The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Smokin in the Square (2017-03-17).
- last seen 2015-03-06
- back 2017-03-17
WHO DAT SMOKIN
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1489
peak 1489 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
2018-09-28
latest 2019-03-22
Best ToY finish
#1949
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 71%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 156.55 · weakest Chicken (142.42)
Road miles
1,887
mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 476 mi
Schedule strength
81%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1606)
Purse competed for
$20K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
621.50 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
280.78 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (3 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 cook the hard rooms
1606
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 81% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1606 power rating — a tougher draw than 81% of every rated contest in the data.
- 3 rated contests
Boom or bust
±7.41%
swing around their own average
Their overall swings ±7.41% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.
- averages 80.8% of a perfect score
- best 86.3%
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.
WHO DAT SMOKIN 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 151 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.
#3712 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Fewer contests behind them than WHO DAT SMOKIN has cooked, 5 to 9, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#3730 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after WHO DAT SMOKIN did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3698 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
Level with WHO DAT SMOKIN on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3697 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
Fewer contests behind them than WHO DAT SMOKIN has cooked, 5 to 9, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#3726 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
Fewer contests behind them than WHO DAT SMOKIN has cooked, 6 to 9, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#3733 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Fewer contests behind them than WHO DAT SMOKIN has cooked, 5 to 9, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.0628 | 121.6568 | 142.42 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9544 | 131.3944 | 147.77 | top 60% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9312 | 155.9312 | 155.93 | top 89% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5488 | 156.5488 | 156.55 | 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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| LA | 1 | 0 | top 75% |
| FL | 1 | 0 | top 54% |
| SC | 1 | 0 | top 85% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 70% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 75% |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.5 yrs
2018-09-28 → 2019-03-22
Busiest season
2018
3 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
FL
5 of 9 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 156.55 · weakest Chicken (142.42)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 9 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 9 contests
Master average
621.50
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Backyard average
280.78
out of 360 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
158
45–128 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,887
9 mapped stops · furthest 476 mi
Schedule strength
1606
average field rating faced — tougher than 81% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$20,200
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2015-03-06 → 2017-03-17
Power rating
1489
peak 1489 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Smokin in the Square
- 2018
- Career-best overall score621.4972 *Rock The Grill
- 2019
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)159.9544 Smokin In the Square
- Peak power rating (1495) Smokin In the Square
- Most recent contest Hammond BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.4 | Smokin In the Square | 2019-03-15 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.8 | Hammond BBQ | 2019-03-22 |
| -6 | *Rock The Grill | 2018-09-28 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 65% | 85.7% | 78% |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-22 | Hammond BBQ 🏅 Hammond, LA | 36 / 48 (253.0512) | 35 (121.6568) | 29 (131.3944) | — | — |
| 2019-03-15 | Smokin In the Square 🏅 Pensacola, FL | 19 / 35 (308.5028) | 23 (148.5484) | 11 (159.9544) | — | — |
| 2018-09-28 | *Rock The Grill Rock Hill, SC | 23 / 27 (621.4972) | 25 (157.0628) | 24 (151.9544) | 24 (155.9312) | 21 (156.5488) |
| 2018-03-23 | Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018-03-16 | Smokin In the Square Pensacola, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-03-24 | Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-03-17 | Smokin in the Square Pensacola, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015-03-06 | Smokin In The Square Pensacola, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014-03-07 | Smokin in the Square Pensacola, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | #1949 (62 pts) | #2565 (52 pts) | #2510 (57 pts) | #2520 (57 pts) | #1932 (72 pts) |