High-water mark
673.7260
career-best overall
93.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 673.7260 at Keystone Classic Barbeque — 93.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2014-10-03
Smokin Dudes BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1500
peak 1516 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2014-10-03
latest 2018-08-03
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
652.04
last 4 Master vs avg 652.04 (+0.00)
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.64
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 166.40 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.68)
Road miles
504
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 410 mi
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)
Master avg
652.04 / 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
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
GREY STREET BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
GREY STREET BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Announced themselves early
3rd
at their very first contest
Finished 3 of 53 at their very first tracked contest, Keystone Classic Barbeque (2014-10-03).
- 2014-10-03
- 53-team field
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 Dudes 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 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.
#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 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3205 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Smokin Dudes BBQ did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#3199 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin Dudes BBQ 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 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3207 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 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3206 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.0000 | 156.5256 | 165.41 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 147.3716 | 157.68 | top 69% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 172.5944 | 156.5028 | 162.55 | top 59% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 176.5828 | 158.2172 | 166.40 | top 44% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| OH | 3 | 0 | top 72% |
| PA | 1 | 0 | top 6% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 72% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 6% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition | 2 | 18 | 0 | top 68% | 2018-08-03 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.8 yrs
2014-10-03 → 2018-08-03
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OH
4 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 166.40 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.68)
Walk rate
40%
a top-10 call in 2 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
1 of 5 contests
Master average
652.04
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
123
78–72 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
504
5 mapped stops · furthest 410 mi
Schedule strength
1541
average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2016-07-08 → 2017-08-04
Power rating
1500
peak 1516 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Keystone Classic Barbeque
- First call Keystone Classic Barbeque
- First category win (Brisket) Keystone Classic Barbeque
- First overall top-10 Keystone Classic Barbeque
- First overall podium Keystone Classic Barbeque
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score673.7260 Keystone Classic Barbeque
- Career-best overall score673.7260 Keystone Classic Barbeque
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5828 Keystone Classic Barbeque
- Peak power rating (1516) Keystone Classic Barbeque
- 2018
- Most recent contest *Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.6 | Keystone Classic Barbeque | 2014-10-03 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.1 | *Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition | 2018-08-03 |
| -7.4 | Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off | 2016-07-08 |
| -0.1 | *Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition | 2017-08-04 |
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 80% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 56% | 90.8% | 90.8% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 79% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 6% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-08-03 | *Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition Cincinnati, OH | 28 / 35 (629.5544) | 30 (156.5256) | 33 (147.3716) | 25 (160.5372) | 16 (165.1200) |
| 2017-08-04 | *Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition Cincinnati, OH | 18 / 32 (653.6116) | 23 (161.6800) | 16 (165.6800) | 23 (160.5716) | 14 (165.6800) |
| 2016-07-08 | Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off Kettering, OH | 27 / 34 (651.2572) | 8 (172.0000) | 23 (164.5372) | 30 (156.5028) | 29 (158.2172) |
| 2015-10-09 | The River Grill before the Big Chill Cincinnati, OH | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014-10-03 | Keystone Classic Barbeque Harrisburg, PA | 3 / 53 (673.7260) | 7 (171.4172) | 35 (153.1316) | 2 (172.5944) | 1 (176.5828) |