A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
913 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
913 BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Smoking Aces
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1459
peak 1459 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2015-05-01
latest 2022-09-08
Best ToY finish
#1955
Master 2019
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
621.44
last 5 Master vs avg 621.44 (+0.00)
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.47
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 157.14 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.37)
Road miles
3,868
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 1335 mi
Schedule strength
18%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)
Purse competed for
$34K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
621.44 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
301.63 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 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 (6 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 weak link
−4.8
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.77 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 17% of the time against 0%.
- Pork Ribs avg 152.37
- Chicken avg 157.14
- 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 No Clue BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
3.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.2 years, then back at Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (2022-09-08).
- last seen 2019-06-21
- back 2022-09-08
A June team
Top 72%
average finish in June
Something about June: average finish in the top 72% across 4 contests, versus top 85% the rest of the year.
- 4 June contests
- top 85% the rest of the year
The long haul
3,868
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,868 miles across 6 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,335 miles to Porkapalooza BBQ Festival.
- 6 mapped stops
- furthest 1,335 mi
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.
118 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5136 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1508 at their best, 49 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#5131 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Smoking Aces did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#5124 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Smoking Aces's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5122 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smoking Aces on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5126 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Smoking Aces'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 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1428 | 152.5828 | 157.14 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1084 | 145.7028 | 152.37 | top 83% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2856 | 151.4056 | 155.52 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6800 | 150.2628 | 154.83 | top 63% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 3 | 0 | top 74% |
| AL | 1 | 0 | top 134% |
| MS | 1 | 0 | top 85% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 95% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 74% |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
7.4 yrs
2015-05-01 → 2022-09-08
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 6 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
6
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 157.14 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.37)
Walk rate
17%
a top-10 call in 1 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 6 contests
Master average
621.44
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
301.63
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
386
169–526 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
3,868
6 mapped stops · furthest 1,335 mi
Schedule strength
1526
average field rating faced — tougher than 18% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$34,425
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3.2 yrs
2019-06-21 → 2022-09-08
Power rating
1459
peak 1459 · #5129 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge
- First call George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.3368 George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge
- Career-best overall score651.3368 George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1084 George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge
- Peak power rating (1492) George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge
- 2022
- Most recent contest Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.9 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2022-09-08 |
| -9.5 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2019-06-21 |
| -7.6 | George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge | 2015-05-01 |
| -6.7 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2017-06-23 |
| -4.3 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 2015-06-19 |
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 134% | 83.8% | 83.8% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 85% | 85% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 63% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 85.7% | 85.7% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 76% | 90.5% | 87.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-08 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 47 / 35 (301.6344) | 38 (154.8572) | 51 (146.7772) | — | — |
| 2019-06-21 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 155 / 183 (611.9428) | 99 (160.0228) | 163 (145.7028) | 147 (154.8000) | 137 (151.4172) |
| 2018-06-22 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Lenexa, KS | 116 / 185 (624.0456) | 122 (155.9656) | 152 (150.9372) | 78 (162.2856) | 117 (154.8572) |
| 2017-06-23 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 136 / 184 (617.0512) | 130 (154.2628) | 141 (151.4284) | 129 (155.4056) | 97 (155.9544) |
| 2015-06-19 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton Alberta, T6E 5K1 | 20 / 30 (602.8228) | 23 (152.5828) | 25 (146.2744) | 20 (153.7028) | 14 (150.2628) |
| 2015-05-01 | George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge Lucedale, MS | 23 / 27 (651.3368) | 18 (165.1428) | 6 (173.1084) | 27 (151.4056) | 21 (161.6800) |
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 | #1955 (60 pts) | #2049 (60 pts) | #2026 (60 pts) | #2029 (60 pts) | #2010 (60 pts) |