High-water mark
681.1428
career-best overall
94.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 681.1428 at Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass — 94.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-05-17
Smoky Mountain Smokers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1519
peak 1522 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-05-03
latest 2017-05-19
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 35%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
666.99
last 3 Master vs avg 666.99 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±10.55
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.75 · weakest Chicken (166.08)
Road miles
30
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1531)
Master avg
666.99 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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 Cookin Possums in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
4 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4 years, then back at Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass (2017-05-19).
- last seen 2013-05-17
- back 2017-05-19
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.
Smoky Mountain Smokers 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 87 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.
#2536 of the rated field
- Contests
- 20
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1521
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Smoky Mountain Smokers)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smoky Mountain Smokers has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2518 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2523 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1526
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after Smoky Mountain Smokers did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#2524 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smoky Mountain Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2526 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2529 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1532
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9998 | 160.5140 | 166.08 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1426 | 164.0002 | 166.08 | top 40% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.8572 | 164.5256 | 168.75 | top 43% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1432 | 159.4286 | 166.09 | top 45% |
“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 (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2013-05-03 → 2017-05-19
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TN
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 168.75 · weakest Chicken (166.08)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
67%
2 of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
666.99
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
104
92–47 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
30
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1531
average field rating faced — tougher than 23% of rated contests
Longest layoff
4 yrs
2013-05-17 → 2017-05-19
Power rating
1519
peak 1522 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff
- First call West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff
- First overall top-10 West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score664.0002 West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.8572 West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff
- Career-best overall score681.1428 Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass
- Peak power rating (1522) Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass
- 2017
- Most recent contest Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.9 | West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff | 2013-05-03 |
| +10.5 | Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass | 2013-05-17 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.9 | Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass | 2017-05-19 |
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% | 91.1% | 91.1% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 17% | 94.6% | 93.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-19 | Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN | 34 / 49 (655.8280) | 39 (160.5140) | 26 (165.0972) | 32 (164.5256) | 31 (165.6912) |
| 2013-05-17 | Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN | 9 / 47 (681.1428) | 10 (171.9998) | 13 (169.1426) | 27 (166.8572) | 10 (173.1432) |
| 2013-05-03 | West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff Knoxville, TN | 7 / 46 (664.0002) | 23 (165.7142) | 18 (164.0002) | 3 (174.8572) | 23 (159.4286) |