A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Lucky D's BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Lucky D's BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Smokin Carr BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1486
peak 1486 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2016-09-09
latest 2018-06-08
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 71%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
644.20
last 4 Master vs avg 644.20 (-0.00)
Walk rate
29%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.10
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.84 · weakest Brisket (156.71)
Road miles
45
mi across 7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
53%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1568)
Master avg
644.20 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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 strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Smoke Masters Southern BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared 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.
Smokin Carr BBQ has 4 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 139 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.
#3821 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3806 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1487
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 9 contests, alongside a 33% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#3809 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1487
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin Carr BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3820 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3841 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2016.
⚔ Head-to-head#3828 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 150.2516 | 161.13 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 162.8000 | 165.84 | top 51% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5256 | 158.2172 | 160.53 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4400 | 144.0000 | 156.71 | top 66% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 73% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 68% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Derby BBQ Festival | 2 | 27 | 0 | top 73% | 2018-06-08 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.7 yrs
2016-09-09 → 2018-06-08
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 165.84 · weakest Brisket (156.71)
Walk rate
29%
a top-10 call in 2 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 7 contests
Master average
644.20
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
91
39–96 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
45
7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1568
average field rating faced — tougher than 53% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2013-09-06 → 2014-09-12
Power rating
1486
peak 1486 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest National Bar-B-Que Derby
- 2016
- Peak power rating (1494) *Derby BBQ Festival
- 2017
- First call *Derby BBQ Festival(JUDGES FULL)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.5544 *Derby BBQ Festival(JUDGES FULL)
- Career-best overall score657.5544 *Derby BBQ Festival(JUDGES FULL)
- Career-best single call (Brisket)171.4400 *Derby BBQ Festival(JUDGES FULL)
- 2018
- Most recent contest *Derby BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.5 | *Derby BBQ Festival(JUDGES FULL) | 2017-09-08 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.8 | *Chisholm Trail BBQ Cook Off | 2017-04-28 |
| -6.1 | *Derby BBQ Festival | 2016-09-09 |
| -2.3 | *Derby BBQ Festival | 2018-06-08 |
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 68% | 89.1% | 89.1% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 70% | 91.3% | 89.4% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 90% | 90% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-08 | *Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS | 27 / 40 (641.6232) | 38 (150.2516) | 7 (170.8572) | 34 (158.8000) | 25 (161.7144) |
| 2017-09-08 | *Derby BBQ Festival(JUDGES FULL) Derby, KS | 16 / 29 (657.5544) | 17 (165.0972) | 20 (162.8000) | 22 (158.2172) | 5 (171.4400) |
| 2017-04-28 | *Chisholm Trail BBQ Cook Off Wellington, KS | 27 / 32 (629.7260) | 25 (160.5944) | 19 (164.5488) | 26 (160.5828) | 29 (144.0000) |
| 2016-09-09 | *Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS | 30 / 38 (647.9088) | 15 (168.5600) | 22 (165.1544) | 24 (164.5256) | 35 (149.6688) |
| 2015-09-11 | *Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014-09-12 | Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013-09-06 | National Bar-B-Que Derby Derby, KS | — | — | — | — | — |