The Institute of Smoke
Rating
1486
peak 1486
Contests
1
in the data
First seen
2019-11-04
latest 2019-11-04
Best ToY finish
#1117
Master 2020
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 1 contests
Avg finish
top 96%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 162.86 · weakest Brisket (145.10)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.1544 | 149.1544 | 149.15 | top 100% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.6800 | 149.6800 | 149.68 | top 96% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8572 | 162.8572 | 162.86 | top 50% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145.0972 | 145.0972 | 145.10 | top 100% |
“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.
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2019 (1 contest)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (1 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 606.79
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 606.7888 | 606.79 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-11-04 | Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars Cranbourne Melbourne, 3950 | 27 / 28 (606.7888) | 28 (149.1544) | 27 (149.6800) | 14 (162.8572) | 28 (145.0972) |
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 ↗ | Master | #1117 (53 pts) | #1121 (53 pts) | #1131 (53 pts) | #784 (108 pts) | #1114 (53 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #2566 (53 pts) | #2566 (53 pts) | #2567 (53 pts) | #1754 (108 pts) | #2560 (53 pts) |