High-water mark
690.7884
career-best overall
95.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 690.7884 at Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival — 95.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2020-09-05
SMOKIN GRINGO'S
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1545
peak 1545 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2019-05-24
latest 2021-07-09
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 36%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
681.74
last 5 Master vs avg 681.74 (+0.00)
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.34
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 172.55 · weakest Chicken (169.34)
Road miles
294
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 79 mi
Schedule strength
93%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1640)
Purse competed for
$106K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
681.74 / 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.
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Smoke Central BBQ has finished one call ahead of SMOKIN GRINGO'S 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
A strong matchup
4–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 80% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of ELITE BBQ SMOKERS in 4 of their 5 shared contests.
They cook the hard rooms
1640
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 93% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1640 power rating — a tougher draw than 93% of every rated contest in the data.
- 5 rated 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.
69 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1857 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1544
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-head#1847 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1545
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKIN GRINGO'S on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#1853 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1545
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 6 years before SMOKIN GRINGO'S's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#1869 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1549
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after SMOKIN GRINGO'S did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#1862 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1544
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#1852 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 15%
- Peak
- 1545
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 13 contests, alongside a 15% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke Central BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 163.9428 | 169.34 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 178.2972 | 165.0972 | 172.55 | top 33% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.8688 | 163.3828 | 169.46 | top 47% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7256 | 165.6800 | 170.39 | top 38% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SC | 3 | 0 | top 41% |
| GA | 2 | 0 | top 29% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 44% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 30% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.1 yrs
2019-05-24 → 2021-07-09
Busiest season
2020
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
SC
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 172.55 · weakest Chicken (169.34)
Walk rate
80%
a top-10 call in 4 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
1 of 5 contests
Master average
681.74
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
165
180–89 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
294
5 mapped stops · furthest 79 mi
Schedule strength
1640
average field rating faced — tougher than 93% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$106,200
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
2019-05-24 → 2020-08-14
Power rating
1545
peak 1545 · #1855 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival
- First call Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score684.4916 Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival
- 2020
- First overall top-10 Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Aiken
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.2972 Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Aiken
- Career-best overall score690.7884 Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival
- 2021
- Peak power rating (1545) SC Festival of Discovery
- Most recent contest SC Festival of Discovery
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.5 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival | 2019-05-24 |
| +13.3 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Aiken | 2020-08-14 |
| +7.6 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival | 2020-09-05 |
| +4.1 | SC Festival of Discovery | 2021-07-09 |
| +3 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Dorchester Shrine Club | 2020-10-16 |
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 33% | 94.7% | 94.7% |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 43% | 95.9% | 94.6% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 17% | 95.1% | 95.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-09 | SC Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 27 / 81 (681.6228) | 38 (168.5600) | 8 (175.4172) | 16 (171.9656) | 41 (165.6800) |
| 2020-10-16 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Dorchester Shrine Club Summerville, SC | 15 / 24 (668.4344) | 16 (163.9428) | 15 (167.3828) | 11 (168.5372) | 14 (168.5716) |
| 2020-09-05 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival 🏅 Augusta, GA | 22 / 54 (690.7884) | 39 (171.9656) | 9 (176.5716) | 40 (168.5256) | 17 (173.7256) |
| 2020-08-14 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Aiken 🏅 Aiken, SC | 9 / 34 (683.3716) | 19 (168.5488) | 2 (178.2972) | 29 (163.3828) | 6 (173.1428) |
| 2019-05-24 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival 🏅 Evans, GA | 12 / 72 (684.4916) | 16 (173.7028) | 50 (165.0972) | 7 (174.8688) | 24 (170.8228) |