A tough matchup
6–0
behind in the head-to-head
B & C SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
B & C SMOKERS has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
Next Year's Winner
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2013-10-03
latest 2018-09-15
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
635.14 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 634.04 (+1.10)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.09
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 158.84 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.07)
Road miles
14
mi across 6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
47%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1561)
Master avg
634.04 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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
6–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Brewski and Barbeque in 6 of their 6 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.
150 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4409 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Next Year's Winner)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Next Year's Winner has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4399 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to Next Year's Winner)
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4382 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
1–3 in 4 shared contests (25% to Next Year's Winner)
Level with Next Year's Winner on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4413 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to Next Year's Winner)
They've been 1508 at their best, 34 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4383 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1515
2–4 in 6 shared contests (33% to Next Year's Winner)
15 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 7% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#4410 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Next Year's Winner did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brewski and Barbeque | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke & Beer BBQ | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| EXCESSIVE BEHAVIOR | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Q-CHIPS | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Pork & Boots | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| CHILLIN AND GRILLIN CREW | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| HAWG PEN | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| DUSTY ROADS BBQ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Tractor Shed BBQ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| On the Dotte Smokers | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| FOUNTAIN CITY BARBEQUE | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ CARTEL | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| PORK RADIO 810 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Moolicious Intentions | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| UTB BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 153.0856 | 158.84 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 140.5372 | 158.07 | top 63% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8800 | 142.2744 | 158.39 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 145.7144 | 158.75 | top 57% |
“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.
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5 yrs
2013-10-03 → 2018-09-15
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 6 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
6
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 158.84 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.07)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 6 contests
Master average
634.04
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
1,507
903–2,214 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
14
6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1561
average field rating faced — tougher than 47% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2015-10-03 → 2016-10-29
Power rating
1474
peak 1474 · #4401 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- 2014
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.7884 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Career-best overall score654.7884 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Career-best single call (Brisket)169.6800 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Peak power rating (1499) 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- 2018
- Most recent contest 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.2 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2014-10-02 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.5 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2017-09-01 |
| -7.2 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | 2015-10-03 |
| -5.9 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2018-09-15 |
| -3.2 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2013-10-03 |
| -3 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) | 2016-10-29 |
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 81% | 87.5% | 87.5% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 85.9% | 85.9% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 50% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 63% | 87.3% | 87.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-15 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 378 / 467 (630.2172) | 427 (153.0856) | 205 (167.4056) | 452 (142.2744) | 167 (167.4516) |
| 2017-09-01 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 358 / 407 (618.2512) | 344 (155.9884) | 401 (140.5372) | 318 (158.8800) | 228 (162.8456) |
| 2016-10-29 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 389 / 557 (637.6796) | 432 (156.5600) | 425 (156.5600) | 258 (165.1656) | 337 (159.3940) |
| 2015-10-03 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 428 / 606 (634.7544) | 282 (164.5600) | 194 (167.9772) | 486 (154.8228) | 521 (147.3944) |
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 274 / 552 (654.7884) | 389 (159.9772) | 310 (162.8112) | 309 (162.3200) | 116 (169.6800) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 338 / 535 (628.5600) | 228 (162.8456) | 390 (153.1200) | 127 (166.8800) | 447 (145.7144) |