A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
B & C SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
B & C SMOKERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
CAKES & QUE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1498
peak 1502 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2018-04-06
latest 2018-07-13
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 64%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
647.14
last 3 Master vs avg 647.14 (-0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.23
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.99 · weakest Chicken (157.67)
Road miles
154
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 50 mi
Schedule strength
71%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1590)
Master avg
647.14 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
CAKES & QUE 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 123 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.
#3295 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3261 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1499
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 17% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#3285 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with CAKES & QUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3288 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3287 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before CAKES & QUE's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3266 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9888 | 153.6228 | 157.67 | top 84% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8456 | 163.9656 | 167.99 | top 34% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8456 | 155.3712 | 160.73 | top 63% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1544 | 145.6912 | 160.75 | top 53% |
“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 (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.3 yrs
2018-04-06 → 2018-07-13
Busiest season
2018
3 contests
Cooks most in
KS
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
Pork Ribs
averages 167.99 · weakest Chicken (157.67)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
647.14
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
156
75–115 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
154
3 mapped stops · furthest 50 mi
Schedule strength
1590
average field rating faced — tougher than 71% of rated contests
Power rating
1498
peak 1502 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest Smoke in the Spring
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.0740 Smoke in the Spring
- Career-best single call (Brisket)173.1544 Smoke in the Spring
- Peak power rating (1502) Smoke in the Spring
- First call *Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
- Career-best overall score658.7084 *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 |
|---|---|---|
| +3.6 | *Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | 2018-07-13 |
| +1.6 | Smoke in the Spring | 2018-04-06 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.9 | *Big Blue BBQ Championship(TEAMS FULL) | 2018-06-01 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 64% | 91.5% | 89.9% |
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 | 24 / 48 (658.7084) | 45 (153.6228) | 10 (170.8456) | 14 (170.8456) | 24 (163.3944) |
| 2018-06-01 | *Big Blue BBQ Championship(TEAMS FULL) Marysville, KS | 35 / 42 (625.6228) | 31 (159.9888) | 20 (163.9656) | 31 (155.9772) | 40 (145.6912) |
| 2018-04-06 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 59 / 103 (657.0740) | 87 (159.3940) | 35 (169.1544) | 88 (155.3712) | 13 (173.1544) |