#4348 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1505 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headSmoke Shack- the heart of BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2016-07-22
latest 2016-08-20
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 96%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 155.08 · weakest Pork Ribs (146.52)
Road miles
60
mi across 2 mapped stops
Master avg
599.53 / 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.
Smoke Shack- the heart of 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 142 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.
#4350 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#4324 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Smoke Shack- the heart of BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4314 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smoke Shack- the heart of BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4322 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#4340 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8116 | 147.3484 | 155.08 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148.5600 | 144.4800 | 146.52 | top 95% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 153.1200 | 149.1084 | 151.11 | top 89% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.8228 | 146.8000 | 146.81 | top 90% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 92% |
The story so far (12 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.1 yrs
2016-07-22 → 2016-08-20
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Cooks most in
IL
2 of 2 contests
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 155.08 · weakest Pork Ribs (146.52)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 1 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 2 contests
Master average
599.53
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
44
3–44 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
60
2 mapped stops
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (Formerly Morton BBQ Throwdown)
- Career-best overall score607.3028 Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (Formerly Morton BBQ Throwdown)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)162.8116 Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (Formerly Morton BBQ Throwdown)
- First call Illinois BBQ Fest at Hillcrest Event Center
- Most recent contest Illinois BBQ Fest at Hillcrest Event Center
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 96% | 84.3% | 83.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-20 | Illinois BBQ Fest at Hillcrest Event Center Orion, IL | 12 / 12 (591.7484) | 12 (147.3484) | 12 (144.4800) | 10 (153.1200) | 11 (146.8000) |
| 2016-07-22 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (Formerly Morton BBQ Throwdown) Peoria, IL | 34 / 37 (607.3028) | 24 (162.8116) | 33 (148.5600) | 35 (149.1084) | 33 (146.8228) |