The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
HARLEM SMOKETROTTERS has finished one call ahead of PETA BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
PETA BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1482
peak 1482 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-06-14
latest 2017-06-16
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
615.10
last 4 Master vs avg 615.10 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.47
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.15 · weakest Brisket (144.40)
Road miles
0
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
30%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1540)
Master avg
615.10 / 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 tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Backdraft BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Backdraft BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of CARNIVORES in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at 23rd Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge (2016-06-17).
- last seen 2014-06-13
- back 2016-06-17
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.
PETA BBQ 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 118 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.
#4015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#4029 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after PETA BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4010 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
Level with PETA BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
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#4040 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
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#4025 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
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 | 168.0228 | 155.4284 | 163.15 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8570 | 146.8344 | 159.00 | top 51% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.4172 | 141.7144 | 148.55 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8228 | 133.0744 | 144.40 | top 78% |
“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
4 yrs
2013-06-14 → 2017-06-16
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CO
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.15 · weakest Brisket (144.40)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
615.10
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
130
70–159 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1540
average field rating faced — tougher than 30% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2014-06-13 → 2016-06-17
Power rating
1482
peak 1482 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Colorado Barbecue Challenge
- First call Colorado Barbecue Challenge
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.8570 Colorado Barbecue Challenge
- Peak power rating (1496) Colorado Barbecue Challenge
- 2016
- Career-best overall score629.1544 23rd Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge
- 2017
- Most recent contest 24th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.1 | 21st Colorado BBQ Challenge | 2014-06-13 |
| -4.1 | Colorado Barbecue Challenge | 2013-06-14 |
| -3.6 | 23rd Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge | 2016-06-17 |
| -2.9 | 24th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge | 2017-06-16 |
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 69% | 84.3% | 84.3% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 85.2% | 85.2% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 57% | 84.8% | 84.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-16 | 24th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO | 41 / 59 (606.7772) | 21 (168.0228) | 42 (152.5600) | 47 (153.1200) | 53 (133.0744) |
| 2016-06-17 | 23rd Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO | 41 / 58 (629.1544) | 39 (161.1428) | 23 (165.7372) | 45 (155.4172) | 49 (146.8572) |
| 2014-06-13 | 21st Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO | 42 / 55 (613.6000) | 12 (168.0000) | 47 (146.8344) | 50 (143.9428) | 37 (154.8228) |
| 2013-06-14 | Colorado Barbecue Challenge Frisco, CO | 39 / 68 (610.8570) | 37 (155.4284) | 4 (170.8570) | 54 (141.7144) | 48 (142.8572) |