A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
913 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
913 BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Royal Smoke BBQ Company
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1510
peak 1515 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-10-03
latest 2016-10-29
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 47%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
602.61
last 4 Master vs avg 602.61 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±56.39
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 162.64 · weakest Brisket (153.69)
Road miles
66
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
61%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1576)
Master avg
602.61 / 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 strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 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.
Royal Smoke BBQ Company 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 99 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.
#2808 of the rated field
- Contests
- 25
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 12%
- Peak
- 1520
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Royal Smoke BBQ Company)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Royal Smoke BBQ Company has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2813 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1535
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2829 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Royal Smoke BBQ Company did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#2816 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Level with Royal Smoke BBQ Company on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2806 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2821 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8344 | 153.6688 | 158.63 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 159.3600 | 162.64 | top 51% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5944 | 143.9200 | 159.40 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4628 | 144.5144 | 153.69 | top 70% |
“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
1.1 yrs
2015-10-03 → 2016-10-29
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 162.64 · weakest Brisket (153.69)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
602.61
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
883
835–396 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
66
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1576
average field rating faced — tougher than 61% of rated contests
Power rating
1510
peak 1515 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
- Peak power rating (1515) 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
- 2016
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.8000 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)
- Career-best overall score654.8000 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)
- Career-best single call (Pork)168.5944 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)
- Most recent contest 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | 2015-10-03 |
| +2.8 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) | 2016-10-29 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.7 | Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief | 2016-04-01 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 90.9% | 88.8% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 5% | 70.5% | 70.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-29 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 276 / 557 (654.8000) | 391 (159.3828) | 384 (159.3600) | 162 (168.5944) | 159 (167.4628) |
| 2016-04-01 | Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief Pleasant Hill, MO | 61 / 72 (623.8288) | 46 (162.8344) | 15 (167.9772) | 71 (143.9200) | 66 (149.0972) |
| 2015-10-03 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 32 / 606 (507.3828) | 513 (153.6688) | 387 (160.5716) | 247 (165.6912) | 550 (144.5144) |