High-water mark
673.6572
career-best overall
93.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 673.6572 at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship — 93.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2021-06-25
SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1512
peak 1522 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2015-05-15
latest 2021-09-16
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 44%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
656.74
last 5 Master vs avg 656.74 (+0.00)
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.23
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.57 · weakest Pork (161.36)
Road miles
53
mi across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)
Purse competed for
$148K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
656.74 / 720
5 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
913 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
913 BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The weak link
−7.2
points behind their best meat
Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.21 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 20%.
- Pork avg 161.36
- Pork Ribs avg 168.57
- 0 calls in 5 entries
The comeback
3.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.9 years, then back at The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake (2019-04-12).
- last seen 2015-05-15
- back 2019-04-12
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.
118 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2749 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2764 of the rated field
- Contests
- 25
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 12%
- Peak
- 1518
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ)
25 contests to 5: their number has had years to settle where SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#2747 of the rated field
- Contests
- 34
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 15%
- Peak
- 1531
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ)
34 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 15% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#2756 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#2768 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
Level with SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2735 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
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-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6684 | 154.2972 | 162.26 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.2972 | 162.8572 | 168.57 | top 33% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5716 | 153.0968 | 161.36 | top 59% |
| Brisket | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 151.3828 | 164.56 | top 40% |
“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
6.3 yrs
2015-05-15 → 2021-09-16
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 168.57 · weakest Pork (161.36)
Walk rate
40%
a top-10 call in 2 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
656.74
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
859
392–789 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
53
5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1562
average field rating faced — tougher than 48% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$147,760
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3.9 yrs
2015-05-15 → 2019-04-12
Power rating
1512
peak 1522 · #2759 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest 20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off
- First call 20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.3828 20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off
- 2021
- Career-best overall score673.6572 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- Career-best single call (Brisket)174.8572 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- Peak power rating (1522) The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.2 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2021-06-25 |
| +10.5 | 20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off | 2015-05-15 |
| +3.1 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake | 2019-04-12 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.3 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | 2021-09-16 |
| -2.5 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST | 2019-09-12 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 50% | 93.6% | 90% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 49% | 91.8% | 91.7% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 24% | 92.7% | 92.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 390 / 467 (621.6340) | 396 (154.2972) | 305 (162.8572) | 408 (153.0968) | 389 (151.3828) |
| 2021-06-25 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 24 / 145 (673.6572) | 56 (163.9772) | 33 (170.2628) | 61 (164.5600) | 6 (174.8572) |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 225 / 468 (661.1316) | 257 (164.5256) | 183 (166.8916) | 297 (162.2744) | 172 (167.4400) |
| 2019-04-12 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake 🏅 Smithville, MO | 27 / 54 (659.9088) | 35 (162.8228) | 16 (168.5372) | 19 (168.5716) | 31 (159.9772) |
| 2015-05-15 | 20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off Platte City, MO | 12 / 51 (667.3828) | 25 (165.6684) | 3 (174.2972) | 34 (158.2744) | 9 (169.1428) |