High-water mark
674.2396
career-best overall
93.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 674.2396 at SMSU Smokefest — 93.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2017-08-18
White Pants BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1494
peak 1503 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2015-05-29
latest 2019-08-16
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
651.58 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 650.93 (+0.65)
Walk rate
57%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.02
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.57 · weakest Brisket (158.19)
Road miles
134
mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 106 mi
Schedule strength
56%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1571)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
650.93 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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
6–1
behind in the head-to-head
Hogline ahead in 86% of their meetings
Hogline has come out ahead in 6 of their 7 shared contests.
The weak link
−9.4
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.38 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 29% of the time against 43%.
- Brisket avg 158.19
- Pork Ribs avg 167.57
- 2 calls in 7 entries
A strong matchup
4–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 80% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of PAPA BEAR BAR-B-QUE in 4 of their 5 shared contests.
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked SMSU Smokefest every year from 2016 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 11th
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.
127 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3475 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1523
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1523 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#3468 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3442 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
Level with White Pants BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3439 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3453 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2015.
⚔ Head-to-head#3470 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hogline | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| SONS OF BUTCHERS | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| SPITFIRE | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| CITY SLICKERS BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| PAPA BEAR BAR-B-QUE | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| MYASSIS SMOKIN | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| LUCKY'S Q | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 159.9888 | 164.63 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 176.5828 | 154.8116 | 167.57 | top 40% |
| Pork | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 155.9316 | 160.54 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 145.0972 | 158.19 | top 61% |
“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 50% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 70% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 65% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMSU Smokefest | 4 | 11 | 0 | top 63% | 2019-08-16 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.2 yrs
2015-05-29 → 2019-08-16
Busiest season
2015
3 contests
Contests a season
1.4
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MN
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
7 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 167.57 · weakest Brisket (158.19)
Walk rate
57%
a top-10 call in 4 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
14%
1 of 7 contests
Master average
650.93
out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
129
99–175 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
134
7 mapped stops · furthest 106 mi
Schedule strength
1571
average field rating faced — tougher than 56% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$10,050
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Power rating
1494
peak 1503 · #3463 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Smokin' in Steel
- First call Smoke on the Waterfall
- First overall top-10 Smoke on the Waterfall
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.6344 Smoke on the Waterfall
- 2017
- First category win (Pork Ribs) SMSU Smokefest
- Career-best overall score674.2396 SMSU Smokefest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5828 SMSU Smokefest
- Peak power rating (1503) SMSU Smokefest
- 2019
- Most recent contest SMSU Smokefest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.7 | SMSU Smokefest | 2017-08-18 |
| +2.6 | Smoke on the Waterfall | 2015-07-10 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.7 | SMSU Smokefest | 2018-08-17 |
| -5.3 | Smokefest | 2015-08-21 |
| -3.4 | Smokin' in Steel | 2015-05-29 |
| -3.1 | SMSU Smokefest | 2016-08-19 |
| -1.1 | SMSU Smokefest | 2019-08-16 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 70% | 91.3% | 91.3% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 88.5% | 88.5% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 27% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 64% | 91.3% | 90% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-16 | SMSU Smokefest 🏅 MARSHALL, MN | 32 / 46 (657.6460) | 42 (159.9888) | 31 (163.9544) | 35 (161.1428) | 5 (172.5600) |
| 2018-08-17 | SMSU Smokefest Marshall, MN | 34 / 40 (637.0172) | 29 (163.9772) | 18 (167.3828) | 35 (160.5600) | 39 (145.0972) |
| 2017-08-18 | SMSU Smokefest Marshall, MN | 11 / 41 (674.2396) | 29 (161.0968) | 1 (176.5828) | 11 (171.4056) | 20 (165.1544) |
| 2016-08-19 | SMSU Smokefest Marshall, MN | 26 / 37 (643.3828) | 18 (168.5600) | 13 (167.9772) | 26 (158.8228) | 31 (148.0228) |
| 2015-08-21 | Smokefest Marshall, MN | 31 / 42 (645.6228) | 18 (168.5600) | 10 (168.5256) | 32 (159.3828) | 39 (149.1544) |
| 2015-07-10 | Smoke on the Waterfall REDWOOD FALLS, MN | 8 / 16 (657.6344) | 7 (167.4056) | 4 (173.7260) | 13 (156.5600) | 9 (159.9428) |
| 2015-05-29 | Smokin' in Steel Owatonna, MN | 41 / 60 (640.9716) | 35 (162.8456) | 48 (154.8116) | 48 (155.9316) | 21 (167.3828) |