A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
SMOKIN' KNIGHTS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1461
peak 1461 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-06-17
latest 2018-06-15
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 98%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
600.46
last 3 Master vs avg 600.46 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.53
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 155.41 · weakest Brisket (141.49)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
32%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)
Master avg
600.46 / 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.
SMOKIN' KNIGHTS 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 133 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.
#5044 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1461
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#5017 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after SMOKIN' KNIGHTS did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#5048 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKIN' KNIGHTS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5024 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#5030 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#5021 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
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 | 154.2744 | 153.6456 | 153.88 | top 86% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1084 | 142.2856 | 149.68 | top 94% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 145.1200 | 155.41 | top 79% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.8116 | 134.2288 | 141.49 | top 93% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off 4 Life | 2 | 32 | 0 | top 99% | 2018-06-15 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2016-06-17 → 2018-06-15
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 155.41 · weakest Brisket (141.49)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
600.46
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
58
2–86 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1543
average field rating faced — tougher than 32% of rated contests
Power rating
1461
peak 1461 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Knights of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off
- First call Knights of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off
- Career-best overall score610.1828 Knights of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off
- Career-best single call (Pork)165.1200 Knights of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off
- Peak power rating (1486) Knights of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off
- 2018
- Most recent contest *Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off 4 Life
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.8 | Knights of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off | 2016-06-17 |
| -12.5 | *Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off 4 Life(JUDGES FULL) | 2017-06-16 |
| -12.3 | *Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off 4 Life | 2018-06-15 |
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 | 0% | top 100% | 83.2% | 83.2% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 82.2% | 82.2% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 96% | 84.7% | 84.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-15 | *Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off 4 Life Kansas City, KS | 32 / 32 (599.3716) | 28 (154.2744) | 32 (142.2856) | 31 (156.0000) | 30 (146.8116) |
| 2017-06-16 | *Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off 4 Life(JUDGES FULL) Kansas City, KS | 33 / 34 (591.8400) | 28 (153.6456) | 32 (149.6572) | 34 (145.1200) | 29 (143.4172) |
| 2016-06-17 | Knights of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off Kansas City, KS | 24 / 25 (610.1828) | 22 (153.7256) | 22 (157.1084) | 10 (165.1200) | 25 (134.2288) |