The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
BABE'S BBQ has finished one call ahead of Smoking Pallet 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Smoking Pallet
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1406
peak 1406 · rated over 12 contests ⓘ
Contests
12
in the data
First seen
2013-05-10
latest 2018-07-13
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 12 contests
Avg finish
top 86%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
614.91 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 611.41 (+3.50)
Walk rate
8%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.44
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 157.26 · weakest Brisket (141.06)
Road miles
277
mi across 12 mapped stops · furthest 36 mi
Schedule strength
32%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)
Master avg
611.41 / 720
12 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (8 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.
Their season
2013
their best year
2013 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 75%.
- 3 contests
- 0 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 75%
A tough matchup
11–0
behind in the head-to-head
BLACK EYE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BLACK EYE BBQ has come out ahead in 11 of their 11 shared contests.
The weak link
−16.2
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 16.19 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 8% of the time against 0%.
- Brisket avg 141.06
- Chicken avg 157.26
- 1 calls in 13 entries
A strong matchup
5–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SILVER FOX BBQ in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Chicken nemesis
11 of 11
shared chicken entries lost
BLACK EYE BBQ ahead 100% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, BLACK EYE BBQ has out-cooked them in 11 of 11 shared chicken entries.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
SMOKE, WINE & FUN has landed one call behind them 2 times.
The metronome
±2.01%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±2.01% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 84.9% of a perfect score
- 12 contests
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.
#6254 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1406
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 14 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#6255 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1406
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 12, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#6253 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1406
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#6256 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1406
No shared contest yet.
15 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Head-to-head#6252 of the rated field
- Contests
- 28
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1406
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smoking Pallet on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#6261 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1405
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Smoking Pallet)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smoking Pallet has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACK EYE BBQ | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BLUE BUCKET BBQ | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| INDIGO PIG | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| 777 BBQ | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| B & C SMOKERS | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Four Men and A Pig | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BLUE COLLAR BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| PASSIONS OF THE PIT | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Lazy Butt BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| F.O.M.S.B. | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| JP CUSTOM SMOKE | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SILVER FOX BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| DOVER BOYS BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| RICH AND STU'S VOODOO BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Boxer Q BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5256 | 147.4286 | 157.26 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0116 | 145.6800 | 156.56 | top 71% |
| Pork | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2856 | 137.1200 | 156.53 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8344 | 116.4688 | 141.06 | top 85% |
“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 76% |
| Large (40+) | 11 | 0 | top 87% |
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 | 3 | 47 | 0 | top 97% | 2018-07-13 |
| 2015 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | 3 | 51 | 0 | top 93% | 2015-06-05 |
| Sertoma 48 BBQ | 2 | 38 | 0 | top 94% | 2016-05-06 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5.2 yrs
2013-05-10 → 2018-07-13
Busiest season
2014
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
12 of 12 contests
Contests visited
7
3 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
13 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 157.26 · weakest Brisket (141.06)
Walk rate
8%
a top-10 call in 1 of 12 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 12 contests
Master average
611.41
out of 720 · 12 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
339
85–537 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
277
12 mapped stops · furthest 36 mi
Schedule strength
1543
average field rating faced — tougher than 32% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2016-06-03 → 2017-07-14
Power rating
1406
peak 1406 · #6251 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Sertoma 48 BBQ
- Peak power rating (1485) Sertoma 48 BBQ
- First call Smoke on the Water
- 2015
- Career-best overall score637.7144 Rossville Tall Corn Festival BBQ Contest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)168.0116 Rossville Tall Corn Festival BBQ Contest
- 2016
- 10th tracked contest Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
- 2018
- Most recent contest *Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.4 | Smoke on the Water | 2013-10-11 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.2 | Sertoma 48 BBQ | 2013-05-10 |
| -11.6 | 2015 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | 2015-06-05 |
| -11.4 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | 2014-06-06 |
| -10.5 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | 2013-06-07 |
| -9.2 | 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 98% | 84.3% | 84.3% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 85.9% | 85.9% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 86.5% | 84.1% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 88.6% | 85.4% |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 86% | 84.6% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 75% | 87.9% | 85.3% |
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 | 47 / 48 (607.2116) | 46 (152.5028) | 44 (153.1544) | 25 (166.2628) | 48 (135.2916) |
| 2017-07-14 | *Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS | 56 / 58 (618.2516) | 43 (164.0228) | 45 (161.1772) | 32 (166.2856) | 58 (126.7660) |
| 2016-06-03 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS | 53 / 55 (588.4916) | 53 (151.4172) | 46 (155.4056) | 55 (137.1200) | 51 (144.5488) |
| 2016-05-06 | Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS | 38 / 42 (622.8796) | 39 (151.3828) | 27 (162.8800) | 32 (163.4856) | 41 (145.1312) |
| 2015-07-31 | Rossville Tall Corn Festival BBQ Contest Rossville, KS | 37 / 46 (637.7144) | 34 (161.7144) | 17 (168.0116) | 21 (165.7028) | 44 (142.2856) |
| 2015-06-05 | 2015 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS | 63 / 64 (591.3260) | 46 (159.4516) | 22 (165.7028) | 61 (149.7028) | 63 (116.4688) |
| 2014-10-10 | Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee Topeka, KS | 28 / 37 (610.2628) | 22 (161.1428) | 34 (145.6800) | 28 (153.7028) | 22 (149.7372) |
| 2014-06-06 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS | 51 / 54 (597.6344) | 32 (163.9884) | 47 (152.0116) | 52 (149.6800) | 54 (131.9544) |
| 2014-04-11 | Smoke In The Spring Osage City, KS | 53 / 73 (619.3828) | 33 (164.5256) | 51 (154.2628) | 33 (162.3544) | 67 (138.2400) |
| 2013-10-11 | Smoke on the Water Topeka, KS | 18 / 43 (633.0288) | 28 (155.9772) | 35 (150.2168) | 21 (161.1200) | 10 (166.8344) |
| 2013-06-07 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS | 59 / 69 (611.4288) | 64 (147.4286) | 44 (158.8572) | 50 (156.5714) | 60 (148.5716) |
| 2013-05-10 | Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS | 48 / 49 (598.2860) | 18 (162.8574) | 27 (158.8572) | 48 (144.0000) | 49 (132.5714) |