A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
LOVE 2 Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
LOVE 2 Q has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Long Haul Smokers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1491
peak 1491 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2018-04-13
latest 2019-04-12
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
638.57
last 3 Master vs avg 638.57 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.82
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 164.74 · weakest Brisket (156.53)
Road miles
41
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
49%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1563)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
638.57 / 720
3 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.
Long Haul Smokers 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 141 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.
#3573 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3574 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Long Haul Smokers did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#3610 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with Long Haul Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3609 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3618 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3590 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6916 | 152.5600 | 159.04 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3944 | 152.5372 | 158.26 | top 63% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 159.4056 | 164.74 | top 49% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5484 | 149.6572 | 156.53 | top 62% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake | 2 | 31 | 0 | top 66% | 2019-04-12 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2018-04-13 → 2019-04-12
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 164.74 · weakest Brisket (156.53)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
638.57
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
130
54–115 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
41
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1563
average field rating faced — tougher than 49% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Power rating
1491
peak 1491 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
- Career-best single call (Brisket)168.5484 The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
- Peak power rating (1495) The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
- 2019
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.5888 The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
- Career-best overall score649.5888 The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
- Most recent contest The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.6 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake | 2019-04-12 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.1 | *Racing for the BBQ | 2018-07-27 |
| -4.7 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake | 2018-04-13 |
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 57% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 89.4% | 87.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-12 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake 🏅 Smithville, MO | 31 / 54 (649.5888) | 30 (165.6916) | 18 (167.3944) | 26 (166.8456) | 49 (149.6572) |
| 2018-07-27 | *Racing for the BBQ Lee's Summit, MO | 49 / 66 (622.1828) | 43 (158.8572) | 47 (152.5372) | 40 (159.4056) | 47 (151.3828) |
| 2018-04-13 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Smithville, MO | 38 / 51 (643.9428) | 45 (152.5600) | 43 (154.8572) | 20 (167.9772) | 13 (168.5484) |