High-water mark
663.3368
career-best overall
92.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 663.3368 at Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque — 92.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2018-09-21
SMOKE-A-HOLICS (KC)
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1500
peak 1500 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2016-04-22
latest 2018-09-21
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
646.43
last 4 Master vs avg 646.43 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.01
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.82 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.26)
Road miles
15
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
32%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
646.43 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
SKUNK RIVER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
SKUNK RIVER BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of ALMOST FLAMOUS BARBEQUE in 3 of their 3 shared 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.
SMOKE-A-HOLICS (KC) 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 119 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.
#3194 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SMOKE-A-HOLICS (KC))
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SMOKE-A-HOLICS (KC) has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3198 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1500
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#3199 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKE-A-HOLICS (KC) on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3189 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
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#3185 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
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#3202 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
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 | 166.8228 | 160.5600 | 164.82 | top 48% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2628 | 157.6456 | 159.26 | top 72% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 156.5144 | 161.82 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 149.6456 | 160.52 | top 56% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 60% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 56% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.4 yrs
2016-04-22 → 2018-09-21
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 164.82 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.26)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
646.43
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
208
124–128 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
15
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1543
average field rating faced — tougher than 32% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.4 yrs
2017-04-21 → 2018-09-21
Power rating
1500
peak 1500 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest 8th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge
- 2018
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.3368 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque
- Career-best overall score663.3368 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque
- Career-best single call (Brisket)169.6800 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque
- Peak power rating (1500) Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque
- Most recent contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.2 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque | 2018-09-21 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.5 | 8th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge | 2016-04-22 |
| -1.9 | 9th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge | 2017-04-21 |
| -1.6 | Knights of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off | 2016-06-17 |
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 | 0% | top 30% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 89% | 89% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 65% | 89.4% | 89% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-21 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 32 / 107 (663.3368) | 35 (166.8228) | 64 (162.2628) | 53 (164.5712) | 24 (169.6800) |
| 2017-04-21 | 9th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge Overland Park, KS | 43 / 64 (640.9368) | 33 (165.0856) | 45 (157.6456) | 27 (168.5600) | 57 (149.6456) |
| 2016-06-17 | Knights of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off Kansas City, KS | 15 / 25 (637.6116) | 14 (160.5600) | 19 (158.8572) | 17 (156.5144) | 14 (161.6800) |
| 2016-04-22 | 8th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge Overland Park, KS | 42 / 60 (643.8168) | 31 (166.8228) | 49 (158.2628) | 48 (157.6456) | 35 (161.0856) |