A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BANJOMAN'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BANJOMAN'S BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Smokin' Good
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1486
peak 1486 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2013-10-11
latest 2015-10-09
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
637.55
last 4 Master vs avg 637.55 (-0.00)
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.17
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.12 · weakest Chicken (153.80)
Road miles
298
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 273 mi
Schedule strength
13%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1519)
Master avg
637.55 / 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.
The comeback
2.6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.6 years, then back at Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition (2018-04-27).
- last seen 2015-10-09
- back 2018-04-27
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' Good 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 147 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.
#3869 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 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3864 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after Smokin' Good did, first appearing in 2018.
⚔ Head-to-head#3841 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin' Good on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3836 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3871 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3852 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, 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 | 161.0856 | 137.6572 | 153.80 | top 80% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1428 | 159.9428 | 162.28 | top 56% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 173.7028 | 158.8000 | 166.12 | top 40% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5256 | 149.0400 | 155.35 | top 67% |
“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
2013-10-11 → 2015-10-09
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
3 of 5 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 166.12 · weakest Chicken (153.80)
Walk rate
40%
a top-10 call in 2 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
637.55
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
85
38–73 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
298
5 mapped stops · furthest 273 mi
Schedule strength
1519
average field rating faced — tougher than 13% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2.6 yrs
2015-10-09 → 2018-04-27
Power rating
1486
peak 1486 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Waxhaw Grill'n and Chill'n BBQ Cook-off
- Peak power rating (1490) Waxhaw Grill'n and Chill'n BBQ Cook-off
- 2014
- First call Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook-Off
- 2015
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.4568 Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n
- Career-best overall score656.4568 Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.7028 Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n
- 2018
- Most recent contest Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3 | Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n | 2015-10-09 |
| +0.8 | Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook-Off | 2014-10-10 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.2 | Waxhaw Grill'n and Chill'n BBQ Cook-off | 2013-10-11 |
| -7.8 | Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig | 2014-09-19 |
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% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 46% | 91.2% | 91.2% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 68% | 89.7% | 88.7% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 85.6% | 85.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-27 | Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition Lenexa, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015-10-09 | Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n Waxhaw, NC | 13 / 28 (656.4568) | 25 (156.5028) | 20 (161.7256) | 3 (173.7028) | 12 (164.5256) |
| 2014-10-10 | Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook-Off Waxhaw, NC | 15 / 27 (646.1712) | 19 (159.9656) | 11 (165.1428) | 4 (170.8572) | 24 (150.2056) |
| 2014-09-19 | Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig Fort Mill, SC | 28 / 35 (631.1884) | 21 (161.0856) | 21 (159.9428) | 22 (161.1200) | 31 (149.0400) |
| 2013-10-11 | Waxhaw Grill'n and Chill'n BBQ Cook-off Waxhaw, NC | 21 / 25 (616.3884) | 25 (137.6572) | 13 (162.2972) | 18 (158.8000) | 12 (157.6340) |