The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Two D's BBQ has finished one call ahead of Smoke Wars 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Smoke Wars
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1456
peak 1456 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-09-19
latest 2017-09-15
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 96%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
469.02
last 4 Master vs avg 469.02 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±186.85
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 148.97 · weakest Pork (135.38)
Road miles
0
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
63%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1579)
Master avg
469.02 / 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.
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
COOKSHACK ahead in 100% of their meetings
COOKSHACK has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
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.
Smoke Wars 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 124 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.
#5233 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Smoke Wars)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smoke Wars has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5238 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
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#5260 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smoke Wars on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5254 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
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#5251 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
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#5244 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9428 | 146.2628 | 148.97 | top 90% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9884 | 145.1084 | 148.16 | top 92% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5484 | 111.3600 | 135.38 | top 89% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.2284 | 137.6456 | 143.19 | top 88% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 98% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 94% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off | 2 | 38 | 0 | top 98% | 2017-09-15 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2014-09-19 → 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
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 148.97 · weakest Pork (135.38)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
469.02
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
99
6–144 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1579
average field rating faced — tougher than 63% of rated contests
Power rating
1456
peak 1456 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest 28th Annual Cherokee Strip Cookoff
- Career-best overall score594.1828 28th Annual Cherokee Strip Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Pork)156.5484 28th Annual Cherokee Strip Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1489) 28th Annual Cherokee Strip Cookoff
- 2017
- Most recent contest *Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.5 | 28th Annual Cherokee Strip Cookoff | 2014-09-19 |
| -11.3 | Cherokee Strip BBQ Cookoff | 2015-09-18 |
| -10.8 | *Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off | 2017-09-15 |
| -10.1 | Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off | 2016-09-16 |
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 100% | 20.3% | 20.3% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 80.5% | 80.5% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 77.2% | 77.2% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 82.5% | 82.5% |
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 | 38 / 38 (146.2628) | 34 (146.2628) | — | — | — |
| 2016-09-16 | Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off Ponca City, OK | 41 / 43 (579.7936) | 37 (151.9428) | 37 (151.9884) | 43 (138.2168) | 42 (137.6456) |
| 2015-09-18 | Cherokee Strip BBQ Cookoff Ponca City, OK | 31 / 32 (555.8512) | 29 (149.1544) | 31 (145.1084) | 31 (111.3600) | 29 (150.2284) |
| 2014-09-19 | 28th Annual Cherokee Strip Cookoff Ponca City, OK | 38 / 41 (594.1828) | 39 (148.5372) | 38 (147.3944) | 29 (156.5484) | 31 (141.7028) |