They almost always walk
70%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 7 of 10 contests
A top-10 category call in 70% of their 10 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
TNT Smokin' BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1484
peak 1484 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ
Contests
10
in the data
First seen
2014-09-19
latest 2018-09-21
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 10 contests
Avg finish
top 67%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
653.16 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 651.50 (+1.66)
Walk rate
70%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.23
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.76 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.08)
Road miles
697
mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 63 mi
Schedule strength
56%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1571)
Master avg
651.50 / 720
10 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (7 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
7–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKERS PURGATORY ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKERS PURGATORY has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.
The weak link
−7.7
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.68 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 10% of the time against 30%.
- Pork Ribs avg 160.08
- Chicken avg 167.76
- 1 calls in 10 entries
A strong matchup
5–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SMOKE DOCTOR in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Chicken nemesis
5 of 7
shared chicken entries lost
SMOKERS PURGATORY ahead 71% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, SMOKERS PURGATORY has out-cooked them in 5 of 7 shared chicken entries.
The metronome
±0.87%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±0.87% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 90.5% of a perfect score
- 10 contests
A standing appointment
5
years running at one contest
They've cooked *Tri City BBQ Fest every year from 2014 to 2018 — the contest they never miss.
- 5 visits in all
- best finish 9th
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.
141 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3931 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to TNT Smokin' BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team TNT Smokin' BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3951 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3959 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#3926 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
Level with TNT Smokin' BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3947 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 27%
- Peak
- 1517
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after TNT Smokin' BBQ did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#3958 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1516 at their best, 33 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMOKERS PURGATORY | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| WOODWARD BARBEQUE | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| DIG-IN COOKERS | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Bohica BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKEHOUSE 72 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKE DOCTOR | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| TRUE SMOKE BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| TREEFROG BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| 2 CASE BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 162.2628 | 167.76 | top 43% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.1316 | 154.8116 | 160.08 | top 72% |
| Pork | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.1316 | 147.3372 | 160.10 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 155.9656 | 163.56 | top 52% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 63% |
| Medium (20–39) | 8 | 0 | top 67% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Tri City BBQ Fest | 5 | 9 | 0 | top 60% | 2018-09-21 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2014-09-19 → 2018-09-21
Busiest season
2017
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IA
10 of 10 contests
Contests visited
6
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
10 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 167.76 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.08)
Walk rate
70%
a top-10 call in 7 of 10 contests
Overall top-10 rate
10%
1 of 10 contests
Master average
651.50
out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
139
95–175 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
697
10 mapped stops · furthest 63 mi
Schedule strength
1571
average field rating faced — tougher than 56% of rated contests
Power rating
1484
peak 1484 · #3940 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Tri-City BBQ Fest
- First call Tri-City BBQ Fest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.4684 Tri-City BBQ Fest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172.5600 Tri-City BBQ Fest
- Peak power rating (1497) Tri-City BBQ Fest
- 2015
- First overall top-10 Tri-City BBQ Fest
- Career-best overall score659.9432 Tri-City BBQ Fest
- 2018
- 10th tracked contest *Tri City BBQ Fest
- Most recent contest *Tri City BBQ Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.8 | Tri City BBQ Fest | 2016-09-16 |
| +4 | Tri-City BBQ Fest | 2015-09-18 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.5 | State Center Rose Festival BBQ Championship | 2015-06-19 |
| -4.7 | Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition | 2017-06-16 |
| -4.6 | State Center Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition (Judges Full) | 2016-06-17 |
| -3.5 | Tri-City BBQ Fest | 2014-09-19 |
| -2.9 | Smokin' in the Junction | 2015-05-23 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 70% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 68% | 90.8% | 90.6% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 61% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 66% | 91.7% | 89.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 71% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-21 | *Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA | 19 / 27 (651.3828) | 12 (166.8228) | 23 (155.9656) | 9 (167.4516) | 20 (161.1428) |
| 2017-09-22 | Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA | 23 / 37 (652.9716) | 13 (171.4172) | 24 (162.8116) | 35 (147.3372) | 9 (171.4056) |
| 2017-06-16 | Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition State Center, IA | 13 / 17 (649.6228) | 6 (171.4172) | 14 (159.3828) | 15 (158.3200) | 10 (160.5028) |
| 2017-04-28 | Central Iowa Expo BBQ & Cruise (Day 1) Boone, IA | 20 / 31 (653.6112) | 22 (162.8572) | 19 (162.2284) | 26 (157.7028) | 7 (170.8228) |
| 2016-09-16 | Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA | 15 / 34 (658.2056) | 22 (162.2628) | 19 (163.4172) | 14 (168.5828) | 15 (163.9428) |
| 2016-06-17 | State Center Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition (Judges Full) State Center, IA | 24 / 31 (658.1716) | 12 (170.2628) | 28 (157.0744) | 21 (164.0000) | 20 (166.8344) |
| 2015-09-18 | Tri-City BBQ Fest Denison, IA | 9 / 18 (659.9432) | 11 (164.5600) | 8 (165.1316) | 7 (169.1316) | 9 (161.1200) |
| 2015-06-19 | State Center Rose Festival BBQ Championship State Center, IA | 22 / 27 (642.1944) | 5 (169.1428) | 24 (154.8116) | 19 (162.2744) | 18 (155.9656) |
| 2015-05-23 | Smokin' in the Junction West Des Moines, IA | 25 / 37 (640.4576) | 16 (166.3088) | 27 (157.6800) | 30 (154.8116) | 18 (161.6572) |
| 2014-09-19 | Tri-City BBQ Fest Denison, IA | 15 / 21 (648.4684) | 4 (172.5600) | 15 (162.2972) | 19 (151.3712) | 14 (162.2400) |