High-water mark
672.5714
career-best overall
93.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 672.5714 at NKC MO State BBQ Championship — 93.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-03-15
SMOKIN GUNS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1522
peak 1522 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-03-15
latest 2016-09-16
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 29%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
664.32
last 3 Master vs avg 664.32 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.83
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 172.94 · weakest Chicken (157.98)
Road miles
2,882
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 1429 mi
Schedule strength
12%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1518)
Master avg
664.32 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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
3.4 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.4 years, then back at Smoke on the River Bands, Brews & BBQ (BACKYARD) (2016-08-26).
- last seen 2013-04-12
- back 2016-08-26
Announced themselves early
5th
at their very first contest
Finished 5 of 79 at their very first tracked contest, NKC MO State BBQ Championship (2013-03-15).
- 2013-03-15
- 79-team field
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.
SMOKIN GUNS 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 93 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.
#2416 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1522
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SMOKIN GUNS)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SMOKIN GUNS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1525
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after SMOKIN GUNS did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#2436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKIN GUNS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2445 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2419 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7144 | 153.1428 | 157.98 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5716 | 135.9656 | 158.70 | top 50% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1426 | 161.7140 | 165.51 | top 34% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 176.5714 | 169.1428 | 172.94 | top 13% |
“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 51% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 18% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.5 yrs
2013-03-15 → 2016-09-16
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 172.94 · weakest Chicken (157.98)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
664.32
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
140
125–34 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,882
4 mapped stops · furthest 1,429 mi
Schedule strength
1518
average field rating faced — tougher than 12% of rated contests
Longest layoff
3.4 yrs
2013-04-12 → 2016-08-26
Power rating
1522
peak 1522 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest NKC MO State BBQ Championship
- First call NKC MO State BBQ Championship
- First category win (Brisket) NKC MO State BBQ Championship
- First overall top-10 NKC MO State BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score672.5714 NKC MO State BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score672.5714 NKC MO State BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5714 NKC MO State BBQ Championship
- 2016
- Peak power rating (1522) Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- Most recent contest Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.4 | NKC MO State BBQ Championship | 2013-03-15 |
| +6.7 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake | 2013-04-12 |
| +1 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out | 2016-09-16 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 51% | 91.7% | 91.7% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 18% | 93.4% | 92.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-16 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO | 18 / 35 (660.4000) | 25 (158.2056) | 23 (163.3944) | 19 (165.6800) | 4 (173.1200) |
| 2016-08-26 | Smoke on the River Bands, Brews & BBQ (BACKYARD) Ceres, CA | — | 17 (153.1428) | 20 (135.9656) | — | — |
| 2013-04-12 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Smithville, MO | 14 / 48 (659.9994) | 29 (158.8568) | 19 (162.8572) | 6 (169.1426) | 13 (169.1428) |
| 2013-03-15 | NKC MO State BBQ Championship N. Kansas City, MO | 5 / 79 (672.5714) | 28 (161.7144) | 4 (172.5716) | 29 (161.7140) | 1 (176.5714) |