High-water mark
669.7372
career-best overall
93.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 669.7372 at *Fire N Up in the Flint Hills — 93.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2018-04-21
Casual Smokers II
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1515
peak 1515 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2018-04-21
latest 2022-06-03
Best ToY finish
#1236
Master 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 43%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
662.05
last 3 Master vs avg 662.05 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.59
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 169.12 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.49)
Road miles
103
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 103 mi
Schedule strength
47%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1561)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
662.05 / 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
4 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4 years, then back at Kelley Wilson Memorial BBQ Competition (2022-06-03).
- last seen 2018-06-01
- back 2022-06-03
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.
Casual Smokers II 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 86 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.
#2637 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2642 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with Casual Smokers II on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2646 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2645 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 8 years before Casual Smokers II's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2635 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2627 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Casual Smokers II'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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.0000 | 158.2400 | 163.22 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.6172 | 158.2628 | 162.49 | top 61% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 166.2744 | 167.22 | top 43% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 165.7028 | 169.12 | top 31% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 2 | 0 | top 45% |
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 38% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 38% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 45% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.1 yrs
2018-04-21 → 2022-06-03
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 169.12 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.49)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
662.05
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
99
62–45 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
103
3 mapped stops · furthest 103 mi
Schedule strength
1561
average field rating faced — tougher than 47% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$10,001
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
4 yrs
2018-06-01 → 2022-06-03
Power rating
1515
peak 1515 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest *Fire N Up in the Flint Hills
- First call *Fire N Up in the Flint Hills
- First overall top-10 *Fire N Up in the Flint Hills
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.7372 *Fire N Up in the Flint Hills
- Career-best overall score669.7372 *Fire N Up in the Flint Hills
- Career-best single call (Brisket)171.4056 *Kelley Wilson BBQ
- 2022
- Peak power rating (1515) Kelley Wilson Memorial BBQ Competition
- Most recent contest Kelley Wilson Memorial BBQ Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.7 | *Fire N Up in the Flint Hills | 2018-04-21 |
| +5.3 | *Kelley Wilson BBQ | 2018-06-01 |
| +3.1 | Kelley Wilson Memorial BBQ Competition | 2022-06-03 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 49% | 90.8% | 90.8% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 40% | 93% | 92.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-06-03 | Kelley Wilson Memorial BBQ Competition 🏅 Kansas City, MO | 20 / 41 (653.6456) | 27 (163.4056) | 30 (158.2628) | 23 (166.2744) | 21 (165.7028) |
| 2018-06-01 | *Kelley Wilson BBQ Kansas City, MO | 20 / 48 (662.7772) | 36 (158.2400) | 25 (164.5944) | 17 (168.5372) | 7 (171.4056) |
| 2018-04-21 | *Fire N Up in the Flint Hills Council Grove, KS | 8 / 21 (669.7372) | 10 (168.0000) | 12 (164.6172) | 8 (166.8572) | 6 (170.2628) |
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 | #1236 (60 pts) | #1286 (60 pts) | #1309 (60 pts) | #1262 (60 pts) | #1245 (60 pts) |