A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Frank's BBQ Trading Post ahead in 100% of their meetings
Frank's BBQ Trading Post has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Diamond smoke shack
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1462
peak 1462 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2021-08-13
latest 2026-07-24
Best ToY finish
#718
Master 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 91%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
627.71
last 4 Master vs avg 627.71 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.71
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 159.69 · weakest Brisket (152.10)
Road miles
620
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 174 mi
Schedule strength
55%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)
Purse competed for
$29K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
627.71 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
4 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4 years, then back at Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off (2025-07-25).
- last seen 2021-08-13
- back 2025-07-25
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.
Diamond smoke shack 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 128 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.
#5017 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
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#5013 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Diamond smoke shack's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5024 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Level with Diamond smoke shack on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5030 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Diamond smoke shack's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5014 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before Diamond smoke shack's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#5006 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 10 years before Diamond smoke shack'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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1428 | 153.0972 | 159.26 | top 86% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5828 | 154.2744 | 159.69 | top 79% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 151.9428 | 156.67 | top 88% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6800 | 137.6460 | 152.10 | top 85% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WY | 2 | 0 | top 98% |
| CO | 2 | 0 | top 85% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 90% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 95% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off | 2 | 25 | 0 | top 98% | 2026-07-24 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.9 yrs
2021-08-13 → 2026-07-24
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
WY
2 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 159.69 · weakest Brisket (152.10)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
627.71
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
89
10–121 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
620
4 mapped stops · furthest 174 mi
Schedule strength
1570
average field rating faced — tougher than 55% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$28,500
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
4 yrs
2021-08-13 → 2025-07-25
Power rating
1462
peak 1462 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day
- Peak power rating (1488) Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day
- 2026
- Career-best overall score645.6568 Wild West BBQ Cook-Off
- Career-best single call (Chicken)165.1428 Wild West BBQ Cook-Off
- Most recent contest Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12 | Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off | 2026-07-24 |
| -11.8 | Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day | 2021-08-13 |
| -10.7 | Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off | 2025-07-25 |
| -3.7 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off | 2026-04-24 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 89.7% | 89.2% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 82.9% | 82.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-24 | Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Laramie, WY | 32 / 32 (639.2452) | 32 (161.6800) | 29 (161.6800) | 30 (159.9312) | 30 (155.9540) |
| 2026-04-24 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO | 20 / 27 (645.6568) | 17 (165.1428) | 11 (164.5828) | 19 (162.8228) | 21 (153.1084) |
| 2025-07-25 | Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Laramie, WY | 25 / 26 (628.9712) | 23 (157.1084) | 25 (158.2400) | 25 (151.9428) | 19 (161.6800) |
| 2021-08-13 | Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day 🏅 Milliken, CO | 40 / 42 (596.9832) | 39 (153.0972) | 37 (154.2744) | 39 (151.9656) | 40 (137.6460) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #718 (134 pts) | #762 (149 pts) | #747 (179 pts) | #735 (139 pts) | #766 (129 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1481 (51 pts) | #1215 (61 pts) | #1572 (51 pts) | #1494 (51 pts) | #1105 (81 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1236 (60 pts) | #1286 (60 pts) | #1309 (60 pts) | #1262 (60 pts) | #1245 (60 pts) |