A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
B & C SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
B & C SMOKERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
BALL CLUB BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1472
peak 1472 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-10-03
latest 2016-10-29
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 87%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
604.75
last 3 Master vs avg 604.75 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±24.56
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.72 · weakest Pork Ribs (142.99)
Road miles
14
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
36%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)
Master avg
604.75 / 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 Pork & Boots in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
2.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) (2016-10-29).
- last seen 2014-10-02
- back 2016-10-29
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.
BALL CLUB BBQ 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 134 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.
#4502 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4525 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after BALL CLUB BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4529 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Level with BALL CLUB BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4514 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4501 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 32 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4533 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6568 | 134.2284 | 149.09 | top 85% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8688 | 125.6344 | 142.99 | top 78% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6684 | 155.9428 | 160.72 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9316 | 148.5028 | 151.94 | top 76% |
“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 (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.1 yrs
2013-10-03 → 2016-10-29
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 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
averages 160.72 · weakest Pork Ribs (142.99)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
604.75
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
1,054
220–1,419 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
14
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1548
average field rating faced — tougher than 36% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
2014-10-02 → 2016-10-29
Power rating
1472
peak 1472 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Peak power rating (1487) 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- 2014
- Career-best overall score634.1372 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)166.8688 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- 2016
- Most recent contest 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.3 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2013-10-03 |
| -9.8 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) | 2016-10-29 |
| -4.8 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2014-10-02 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 84.2% | 84.2% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 79.7% | 79.7% |
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 | 514 / 557 (606.0912) | 422 (157.6568) | 548 (136.4800) | 379 (160.5600) | 452 (151.3944) |
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 402 / 552 (634.1372) | 451 (155.3940) | 200 (166.8688) | 439 (155.9428) | 373 (155.9316) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 507 / 535 (574.0340) | 526 (134.2284) | 528 (125.6344) | 167 (165.6684) | 427 (148.5028) |