High-water mark
683.3368
career-best overall
94.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 683.3368 at City of Dana Point State BBQ Championship — 94.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-10-02
Smokey Bones BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1505
peak 1518 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-04-27
latest 2019-10-25
Best ToY finish
#1887
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 50%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
657.81
last 4 Master vs avg 657.81 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.73
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 168.29 · weakest Pork (158.55)
Road miles
1,536
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 1404 mi
Schedule strength
33%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)
Purse competed for
$20K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
657.81 / 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
3.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.2 years, then back at Smokin' on the Square (2019-10-25).
- last seen 2016-07-29
- back 2019-10-25
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.
Smokey Bones BBQ 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 110 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.
#3015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
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#3010 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokey Bones BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3001 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3022 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 5 years before Smokey Bones BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3007 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 6 years before Smokey Bones BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 6 years before Smokey Bones BBQ'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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4286 | 155.4056 | 166.43 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 161.0972 | 164.54 | top 55% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 149.7140 | 158.55 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176.5828 | 163.4400 | 168.29 | top 35% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 3 | 0 | top 42% |
| AR | 1 | 0 | top 75% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 53% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 48% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6.5 yrs
2013-04-27 → 2019-10-25
Busiest season
2019
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 168.29 · weakest Pork (158.55)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
657.81
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
149
96–73 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,536
4 mapped stops · furthest 1,404 mi
Schedule strength
1544
average field rating faced — tougher than 33% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$20,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3.2 yrs
2016-07-29 → 2019-10-25
Power rating
1505
peak 1518 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 7th Stagecoach BBQ Fest
- First call 7th Stagecoach BBQ Fest
- First overall top-10 7th Stagecoach BBQ Fest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.2854 7th Stagecoach BBQ Fest
- 2015
- Career-best overall score683.3368 City of Dana Point State BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5828 City of Dana Point State BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1518) City of Dana Point State BBQ Championship
- 2019
- Most recent contest Smokin' on the Square
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.8 | City of Dana Point State BBQ Championship | 2015-10-02 |
| +7.5 | 7th Stagecoach BBQ Fest | 2013-04-27 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7 | Smokin' on the Square | 2019-10-25 |
| -6.4 | 8th Annual Vista BBQ Classic | 2016-07-29 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 89.6% | 89.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 89.5% | 89.5% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 20% | 94.9% | 94.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 30% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-10-25 | Smokin' on the Square 🏅 El Dorado, AR | 15 / 20 (645.0284) | 17 (155.4056) | 15 (161.0972) | 15 (159.4056) | 11 (169.1200) |
| 2016-07-29 | 8th Annual Vista BBQ Classic Vista, CA | 32 / 42 (644.5944) | 34 (160.6172) | 27 (161.6800) | 34 (158.8572) | 22 (163.4400) |
| 2015-10-02 | City of Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA | 15 / 75 (683.3368) | 17 (174.2628) | 41 (166.2512) | 40 (166.2400) | 5 (176.5828) |
| 2013-04-27 | 7th Stagecoach BBQ Fest Indio, CA | 9 / 30 (658.2854) | 4 (175.4286) | 8 (169.1428) | 24 (149.7140) | 8 (164.0000) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2252 (75 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1887 (110 pts) | #1988 (100 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #1413 (185 pts) |