A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Aurell's Brew-BQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Aurell's Brew-BQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Smoking Diesel Boys
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1490
peak 1506 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2019-06-07
latest 2026-07-24
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
309.26
last 3 Backyard vs avg 309.26 (+0.00)
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.16
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 158.11 · weakest Chicken (153.97)
Road miles
154
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 122 mi
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1561)
Purse competed for
$49K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
320.51 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
309.26 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SMOKIN ELVISES in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest (2022-06-10).
- last seen 2019-06-07
- back 2022-06-10
A June team
Top 43%
average finish in June
Something about June: average finish in the top 43% across 3 contests, versus top 69% the rest of the year.
- 3 June contests
- top 69% the rest of the year
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.
Smoking Diesel Boys 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 158 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.
#3666 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3651 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smoking Diesel Boys on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3654 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Smoking Diesel Boys's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3661 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#3641 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Smoking Diesel Boys's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3683 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Smoking Diesel Boys'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 | 164.5600 | 144.5372 | 153.97 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4400 | 146.1944 | 158.11 | top 69% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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 146% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 43% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest | 2 | 11 | 0 | top 35% | 2022-06-10 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
7.1 yrs
2019-06-07 → 2026-07-24
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 158.11 · weakest Chicken (153.97)
Walk rate
40%
a top-10 call in 2 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
320.51
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Backyard average
309.26
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
135
70–100 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
154
5 mapped stops · furthest 122 mi
Schedule strength
1561
average field rating faced — tougher than 48% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$49,030
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2019-06-07 → 2022-06-10
Power rating
1490
peak 1506 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest *Derby BBQ Festival
- 2019
- First call Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.4400 Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
- 2022
- Peak power rating (1506) Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
- 2026
- Career-best overall score320.5144 Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Comp (OPEN FORMAT)
- Most recent contest Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Comp (OPEN FORMAT)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.3 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest | 2019-06-07 |
| +0.6 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest | 2022-06-10 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Comp (OPEN FORMAT) | 2026-07-24 |
| -4.2 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest | 2025-06-13 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 146% | 44.5% | 44.5% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 58% | 80.8% | 80.8% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 41% | 88.9% | 88.9% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 28% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-24 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Comp (OPEN FORMAT) 🏅 Dodge City, KS | 19 / 13 (320.5144) | 18 (161.0972) | 19 (159.4172) | — | — |
| 2025-06-13 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 21 / 36 (290.7316) | 21 (144.5372) | 23 (146.1944) | — | — |
| 2022-06-10 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 12 / 29 (319.9428) | 10 (164.5600) | 15 (155.3828) | — | — |
| 2019-06-07 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 11 / 39 (317.1200) | 15 (145.6800) | 5 (171.4400) | — | — |
| 2018-06-08 | *Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS | — | — | — | — | — |