A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BEER TIME BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BEER TIME BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Smokin Heart BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2022-10-07
latest 2026-04-03
Best ToY finish
#250
Backyard 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 73%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
and counting
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 155.97 · weakest Brisket (149.93)
Road miles
30
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)
Purse competed for
$25K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
602.14 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
318.21 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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.
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 strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Bottom of the Barrel in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
An April team
Top 64%
average finish in April
Something about April: average finish in the top 64% across 3 contests, versus top 73% the rest of the year.
- 3 April contests
- top 73% the rest of the year
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.
Smokin Heart 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 145 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.
#4424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
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#4402 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin Heart BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4394 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
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#4433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Smokin Heart BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4399 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before Smokin Heart 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 | 162.8228 | 129.1428 | 151.41 | top 72% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 162.8344 | 146.8228 | 155.81 | top 69% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5372 | 151.3940 | 155.97 | top 83% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9312 | 147.9316 | 149.93 | top 91% |
“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 71% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 73% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rekindled Ironman | 2 | 9 | 0 | top 55% | 2026-04-03 |
The story so far (19 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.5 yrs
2022-10-07 → 2026-04-03
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
PA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 155.97 · weakest Brisket (149.93)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
50%
2 of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests — and still running
Master average
602.14
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
318.21
out of 360 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
56
22–75 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
30
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1559
average field rating faced — tougher than 46% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$25,250
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.5 yrs
2022-10-07 → 2024-04-05
Power rating
1474
peak 1474 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship
- Peak power rating (1487) Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship
- 2024
- Career-best overall score624.9948 The Ironman
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)162.8344 The Ironman
- 2025
- First call Rekindled Ironman
- First overall top-10 Rekindled Ironman
- 2026
- Most recent contest Rekindled Ironman
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.1 | Rekindled Ironman | 2025-04-04 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.4 | Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship | 2022-10-07 |
| -7.8 | The Ironman | 2024-04-05 |
| -6.8 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 71% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 39% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 86.8% | 86.8% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 80.5% | 80.5% |
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 | 10 / 14 (322.7772) | 9 (162.8228) | 9 (159.9544) | — | — |
| 2025-04-04 | Rekindled Ironman 🏅 Seven Valleys, PA | 9 / 23 (313.6344) | 8 (159.9884) | 9 (153.6460) | — | — |
| 2024-04-05 | The Ironman 🏅 Seven Valleys, PA | 17 / 21 (624.9948) | 19 (153.6916) | 15 (162.8344) | 14 (160.5372) | 19 (147.9316) |
| 2022-10-07 | Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA | 26 / 26 (579.2908) | 26 (129.1428) | 26 (146.8228) | 26 (151.3940) | 24 (151.9312) |
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 ↗ | Backyard | #250 (110 pts) | #236 (120 pts) | #248 (120 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #306 (119 pts) | #292 (129 pts) | #318 (119 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1073 (86 pts) | #1186 (76 pts) | #1171 (96 pts) | #1060 (101 pts) | #1137 (76 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1697 (51 pts) | #1694 (51 pts) | #1739 (51 pts) | #1690 (51 pts) | #1648 (56 pts) |