A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMELLAQUE ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMELLAQUE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Natural Born Grillers AB
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1500
peak 1508 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-05-14
latest 2018-05-12
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 53%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
634.45
last 3 Master vs avg 634.45 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.62
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.48 · weakest Pork (155.60)
Road miles
50
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
10%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1514)
Master avg
634.45 / 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
1.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at Smokin Q at Lynwood Ranch (2018-05-12).
- last seen 2016-09-03
- back 2018-05-12
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.
Natural Born Grillers AB 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 122 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.
#3198 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3205 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Level with Natural Born Grillers AB on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3199 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3189 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3207 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3206 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 147.4056 | 156.00 | top 72% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 173.7600 | 157.6800 | 166.48 | top 26% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.8456 | 150.2856 | 155.60 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 143.9772 | 156.37 | top 55% |
“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 (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2016-05-14 → 2018-05-12
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
1 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 166.48 · weakest Pork (155.60)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
634.45
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
74
47–49 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
50
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1514
average field rating faced — tougher than 10% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.7 yrs
2016-09-03 → 2018-05-12
Power rating
1500
peak 1508 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Smokin Q at Lynnwood Ranch
- First call Smokin Q at Lynnwood Ranch
- First overall top-10 Smokin Q at Lynnwood Ranch
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.0228 Smokin Q at Lynnwood Ranch
- Career-best overall score648.0228 Smokin Q at Lynnwood Ranch
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.7600 Smokin Q at Lynnwood Ranch
- Peak power rating (1508) Smokin Q at Lynnwood Ranch
- 2018
- Most recent contest Smokin Q at Lynwood Ranch
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.4 | Smokin Q at Lynnwood Ranch | 2016-05-14 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.1 | Smokin Q at Lynwood Ranch | 2018-05-12 |
| -3.6 | BBQ on the Bow | 2016-09-03 |
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 | 100% | top 70% | 87.3% | 87.3% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 45% | 90% | 88.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-12 | Smokin Q at Lynwood Ranch Aldersyde, T1A5H8 | 21 / 30 (628.5028) | 29 (147.4056) | 6 (168.0116) | 21 (153.6800) | 15 (159.4056) |
| 2016-09-03 | BBQ on the Bow Calgary, Alberta, CA | 22 / 35 (626.8232) | 30 (153.1432) | 18 (157.6800) | 28 (150.2856) | 9 (165.7144) |
| 2016-05-14 | Smokin Q at Lynnwood Ranch Aldersyde, Alberta Canada, T0L1T0 | 9 / 34 (648.0228) | 11 (167.4400) | 2 (173.7600) | 7 (162.8456) | 30 (143.9772) |