A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
COOL HAND QUE ahead in 100% of their meetings
COOL HAND QUE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
SMOKIN' GRILL BBQ
SMOKIN' GRILL BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2020. Their best overall finish is 13th of 62 at the Sip & Swine BBQ Festival (2019).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1484
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Mar 1, 2019
latest Mar 6, 2020 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 71%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.56 · weakest Pork (154.42)
Road miles
104
across 6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
52%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1567)
Purse competed for
$18K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
631.02 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
490.19 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to SMOKIN' GRILL BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
SMOKIN' GRILL BBQ has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 154 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,945 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to SMOKIN' GRILL BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SMOKIN' GRILL BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,917 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,953 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before SMOKIN' GRILL BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,933 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
Level with SMOKIN' GRILL BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,942 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1509
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,929 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 158.2744 | 164.56 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.0972 | 148.5144 | 158.06 | top 68% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6912 | 146.7772 | 154.42 | top 73% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6800 | 159.4400 | 160.56 | top 70% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 97% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 58% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
157
finished ahead 68 times, behind 160
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20202 milestones
- Career-best overall score633.0632 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
20194 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score490.1940 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1510) Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- First call Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172 Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival
20161 milestone
- First tracked contest Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.8 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 1, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.6 | Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival | Aug 23, 2019 |
| -11.9 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 6, 2020 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 59% | 90.8% | 89.1% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2020 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 58 / 61 (633.0632) | 53 (158.2744) | 51 (160.5716) | 56 (154.7772) | 53 (159.4400) |
| Aug 23, 2019 | Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 31 / 32 (628.9716) | 8 (172) | 31 (148.5144) | 32 (146.7772) | 17 (161.6800) |
| Mar 1, 2019 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 13 / 62 (490.1940) | 14 (163.4056) | 14 (165.0972) | 16 (161.6912) | — |
| Aug 24, 2018 | Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival Kennesaw, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 25, 2017 | Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC QUALIFIER) Kennesaw, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 26, 2016 | Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) Kennesaw, GA | — | — | — | — | — |