High-water mark
689.6800
career-best overall
95.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 689.6800 at The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 1 — 95.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2020-09-18
STX Smokers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1539
peak 1539 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2020-04-06
latest 2022-09-29
Best ToY finish
#454
Master 2020
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 36%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
682.23
last 4 Master vs avg 682.23 (+0.00)
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.06
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.99 · weakest Pork Ribs (169.84)
Road miles
681
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 395 mi
Schedule strength
96%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1654)
Purse competed for
$30K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
682.23 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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.
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX ahead in 100% of their meetings
FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BUTCHER BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST (2022-09-29).
- last seen 2020-09-19
- back 2022-09-29
They cook the hard rooms
1654
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 96% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1654 power rating — a tougher draw than 96% of every rated contest in the data.
- 3 rated contests
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.
STX Smokers 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 82 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.
#1984 of the rated field
- Contests
- 18
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 22%
- Peak
- 1539
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to STX Smokers)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team STX Smokers has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#1973 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1539
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#1977 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1539
No shared contest yet.
Level with STX Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#1978 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1539
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 6 years before STX Smokers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#1985 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1539
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 7 years before STX Smokers's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#1994 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1539
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before STX Smokers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAN MEAT BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| RAZORRACKS | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKE THIS BBQ MO | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Heavy Smoke BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 169.1200 | 170.99 | top 46% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 165.6800 | 169.84 | top 47% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 163.9656 | 169.98 | top 45% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2856 | 167.4400 | 170.62 | top 34% |
“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 (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.5 yrs
2020-04-06 → 2022-09-29
Busiest season
2020
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
2 of 5 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Brisket
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 170.99 · weakest Pork Ribs (169.84)
Walk rate
20%
a top-10 call in 1 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
1 of 5 contests
Master average
682.23
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
609
645–325 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
681
5 mapped stops · furthest 395 mi
Schedule strength
1654
average field rating faced — tougher than 96% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$30,000
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2020-09-19 → 2022-09-29
Power rating
1539
peak 1539 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2020
- First tracked contest Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League
- First call The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 1
- First overall top-10 The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 1
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score689.6800 The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 1
- Career-best overall score689.6800 The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 1
- 2022
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4172 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
- Peak power rating (1539) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +19.6 | The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 1 | 2020-09-18 |
| +13 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST | 2022-09-29 |
| +6.2 | The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 2 | 2020-09-19 |
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)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 44% | 95.2% | 94.4% |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33% | top 30% | 95.8% | 95.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST unrated Kansas City, KS | 178 / 249 (673.6228) | 167 (169.1200) | 196 (165.6800) | 114 (170.8456) | 151 (167.9772) |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 88 / 505 (685.6916) | 204 (169.1544) | 54 (175.4172) | 175 (170.2628) | 113 (170.8572) |
| 2020-09-19 | The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 2 🏅 Shawnee, OK | 29 / 56 (679.9312) | 34 (171.4172) | 22 (170.2628) | 49 (163.9656) | 15 (174.2856) |
| 2020-09-18 | The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 1 🏅 Shawnee, OK | 7 / 56 (689.6800) | 9 (174.2628) | 33 (168.0116) | 6 (174.8572) | 18 (172.5484) |
| 2020-04-06 | Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League unrated washington, MO | 28 / 109 (167.4400) | — | — | — | 28 (167.4400) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #986 (120 pts) | #1051 (120 pts) | #1107 (120 pts) | #1046 (120 pts) | #1021 (120 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #454 (235 pts) | #521 (205 pts) | #665 (135 pts) | #483 (235 pts) | #530 (205 pts) |