#3573 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headSQUISHY'S SMOKIN' HOT RACKS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1491
peak 1491 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2018-09-21
latest 2019-05-31
Best ToY finish
#1954
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 72%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 172.02 · weakest Pork (159.11)
Road miles
165
mi across 2 mapped stops · furthest 82 mi
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
655.10 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
SQUISHY'S SMOKIN' HOT RACKS has 2 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 141 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.
#3574 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after SQUISHY'S SMOKIN' HOT RACKS did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#3610 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with SQUISHY'S SMOKIN' HOT RACKS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3609 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#3618 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#3590 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5944 | 164.5600 | 164.58 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 175.4744 | 168.5716 | 172.02 | top 23% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1084 | 157.1084 | 159.11 | top 83% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2744 | 156.5028 | 159.39 | top 82% |
“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 75% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 69% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.7 yrs
2018-09-21 → 2019-05-31
Busiest season
2019
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
2 of 2 contests
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 172.02 · weakest Pork (159.11)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 1 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 2 contests
Master average
655.10
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
102
27–81 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
165
2 mapped stops · furthest 82 mi
Purse competed for
$9,525
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Power rating
1491
peak 1491 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.5144 Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best overall score656.5144 Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
- 2019
- First call Up In Smoke on the Square
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Up In Smoke on the Square
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4744 Up In Smoke on the Square
- Most recent contest Up In Smoke on the Square
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 75% | 90.8% | 90.8% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 91.2% | 91.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-31 | Up In Smoke on the Square 🏅 Lincoln, IL | 27 / 36 (653.6800) | 24 (164.5944) | 1 (175.4744) | 31 (157.1084) | 32 (156.5028) |
| 2018-09-21 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL | 41 / 59 (656.5144) | 41 (164.5600) | 26 (168.5716) | 47 (161.1084) | 44 (162.2744) |
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 | #1955 (60 pts) | #2013 (65 pts) | #1009 (285 pts) | #2029 (60 pts) | #2010 (60 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1996 (60 pts) | #2030 (60 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |