The comeback
5.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 5.8 years, then back at Humble BBQ Cook off (2020-01-31).
- last seen 2014-05-02
- back 2020-01-31
Smoke Rings In The Bark
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1503
peak 1503 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-05-02
latest 2021-01-29
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 50%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
620.07
last 3 Master vs avg 620.07 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.64
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.14 · weakest Pork Ribs (148.53)
Road miles
419
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 417 mi
Schedule strength
14%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1520)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
620.07 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
Smoke Rings In The Bark 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 111 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.
#3103 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3084 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smoke Rings In The Bark on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3091 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3096 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3101 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3081 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before Smoke Rings In The Bark'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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.1200 | 150.2628 | 151.39 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1200 | 138.8344 | 148.53 | top 71% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 163.4400 | 165.14 | top 25% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 139.3944 | 155.01 | top 45% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humble BBQ Cook Off | 2 | 43 | 0 | top 40% | 2021-01-29 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6.7 yrs
2014-05-02 → 2021-01-29
Busiest season
2021
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 165.14 · weakest Pork Ribs (148.53)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
620.07
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
283
161–146 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
419
3 mapped stops · furthest 417 mi
Schedule strength
1520
average field rating faced — tougher than 14% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
5.8 yrs
2014-05-02 → 2020-01-31
Power rating
1503
peak 1503 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival
- 2020
- First call Humble BBQ Cook off
- Career-best overall score626.7656 Humble BBQ Cook off
- Career-best single call (Brisket)171.4056 Humble BBQ Cook off
- 2021
- Peak power rating (1503) Humble BBQ Cook Off
- Most recent contest Humble BBQ Cook Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.2 | Humble BBQ Cook Off | 2021-01-29 |
| +3.7 | Humble BBQ Cook off | 2020-01-31 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.2 | Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival | 2014-05-02 |
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 | 0% | top 38% | 86.9% | 86.9% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 42% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-29 | Humble BBQ Cook Off Humble, TX | 43 / 113 (625.5772) | 68 (150.8000) | 51 (157.1200) | 28 (163.4400) | 52 (154.2172) |
| 2020-01-31 | Humble BBQ Cook off 🏅 Humble, TX | 49 / 117 (626.7656) | 80 (150.2628) | 104 (138.8344) | 26 (166.2628) | 6 (171.4056) |
| 2014-05-02 | Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK | 57 / 80 (607.8632) | 53 (153.1200) | 62 (149.6460) | 22 (165.7028) | 68 (139.3944) |