The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Bottom of the Barrel has finished one call ahead of Tower of Smoke BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Tower of Smoke BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1462
peak 1462 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2024-04-05
latest 2026-04-03
Best ToY finish
#855
Master 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 98%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
604.34
last 3 Master vs avg 604.34 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.09
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 157.31 · weakest Brisket (144.67)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
44%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1557)
Purse competed for
$18K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
604.34 / 720
3 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
4 BOXERS Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
4 BOXERS Q has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared 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.
Tower of Smoke BBQ 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 126 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.
#5017 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4988 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Tower of Smoke BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5013 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 11 years before Tower of Smoke BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4999 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Level with Tower of Smoke BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4986 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Tower of Smoke BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4992 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Tower of 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4172 | 154.2172 | 157.31 | top 86% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 141.6344 | 151.96 | top 84% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.7772 | 142.7772 | 150.40 | top 90% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.0400 | 138.1716 | 144.67 | top 100% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 98% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rekindled Ironman | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 100% | 2026-04-03 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2024-04-05 → 2026-04-03
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
PA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 157.31 · weakest Brisket (144.67)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
604.34
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
42
1–73 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1557
average field rating faced — tougher than 44% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$18,000
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1462
peak 1462 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2024
- First tracked contest The Ironman
- Peak power rating (1487) The Ironman
- 2026
- First call Rekindled Ironman
- Career-best overall score623.7144 Rekindled Ironman
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)165.6800 Rekindled Ironman
- Most recent contest Rekindled Ironman
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.2 | The Ironman | 2024-04-05 |
| -12.6 | Rekindled Ironman | 2025-04-04 |
| -12.1 | Rekindled Ironman | 2026-04-03 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 100% | 86.6% | 86.6% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 82% | 82% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 83.1% | 83.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-03 | Rekindled Ironman 🏅 Seven Valleys, PA | 14 / 14 (623.7144) | 14 (154.2172) | 8 (165.6800) | 12 (154.7772) | 14 (149.0400) |
| 2025-04-04 | Rekindled Ironman 🏅 Seven Valleys, PA | 23 / 23 (590.6288) | 21 (159.4172) | 23 (141.6344) | 23 (142.7772) | 23 (146.8000) |
| 2024-04-05 | The Ironman 🏅 Seven Valleys, PA | 20 / 21 (598.6744) | 14 (158.2972) | 20 (148.5600) | 18 (153.6456) | 21 (138.1716) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #855 (94 pts) | #933 (94 pts) | #843 (134 pts) | #860 (104 pts) | #886 (94 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1404 (58 pts) | #1189 (68 pts) | #1506 (58 pts) | #1423 (58 pts) | #1422 (58 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1129 (71 pts) | #1096 (101 pts) | #1277 (71 pts) | #1141 (81 pts) | #1179 (66 pts) |