A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Smoke324 ahead in 100% of their meetings
Smoke324 has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Rack Rubbers Barbeque
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1470
peak 1470 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2018-05-26
latest 2021-08-21
Best ToY finish
#1100
Master 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
624.46
last 4 Master vs avg 624.46 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±22.32
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 159.55 · weakest Brisket (151.83)
Road miles
267
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 267 mi
Schedule strength
19%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1527)
Purse competed for
$39K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
624.46 / 720
4 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.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at 4th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff (2021-08-21).
- last seen 2019-08-17
- back 2021-08-21
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.
Rack Rubbers Barbeque 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 140 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.
#4583 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
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#4612 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1501 at their best, 31 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4616 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Level with Rack Rubbers Barbeque on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4615 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
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#4610 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
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#4617 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before Rack Rubbers Barbeque's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9656 | 153.0972 | 157.98 | top 80% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4400 | 147.9432 | 159.55 | top 65% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9544 | 147.3600 | 155.11 | top 74% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5372 | 143.4172 | 151.83 | 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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay | 2 | 32 | 0 | top 96% | 2019-05-25 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.2 yrs
2018-05-26 → 2021-08-21
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
WA
2 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 159.55 · weakest Brisket (151.83)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
624.46
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
81
22–96 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
267
4 mapped stops · furthest 267 mi
Schedule strength
1527
average field rating faced — tougher than 19% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$39,200
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2019-08-17 → 2021-08-21
Power rating
1470
peak 1470 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest *BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay(JUDGES FULL)
- Peak power rating (1486) *BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay(JUDGES FULL)
- 2019
- First call 3rd Annual Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.4400 3rd Annual Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff
- 2021
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.4344 4th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best overall score656.4344 4th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff
- Most recent contest 4th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.7 | *BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay(JUDGES FULL) | 2018-05-26 |
| -11.9 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay | 2019-05-25 |
| -3 | 3rd Annual Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff | 2019-08-17 |
| -1.2 | 4th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff | 2021-08-21 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 63% | 91.2% | 91.2% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 80% | 88.1% | 86.1% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 83.6% | 83.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-21 | 4th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff 🏅 DuPont, WA | 17 / 27 (656.4344) | 18 (163.9656) | 17 (163.9772) | 18 (163.9544) | 12 (164.5372) |
| 2019-08-17 | 3rd Annual Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff 🏅 DuPont, WA | 18 / 27 (634.2172) | 22 (157.7372) | 4 (171.4400) | 15 (159.3944) | 24 (145.6456) |
| 2019-05-25 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR | 32 / 34 (605.0628) | 26 (157.1084) | 29 (154.8228) | 28 (149.7144) | 33 (143.4172) |
| 2018-05-26 | *BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay(JUDGES FULL) North Bend, OR | 34 / 35 (602.1260) | 34 (153.0972) | 34 (147.9432) | 32 (147.3600) | 28 (153.7256) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1100 (92 pts) | #1179 (87 pts) | #1189 (92 pts) | #1160 (87 pts) | #1020 (117 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1369 (146 pts) | #1548 (126 pts) | #1071 (261 pts) | #1394 (161 pts) | #1657 (116 pts) |