The heartbreaker
0.5368
points from the title
Came within 0.5368 points of the Grand Championship at All American BBQ Throwdown (2022-08-05).
Outlaw Smokers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1505
peak 1505 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-10-31
latest 2022-08-05
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 53%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
643.85
last 3 Master vs avg 643.85 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±40.27
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.49 · weakest Brisket (158.23)
Road miles
2,166
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 1739 mi
Schedule strength
40%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
643.85 / 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.
High-water mark
697.1204
career-best overall
96.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 697.1204 at All American BBQ Throwdown — 96.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2022-08-05
The comeback
5.4 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 5.4 years, then back at All American BBQ Throwdown - One Meat Ribs (2022-08-05).
- last seen 2017-03-31
- back 2022-08-05
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.
Outlaw Smokers 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 110 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.
#3015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3010 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with Outlaw Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3001 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Outlaw Smokers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3022 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3007 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 9 years before Outlaw Smokers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3019 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 2013, 9 years before Outlaw 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 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.0116 | 153.0856 | 161.68 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 144.5144 | 159.53 | top 56% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8344 | 156.5256 | 165.49 | top 38% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 145.6344 | 158.23 | top 59% |
“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 (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
8.8 yrs
2013-10-31 → 2022-08-05
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MI
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 165.49 · weakest Brisket (158.23)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
643.85
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
202
82–120 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,166
4 mapped stops · furthest 1,739 mi
Schedule strength
1552
average field rating faced — tougher than 40% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$10,000
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
5.4 yrs
2017-03-31 → 2022-08-05
Power rating
1505
peak 1505 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Riverside Resort Casino USA Barbecue Championship
- 2022
- First call All American BBQ Throwdown
- First overall top-10 All American BBQ Throwdown
- First overall podium All American BBQ Throwdown
- First Reserve Championship All American BBQ Throwdown
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score697.1204 All American BBQ Throwdown
- Career-best overall score697.1204 All American BBQ Throwdown
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5600 All American BBQ Throwdown
- Peak power rating (1505) All American BBQ Throwdown
- Most recent contest All American BBQ Throwdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +19.3 | All American BBQ Throwdown | 2022-08-05 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.9 | *Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off | 2017-03-31 |
| -5.5 | Riverside Resort Casino USA Barbecue Championship | 2013-10-31 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 4% | 96.8% | 96.8% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 83.3% | 83.3% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-05 | All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI | 2 / 50 (697.1204) | 5 (176.0116) | 4 (173.7144) | 14 (170.8344) | 5 (176.5600) |
| 2022-08-05 | All American BBQ Throwdown - One Meat Ribs Westland, MI | — | — | 25 (162.8000) | — | — |
| 2017-03-31 | *Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off Cedar Park, TX | 56 / 70 (599.7600) | 46 (153.0856) | 56 (144.5144) | 42 (156.5256) | 61 (145.6344) |
| 2013-10-31 | Riverside Resort Casino USA Barbecue Championship Laughlin, NV | 65 / 85 (634.6740) | 75 (155.9544) | 64 (157.1084) | 22 (169.1084) | 67 (152.5028) |