High-water mark
665.6688
career-best overall
92.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 665.6688 at Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-off — 92.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-09-19
TR's Up In Smoke
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1513
peak 1523 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2013-03-29
latest 2016-09-23
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
654.56 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 655.87 (-1.31)
Walk rate
57%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.24
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.45 · weakest Brisket (161.29)
Road miles
314
mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 94 mi
Schedule strength
30%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1540)
Master avg
655.87 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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.
Their season
2013
their best year
2013 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 29%.
- 3 contests
- 1 overall top-10s
- 1 category wins
- average top 29%
A tough matchup
7–0
behind in the head-to-head
One2BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
One2BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.
The weak link
−4.2
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.17 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 14% of the time against 14%.
- Brisket avg 161.29
- Chicken avg 165.45
- 1 calls in 7 entries
A strong matchup
5–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of WRIGHT ON QUE-IL in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
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.
115 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2705 of the rated field
- Contests
- 28
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 21%
- Peak
- 1545
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to TR's Up In Smoke)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team TR's Up In Smoke has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2686 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2695 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after TR's Up In Smoke did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#2690 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
Level with TR's Up In Smoke on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2704 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2701 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One2BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Its 5 Oclock Somewhere | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| QUAU | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| GILLY'S BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| WRIGHT ON QUE-IL | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Piggy Q | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BOSS HAWG BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4288 | 157.7028 | 165.45 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.6060 | 161.1200 | 165.31 | top 41% |
| Pork | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 171.4400 | 153.6684 | 163.82 | top 50% |
| Brisket | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5714 | 157.1428 | 161.29 | top 57% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| IL | 5 | 0 | top 46% |
| IN | 1 | 0 | top 73% |
| KY | 1 | 0 | top 40% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 16% |
| Large (40+) | 6 | 0 | top 54% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off | 3 | 24 | 0 | top 52% | 2015-09-25 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.5 yrs
2013-03-29 → 2016-09-23
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
5 of 7 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
7 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 165.45 · weakest Brisket (161.29)
Walk rate
57%
a top-10 call in 4 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
14%
1 of 7 contests
Master average
655.87
out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
220
184–190 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
314
7 mapped stops · furthest 94 mi
Schedule strength
1540
average field rating faced — tougher than 30% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2014-09-18 → 2015-09-25
Power rating
1513
peak 1523 · #2694 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook Off
- First call Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook Off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.5716 Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook Off
- First category win (Pork) Randolph County Pig Party
- First overall top-10 Randolph County Pig Party
- Career-best overall score665.6688 Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-off
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.6060 Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-off
- Peak power rating (1523) Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-off
- 2016
- Most recent contest Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.5 | Randolph County Pig Party | 2013-05-17 |
| +6.9 | Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-off | 2013-09-19 |
| +3.8 | Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook Off | 2013-03-29 |
| +1.6 | Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off | 2015-09-25 |
| +0.7 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff | 2016-09-23 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.7 | 2nd Annual Parkinson's Smoke Out | 2014-04-03 |
| -5.5 | Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off | 2014-09-18 |
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 56% | 92.4% | 92.4% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 53% | 91.2% | 91.2% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 73% | 89.9% | 89.3% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 29% | 92.5% | 91.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-23 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL | 36 / 64 (665.0288) | 34 (167.9656) | 28 (166.2744) | 29 (168.5372) | 38 (162.2516) |
| 2015-09-25 | Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off Murphysboro, IL | 29 / 55 (656.4800) | 33 (165.0856) | 34 (161.1200) | 13 (171.4400) | 39 (158.8344) |
| 2014-09-18 | Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off Murphysboro, IL | 41 / 57 (647.3600) | 15 (170.2972) | 34 (163.4172) | 52 (154.8228) | 45 (158.8228) |
| 2014-04-03 | 2nd Annual Parkinson's Smoke Out Evansville, IN | 47 / 64 (638.2512) | 53 (157.7028) | 9 (169.7372) | 57 (153.6684) | 43 (157.1428) |
| 2013-09-19 | Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-off Murphysboro, IL | 24 / 76 (665.6688) | 38 (164.5600) | 6 (172.6060) | 40 (162.8228) | 30 (165.6800) |
| 2013-05-17 | Randolph County Pig Party Steeleville, IL | 4 / 25 (661.7144) | 15 (161.1428) | 12 (161.1430) | 1 (170.8572) | 4 (168.5714) |
| 2013-03-29 | Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook Off Benton, KY | 16 / 40 (656.5716) | 8 (171.4288) | 21 (162.8570) | 17 (164.5714) | 26 (157.7144) |