A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMELLAQUE ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMELLAQUE has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Smokey Beard BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1504
peak 1512 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2016-09-03
latest 2018-09-01
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
622.10
last 4 Master vs avg 622.10 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.89
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 159.56 · weakest Pork (152.41)
Road miles
364
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 170 mi
Schedule strength
11%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1516)
Master avg
622.10 / 720
4 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
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of The Big LebowsQ 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.
Smokey Beard BBQ 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 109 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.
#3055 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1522
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#3042 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2016.
⚔ Head-to-head#3046 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 4 years before Smokey Beard BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3057 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokey Beard BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3036 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#3026 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 5 years before Smokey Beard BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2512 | 142.2744 | 152.72 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 165.6684 | 150.2172 | 159.56 | top 33% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8572 | 145.7028 | 152.41 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 149.1088 | 157.41 | top 40% |
“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 31% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 55% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ on the Bow | 2 | 16 | 0 | top 52% | 2018-09-01 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2016-09-03 → 2018-09-01
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
1 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 Ribs
averages 159.56 · weakest Pork (152.41)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
622.10
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
107
84–83 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
364
4 mapped stops · furthest 170 mi
Schedule strength
1516
average field rating faced — tougher than 11% of rated contests
Power rating
1504
peak 1512 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest BBQ on the Bow
- First call BBQ on the Bow
- Career-best overall score644.5716 BBQ on the Bow
- Career-best single call (Brisket)166.8572 BBQ on the Bow
- 2017
- Peak power rating (1512) BBQ on the Bow
- 2018
- Most recent contest BBQ on the Bow
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.2 | BBQ on the Bow | 2016-09-03 |
| +4.5 | BBQ on the Bow | 2017-09-02 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.9 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 2018-06-16 |
| -3.7 | BBQ on the Bow | 2018-09-01 |
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 | 50% | top 64% | 84.7% | 84.5% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 38% | 87% | 87% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 31% | 89.5% | 89.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-01 | BBQ on the Bow Calgary, T2W3J6 | 28 / 43 (607.2800) | 18 (162.2512) | 25 (150.2172) | 35 (145.7028) | 26 (149.1088) |
| 2018-06-16 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton, T6E 5K1 | 32 / 51 (610.1252) | 46 (142.2744) | 7 (165.6684) | 36 (149.1084) | 27 (153.0740) |
| 2017-09-02 | BBQ on the Bow Calgary, T2W3J6 | 16 / 42 (626.4120) | 36 (145.1888) | 10 (161.7832) | 18 (158.8572) | 10 (160.5828) |
| 2016-09-03 | BBQ on the Bow Calgary, Alberta, CA | 11 / 35 (644.5716) | 14 (161.1544) | 13 (160.5716) | 22 (155.9884) | 8 (166.8572) |