High-water mark
664.9944
career-best overall
92.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 664.9944 at Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival — 92.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2016-09-16
Smoke-In-Law BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1496
peak 1500 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-09-16
latest 2019-05-25
Best ToY finish
#1667
Master 2019
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 64%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
654.18
last 3 Master vs avg 654.18 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.56
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.45 · weakest Chicken (158.64)
Road miles
1,296
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 650 mi
Schedule strength
45%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1558)
Purse competed for
$24K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
654.18 / 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.
The comeback
2.4 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.4 years, then back at The Golden State Battle (2019-01-25).
- last seen 2016-09-16
- back 2019-01-25
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.
Smoke-In-Law BBQ 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 123 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.
#3388 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1496
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3406 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smoke-In-Law BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3404 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3402 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3396 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3391 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before Smoke-In-Law BBQ'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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1088 | 157.1428 | 158.64 | top 86% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.8800 | 157.0628 | 165.31 | top 56% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 177.1428 | 159.3944 | 166.45 | top 49% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 155.3828 | 163.78 | top 59% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 1 | 0 | top 44% |
| CA | 1 | 0 | top 92% |
| ID | 1 | 0 | top 56% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 50% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 92% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.7 yrs
2016-09-16 → 2019-05-25
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OR
1 of 3 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 166.45 · weakest Chicken (158.64)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
654.18
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
103
34–70 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,296
3 mapped stops · furthest 650 mi
Schedule strength
1558
average field rating faced — tougher than 45% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$23,500
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.4 yrs
2016-09-16 → 2019-01-25
Power rating
1496
peak 1500 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival
- First call Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score664.9944 Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score664.9944 Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)177.1428 Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1500) Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival
- 2019
- Most recent contest BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.3 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay | 2019-05-25 |
| +0.3 | Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival | 2016-09-16 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.1 | The Golden State Battle | 2019-01-25 |
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 | 50% | top 68% | 91.3% | 90.1% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 56% | 92.4% | 92.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-25 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR | 15 / 34 (657.6916) | 25 (157.1428) | 3 (174.8800) | 21 (159.3944) | 16 (166.2744) |
| 2019-01-25 | The Golden State Battle 🏅 Santa Ynez, CA | 44 / 48 (639.8628) | 45 (157.6800) | 34 (163.9772) | 33 (162.8228) | 43 (155.3828) |
| 2016-09-16 | Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival Nampa, ID | 14 / 25 (664.9944) | 23 (161.1088) | 22 (157.0628) | 4 (177.1428) | 10 (169.6800) |
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 | #1667 (109 pts) | #2049 (60 pts) | #1144 (234 pts) | #1915 (79 pts) | #1734 (104 pts) |