The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
TOPPGATOR BBQ has finished one call ahead of Ironside Smokers 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Ironside Smokers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1495
peak 1509 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2018-09-07
latest 2022-09-09
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
645.59
last 4 Master vs avg 645.59 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.28
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.96 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.55)
Road miles
9
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
33%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)
Purse competed for
$17K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
645.59 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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
QUE U ahead in 100% of their meetings
QUE U has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Low Rent Bbq in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Puckaway Pigfest (2021-09-10).
- last seen 2019-09-06
- back 2021-09-10
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.
Ironside Smokers has 4 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 124 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.
#3388 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1496
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#3406 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
Level with Ironside Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3404 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before Ironside Smokers's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3402 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Ironside Smokers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3396 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before Ironside Smokers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3391 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 6 years before Ironside Smokers'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 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 157.6684 | 163.67 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5488 | 145.6800 | 156.55 | top 69% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 160.5372 | 163.96 | top 49% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 143.9656 | 161.41 | top 48% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puckaway Pigfest | 3 | 9 | 0 | top 62% | 2022-09-09 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2018-09-07 → 2022-09-09
Busiest season
2022
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
WI
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 163.96 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.55)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
645.59
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
78
53–81 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
9
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1544
average field rating faced — tougher than 33% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$17,250
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2019-09-06 → 2021-09-10
Power rating
1495
peak 1509 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest Puckaway Pigfest
- First call Puckaway Pigfest
- First overall top-10 Puckaway Pigfest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.1600 Puckaway Pigfest
- Career-best overall score662.1600 Puckaway Pigfest
- Career-best single call (Brisket)171.4056 Puckaway Pigfest
- Peak power rating (1509) Puckaway Pigfest
- 2022
- Most recent contest Puckaway Pigfest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.9 | Puckaway Pigfest | 2018-09-07 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.3 | Puckaway Pigfest | 2022-09-09 |
| -2.2 | Puckaway Pigfest | 2019-09-06 |
| -0.1 | Puckaway Pigfest | 2021-09-10 |
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 95% | 87.3% | 87.3% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 53% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 62% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 29% | 92% | 92% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-09 | Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI | 36 / 38 (628.4572) | 19 (167.9772) | 33 (155.9772) | 31 (160.5372) | 37 (143.9656) |
| 2021-09-10 | Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI | 16 / 30 (654.1484) | 21 (162.8112) | 17 (159.9772) | 15 (163.9428) | 11 (167.4172) |
| 2019-09-06 | Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI | 24 / 39 (637.5772) | 9 (166.2400) | 36 (145.6800) | 15 (162.8228) | 17 (162.8344) |
| 2018-09-07 | Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI | 9 / 31 (662.1600) | 23 (157.6684) | 12 (164.5488) | 8 (168.5372) | 4 (171.4056) |