High-water mark
671.9776
career-best overall
93.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 671.9776 at 11th Annual WildBlue BBQ — 93.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-07-17
SMOKIN IN THE PITS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1494
peak 1494 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-08-23
latest 2016-08-19
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
649.48
last 4 Master vs avg 649.48 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.87
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.13 · weakest Brisket (158.68)
Road miles
57
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
54%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1569)
Master avg
649.48 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Lazy Butt BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Lazy Butt BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 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.
SMOKIN IN THE PITS has 4 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.
#3450 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1494
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#3446 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1494
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKIN IN THE PITS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3443 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1494
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3432 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 3 years before SMOKIN IN THE PITS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3429 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#3428 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 161.1544 | 164.13 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2516 | 156.5256 | 162.82 | top 61% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4400 | 145.0972 | 163.85 | top 50% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.0116 | 151.3828 | 158.68 | top 64% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 75% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 35% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ | 2 | 18 | 0 | top 75% | 2016-08-19 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2013-08-23 → 2016-08-19
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 164.13 · weakest Brisket (158.68)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
649.48
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
99
52–76 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
57
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1569
average field rating faced — tougher than 54% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2015-07-17 → 2016-08-19
Power rating
1494
peak 1494 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Flinthills Beef Fest BBQ
- First call Flinthills Beef Fest BBQ
- 2015
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.9776 11th Annual WildBlue BBQ
- Career-best overall score671.9776 11th Annual WildBlue BBQ
- Career-best single call (Brisket)172.0116 11th Annual WildBlue BBQ
- Peak power rating (1498) 11th Annual WildBlue BBQ
- 2016
- Most recent contest Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.5 | 11th Annual WildBlue BBQ | 2015-07-17 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.9 | Flinthills Beef Fest BBQ | 2013-08-23 |
| -5.1 | Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ | 2014-08-22 |
| -3.3 | Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ | 2016-08-19 |
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 79% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 35% | 93.3% | 93.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 87.3% | 87.3% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 73% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-19 | Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ Emporia, KS | 26 / 33 (654.1600) | 18 (166.8572) | 22 (164.5256) | 15 (169.6800) | 29 (153.0972) |
| 2015-07-17 | 11th Annual WildBlue BBQ Burlington, KS | 17 / 48 (671.9776) | 37 (162.2744) | 22 (166.2516) | 11 (171.4400) | 10 (172.0116) |
| 2014-08-22 | Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ Emporia, KS | 18 / 25 (628.4572) | 15 (161.1544) | 12 (163.9656) | 24 (145.0972) | 14 (158.2400) |
| 2013-08-23 | Flinthills Beef Fest BBQ Emporia, KS | 19 / 26 (643.3372) | 15 (166.2516) | 22 (156.5256) | 9 (169.1772) | 24 (151.3828) |