A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMELLAQUE ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMELLAQUE has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Braai-Q
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1463
peak 1463 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2016-09-10
latest 2019-07-20
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
610.65
last 4 Master vs avg 610.65 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.28
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.86 · weakest Pork Ribs (148.56)
Road miles
29
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
17%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1524)
Master avg
610.65 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Braai-Q 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 123 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.
#4971 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
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#4956 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Braai-Q did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4986 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
Level with Braai-Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4978 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
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#4964 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
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#4983 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
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-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.3828 | 146.8572 | 149.69 | top 93% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8344 | 141.1200 | 148.56 | top 86% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 153.1656 | 160.86 | top 49% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 162.2856 | 132.5372 | 151.54 | top 65% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 82% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 95% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barn Burner BBQ | 3 | 14 | 0 | top 87% | 2019-07-20 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.9 yrs
2016-09-10 → 2019-07-20
Busiest season
2019
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
BC
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 160.86 · weakest Pork Ribs (148.56)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
610.65
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
43
11–61 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
29
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1524
average field rating faced — tougher than 17% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.3 yrs
2017-04-08 → 2018-07-21
Power rating
1463
peak 1463 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest BBQ off the Bypass
- First call BBQ off the Bypass
- Peak power rating (1493) BBQ off the Bypass
- 2017
- Career-best overall score619.8972 Barn Burner BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork)164.5600 Barn Burner BBQ
- 2019
- Most recent contest Barn Burner BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.1 | Barn Burner BBQ | 2019-07-20 |
| -11.3 | Barn Burner BBQ | 2017-04-08 |
| -7.5 | BBQ off the Bypass | 2016-09-10 |
| -6.2 | Barn Burner BBQ | 2018-07-21 |
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 | 0% | top 95% | 83.3% | 83.3% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 78% | 84.6% | 84.6% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 89% | 86.1% | 86.1% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 78% | 85.2% | 85.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-20 | Barn Burner BBQ Chilliwack, BC | 20 / 21 (599.9200) | 20 (150.8456) | 14 (154.8344) | 12 (161.7028) | 21 (132.5372) |
| 2018-07-21 | Barn Burner BBQ Chilliwack, BC | 14 / 18 (609.1544) | 17 (146.8572) | 16 (146.8460) | 15 (153.1656) | 7 (162.2856) |
| 2017-04-08 | Barn Burner BBQ Chilliwack, BC | 17 / 19 (619.8972) | 18 (149.6684) | 17 (151.4288) | 5 (164.5600) | 16 (154.2400) |
| 2016-09-10 | BBQ off the Bypass Langley, British of Columbia, BC | 14 / 18 (613.6228) | 16 (151.3828) | 18 (141.1200) | 5 (164.0228) | 7 (157.0972) |