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.
Mean Dean's Smokin Machine
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1484
peak 1484 · 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 73%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
625.42
last 3 Master vs avg 625.42 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.30
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 163.41 · weakest Brisket (148.88)
Road miles
14
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
36%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)
Master avg
625.42 / 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 FOUNTAIN CITY BARBEQUE 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.
Mean Dean's Smokin Machine 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 142 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.
#3942 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Mean Dean's Smokin Machine)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Mean Dean's Smokin Machine has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3925 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to Mean Dean's Smokin Machine)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#3930 of the rated field
- Contests
- 20
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to Mean Dean's Smokin Machine)
20 contests to 3: their number has had years to settle where Mean Dean's Smokin Machine's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#3954 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with Mean Dean's Smokin Machine on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3935 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
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 | 170.2972 | 148.0116 | 157.54 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.0572 | 153.6456 | 163.41 | top 43% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5600 | 146.2628 | 155.60 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.3084 | 131.2344 | 148.88 | top 71% |
“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 Ribs
averages 163.41 · weakest Brisket (148.88)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
625.42
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
1,054
439–1,200 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
1484
peak 1484 · #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 (1496) 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- 2014
- Career-best overall score646.2168 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- 2016
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.0572 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)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.6 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) | 2016-10-29 |
| -4 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2013-10-03 |
| -1.3 | 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 93% | 83.9% | 83.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 61% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 66% | 87% | 87% |
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 | 518 / 557 (603.8632) | 465 (154.3088) | 75 (172.0572) | 532 (146.2628) | 549 (131.2344) |
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 334 / 552 (646.2168) | 126 (170.2972) | 463 (153.6456) | 371 (159.9656) | 266 (162.3084) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 352 / 535 (626.1828) | 476 (148.0116) | 168 (164.5256) | 264 (160.5600) | 353 (153.0856) |