Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.77 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 0%.
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,946 miles across 5 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,848 miles to Grillin and Chillin.
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.
132 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team A ROLLIN' SMOKE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 5 years after A ROLLIN' SMOKE did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with A ROLLIN' SMOKE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5828 | 142.8000 | 159.64 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.0572 | 147.9316 | 158.28 | top 62% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9884 | 139.9200 | 152.87 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 178.3200 | 139.3716 | 155.07 | top 63% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 2 | 0 | top 73% |
| KY | 1 | 0 | top 87% |
| TX | 1 | 0 | top 64% |
| NM | 1 | 0 | top 41% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 78% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 52% |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.7 | Smokin' On The Pecos | 2016-06-24 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.3 | Grillin and Chillin | 2016-09-23 |
| -8.3 | Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship | 2016-04-29 |
| -3.1 | Smoke on the River | 2016-10-14 |
| -2.6 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | 2016-09-03 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60% | top 68% | 90.3% | 86.9% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-14 | Smoke on the River Sacramento, CA | 25 / 38 (621.6568) | 16 (162.2512) | 7 (168.0572) | 25 (150.2284) | 31 (141.1200) |
| 2016-09-23 | Grillin and Chillin Owensboro, KY | 34 / 39 (628.9940) | 39 (142.8000) | 28 (161.1084) | 7 (171.9884) | 35 (153.0972) |
| 2016-09-03 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 37 / 58 (642.2516) | 25 (165.7028) | 31 (162.3088) | 53 (150.8228) | 27 (163.4172) |
| 2016-06-24 | Smokin' On The Pecos Artesia, NM | 18 / 44 (650.2736) | 14 (168.5828) | 36 (151.9768) | 30 (151.3940) | 2 (178.3200) |
| 2016-04-29 | Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship Elk Grove, CA | 24 / 30 (586.0688) | 18 (158.8456) | 26 (147.9316) | 27 (139.9200) | 28 (139.3716) |