A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
CONTAGIOUS Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
CONTAGIOUS Q has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Seymour Smokers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1470
peak 1470 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-05-17
latest 2017-05-19
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
636.77
last 4 Master vs avg 636.77 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.73
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.29 · weakest Chicken (155.39)
Road miles
26
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
36%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1547)
Master avg
636.77 / 720
4 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.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass (2016-05-20).
- last seen 2014-05-16
- back 2016-05-20
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.
Seymour Smokers 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 140 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.
#4612 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1501 at their best, 31 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4616 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
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#4632 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Seymour Smokers did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4636 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Level with Seymour Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4615 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
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#4610 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
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 | 165.6800 | 139.9656 | 155.39 | top 78% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5372 | 148.5600 | 158.71 | top 78% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 158.8344 | 163.29 | top 73% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4286 | 155.9544 | 159.39 | top 75% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass | 2 | 37 | 0 | top 82% | 2017-05-19 |
| Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass | 2 | 29 | 0 | top 80% | 2016-05-20 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2013-05-17 → 2017-05-19
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TN
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 163.29 · weakest Chicken (155.39)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
636.77
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
108
39–155 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
26
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1547
average field rating faced — tougher than 36% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2014-05-16 → 2016-05-20
Power rating
1470
peak 1470 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.5712 Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass
- Career-best overall score652.5712 Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass
- Peak power rating (1497) Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass
- 2014
- Career-best single call (Pork)169.1428 Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass
- 2017
- Most recent contest Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.7 | Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass | 2016-05-20 |
| -11.5 | Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass | 2017-05-19 |
| -3.1 | Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass | 2014-05-16 |
| -2.9 | Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass | 2013-05-17 |
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 98% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 66% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
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 | 48 / 49 (615.8516) | 46 (151.3600) | 46 (148.5600) | 44 (158.8344) | 41 (157.0972) |
| 2016-05-20 | Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN | 45 / 46 (627.3028) | 46 (139.9656) | 33 (164.5372) | 32 (165.7372) | 43 (157.0628) |
| 2014-05-16 | Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN | 37 / 56 (651.3716) | 35 (165.6800) | 43 (160.5944) | 27 (169.1428) | 44 (155.9544) |
| 2013-05-17 | Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN | 29 / 47 (652.5712) | 27 (164.5714) | 33 (161.1426) | 40 (159.4286) | 20 (167.4286) |