High-water mark
671.2916
career-best overall
93.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 671.2916 at Grillin and Chillin BBQ — 93.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2021-09-17
Thin Blue Smoke
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1497
peak 1497 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-03-18
latest 2021-09-17
Best ToY finish
#1048
Master 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.55 · weakest Brisket (160.23)
Road miles
395
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 157 mi
Purse competed for
$6K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
652.70 / 720
2 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
5.5 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 5.5 years, then back at Grillin and Chillin BBQ (2021-09-17).
- last seen 2016-03-18
- back 2021-09-17
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.
Thin Blue Smoke 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 122 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.
#3332 of the rated field
- Contests
- 71
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 4%
- Peak
- 1497
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Thin Blue Smoke)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Thin Blue Smoke has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3340 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3321 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Thin Blue Smoke did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3323 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1497
No shared contest yet.
Level with Thin Blue Smoke on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3329 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before Thin Blue Smoke's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3313 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 5 years before Thin Blue Smoke'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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8000 | 158.2284 | 160.51 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 161.1200 | 165.40 | top 52% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 162.8456 | 166.55 | top 53% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5488 | 151.9200 | 160.23 | top 67% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KY | 1 | 0 | top 48% |
| MS | 1 | 0 | top 82% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 48% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 82% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5.5 yrs
2016-03-18 → 2021-09-17
Busiest season
2021
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KY
1 of 3 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 166.55 · weakest Brisket (160.23)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
652.70
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
123
33–91 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
395
3 mapped stops · furthest 157 mi
Purse competed for
$6,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
5.5 yrs
2016-03-18 → 2021-09-17
Power rating
1497
peak 1497 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff
- 2021
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.2916 Grillin and Chillin BBQ
- Career-best overall score671.2916 Grillin and Chillin BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.2628 Grillin and Chillin BBQ
- Most recent contest Grillin and Chillin BBQ
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 48% | 93.2% | 93.2% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-17 | Grillin and Chillin BBQ 🏅 Owensboro, KY | 15 / 31 (671.2916) | 20 (162.8000) | 13 (169.6800) | 13 (170.2628) | 14 (168.5488) |
| 2016-03-18 | Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 Tupelo, MS | 78 / 95 (634.1140) | 85 (158.2284) | 59 (161.1200) | 60 (162.8456) | 84 (151.9200) |
| 2015-05-22 | Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff Lewisburg, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | #1048 (106 pts) | #1197 (81 pts) | #1084 (116 pts) | #1032 (116 pts) | #1050 (111 pts) |