A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
THE SMOKING HILLS ahead in 100% of their meetings
THE SMOKING HILLS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
NEMAHA COUNTY BORDER BANDITS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1471
peak 1471 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-06-05
latest 2018-06-01
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 91%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
610.18
last 3 Master vs avg 610.18 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.10
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 158.84 · weakest Brisket (147.79)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
59%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1575)
Master avg
610.18 / 720
3 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.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at *Big Blue BBQ Championship(TEAM FULL) (2017-06-02).
- last seen 2015-06-05
- back 2017-06-02
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.
NEMAHA COUNTY BORDER BANDITS 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 134 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.
#4558 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4566 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1507 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4568 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2015.
⚔ Head-to-head#4545 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Level with NEMAHA COUNTY BORDER BANDITS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4546 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4549 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before NEMAHA COUNTY BORDER BANDITS'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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8456 | 152.5372 | 158.84 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.4172 | 145.0972 | 149.50 | top 94% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6912 | 151.3828 | 154.05 | top 83% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5488 | 141.1200 | 147.79 | top 84% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 86% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Big Blue BBQ Championship(TEAMS FULL) | 3 | 26 | 0 | top 91% | 2018-06-01 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2015-06-05 → 2018-06-01
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
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 158.84 · weakest Brisket (147.79)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
610.18
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
72
9–95 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1575
average field rating faced — tougher than 59% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2015-06-05 → 2017-06-02
Power rating
1471
peak 1471 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Big Blue BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1491) Big Blue BBQ Championship
- 2017
- Career-best overall score621.6452 *Big Blue BBQ Championship(TEAM FULL)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)162.8456 *Big Blue BBQ Championship(TEAM FULL)
- 2018
- Most recent contest *Big Blue BBQ Championship(TEAMS FULL)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.6 | *Big Blue BBQ Championship(TEAMS FULL) | 2018-06-01 |
| -9.5 | Big Blue BBQ Championship | 2015-06-05 |
| -7.7 | *Big Blue BBQ Championship(TEAM FULL) | 2017-06-02 |
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% | 82.2% | 82.2% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 85.7% | 85.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-01 | *Big Blue BBQ Championship(TEAMS FULL) Marysville, KS | 42 / 42 (591.8400) | 37 (152.5372) | 39 (145.0972) | 35 (153.0856) | 42 (141.1200) |
| 2017-06-02 | *Big Blue BBQ Championship(TEAM FULL) Marysville, KS | 30 / 35 (621.6452) | 23 (162.8456) | 31 (155.4172) | 25 (157.6912) | 29 (145.6912) |
| 2015-06-05 | Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS | 26 / 30 (617.0404) | 20 (161.1316) | 30 (147.9772) | 28 (151.3828) | 21 (156.5488) |