A tough matchup
6–0
behind in the head-to-head
4 LEGS UP BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
4 LEGS UP BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
Smokin'101
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1469
peak 1503 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2013-09-13
latest 2017-08-18
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 72%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
591.36 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 611.49 (-20.13)
Walk rate
38%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±61.12
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.64 · weakest Pork (138.97)
Road miles
2,501
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 756 mi
Schedule strength
47%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
611.49 / 720
8 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.
The weak link
−23.7
points behind their best meat
Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 23.67 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 38%.
- Pork avg 138.97
- Chicken avg 162.64
- 1 calls in 8 entries
Chicken nemesis
3 of 4
shared chicken entries lost
SUNDANCER BBQ ahead 75% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, SUNDANCER BBQ has out-cooked them in 3 of 4 shared chicken entries.
Boom or bust
±8.49%
swing around their own average
Their overall swings ±8.49% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.
- averages 84.9% of a perfect score
- best 90.6%
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.
146 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4677 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Smokin'101)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smokin'101 has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4634 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1500 at their best, 31 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4638 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4675 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#4653 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin'101 on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4672 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 LEGS UP BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 142.2744 | 162.64 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 122.8572 | 156.20 | top 65% |
| Pork | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 20.0000 | 138.97 | top 75% |
| Brisket | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 142.8460 | 153.67 | top 69% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 3 | 0 | top 71% |
| NM | 3 | 0 | top 86% |
| CO | 2 | 0 | top 52% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 76% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 73% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 70% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship | 2 | 25 | 0 | top 81% | 2015-07-03 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.9 yrs
2013-09-13 → 2017-08-18
Busiest season
2016
3 contests
Contests a season
1.6
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
3 of 8 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
7
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
8 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 162.64 · weakest Pork (138.97)
Walk rate
38%
a top-10 call in 3 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 8 contests
Master average
611.49
out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
226
90–215 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,501
8 mapped stops · furthest 756 mi
Schedule strength
1560
average field rating faced — tougher than 47% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2016-08-12 → 2017-08-18
Power rating
1469
peak 1503 · #4645 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge
- First call Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.5768 Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.9772 Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge
- Peak power rating (1503) Telluride Barbeque Festival
- 2017
- Career-best overall score652.4344 BBQ and Fly In on the River
- Most recent contest BBQ and Fly In on the River
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.7 | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge | 2013-09-13 |
| +1.5 | BBQ and Fly In on the River | 2017-08-18 |
| +0.2 | Telluride Barbeque Festival | 2013-09-21 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13 | Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship | 2015-07-03 |
| -12.1 | 13th Annual Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship | 2016-07-02 |
| -4.8 | 21st Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-off At Basswood Resort | 2016-05-13 |
| -3 | Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship | 2014-07-04 |
| -2.3 | Smokin' Trackside BBQ & Brew Bash | 2016-08-12 |
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 63% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 89.8% | 80.9% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 95% | 77.4% | 77.4% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 66% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 52% | 90.3% | 90.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-08-18 | BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 41 / 65 (652.4344) | 33 (165.7028) | 57 (152.5144) | 39 (163.9428) | 15 (170.2744) |
| 2016-08-12 | Smokin' Trackside BBQ & Brew Bash Winston, MO | 13 / 17 (646.7884) | 14 (161.1428) | 11 (165.1428) | 13 (162.8228) | 12 (157.6800) |
| 2016-07-02 | 13th Annual Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship 🏅 Rio Rancho, NM | 30 / 31 (469.6232) | 29 (142.2744) | 20 (161.1428) | 31 (20.0000) | 26 (146.2060) |
| 2016-05-13 | 21st Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-off At Basswood Resort Platte City, MO | 38 / 51 (630.7428) | 42 (158.2628) | 26 (162.3200) | 48 (151.9084) | 32 (158.2516) |
| 2015-07-03 | Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship 🏅 Rio Rancho, NM | 42 / 44 (557.2120) | 8 (165.2116) | 42 (122.8572) | 44 (126.2972) | 37 (142.8460) |
| 2014-07-04 | Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship 🏅 Rio Rancho, NM | 25 / 38 (635.4056) | 14 (164.5828) | 24 (161.7372) | 20 (161.1428) | 29 (147.9428) |
| 2013-09-21 | Telluride Barbeque Festival Telluride, CO | 14 / 25 (650.1372) | 4 (171.9656) | 19 (153.6572) | 10 (168.5600) | 19 (155.9544) |
| 2013-09-13 | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO | 20 / 42 (649.5768) | 7 (171.9772) | 8 (170.2628) | 32 (157.1084) | 31 (150.2284) |