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STARONESMOKER

STARONESMOKER is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 7th of 23 at the Wild King BBQ Competition (2018). They are ranked #4173 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,173
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1480
peak 1480 · rated over 5 contests

Contests

5
in the data

First seen

Sep 24, 2016
latest Apr 14, 2018 · 1.6 years on the trail

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
3 podiums

Overall top-10s

2
40% of 5 contests

Best top-10 run

2
straight overall top-10s, still running

Avg finish

top 70%
overall standings

Best overall

642.2052 / 720

Perfect 180s

0

Walk rate

60%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4172

Consistency

±14.92
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 166.51 · weakest Brisket (149.68)

Road miles

1,190
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 379 mi

Schedule strength

16%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1523)

Master avg

626.98 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (3 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The weak link

−16.8 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 16.83 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 40%.

  • Brisket avg 149.68
  • Chicken avg 166.51
  • 1 call in 5 entries

An April team

Top 60% average finish in April

Something about April: average finish in the top 60% across 3 contests, versus top 70% the rest of the year.

  • 3 April contests
  • top 70% the rest of the year

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to STARONESMOKER, each with one reason worth a look.

137 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Silva Back BBQ
#4,177 of the rated field
1479 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1479

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Jul 18, 2026
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EXTREME PORK
#4,191 of the rated field
1479 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1503

Level with STARONESMOKER on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Sep 16, 2021
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Faux Sho
#4,176 of the rated field
1479 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1479

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen May 7, 2021
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CAPTAIN BBQ & HOT POKERS
#4,189 of the rated field
1479 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1479

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen May 31, 2019
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SMOKIN PORKY
#4,182 of the rated field
1479 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1479

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Aug 3, 2018
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HICKORY NUT BBQ OF SOUTH CAROLINA
#4,193 of the rated field
1479 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1479

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Jun 2, 2017
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
GRILLKUNST 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 5 2 0 2 175.4172 162.2628 166.51 top 36%
Pork Ribs 5 1 0 0 163.4056 153.7372 158.05 top 65%
Pork 5 1 0 0 165.0856 145.6684 152.75 top 75%
Brisket 5 1 0 1 168 133.1316 149.68 top 74%

“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 field size and state

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)10top 59%
Medium (20–39)20top 60%
Large (40+)20top 86%

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 2 contests
Contests a season 1.7 across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in DE 1 of 5 contests
Contests visited 5 a different one every time
Opponents faced 132 finished ahead 45 times, behind 151

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20183 milestones
  1. First overall top-10 2nd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition Wels 2018
  2. Career-best overall score642.2052 Wild King BBQ Competition
  3. Most recent contest Wild King BBQ Competition
20172 milestones
  1. First call 3rd Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2017
  2. Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4172 3rd Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2017
20162 milestones
  1. First tracked contest 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016
  2. Peak power rating (1489) 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+9.3Wild King BBQ CompetitionApr 14, 2018
+0.52nd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition Wels 2018Apr 7, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-113rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016Sep 24, 2016
-113rd Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2017Apr 29, 2017
-8.34th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017Sep 22, 2017

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20182020 100% top 45% 89.2% 89%
20172000 50% top 86% 88.2% 86.6%
20161000 0% top 88% 84.2% 84.2%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Apr 14, 2018 Wild King BBQ Competition Tirol 7 / 23 (642.2052) 12 (165.1312) 5 (163.4056) 19 (145.6684) 2 (168)
Apr 7, 2018 2nd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition Wels 2018 Wels 10 / 17 (639.2912) 3 (167.4284) 14 (156) 8 (165.0856) 14 (150.7772)
Sep 22, 2017 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 Waltrop NRW, Germany 55 / 66 (611.8056) 36 (162.2628) 40 (159.3828) 56 (149.0744) 62 (141.0856)
Apr 29, 2017 3rd Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2017 Salzburg Austria 25 / 28 (635.3376) 2 (175.4172) 25 (157.7144) 28 (146.8116) 24 (155.3944)
Sep 24, 2016 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016 Waltrop NRW, DE 59 / 67 (606.2628) 34 (162.2856) 48 (153.7372) 42 (157.1084) 66 (133.1316)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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