A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
PIT FIRE SMOKERS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1459
peak 1459 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2018-04-28
latest 2019-08-09
Best ToY finish
#1617
Master 2019
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 94%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
530.15
last 4 Master vs avg 530.15 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±86.72
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 153.31 · weakest Pork Ribs (129.24)
Road miles
56
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
58%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1573)
Purse competed for
$20K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
530.15 / 720
4 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.
PIT FIRE SMOKERS has 4 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 121 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.
#5138 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5146 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Level with PIT FIRE SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5142 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2018.
⚔ Head-to-head#5155 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5139 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5154 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9888 | 131.3600 | 139.82 | top 96% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.1544 | 102.7204 | 129.24 | top 98% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.6172 | 141.6800 | 153.31 | top 81% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2400 | 136.0004 | 146.11 | top 85% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 97% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 93% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LuLu's Brew & Que | 2 | 38 | 0 | top 98% | 2019-04-26 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.3 yrs
2018-04-28 → 2019-08-09
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CO
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 153.31 · weakest Pork Ribs (129.24)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
530.15
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
84
11–143 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
56
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1573
average field rating faced — tougher than 58% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$20,000
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Power rating
1459
peak 1459 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest LuLu's Brew & Que
- Peak power rating (1488) LuLu's Brew & Que
- Career-best overall score617.0060 Meat Scream BBQ Competition at Halloween Harvest Festival
- 2019
- Career-best single call (Pork)164.6172 LuLu's Brew & Que
- Most recent contest Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.6 | LuLu's Brew & Que | 2019-04-26 |
| -11.6 | LuLu's Brew & Que | 2018-04-28 |
| -9.8 | Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day | 2019-08-09 |
| -7.5 | Meat Scream BBQ Competition at Halloween Harvest Festival | 2018-10-19 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 79.4% | 66.5% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 85.7% | 80.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-09 | Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day 🏅 Milliken, CO | 29 / 30 (386.6292) | 28 (141.7028) | 30 (102.7204) | — | 28 (142.2060) |
| 2019-04-26 | LuLu's Brew & Que 🏅 Brighton, CO | 40 / 40 (571.3836) | 40 (134.2400) | 40 (136.5260) | 24 (164.6172) | 40 (136.0004) |
| 2018-10-19 | Meat Scream BBQ Competition at Halloween Harvest Festival Westminster, CO | 40 / 48 (617.0060) | 44 (151.9888) | 45 (149.1544) | 40 (153.6228) | 24 (162.2400) |
| 2018-04-28 | LuLu's Brew & Que Brighton, CO | 38 / 40 (545.5772) | 40 (131.3600) | 39 (128.5484) | 40 (141.6800) | 39 (143.9888) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1617 (115 pts) | #1702 (115 pts) | #1697 (115 pts) | #2000 (65 pts) | #1664 (115 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1996 (60 pts) | #2030 (60 pts) | #1963 (65 pts) |