A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMELLAQUE ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMELLAQUE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Longhorn Southern BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1498
peak 1498 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-09-03
latest 2017-09-02
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
623.92
last 3 Master vs avg 623.92 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.86
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 161.70 · weakest Brisket (143.21)
Road miles
8
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
12%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1517)
Master avg
623.92 / 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BARREL Q in 3 of their 3 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.
Longhorn Southern BBQ 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 123 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.
#3292 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1506
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Longhorn Southern BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Longhorn Southern BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3297 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3295 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with Longhorn Southern BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3285 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2016.
⚔ Head-to-head#3288 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3301 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.4628 | 154.2744 | 157.50 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 166.2860 | 153.6456 | 161.70 | top 31% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 155.4172 | 161.50 | top 38% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.7028 | 128.4912 | 143.21 | top 80% |
“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 63% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 43% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2016-09-03 → 2017-09-02
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
1 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 161.70 · weakest Brisket (143.21)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
623.92
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
66
46–51 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
8
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1517
average field rating faced — tougher than 12% of rated contests
Power rating
1498
peak 1498 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest BBQ on the Bow
- First call BBQ on the Bow
- Career-best overall score630.1028 BBQ on the Bow
- Career-best single call (Pork)167.9772 BBQ on the Bow
- Peak power rating (1499) BBQ on the Bow
- 2017
- Most recent contest BBQ on the Bow
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.6 | BBQ on the Bow | 2017-09-02 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.6 | *BBQ on the Elbow at the Calgary Stampede | 2017-07-07 |
| -1.3 | BBQ on the Bow | 2016-09-03 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 56% | 86.6% | 86.2% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 57% | 87.5% | 87.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-02 | BBQ on the Bow Calgary, T2W3J6 | 18 / 42 (623.4176) | 27 (154.2744) | 4 (166.2860) | 24 (155.4172) | 31 (147.4400) |
| 2017-07-07 | *BBQ on the Elbow at the Calgary Stampede Calgary, T2 W 3J6 | 16 / 23 (618.2284) | 10 (163.4628) | 5 (165.1772) | 10 (161.0972) | 22 (128.4912) |
| 2016-09-03 | BBQ on the Bow Calgary, Alberta, CA | 20 / 35 (630.1028) | 27 (154.7772) | 22 (153.6456) | 5 (167.9772) | 25 (153.7028) |