A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Rhythm n QUE ahead in 100% of their meetings
Rhythm n QUE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Smokey Hayes 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
2013-09-27
latest 2016-10-27
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
632.46
last 3 Master vs avg 632.46 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.02
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 160.56 · weakest Pork (155.59)
Road miles
7
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
34%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1545)
Master avg
632.46 / 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.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at USA Barbecue Championship (2016-10-27).
- last seen 2014-10-10
- back 2016-10-27
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.
Smokey Hayes 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 130 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.
#4525 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#4529 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Smokey Hayes BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4514 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokey Hayes BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ 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-head#4515 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#4522 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
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 | 163.4056 | 154.8456 | 158.06 | top 84% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 146.2972 | 160.56 | top 60% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5484 | 153.1084 | 155.59 | top 89% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5144 | 154.8116 | 158.25 | 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
2013-09-27 → 2016-10-27
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NV
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 160.56 · weakest Pork (155.59)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
632.46
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
71
11–74 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
7
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1545
average field rating faced — tougher than 34% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2014-10-10 → 2016-10-27
Power rating
1472
peak 1472 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Avi Resort & Casino Music Brews & BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1488) Avi Resort & Casino Music Brews & BBQ Championship
- 2014
- First call Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.8228 Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge
- 2016
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.0284 USA Barbecue Championship
- Career-best overall score649.0284 USA Barbecue Championship
- Most recent contest USA Barbecue Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.1 | Avi Resort & Casino Music Brews & BBQ Championship | 2013-09-27 |
| -8.6 | Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge | 2014-10-10 |
| -7.5 | USA Barbecue Championship | 2016-10-27 |
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 86% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 86% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 84.6% | 84.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-27 | USA Barbecue Championship Laughlin, NV | 31 / 36 (649.0284) | 28 (163.4056) | 18 (164.5600) | 28 (160.5484) | 28 (160.5144) |
| 2014-10-10 | Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ | 18 / 21 (639.2912) | 18 (155.9312) | 7 (170.8228) | 21 (153.1200) | 16 (159.4172) |
| 2013-09-27 | Avi Resort & Casino Music Brews & BBQ Championship Laughlin, NV | 28 / 31 (609.0628) | 27 (154.8456) | 30 (146.2972) | 28 (153.1084) | 23 (154.8116) |