High-water mark
669.6688
career-best overall
93.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 669.6688 at Blues, BBQ & Bargains — 93.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2014-07-18
Smokin Co BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1520
peak 1520 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2014-06-06
latest 2018-07-13
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 44%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
660.36
last 5 Master vs avg 660.36 (+0.00)
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.37
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 171.08 · weakest Brisket (159.73)
Road miles
394
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 156 mi
Schedule strength
41%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)
Master avg
660.36 / 720
5 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
Smoke-A-Holics ahead in 100% of their meetings
Smoke-A-Holics has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The weak link
−11.3
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.35 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 20%.
- Brisket avg 159.73
- Pork avg 171.08
- 0 calls in 5 entries
The comeback
2.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at *Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest (2018-07-13).
- last seen 2016-06-03
- back 2018-07-13
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
WHITE MOOSE BBQ 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.
76 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2498 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1523
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#2494 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Smokin Co BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#2507 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 100%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
5 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Head-to-head#2500 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin Co BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2495 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2493 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 5 years before Smokin Co 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 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 175.4172 | 159.3828 | 169.00 | top 34% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7372 | 151.3716 | 160.55 | top 60% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 178.2972 | 167.3828 | 171.08 | top 28% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3944 | 154.2172 | 159.73 | top 59% |
“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 33% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 47% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | 2 | 21 | 0 | top 49% | 2018-07-13 |
| 2015 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | 2 | 26 | 0 | top 45% | 2015-06-05 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.1 yrs
2014-06-06 → 2018-07-13
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 171.08 · weakest Brisket (159.73)
Walk rate
60%
a top-10 call in 3 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
660.36
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
160
138–110 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
394
5 mapped stops · furthest 156 mi
Schedule strength
1553
average field rating faced — tougher than 41% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
2016-06-03 → 2018-07-13
Power rating
1520
peak 1520 · #2497 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
- First call Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
- First category win (Pork) Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.4572 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
- Career-best single call (Pork)178.2972 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
- Career-best overall score669.6688 Blues, BBQ & Bargains
- 2018
- Peak power rating (1520) *Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
- Most recent contest *Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.2 | Blues, BBQ & Bargains | 2014-07-18 |
| +4.8 | *Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | 2018-07-13 |
| +4.4 | 2015 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | 2015-06-05 |
| +2.2 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | 2014-06-06 |
| +1.1 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | 2016-06-03 |
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 44% | 92% | 92% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 55% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 42% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 41% | 93% | 92.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07-13 | *Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS | 21 / 48 (662.7200) | 12 (171.9772) | 25 (164.5600) | 24 (167.3828) | 33 (158.8000) |
| 2016-06-03 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS | 30 / 55 (658.2404) | 4 (174.8456) | 49 (151.3716) | 17 (169.1544) | 28 (162.8688) |
| 2015-06-05 | 2015 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS | 27 / 64 (654.6972) | 36 (163.3944) | 57 (152.5028) | 12 (171.4056) | 13 (167.3944) |
| 2014-07-18 | Blues, BBQ & Bargains Hays, KS | 11 / 33 (669.6688) | 2 (175.4172) | 10 (169.7372) | 12 (169.1428) | 25 (155.3716) |
| 2014-06-06 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS | 26 / 54 (656.4572) | 42 (159.3828) | 20 (164.5600) | 1 (178.2972) | 42 (154.2172) |