A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
B & C SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
B & C SMOKERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Smokin' Hawks
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1507
peak 1507 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-06-21
latest 2019-05-03
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 47%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
624.57
last 3 Master vs avg 624.57 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.84
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.86 · weakest Pork Ribs (150.83)
Road miles
539
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 538 mi
Schedule strength
8%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1511)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
624.57 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
322.29 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 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 All Fired Up in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
3.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.9 years, then back at The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (2019-05-03).
- last seen 2015-06-26
- back 2019-05-03
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' Hawks 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 114 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.
#2901 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1515
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#2919 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin' Hawks on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2903 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
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#2937 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Smokin' Hawks did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#2906 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2924 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1519
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 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 179.4286 | 158.2628 | 167.86 | top 21% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3828 | 136.5712 | 150.83 | top 66% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8916 | 146.2972 | 151.25 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.6172 | 145.7142 | 155.82 | top 47% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 3 | 68 | 0 | top 58% | 2015-06-26 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5.9 yrs
2013-06-21 → 2019-05-03
Busiest season
2019
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 1 win · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 167.86 · weakest Pork Ribs (150.83)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
624.57
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
322.29
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
391
338–330 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
539
4 mapped stops · furthest 538 mi
Schedule strength
1511
average field rating faced — tougher than 8% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3.9 yrs
2015-06-26 → 2019-05-03
Power rating
1507
peak 1507 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- First call Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- First category win (Chicken) Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)179.4286 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- 2015
- Career-best overall score641.1544 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- 2019
- First overall top-10 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Peak power rating (1507) The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Most recent contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.9 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2019-05-03 |
| +5.1 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2015-06-26 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.8 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2013-06-21 |
| -4 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2014-06-27 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 17% | 89.5% | 89.5% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 37% | 89% | 89% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 64% | 85.9% | 85.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 72% | 85.3% | 85.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-03 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 9 / 54 (322.2856) | 10 (162.2972) | 24 (159.9884) | — | — |
| 2015-06-26 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 68 / 183 (641.1544) | 111 (158.2628) | 66 (163.3828) | 132 (154.8916) | 40 (164.6172) |
| 2014-06-27 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 118 / 184 (618.2628) | 9 (171.4628) | 165 (143.3600) | 157 (146.2972) | 75 (157.1428) |
| 2013-06-21 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 131 / 183 (614.2854) | 1 (179.4286) | 174 (136.5712) | 131 (152.5714) | 146 (145.7142) |