A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
KEVLAR BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
KEVLAR BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Smokin Pineapple
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1480
peak 1501 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2017-10-13
latest 2019-08-02
Best ToY finish
#1954
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
616.26
last 3 Master vs avg 616.26 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.48
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 158.88 · weakest Brisket (148.50)
Road miles
33
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
40%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)
Purse competed for
$7K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
616.26 / 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of JD'S SMOKIN BBQ - MICHIGAN in 3 of their 3 shared 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.
Smokin Pineapple 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 149 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.
#4116 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
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 6 years after Smokin Pineapple did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin Pineapple on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4151 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4144 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4159 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
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 | 163.4400 | 134.7884 | 153.49 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1772 | 151.9772 | 158.88 | top 62% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5944 | 139.9084 | 155.40 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4056 | 135.9088 | 148.50 | top 79% |
“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 70% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 95% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.8 yrs
2017-10-13 → 2019-08-02
Busiest season
2019
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 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
Pork Ribs
averages 158.88 · weakest Brisket (148.50)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
616.26
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
77
22–97 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
33
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1553
average field rating faced — tougher than 40% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$6,500
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Power rating
1480
peak 1501 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest *Smoke & Ale Fall Festival
- Career-best overall score625.0284 *Smoke & Ale Fall Festival
- Peak power rating (1501) *Smoke & Ale Fall Festival
- 2019
- Career-best single call (Pork)168.5944 Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown
- Most recent contest Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.8 | *Smoke & Ale Fall Festival | 2017-10-13 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.4 | Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown | 2019-08-02 |
| -8.7 | Westland Area Jaycee's All American BBQ Throwdown | 2018-08-03 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 83.5% | 83.5% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 86.4% | 86.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 56% | 86.8% | 86.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-02 | Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI | 38 / 40 (601.5312) | 40 (134.7884) | 35 (151.9772) | 11 (168.5944) | 39 (146.1712) |
| 2018-08-03 | Westland Area Jaycee's All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI | 33 / 39 (622.2288) | 24 (163.4400) | 18 (165.1772) | 24 (157.7028) | 39 (135.9088) |
| 2017-10-13 | *Smoke & Ale Fall Festival Chelsea, MI | 18 / 32 (625.0284) | 15 (162.2400) | 17 (159.4744) | 24 (139.9084) | 13 (163.4056) |
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 | #1954 (60 pts) | #1982 (65 pts) | #1844 (95 pts) | #1997 (65 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |