The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Deep South East has finished one call ahead of Lumbee Smokers 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Lumbee Smokers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1460
peak 1460 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-09-13
latest 2018-09-14
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 97%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
612.36
last 4 Master vs avg 612.36 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.84
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 154.65 · weakest Brisket (151.53)
Road miles
24
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
81%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1606)
Master avg
612.36 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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
Organizer Portal ahead in 100% of their meetings
Organizer Portal has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
3.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.9 years, then back at *Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off (2017-07-28).
- last seen 2013-09-13
- back 2017-07-28
They cook the hard rooms
1606
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 81% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1606 power rating — a tougher draw than 81% of every rated contest in the data.
- 4 rated contests
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
Neon Lilly LLC has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
Lumbee Smokers 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 121 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.
#5113 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
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#5107 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
No shared contest yet.
Level with Lumbee Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5090 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
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#5091 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1506 at their best, 46 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#5123 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#5093 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
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 | 156.5256 | 149.6572 | 152.38 | top 94% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2628 | 137.0172 | 153.79 | top 90% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 143.9084 | 154.65 | top 83% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9544 | 143.3716 | 151.53 | top 90% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 95% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off | 2 | 26 | 0 | top 96% | 2018-07-27 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5 yrs
2013-09-13 → 2018-09-14
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 154.65 · weakest Brisket (151.53)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
612.36
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
111
4–158 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
24
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1606
average field rating faced — tougher than 81% of rated contests
Longest layoff
3.9 yrs
2013-09-13 → 2017-07-28
Power rating
1460
peak 1460 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest
- Peak power rating (1485) Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest
- 2018
- Career-best overall score638.6744 *Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)168.5600 *Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival
- Most recent contest *Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.3 | Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest | 2013-09-13 |
| -8.9 | *Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival | 2018-09-14 |
| -8.5 | *Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off | 2017-07-28 |
| -7.5 | *Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off | 2018-07-27 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 88.7% | 87.2% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 85.6% | 85.6% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 80.3% | 80.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-14 | *Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival Decatur, AL | 30 / 32 (638.6744) | 30 (156.5256) | 29 (153.6344) | 15 (168.5600) | 26 (159.9544) |
| 2018-07-27 | *Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off Hartselle, AL | 26 / 27 (616.3888) | 27 (149.6572) | 23 (162.2628) | 25 (153.0628) | 25 (151.4060) |
| 2017-07-28 | *Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off Hartselle, AL | 26 / 27 (616.3888) | 27 (149.6572) | 23 (162.2628) | 25 (153.0628) | 25 (151.4060) |
| 2013-09-13 | Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | 80 / 80 (577.9772) | 67 (153.6800) | 80 (137.0172) | 80 (143.9084) | 75 (143.3716) |