A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
GOLDEN SMOKE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
GOLDEN SMOKE BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
TRES AMIGOS BBQ TEAM
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1472
peak 1472 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-06-28
latest 2017-08-25
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
612.54
last 4 Master vs avg 612.54 (-0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.96
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 159.13 · weakest Pork (146.56)
Road miles
334
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 176 mi
Schedule strength
30%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1540)
Master avg
612.54 / 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.
The comeback
3.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.9 years, then back at *The Wind Rider Music & BBQ Festival(WFC QUALIFIER) (2017-05-26).
- last seen 2013-06-28
- back 2017-05-26
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.
TRES AMIGOS BBQ TEAM 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 130 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.
#4556 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to TRES AMIGOS BBQ TEAM)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team TRES AMIGOS BBQ TEAM has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4525 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
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#4558 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 12 years after TRES AMIGOS BBQ TEAM did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#4529 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Level with TRES AMIGOS BBQ TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4533 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
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#4566 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1507 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5716 | 148.5716 | 154.27 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 146.2744 | 159.13 | top 58% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.2856 | 142.8684 | 146.56 | top 87% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1656 | 119.9996 | 152.58 | top 62% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| NM | 3 | 0 | top 81% |
| TX | 1 | 0 | top 77% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 75% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.2 yrs
2013-06-28 → 2017-08-25
Busiest season
2017
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NM
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
Pork Ribs
averages 159.13 · weakest Pork (146.56)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
612.54
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
158
39–148 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
334
4 mapped stops · furthest 176 mi
Schedule strength
1540
average field rating faced — tougher than 30% of rated contests
Longest layoff
3.9 yrs
2013-06-28 → 2017-05-26
Power rating
1472
peak 1472 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Smokin' On the Pecos
- Peak power rating (1490) Smokin' On the Pecos
- 2017
- First call Smokin On The Pecos-Doubleheader-Day 1
- Career-best overall score633.1312 Smokin On The Pecos-Doubleheader-Day 1
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.9656 Smokin On The Pecos-Doubleheader-Day 1
- Most recent contest *Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.2 | *The Wind Rider Music & BBQ Festival(WFC QUALIFIER) | 2017-05-26 |
| -10.1 | Smokin' On the Pecos | 2013-06-28 |
| -6.6 | *Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship | 2017-08-25 |
| -0.5 | Smokin On The Pecos-Doubleheader-Day 1 | 2017-06-23 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 78% | 87.9% | 86.2% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 81.7% | 81.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-08-25 | *Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX | 34 / 44 (626.1940) | 38 (154.2400) | 31 (160.5484) | 38 (146.2400) | 19 (165.1656) |
| 2017-06-23 | Smokin On The Pecos-Doubleheader-Day 1 Artesia, NM | 27 / 43 (633.1312) | 36 (153.7144) | 7 (171.9656) | 40 (142.8684) | 20 (164.5828) |
| 2017-05-26 | *The Wind Rider Music & BBQ Festival(WFC QUALIFIER) Ruidoso, NM | 34 / 36 (602.2516) | 34 (148.5716) | 33 (146.2744) | 33 (146.8456) | 22 (160.5600) |
| 2013-06-28 | Smokin' On the Pecos Artesia, NM | 59 / 70 (588.5710) | 30 (160.5716) | 38 (157.7142) | 55 (150.2856) | 69 (119.9996) |