A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
COOKSHACK ahead in 100% of their meetings
COOKSHACK has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Smokin Amigos
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-09-13
latest 2017-09-15
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
588.35
last 3 Master vs avg 588.35 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±31.10
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 154.47 · weakest Pork (133.29)
Road miles
0
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
58%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1573)
Master avg
588.35 / 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 *Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off (2017-09-15).
- last seen 2015-09-18
- back 2017-09-15
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 Amigos 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 151 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.
#4293 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4324 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Smokin Amigos did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin Amigos on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4314 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4322 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5600 | 149.1428 | 153.54 | top 85% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.3088 | 143.4172 | 147.05 | top 92% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.3084 | 102.7540 | 133.29 | top 93% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5944 | 144.5256 | 154.47 | top 76% |
“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
4 yrs
2013-09-13 → 2017-09-15
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OK
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 154.47 · weakest Pork (133.29)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
588.35
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
71
15–85 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1573
average field rating faced — tougher than 58% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2015-09-18 → 2017-09-15
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Cherokee Strip Cook-Off
- Career-best overall score625.7716 Cherokee Strip Cook-Off
- Career-best single call (Brisket)164.5944 Cherokee Strip Cook-Off
- Peak power rating (1497) Cherokee Strip Cook-Off
- 2017
- Most recent contest *Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.7 | Cherokee Strip BBQ Cookoff | 2015-09-18 |
| -8 | *Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off | 2017-09-15 |
| -3 | Cherokee Strip Cook-Off | 2013-09-13 |
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 89% | 81.9% | 81.9% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 76.3% | 76.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 86.9% | 86.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-15 | *Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off Ponca City, OK | 34 / 38 (589.6684) | 32 (154.9144) | 37 (143.4172) | 36 (146.8112) | 35 (144.5256) |
| 2015-09-18 | Cherokee Strip BBQ Cookoff Ponca City, OK | 32 / 32 (549.6224) | 30 (149.1428) | 32 (143.4284) | 32 (102.7540) | 27 (154.2972) |
| 2014-09-19 | 28th Annual Cherokee Strip Cookoff Ponca City, OK | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013-09-13 | Cherokee Strip Cook-Off Ponca City, OK | 22 / 33 (625.7716) | 25 (156.5600) | 26 (154.3088) | 28 (150.3084) | 17 (164.5944) |