The comeback
1.6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.6 years, then back at Smokin' For Down Syndrome (Formally Bull Moose) (2021-04-09).
- last seen 2019-09-06
- back 2021-04-09
ROMIE'S
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1486
peak 1486 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2019-09-06
latest 2021-10-22
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 170.08 · weakest Pork (153.09)
Road miles
51
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
59%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1575)
Purse competed for
$25K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
491.59 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
173.14 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 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 (1 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.
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.
ROMIE'S 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 146 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.
#3851 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to ROMIE'S)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team ROMIE'S has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3821 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3820 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before ROMIE'S's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3841 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Level with ROMIE'S on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3828 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before ROMIE'S's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3836 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before ROMIE'S'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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 162.8000 | 167.96 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 173.1428 | 166.2628 | 170.08 | top 26% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.0856 | 153.0856 | 153.09 | top 89% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.0860 | 157.0860 | 157.09 | top 80% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| TN | 2 | 0 | top 87% |
| AR | 1 | 0 | top 37% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 67% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 77% |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.1 yrs
2019-09-06 → 2021-10-22
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TN
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
3 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 170.08 · weakest Pork (153.09)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
491.59
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
173.14
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
97
29–81 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
51
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1575
average field rating faced — tougher than 59% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$25,000
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
2019-09-06 → 2021-04-09
Power rating
1486
peak 1486 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN
- First call International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN
- Peak power rating (1486) International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN
- 2021
- Career-best overall score639.2344 Smokin' For Down Syndrome (Formally Bull Moose)
- First overall top-10 Esperanza Bonanza
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1428 Esperanza Bonanza
- Most recent contest Esperanza Bonanza
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.8 | Esperanza Bonanza | 2021-10-22 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.7 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN | 2019-09-06 |
| -4.1 | Smokin' For Down Syndrome (Formally Bull Moose) | 2021-04-09 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 57% | 88.8% | 68.4% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 97% | 47.8% | 47.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-22 | Esperanza Bonanza 🏅 Marion, AR | 10 / 27 (173.1428) | — | 2 (173.1428) | — | — |
| 2021-04-09 | Smokin' For Down Syndrome (Formally Bull Moose) 🏅 Collierville, TN | 34 / 44 (639.2344) | 32 (162.8000) | 22 (166.2628) | 39 (153.0856) | 35 (157.0860) |
| 2019-09-06 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN 🏅 Millington, TN | 31 / 32 (343.9544) | 11 (173.1200) | 7 (170.8344) | — | — |