The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff (2017-09-22).
- last seen 2015-09-25
- back 2017-09-22
Choke Em & Smoke Em
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1465
peak 1465 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-08-28
latest 2017-09-22
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 95%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
607.71
last 3 Master vs avg 607.71 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.52
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 158.46 · weakest Chicken (142.06)
Road miles
307
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 306 mi
Schedule strength
45%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1558)
Master avg
607.71 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Choke Em & Smoke Em 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 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.
#4848 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4869 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
Level with Choke Em & Smoke Em on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4862 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4849 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4857 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1502 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
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 | 142.2400 | 141.6916 | 142.06 | top 99% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.6172 | 152.5712 | 158.46 | top 72% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 141.1200 | 155.61 | top 78% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1316 | 143.3372 | 151.58 | top 83% |
“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
2.1 yrs
2015-08-28 → 2017-09-22
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
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 158.46 · weakest Chicken (142.06)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
607.71
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
151
8–164 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
307
3 mapped stops · furthest 306 mi
Schedule strength
1558
average field rating faced — tougher than 45% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2015-09-25 → 2017-09-22
Power rating
1465
peak 1465 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival
- Peak power rating (1486) East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival
- Career-best overall score619.9200 Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off
- 2017
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)164.6172 Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
- Most recent contest Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.4 | East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival | 2015-08-28 |
| -10.8 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff | 2017-09-22 |
| -9.8 | Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off | 2015-09-25 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 86% | 86% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 86.1% | 83.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-22 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL | 53 / 55 (618.8456) | 55 (142.2400) | 35 (164.6172) | 43 (161.7256) | 52 (150.2628) |
| 2015-09-25 | Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off Murphysboro, IL | 50 / 55 (619.9200) | 55 (142.2400) | 45 (152.5712) | 32 (163.9772) | 35 (161.1316) |
| 2015-08-28 | East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS | 64 / 65 (584.3544) | 64 (141.6916) | 46 (158.2056) | 64 (141.1200) | 60 (143.3372) |