#3748 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headMatts Smokin BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1488
peak 1488 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-10-09
latest 2016-10-07
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 74%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 155.10 · weakest Brisket (144.83)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Master avg
603.07 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
Matts Smokin BBQ has 2 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 146 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.
#3730 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after Matts Smokin BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3740 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with Matts Smokin BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3726 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3750 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3733 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.0856 | 153.1200 | 155.10 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7032 | 143.4628 | 150.58 | top 68% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2628 | 150.8456 | 152.55 | top 63% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148.5256 | 141.1316 | 144.83 | top 75% |
“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.
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 78% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 70% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bliss Brews & Que | 2 | 25 | 0 | top 74% | 2016-10-07 |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2015-10-09 → 2016-10-07
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 155.10 · weakest Brisket (144.83)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
603.07
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
53
19–51 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Power rating
1488
peak 1488 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Bliss, Brews & Que
- 2015
- Career-best overall score603.3368 Bliss, Brews & Que
- 2016
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)157.7032 Bliss Brews & Que
- Most recent contest Bliss Brews & Que
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 78% | 83.7% | 83.7% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 83.8% | 83.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-07 | Bliss Brews & Que Ft. Bliss, TX | 25 / 32 (602.8004) | 23 (153.1200) | 19 (157.7032) | 22 (150.8456) | 28 (141.1316) |
| 2015-10-09 | Bliss, Brews & Que Fort Bliss, TX | 28 / 40 (603.3368) | 21 (157.0856) | 31 (143.4628) | 23 (154.2628) | 25 (148.5256) |
| 2014-10-10 | Bliss, Brews & Que Fort Bliss, TX | — | — | — | — | — |