High-water mark
672.5368
career-best overall
93.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 672.5368 at Italian Barbecue Championship 2016 — 93.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2016-06-11
BLUE SMOKE BBQ TEAM
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1479
peak 1479 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-06-11
latest 2017-04-22
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
657.12
last 3 Master vs avg 657.12 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.49
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.04 · weakest Brisket (160.56)
Road miles
373
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 232 mi
Schedule strength
10%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1515)
Master avg
657.12 / 720
3 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
GRILLKUNST ahead in 100% of their meetings
GRILLKUNST has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
BLUE SMOKE BBQ TEAM 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 146 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.
#4166 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Level with BLUE SMOKE BBQ TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4169 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4151 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4144 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4159 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
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 | 1 | 176.0000 | 166.8800 | 171.04 | top 42% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2628 | 159.4400 | 160.77 | top 87% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.5944 | 148.5140 | 164.75 | top 53% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1312 | 154.8344 | 160.56 | top 77% |
“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 (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.9 yrs
2016-06-11 → 2017-04-22
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IT
2 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
Chicken
averages 171.04 · weakest Brisket (160.56)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
657.12
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
52
21–59 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
373
3 mapped stops · furthest 232 mi
Schedule strength
1515
average field rating faced — tougher than 10% of rated contests
Power rating
1479
peak 1479 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Italian Barbecue Championship 2016
- First call Italian Barbecue Championship 2016
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score672.5368 Italian Barbecue Championship 2016
- Career-best overall score672.5368 Italian Barbecue Championship 2016
- Peak power rating (1498) Italian Barbecue Championship 2016
- 2017
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.5944 Bardo-Q BBQ Competition
- Most recent contest Bardo-Q BBQ Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.5 | Brixia 4 Star Championship | 2016-09-10 |
| -6.2 | Bardo-Q BBQ Competition | 2017-04-22 |
| -1.9 | Italian Barbecue Championship 2016 | 2016-06-11 |
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 | 100% | top 75% | 91.8% | 91.8% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 75% | 93.4% | 91% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-04-22 | Bardo-Q BBQ Competition Bardonecchia, 10098 | 21 / 28 (661.1200) | 13 (170.2512) | 26 (159.4400) | 2 (176.5944) | 25 (154.8344) |
| 2016-09-10 | Brixia 4 Star Championship Brescia, IT | 24 / 26 (637.7140) | 18 (166.8800) | 21 (160.6172) | 26 (148.5140) | 20 (161.7028) |
| 2016-06-11 | Italian Barbecue Championship 2016 Perugia, IT | 17 / 29 (672.5368) | 3 (176.0000) | 25 (162.2628) | 15 (169.1428) | 19 (165.1312) |