High-water mark
679.3832
career-best overall
94.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 679.3832 at Central Illinois Bragging Rights(CIBR-BBQ) — 94.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2019-10-11
Twisted Smoke Bbq
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1506
peak 1506 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-08-09
latest 2019-10-11
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
624.34
last 4 Master vs avg 624.34 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±76.03
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.97 · weakest Pork Ribs (128.98)
Road miles
376
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 293 mi
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)
Purse competed for
$16K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
624.34 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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
iBQ'n ahead in 100% of their meetings
iBQ'n has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
4.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4.8 years, then back at Harvest On Fire at The Winery (2019-07-12).
- last seen 2014-09-12
- back 2019-07-12
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.
Twisted Smoke 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 115 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.
#2980 of the rated field
- Contests
- 37
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1576
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Twisted Smoke Bbq)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Twisted Smoke Bbq has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2955 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
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#2967 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Twisted Smoke Bbq did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#2985 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Level with Twisted Smoke Bbq on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2966 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
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#2968 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 4 years before Twisted Smoke 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 160.5256 | 167.97 | top 35% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 177.1544 | 20.0000 | 128.98 | top 60% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4516 | 154.2400 | 164.83 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 144.0000 | 162.55 | top 47% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IL | 2 | 0 | top 38% |
| MI | 2 | 0 | top 72% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 74% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 36% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6.2 yrs
2013-08-09 → 2019-10-11
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
2 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 · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 167.97 · weakest Pork Ribs (128.98)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
624.34
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
112
70–73 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
376
4 mapped stops · furthest 293 mi
Schedule strength
1562
average field rating faced — tougher than 48% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$16,250
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
4.8 yrs
2014-09-12 → 2019-07-12
Power rating
1506
peak 1506 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Dam Good BBQ Championship
- First call Dam Good BBQ Championship
- 2014
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.5312 Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
- 2019
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Harvest On Fire at The Winery
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.1544 Harvest On Fire at The Winery
- Career-best overall score679.3832 Central Illinois Bragging Rights(CIBR-BBQ)
- Peak power rating (1506) Central Illinois Bragging Rights(CIBR-BBQ)
- Most recent contest Central Illinois Bragging Rights(CIBR-BBQ)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.6 | Central Illinois Bragging Rights(CIBR-BBQ) | 2019-10-11 |
| +5.9 | Harvest On Fire at The Winery | 2019-07-12 |
| +3.7 | Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival | 2014-09-12 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.3 | Dam Good BBQ Championship | 2013-08-09 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 38% | 94.4% | 93.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 44% | 90.8% | 90.8% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 100% | 68.6% | 68.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-10-11 | Central Illinois Bragging Rights(CIBR-BBQ) 🏅 Arthur, IL | 12 / 43 (679.3832) | 7 (174.2744) | 34 (157.6800) | 5 (175.4516) | 11 (171.9772) |
| 2019-07-12 | Harvest On Fire at The Winery 🏅 Marshall, IL | 15 / 31 (670.7888) | 7 (172.5600) | 1 (177.1544) | 30 (154.2400) | 11 (166.8344) |
| 2014-09-12 | Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI | 19 / 43 (653.5312) | 29 (160.5256) | 25 (161.0972) | 22 (164.5256) | 15 (167.3828) |
| 2013-08-09 | Dam Good BBQ Championship Newaygo, MI | 31 / 31 (493.6456) | 11 (164.5256) | 31 (20.0000) | 10 (165.1200) | 29 (144.0000) |