A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
RAZORRACKS ahead in 100% of their meetings
RAZORRACKS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
SMOKES UP BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1498
peak 1498 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-09-30
latest 2022-09-23
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
631.89
last 3 Master vs avg 631.89 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.82
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.52 · weakest Pork (148.71)
Road miles
4
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
35%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1546)
Purse competed for
$13K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
631.89 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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 strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of A QUE GOOD MEN in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
5 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 5 years, then back at Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival (2022-09-23).
- last seen 2017-09-29
- back 2022-09-23
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.
SMOKES UP BBQ 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 129 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.
#3321 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3297 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after SMOKES UP BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3295 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKES UP BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3301 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before SMOKES UP BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3296 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before SMOKES UP BBQ'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, 6 years before SMOKES UP BBQ'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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 153.6800 | 159.41 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 161.7600 | 165.52 | top 45% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9316 | 146.2172 | 148.71 | top 87% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2512 | 153.6460 | 158.25 | top 56% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 53% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 73% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival | 2 | 13 | 0 | top 56% | 2017-09-29 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6 yrs
2016-09-30 → 2022-09-23
Busiest season
2022
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AR
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 165.52 · weakest Pork (148.71)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
631.89
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
84
43–64 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
4
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1546
average field rating faced — tougher than 35% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$13,200
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
5 yrs
2017-09-29 → 2022-09-23
Power rating
1498
peak 1498 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest *Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
- 2017
- First call *Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.2800 *Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score651.2800 *Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1499) *Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
- 2022
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)167.9656 Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.2 | *Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival | 2017-09-29 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.1 | *Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival | 2016-09-30 |
| -1.6 | Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival | 2022-09-23 |
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 67% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 39% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-23 | Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival 🏅 Jonesboro, AR | 22 / 33 (629.0744) | 25 (158.2860) | 16 (167.9656) | 28 (147.9772) | 22 (154.8456) |
| 2017-09-29 | *Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR | 13 / 33 (651.2800) | 11 (166.2628) | 7 (166.8344) | 30 (151.9316) | 9 (166.2512) |
| 2016-09-30 | *Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR | 32 / 44 (615.3032) | 32 (153.6800) | 29 (161.7600) | 37 (146.2172) | 33 (153.6460) |