The comeback
2.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at 1st Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship (2015-10-02).
- last seen 2013-09-13
- back 2015-10-02
Smokin' The Bandit BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1492
peak 1492 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-09-13
latest 2015-10-02
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 162.67 · weakest Brisket (154.26)
Road miles
202
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 69 mi
Master avg
631.95 / 720
2 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.
Smokin' The Bandit 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 127 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.
#3538 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3522 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin' The Bandit BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3537 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3527 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3542 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3528 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
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 | 162.3200 | 155.3484 | 157.88 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 157.7028 | 162.67 | top 30% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.4516 | 154.2288 | 154.84 | top 74% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5828 | 151.9428 | 154.26 | top 65% |
“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 72% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 61% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.1 yrs
2013-09-13 → 2015-10-02
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 162.67 · weakest Brisket (154.26)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
631.95
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
72
27–51 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
202
3 mapped stops · furthest 69 mi
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
2013-09-13 → 2015-10-02
Power rating
1492
peak 1492 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest RubStock BBQ Championship: A Groovin' Time in the Foothills
- 2015
- First call 1st Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score642.8344 1st Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.7028 1st Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship
- 2016
- Most recent contest Smoke on the River Bands, Brews & BBQ (BACKYARD)
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 | 100% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 61% | 89.3% | 89.3% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-26 | Smoke on the River Bands, Brews & BBQ (BACKYARD) Ceres, CA | — | 14 (155.3484) | 5 (160.5944) | — | — |
| 2015-10-02 | 1st Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA | 25 / 41 (642.8344) | 24 (162.3200) | 7 (169.7028) | 33 (154.2288) | 24 (156.5828) |
| 2013-09-13 | RubStock BBQ Championship: A Groovin' Time in the Foothills Cameron Park, CA | 28 / 39 (621.0744) | 26 (155.9772) | 19 (157.7028) | 26 (155.4516) | 28 (151.9428) |