The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
33 Smokers has finished one call ahead of One Slab at a Time 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
One Slab at a Time
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1440
peak 1440 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
2013-09-20
latest 2022-09-16
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
625.85 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 628.64 (-2.79)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.88
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 158.73 · weakest Brisket (155.13)
Road miles
2
mi across 9 mapped stops
Schedule strength
34%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1546)
Purse competed for
$16K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
628.64 / 720
9 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (7 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
9–0
behind in the head-to-head
T'S SMOKIN PIT ahead in 100% of their meetings
T'S SMOKIN PIT has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Smokin Gringos 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 Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out (2021-09-17).
- last seen 2019-09-20
- back 2021-09-17
Pork Ribs nemesis
6 of 9
shared pork ribs entries lost
33 Smokers ahead 67% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, 33 Smokers has out-cooked them in 6 of 9 shared pork ribs entries.
The metronome
±2.21%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±2.21% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 87.3% of a perfect score
- 9 contests
A standing appointment
7
years running at one contest
They've cooked Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out every year from 2013 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.
- 8 visits in all
- best finish 15th
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.
80 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5810 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1508 at their best, 68 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#5811 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1440
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before One Slab at a Time's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5819 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1440
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5813 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1440
No shared contest yet.
Level with One Slab at a Time on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5820 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1440
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#5802 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1441
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 Smokers | 9 | 4 | 5 | 44% | ⚔ compare |
| T'S SMOKIN PIT | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SLAPS BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN ELVISES | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| GRILLAS | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Wabash BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Flower of the Flames | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| THREE LEGS AND A PIG | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3828 | 148.5256 | 156.65 | top 83% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 140.4116 | 158.73 | top 73% |
| Pork | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 146.7884 | 157.91 | top 75% |
| Brisket | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2744 | 147.9772 | 155.13 | top 74% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 82% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 73% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out | 8 | 15 | 0 | top 80% | 2021-09-17 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
9 yrs
2013-09-20 → 2022-09-16
Busiest season
2022
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 9 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
9 of 9 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork
10 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 158.73 · weakest Brisket (155.13)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 9 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 9 contests
Master average
628.64
out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
196
68–253 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2
9 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1546
average field rating faced — tougher than 34% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$16,000
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2019-09-20 → 2021-09-17
Power rating
1440
peak 1440 · #5812 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- Peak power rating (1489) Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- 2015
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.3484 Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- Career-best overall score655.3484 Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.8572 Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- 2022
- Most recent contest 34th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.8 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out | 2015-09-18 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.9 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out | 2013-09-20 |
| -10.7 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out | 2021-09-17 |
| -9.2 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out | 2014-09-19 |
| -9.2 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out | 2018-09-14 |
| -8.4 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out | 2019-09-20 |
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 88% | 84.6% | 84.6% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 89.9% | 89.9% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 88% | 88% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 49% | 91% | 91% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 87.6% | 87.6% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 84.6% | 84.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-16 | 34th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out 🏅 Kearney, MO | 29 / 33 (608.8800) | 28 (152.4800) | 28 (155.9084) | 19 (155.9200) | 30 (151.3944) |
| 2021-09-17 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out 🏅 Kearney, MO | 15 / 16 (612.9024) | 16 (148.5256) | 15 (152.4684) | 14 (162.8456) | 14 (149.0628) |
| 2019-09-20 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out 🏅 Kearney, MO | 28 / 31 (621.5084) | 25 (159.3944) | 24 (158.8228) | 30 (146.7884) | 26 (156.5028) |
| 2018-09-14 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO | 31 / 35 (638.6512) | 28 (160.5256) | 34 (158.2056) | 25 (159.3828) | 23 (160.5372) |
| 2017-09-15 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO | 25 / 37 (647.3256) | 34 (151.9540) | 13 (169.6800) | 23 (163.4172) | 17 (162.2744) |
| 2016-09-16 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO | 27 / 35 (633.5768) | 32 (153.0968) | 29 (158.8116) | 18 (166.2628) | 27 (155.4056) |
| 2015-09-18 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO | 20 / 41 (655.3484) | 28 (162.8112) | 11 (170.8572) | 29 (160.0000) | 22 (161.6800) |
| 2014-09-19 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO | 41 / 49 (630.6972) | 33 (163.3828) | 29 (163.3944) | 44 (155.9428) | 44 (147.9772) |
| 2013-09-20 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO | 46 / 53 (608.9032) | 43 (157.7144) | 52 (140.4116) | 33 (159.4172) | 39 (151.3600) |