High-water mark
668.4232
career-best overall
92.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 668.4232 at Plant City Pig Jam — 92.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2022-11-18
The Bearded Smoker
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1488
peak 1488 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2022-11-18
latest 2023-04-14
Best ToY finish
#862
Master 2023
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.39 · weakest Brisket (158.79)
Road miles
155
mi across 2 mapped stops · furthest 77 mi
Purse competed for
$27K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
662.17 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
The Bearded Smoker has 2 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 149 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.
#3763 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1505
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to The Bearded Smoker)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team The Bearded Smoker has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3758 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#3748 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
4 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Head-to-head#3730 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with The Bearded Smoker on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3740 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#3764 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 170.8228 | 171.39 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6916 | 162.2972 | 165.99 | top 63% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8344 | 161.1432 | 165.99 | top 58% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6456 | 155.9316 | 158.79 | top 89% |
“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 (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.4 yrs
2022-11-18 → 2023-04-14
Busiest season
2023
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
FL
2 of 2 contests
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 171.39 · weakest Brisket (158.79)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 1 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 2 contests
Master average
662.17
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
70
20–57 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
155
2 mapped stops · furthest 77 mi
Purse competed for
$26,550
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Power rating
1488
peak 1488 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest Plant City Pig Jam
- First call Plant City Pig Jam
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score668.4232 Plant City Pig Jam
- Career-best overall score668.4232 Plant City Pig Jam
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.9656 Plant City Pig Jam
- 2023
- Most recent contest The Downtown BBQ Showdown
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 91.1% | 91.1% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 68% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-14 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown 🏅 Lake City, FL | 26 / 32 (655.9088) | 20 (170.8228) | 26 (162.2972) | 27 (161.1432) | 26 (161.6456) |
| 2022-11-18 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 17 / 25 (668.4232) | 10 (171.9656) | 11 (169.6916) | 8 (170.8344) | 24 (155.9316) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #862 (147 pts) | #778 (207 pts) | #931 (177 pts) | #758 (202 pts) | #1096 (112 pts) |