A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
B & C SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
B & C SMOKERS has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEHOUSE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1491
peak 1501 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-10-03
latest 2017-09-01
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
580.08
last 5 Master vs avg 580.08 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±109.01
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.15 · weakest Brisket (153.84)
Road miles
14
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)
Master avg
580.08 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Smoke & Beer BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
1.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) (2017-09-01).
- last seen 2015-10-03
- back 2017-09-01
An October team
Top 49%
average finish in October
Something about October: average finish in the top 49% across 3 contests, versus top 60% the rest of the year.
- 3 October contests
- top 60% the rest of the year
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.
GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEHOUSE 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 142 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.
#3586 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEHOUSE)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEHOUSE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3571 of the rated field
- Contests
- 34
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 15%
- Peak
- 1518
2–2 in 4 shared contests (50% to GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEHOUSE)
34 contests to 4: their number has had years to settle where GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEHOUSE's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#3573 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 13 years after GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEHOUSE did, first appearing in 2026.
⚔ Head-to-head#3574 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEHOUSE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3610 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#3609 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
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 | 175.4516 | 159.4400 | 165.15 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1544 | 142.8348 | 159.71 | top 52% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3828 | 149.1084 | 155.40 | top 77% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5600 | 149.6800 | 153.84 | top 71% |
“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
3.9 yrs
2013-10-03 → 2017-09-01
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 165.15 · weakest Brisket (153.84)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
580.08
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
1,203
811–1,284 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
14
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1552
average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.9 yrs
2015-10-03 → 2017-09-01
Power rating
1491
peak 1501 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- 2015
- Career-best overall score653.1316 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4516 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
- Peak power rating (1501) 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
- 2017
- Most recent contest 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.8 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | 2015-10-03 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2017-09-01 |
| -4.1 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2013-10-03 |
| -1.6 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2014-10-02 |
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 91% | 85% | 85% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 20% | 50.6% | 50.6% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 66% | 86.9% | 86.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-01 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 371 / 407 (611.9436) | 290 (160.5828) | 396 (142.8348) | 320 (158.8460) | 353 (149.6800) |
| 2015-10-03 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 119 / 606 (364.0000) | 28 (175.4516) | 56 (173.1544) | 548 (150.2628) | 439 (154.2628) |
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 340 / 552 (645.6112) | 272 (165.1200) | 316 (162.2628) | 292 (163.3828) | 392 (154.8456) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 354 / 535 (625.7140) | 302 (159.4400) | 228 (160.6056) | 465 (149.1084) | 293 (156.5600) |