The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Pit Bull Smokers has finished one call ahead of Smokin' Bush BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Smokin' Bush BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1469
peak 1469 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2019-09-14
latest 2020-10-30
Best ToY finish
#756
Master 2020
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 73%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
305.85
last 4 Backyard vs avg 305.85 (+0.00)
Walk rate
83%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
best run (overall)
Consistency
±3.80
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 158.18 · weakest Pork Ribs (150.20)
Road miles
137
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
3%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1504)
Master avg
619.47 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
305.85 / 360
4 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 (5 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 tough matchup
5–1
behind in the head-to-head
BSA ahead in 83% of their meetings
BSA has come out ahead in 5 of their 6 shared contests.
The weak link
−8.0
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.98 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 17% of the time against 33%.
- Pork Ribs avg 150.20
- Chicken avg 158.18
- 1 calls in 6 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Rack Em Up in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
Yeet The Meat has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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' Bush BBQ 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 147 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.
#4673 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4632 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin' Bush BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4636 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 5 years before Smokin' Bush BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4657 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4652 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4648 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSA | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 164.5828 | 151.9656 | 158.18 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 156.5828 | 146.8460 | 150.20 | top 84% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.1656 | 144.5600 | 152.86 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 159.4516 | 146.8684 | 153.16 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 5 | 0 | top 76% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 60% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2019-09-14 → 2020-10-30
Busiest season
—
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
WA
1 of 6 contests
Contests visited
6
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 158.18 · weakest Pork Ribs (150.20)
Walk rate
83%
a top-10 call in 5 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
50%
3 of 6 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight contests
Master average
619.47
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
305.85
out of 360 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
56
30–69 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
137
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1504
average field rating faced — tougher than 3% of rated contests
Power rating
1469
peak 1469 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- First tracked contest Pit Boss Premium Charcoal Barbecue (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Pitboss Backyarder BBQ Series Round 2 (Backyard Only)
- First overall top-10 Pitboss Backyarder BBQ Series Round 2 (Backyard Only)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)164.5828 Pitboss Backyarder BBQ Series Round 2 (Backyard Only)
- 2019
- Career-best overall score624.0684 The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019
- Peak power rating (1488) The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019
- 2020
- Most recent contest Bare Bones BBQ Comp
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.6 | The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019 | 2019-09-14 |
| -9.2 | Bare Bones BBQ Comp | 2020-10-30 |
| -7 | Smokin in the Valley | 2019-11-09 |
| -3 | Pitboss Backyarder BBQ Series Round 3 | 2020-08-29 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 55% | 86.5% | 85.9% |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 82% | 84.5% | 84% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 82% | 86.7% | 86% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-10-30 | Bare Bones BBQ Comp Perth, | 10 / 10 (301.0972) | 11 (151.9656) | 10 (149.1316) | — | — |
| 2020-08-29 | Pitboss Backyarder BBQ Series Round 3 Herron, 6211 | 9 / 14 (304.0572) | 6 (157.1428) | 11 (146.9144) | — | — |
| 2019-11-09 | Smokin in the Valley Herne Hill WA, 6056 | 13 / 17 (614.8688) | 11 (160.5484) | 14 (150.3088) | 16 (144.5600) | 10 (159.4516) |
| 2019-09-14 | The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019 Chidlow, 6558 | 15 / 17 (624.0684) | 15 (159.4516) | 15 (156.5828) | 10 (161.1656) | 17 (146.8684) |
| Pitboss Backyarder BBQ Series Round 2 (Backyard Only) Bakersville, WA | 7 / 14 (311.4288) | 2 (164.5828) | 12 (146.8460) | — | — | |
| Pit Boss Premium Charcoal Barbecue (BACKYARD ONLY) Perth Western, 6056 | 12 / 20 (306.8112) | 11 (155.4056) | 14 (151.4056) | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 ↗ | Backyard | — | #46 (239 pts) | #88 (104 pts) | — | — |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #756 (102 pts) | #769 (112 pts) | #816 (97 pts) | #834 (87 pts) | #738 (117 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1187 (194 pts) | #1218 (204 pts) | #1267 (189 pts) | #1231 (204 pts) | #1222 (199 pts) |