A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
B & C SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
B & C SMOKERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
TopherDrew BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1478
peak 1478 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-08-28
latest 2017-08-25
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 78%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
626.93
last 3 Master vs avg 626.93 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.54
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 160.16 · weakest Brisket (154.25)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1531)
Master avg
626.93 / 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 Two Fat Guys Burning Meat 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.
TopherDrew 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 145 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.
#4201 of the rated field
- Contests
- 18
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to TopherDrew BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team TopherDrew BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4195 of the rated field
- Contests
- 24
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
0–3 in 3 shared contests (0% to TopherDrew BBQ)
24 contests to 3: their number has had years to settle where TopherDrew BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#4205 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1511 at their best, 33 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4209 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after TopherDrew BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4210 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with TopherDrew BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4222 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3944 | 154.8228 | 156.35 | top 71% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4172 | 153.6800 | 160.16 | top 59% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.7768 | 151.4056 | 156.17 | top 79% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9656 | 143.9772 | 154.25 | top 70% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival | 3 | 45 | 0 | top 78% | 2017-08-25 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2015-08-28 → 2017-08-25
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 160.16 · weakest Brisket (154.25)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
626.93
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
114
40–140 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1531
average field rating faced — tougher than 23% of rated contests
Power rating
1478
peak 1478 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)163.4172 East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival
- Peak power rating (1492) East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival
- 2017
- Career-best overall score630.6512 *East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival
- Most recent contest *East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.4 | East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival | 2015-08-28 |
| -6.8 | *East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival | 2017-08-25 |
| -6.5 | East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival | 2016-08-26 |
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 79% | 87.6% | 87.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-08-25 | *East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS | 45 / 57 (630.6512) | 33 (159.3944) | 46 (153.6800) | 44 (158.7768) | 38 (158.8000) |
| 2016-08-26 | East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS | 46 / 61 (629.5996) | 51 (154.8340) | 31 (163.3944) | 53 (151.4056) | 32 (159.9656) |
| 2015-08-28 | East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS | 52 / 65 (620.5372) | 47 (154.8228) | 30 (163.4172) | 48 (158.3200) | 59 (143.9772) |