The comeback
3.3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.3 years, then back at Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (2016-09-23).
- last seen 2013-06-07
- back 2016-09-23
Smoke Showing
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1460
peak 1460 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-05-18
latest 2016-09-23
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 93%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
583.18
last 3 Master vs avg 583.18 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.03
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 149.32 · weakest Pork Ribs (141.11)
Road miles
1,347
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 1248 mi
Schedule strength
3%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1503)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
583.18 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Smoke Showing 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 124 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.
#5090 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Smoke Showing)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smoke Showing has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5113 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#5107 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smoke Showing on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5091 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1506 at their best, 46 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#5086 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#5093 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
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 | 163.9656 | 129.1426 | 149.32 | top 75% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.7544 | 131.4286 | 141.11 | top 93% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2858 | 128.5028 | 147.02 | top 77% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.4286 | 134.8570 | 145.73 | top 83% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 98% |
| WI | 1 | 0 | top 97% |
| MA | 1 | 0 | top 84% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 91% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 98% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.4 yrs
2013-05-18 → 2016-09-23
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
1 of 3 contests · 3 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
Chicken
averages 149.32 · weakest Pork Ribs (141.11)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
583.18
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
177
7–170 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,347
3 mapped stops · furthest 1,248 mi
Schedule strength
1503
average field rating faced — tougher than 3% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3.3 yrs
2013-06-07 → 2016-09-23
Power rating
1460
peak 1460 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1489) The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival
- 2016
- Career-best overall score590.1256 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)163.9656 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- Most recent contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.5 | Poor Que | 2013-06-07 |
| -14.1 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | 2016-09-23 |
| -11.5 | The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival | 2013-05-18 |
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 98% | 82% | 82% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 81.1% | 80.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-23 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 109 / 111 (590.1256) | 50 (163.9656) | 103 (146.7544) | 111 (128.5028) | 92 (150.9028) |
| 2013-06-07 | Poor Que Montello, WI | 38 / 39 (575.4282) | 31 (154.8570) | 39 (131.4286) | 27 (154.2856) | 38 (134.8570) |
| 2013-05-18 | The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival Lexington, MA | 26 / 31 (583.9996) | 31 (129.1426) | 27 (145.1426) | 19 (158.2858) | 21 (151.4286) |