than 65% of rated contests
Power rating
1478
peak 1478 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest *Smoking in the Golden Valley
- Peak power rating (1488) *Smoking in the Golden Valley
- 2018
- Career-best overall score643.2000 Johnson County BBQ Challenge(JUDGES FULL)
- Career-best single call (Pork)165.0972 Johnson County BBQ Challenge(JUDGES FULL)
- Most recent contest *Smoking in the Golden Valley
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.7 | *Smoking in the Golden Valley | 2017-09-29 |
| -7.9 | *Smoking in the Golden Valley | 2018-09-28 |
| -2.6 | Johnson County BBQ Challenge(JUDGES FULL) | 2018-07-06 |
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 | 0% | top 78% | 89.3% | 87.8% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 85.3% | 85.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-28 | *Smoking in the Golden Valley Clinton, MO | 21 / 25 (620.9032) | 11 (163.9656) | 23 (141.6116) | 13 (162.2516) | 22 (153.0744) |
| 2018-07-06 | Johnson County BBQ Challenge(JUDGES FULL) Warrensburg, MO | 34 / 47 (643.2000) | 41 (158.2056) | 37 (158.7884) | 27 (165.0972) | 26 (161.1088) |
| 2017-09-29 | *Smoking in the Golden Valley Clinton, MO | 28 / 29 (614.2860) | 22 (159.4172) | 28 (152.5828) | 26 (153.7372) | 26 (148.5488) |
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 | #1894 (70 pts) | #1598 (120 pts) | #1996 (60 pts) | #1781 (110 pts) | #1963 (65 pts) |