High-water mark
677.0400
career-best overall
94.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 677.0400 at *Smokin on the Prairie BBQ Cook-off — 94.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2017-04-28
POBOYS BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1492
peak 1492 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2013-09-20
latest 2017-06-09
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 64%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
653.47
last 5 Master vs avg 653.47 (+0.00)
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.82
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.25 · weakest Brisket (160.88)
Road miles
579
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 158 mi
Schedule strength
43%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1557)
Master avg
653.47 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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.
Their season
2017
their best year
2017 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 53%.
- 3 contests
- 0 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 53%
A tough matchup
4–1
behind in the head-to-head
DAD'S GRILLIN CREW ahead in 80% of their meetings
DAD'S GRILLIN CREW has come out ahead in 4 of their 5 shared contests.
The weak link
−5.4
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.37 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 20%.
- Brisket avg 160.88
- Pork Ribs avg 166.25
- 0 calls in 5 entries
The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Smoke On the Water Arkansas State Barbecue Championship (2016-09-16).
- last seen 2013-09-20
- back 2016-09-16
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.
126 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3519 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1513
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to POBOYS BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team POBOYS BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3538 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3522 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with POBOYS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3537 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3542 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3528 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAD'S GRILLIN CREW | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.3316 | 152.5028 | 164.20 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 161.6800 | 166.25 | top 56% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.5600 | 150.2400 | 162.13 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 150.8228 | 160.88 | top 66% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AR | 4 | 0 | top 62% |
| MS | 1 | 0 | top 72% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 59% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 71% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.7 yrs
2013-09-20 → 2017-06-09
Busiest season
2017
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AR
4 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 166.25 · weakest Brisket (160.88)
Walk rate
60%
a top-10 call in 3 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
653.47
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
144
67–113 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
579
5 mapped stops · furthest 158 mi
Schedule strength
1557
average field rating faced — tougher than 43% of rated contests
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2013-09-20 → 2016-09-16
Power rating
1492
peak 1492 · #3527 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Smokin' Aces BBQ Festival
- First call Smokin' Aces BBQ Festival
- 2017
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.7544 *Smoke on the Border Gravette Chambers of Commerce
- Career-best overall score677.0400 *Smokin on the Prairie BBQ Cook-off
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.5600 *Smokin on the Prairie BBQ Cook-off
- Peak power rating (1496) *Smokin on the Prairie BBQ Cook-off
- Most recent contest Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.5 | *Smokin on the Prairie BBQ Cook-off | 2017-04-28 |
| +4.5 | *Smoke on the Border Gravette Chambers of Commerce | 2017-04-01 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.7 | Smoke On the Water Arkansas State Barbecue Championship | 2016-09-16 |
| -5.4 | Smokin' Aces BBQ Festival | 2013-09-20 |
| -3.5 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest | 2017-06-09 |
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 | 67% | top 53% | 94% | 92.3% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 72% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-09 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Wynne, AR | 32 / 45 (649.0172) | 38 (158.2744) | 28 (163.9428) | 29 (164.5372) | 33 (162.2628) |
| 2017-04-28 | *Smokin on the Prairie BBQ Cook-off Stuttgart, AR | 12 / 29 (677.0400) | 8 (173.1200) | 25 (161.6800) | 2 (176.5600) | 18 (165.6800) |
| 2017-04-01 | *Smoke on the Border Gravette Chambers of Commerce Gravette, AR | 17 / 37 (666.7544) | 8 (174.3316) | 18 (166.2400) | 19 (166.2400) | 21 (159.9428) |
| 2016-09-16 | Smoke On the Water Arkansas State Barbecue Championship Pine Bluff, AR | 19 / 21 (628.9828) | 16 (162.7884) | 14 (165.1316) | 21 (150.2400) | 20 (150.8228) |
| 2013-09-20 | Smokin' Aces BBQ Festival Tunica, MS | 38 / 53 (645.5656) | 51 (152.5028) | 8 (174.2628) | 52 (153.0856) | 23 (165.7144) |