High-water mark
681.6116
career-best overall
94.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 681.6116 at BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) — 94.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2026-03-28
Smoking neighbors
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1483
peak 1483 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2024-04-19
latest 2026-03-28
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
664.05
last 3 Master vs avg 664.05 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.49
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.22 · weakest Brisket (154.60)
Road miles
31
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
86%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1615)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
664.05 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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
3 EYZ BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
3 EYZ BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
1.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (2026-03-27).
- last seen 2024-04-19
- back 2026-03-27
They cook the hard rooms
1615
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 86% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1615 power rating — a tougher draw than 86% of every rated contest in the data.
- 3 rated 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.
Smoking neighbors 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 128 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.
#3983 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3990 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smoking neighbors on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3972 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Smoking neighbors's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3984 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2018, 6 years before Smoking neighbors's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3987 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Smoking neighbors's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3995 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Smoking neighbors'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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 178.8572 | 163.9772 | 171.22 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 164.5372 | 167.01 | top 73% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 169.1084 | 171.22 | top 50% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.0972 | 148.5028 | 154.60 | top 94% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 76% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) | 2 | 23 | 0 | top 76% | 2026-03-28 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.9 yrs
2024-04-19 → 2026-03-28
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
VA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 171.22 · weakest Brisket (154.60)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
664.05
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
91
27–141 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
31
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1615
average field rating faced — tougher than 86% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$15,000
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.9 yrs
2024-04-19 → 2026-03-27
Power rating
1483
peak 1483 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2024
- First tracked contest Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 1)
- Peak power rating (1494) Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 1)
- 2026
- First call BBQ Gives Back (Day 1)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score664.4232 BBQ Gives Back (Day 1)
- Career-best overall score681.6116 BBQ Gives Back (Day 2)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 BBQ Gives Back (Day 2)
- Most recent contest BBQ Gives Back (Day 2)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.8 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) | 2026-03-27 |
| -5.6 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 1) | 2024-04-19 |
| -2.3 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) | 2026-03-28 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 76% | 94.7% | 93.5% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-28 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | 23 / 36 (681.6116) | 2 (178.8572) | 29 (167.3828) | 24 (170.2744) | 32 (165.0972) |
| 2026-03-27 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | 35 / 40 (664.4232) | 24 (170.8344) | 20 (169.1200) | 9 (174.2744) | 39 (150.1944) |
| 2024-04-19 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 1) 🏅 Williamsburg, VA | 22 / 25 (646.1256) | 19 (163.9772) | 22 (164.5372) | 15 (169.1084) | 24 (148.5028) |