High-water mark
663.3596
career-best overall
92.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 663.3596 at 15th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ — 92.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2020-08-07
Royal Schmidt's
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1492
peak 1492 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2019-07-26
latest 2021-05-07
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
620.95
last 4 Master vs avg 620.95 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±58.63
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 169.26 · weakest Brisket (124.55)
Road miles
714
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 356 mi
Schedule strength
77%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1599)
Purse competed for
$49K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
620.95 / 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
B-S BBQ OUTLAWS ahead in 100% of their meetings
B-S BBQ OUTLAWS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
Royal Schmidt's 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 142 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.
#3556 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 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3538 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Royal Schmidt's did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3559 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with Royal Schmidt's on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3551 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
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#3537 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before Royal Schmidt's's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3561 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before Royal Schmidt'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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 160.0000 | 164.28 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4288 | 153.1656 | 162.87 | top 56% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1428 | 165.0856 | 169.26 | top 38% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9656 | 20.0000 | 124.55 | top 75% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OK | 2 | 0 | top 73% |
| CO | 1 | 0 | top 34% |
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 67% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 73% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.8 yrs
2019-07-26 → 2021-05-07
Busiest season
2020
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OK
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 169.26 · weakest Brisket (124.55)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
620.95
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
162
52–151 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
714
4 mapped stops · furthest 356 mi
Schedule strength
1599
average field rating faced — tougher than 77% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$49,300
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Power rating
1492
peak 1492 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Dodge City Days Smokin Saddles BBQ Competition
- First call Dodge City Days Smokin Saddles BBQ Competition
- 2020
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.1428 Beats, Brews, & BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.3596 15th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ
- Career-best overall score663.3596 15th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ
- 2021
- Peak power rating (1492) Wild West BBQ Cook-Off
- Most recent contest Wild West BBQ Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.5 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off | 2021-05-07 |
| +4.9 | 15th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ | 2020-08-07 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.2 | Dodge City Days Smokin Saddles BBQ Competition | 2019-07-26 |
| -8.4 | Beats, Brews, & BBQ | 2020-06-12 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 34% | 91.6% | 91.6% |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 92.1% | 90.6% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 100% | 72.3% | 72.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-07 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO | 12 / 35 (659.3716) | 18 (165.7028) | 14 (162.8800) | 5 (170.8344) | 19 (159.9544) |
| 2020-08-07 | 15th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ 🏅 Enid, OK | 28 / 54 (663.3596) | 26 (167.4400) | 33 (163.9884) | 23 (167.9656) | 33 (163.9656) |
| 2020-06-12 | Beats, Brews, & BBQ 🏅 Wagoner, OK | 52 / 55 (640.5712) | 52 (160.0000) | 54 (153.1656) | 16 (173.1428) | 47 (154.2628) |
| 2019-07-26 | Dodge City Days Smokin Saddles BBQ Competition 🏅 Dodge City, KS | 39 / 39 (520.4916) | 27 (163.9772) | 10 (171.4288) | 26 (165.0856) | 39 (20.0000) |