High-water mark
678.7768
career-best overall
94.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.7768 at *Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier) — 94.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2017-02-03
Smokin' Lone Star
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1525
peak 1525 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2017-02-03
latest 2018-08-31
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 28%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
670.01
last 3 Master vs avg 670.01 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.37
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 170.09 · weakest Chicken (165.51)
Road miles
741
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 242 mi
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)
Master avg
670.01 / 720
3 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
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BUTCHER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BUTCHER BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
1.6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.6 years, then back at *Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship (2018-08-24).
- last seen 2017-02-03
- back 2018-08-24
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.
Smokin' Lone Star has 3 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 84 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.
#2344 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1525
No shared contest yet.
8 contests to 3: their number has had years to settle where Smokin' Lone Star's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#2348 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 4 years before Smokin' Lone Star's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2338 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1525
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Smokin' Lone Star did, first appearing in 2026.
⚔ Head-to-head#2346 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1526
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin' Lone Star on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2340 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1525
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2341 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1525
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before Smokin' Lone Star'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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2856 | 158.2628 | 165.51 | top 40% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 166.2628 | 167.97 | top 31% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 163.3828 | 166.43 | top 35% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.0000 | 164.5600 | 170.09 | top 25% |
“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
1.6 yrs
2017-02-03 → 2018-08-31
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 170.09 · weakest Chicken (165.51)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
670.01
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
236
204–57 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
741
3 mapped stops · furthest 242 mi
Schedule strength
1542
average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
2017-02-03 → 2018-08-24
Power rating
1525
peak 1525 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest *Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier)
- First call *Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier)
- First overall top-10 *Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score678.7768 *Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier)
- Career-best overall score678.7768 *Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier)
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176.0000 *Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier)
- 2018
- Peak power rating (1525) *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.6 | *Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier) | 2017-02-03 |
| +8.1 | *Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship | 2018-08-24 |
| +1 | *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | 2018-08-31 |
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 40% | 93.4% | 92.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 4% | 94.3% | 94.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-08-31 | *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 38 / 74 (658.7312) | 58 (158.2628) | 27 (167.3828) | 42 (163.3828) | 20 (169.7028) |
| 2018-08-24 | *Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX | 16 / 54 (672.5140) | 13 (170.2856) | 23 (166.2628) | 10 (171.4056) | 24 (164.5600) |
| 2017-02-03 | *Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier) Humble, TX | 6 / 136 (678.7768) | 24 (167.9884) | 17 (170.2744) | 41 (164.5140) | 4 (176.0000) |