The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
SMOKE OF THE SHOALS has finished one call ahead of SMOKE-N-ASHES 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
SMOKE-N-ASHES
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1424
peak 1424 · rated over 16 contests ⓘ
Contests
16
in the data
First seen
2013-04-12
latest 2018-07-27
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 16 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
654.97 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 647.39 (+7.58)
Walk rate
38%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.25
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.27 · weakest Brisket (155.20)
Road miles
907
mi across 16 mapped stops · furthest 93 mi
Schedule strength
47%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1561)
Master avg
647.39 / 720
16 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (9 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
16–0
behind in the head-to-head
Organizer Portal ahead in 100% of their meetings
Organizer Portal has come out ahead in 16 of their 16 shared contests.
The weak link
−11.1
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.07 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 13%.
- Brisket avg 155.20
- Chicken avg 166.27
- 0 calls in 16 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of WHEN PIGS FLY in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Chicken nemesis
15 of 16
shared chicken entries lost
Organizer Portal ahead 94% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, Organizer Portal has out-cooked them in 15 of 16 shared chicken entries.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
BEES KNEES BBQ TEAM has landed one call behind them 2 times.
A September team
Top 59%
average finish in September
Something about September: average finish in the top 59% across 3 contests, versus top 79% the rest of the year.
- 3 September contests
- top 79% the rest of the year
The metronome
±1.15%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±1.15% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 89.9% of a perfect score
- 16 contests
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Stand by Your Grill every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 36th
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.
32 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#6109 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1425
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 16 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#6110 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 16 contests to 16, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#6113 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1424
No shared contest yet.
17 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Head-to-head#6108 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1425
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#6119 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1424
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKE-N-ASHES on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#6111 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1424
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organizer Portal | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| JIGGY PIGGY | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| South Pork | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| The Specialists | 14 | 1 | 13 | 7% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKE OF THE SHOALS | 12 | 2 | 10 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| BEAN BANDITS | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG BLUE QUE | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BUTTS, BELLIES & BUDDIES | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN BUTT CREW | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22% | ⚔ compare |
| SWIGGIN PIG | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| E.M. AZING BBQ | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| RED EYED SMOKERS | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| HICKORY PRIME | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| THE LOONEY PIT | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BUSH LEAGUE BBQ (inactive) | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 176.5714 | 158.2516 | 166.27 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 158.2400 | 163.83 | top 64% |
| Pork | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 174.2972 | 151.9656 | 162.08 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9544 | 141.6800 | 155.20 | top 82% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL | 12 | 0 | top 76% |
| MS | 4 | 0 | top 86% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 9 | 0 | top 82% |
| Large (40+) | 7 | 0 | top 74% |
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 | 4 | 18 | 0 | top 75% | 2018-07-27 |
| Stand by Your Grill | 4 | 36 | 0 | top 86% | 2016-08-19 |
| Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cookoff | 2 | 21 | 0 | top 89% | 2015-05-15 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5.3 yrs
2013-04-12 → 2018-07-27
Busiest season
2013
5 contests
Contests a season
2.7
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
12 of 16 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
9
3 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
16 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 166.27 · weakest Brisket (155.20)
Walk rate
38%
a top-10 call in 6 of 16 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 16 contests
Master average
647.39
out of 720 · 16 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
341
183–554 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
907
16 mapped stops · furthest 93 mi
Schedule strength
1561
average field rating faced — tougher than 47% of rated contests
Power rating
1424
peak 1424 · #6112 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Falls
- Peak power rating (1489) Smoke on the Falls
- First call Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cook-Off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.7136 Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cook-Off
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5714 Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cook-Off
- 2015
- 10th tracked contest Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cookoff
- 2018
- Career-best overall score661.6572 *Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off
- Most recent contest *Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.1 | *Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off | 2018-07-27 |
| +3.7 | *Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off | 2017-07-28 |
| +0.8 | Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest | 2013-09-13 |
| +0.2 | 20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest | 2014-09-19 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.5 | Smoke on the Falls | 2013-04-12 |
| -9.4 | Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge | 2013-10-11 |
| -9.2 | Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cookoff | 2015-05-15 |
| -7.9 | Stand By Your Grill | 2013-08-16 |
| -7.5 | Stand By Your Grill | 2014-08-15 |
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 | 100% | top 67% | 91.9% | 91.9% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 67% | 91.9% | 91.9% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 92% | 90.4% | 90.1% |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 90.8% | 89.6% |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 90.9% | 89.7% |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40% | top 77% | 90.8% | 89.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07-27 | *Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off Hartselle, AL | 18 / 27 (661.6572) | 20 (165.7372) | 22 (163.3828) | 3 (174.2972) | 21 (158.2400) |
| 2017-07-28 | *Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off Hartselle, AL | 18 / 27 (661.6572) | 20 (165.7372) | 22 (163.3828) | 3 (174.2972) | 21 (158.2400) |
| 2016-08-19 | Stand by Your Grill Fulton, MS | 36 / 40 (647.2228) | 37 (160.5256) | 22 (165.6916) | 9 (170.8112) | 38 (150.1944) |
| 2016-07-29 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off Hartselle, AL | 31 / 33 (650.6972) | 10 (173.1200) | 32 (160.5256) | 29 (163.4172) | 32 (153.6344) |
| 2015-09-11 | Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | 39 / 55 (653.6004) | 38 (162.8572) | 31 (163.4060) | 40 (163.3828) | 36 (163.9544) |
| 2015-08-14 | Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS | 49 / 57 (646.7088) | 51 (162.2516) | 46 (160.5600) | 43 (162.2400) | 45 (161.6572) |
| 2015-05-15 | Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cookoff Hartselle, AL | 26 / 27 (634.1716) | 18 (169.1544) | 21 (161.6800) | 27 (157.1200) | 27 (146.2172) |
| 2014-09-19 | 20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest Decatur, AL | 39 / 75 (654.1488) | 34 (165.6916) | 37 (165.0972) | 50 (161.6800) | 45 (161.6800) |
| 2014-08-15 | Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS | 56 / 65 (641.6572) | 19 (172.0228) | 43 (163.9772) | 43 (163.9772) | 65 (141.6800) |
| 2014-05-16 | Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cookoff Hartselle, AL | 21 / 26 (645.0748) | 22 (158.2516) | 14 (166.2860) | 22 (159.4172) | 17 (161.1200) |
| 2014-04-11 | Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest Gadsden, AL | 28 / 34 (643.8512) | 14 (169.1656) | 18 (166.2400) | 31 (157.6684) | 31 (150.7772) |
| 2013-10-11 | Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge Cullman, AL | 29 / 32 (640.9828) | 18 (167.3828) | 20 (164.5372) | 31 (151.9656) | 28 (157.0972) |
| 2013-09-13 | Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | 43 / 80 (647.2680) | 41 (164.5256) | 10 (170.8228) | 48 (162.8112) | 71 (149.1084) |
| 2013-08-16 | Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS | 50 / 62 (644.9828) | 31 (167.3828) | 51 (158.2400) | 51 (159.9772) | 45 (159.3828) |
| 2013-05-17 | Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cook-Off Hartselle, AL | 20 / 27 (653.7136) | 2 (176.5714) | 19 (161.1424) | 26 (157.1428) | 20 (158.8570) |
| 2013-04-12 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | 30 / 34 (630.8566) | 30 (159.9998) | 14 (166.2858) | 33 (153.1426) | 29 (151.4284) |