A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
H2 Bar BQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1467
peak 1467 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-08-16
latest 2016-08-19
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
616.08
last 4 Master vs avg 616.08 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.44
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 158.44 · weakest Brisket (148.11)
Road miles
167
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 63 mi
Schedule strength
43%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1557)
Master avg
616.08 / 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.
The comeback
1.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.8 years, then back at Hott Butts BBQ Contest (2016-06-03).
- last seen 2014-08-15
- back 2016-06-03
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.
H2 Bar BQ 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 145 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.
#4755 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
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#4734 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after H2 Bar BQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4774 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1510 at their best, 43 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4743 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Level with H2 Bar BQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4771 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#4789 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
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 | 163.4400 | 156.0000 | 158.44 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6916 | 142.2172 | 152.82 | top 80% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4284 | 150.2628 | 156.71 | top 81% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6916 | 141.0856 | 148.11 | top 84% |
“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 82% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 87% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ and Fly In on the River | 3 | 43 | 0 | top 87% | 2016-08-19 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2013-08-16 → 2016-08-19
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 158.44 · weakest Brisket (148.11)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
616.08
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
130
27–164 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
167
4 mapped stops · furthest 63 mi
Schedule strength
1557
average field rating faced — tougher than 43% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.8 yrs
2014-08-15 → 2016-06-03
Power rating
1467
peak 1467 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest BBQ and Fly In on the River
- Peak power rating (1489) BBQ and Fly In on the River
- 2016
- Career-best overall score637.6460 BBQ and Fly In on the River
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)165.6916 BBQ and Fly In on the River
- Most recent contest BBQ and Fly In on the River
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.5 | BBQ and Fly In on the River | 2013-08-16 |
| -11.1 | BBQ and Fly In on the River | 2014-08-15 |
| -6.4 | Hott Butts BBQ Contest | 2016-06-03 |
| -3.7 | BBQ and Fly In on the River | 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 88.6% | 87.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 83.6% | 83.6% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 84.6% | 84.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-19 | BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 43 / 56 (637.6460) | 39 (163.4400) | 35 (165.6916) | 55 (150.8228) | 40 (157.6916) |
| 2016-06-03 | Hott Butts BBQ Contest Boonville, MO | 18 / 22 (615.9544) | 18 (156.5828) | 17 (154.2860) | 14 (163.4284) | 21 (141.6572) |
| 2014-08-15 | BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 47 / 51 (601.6228) | 36 (156.0000) | 47 (142.2172) | 33 (162.3200) | 48 (141.0856) |
| 2013-08-16 | BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 60 / 66 (609.0972) | 45 (157.7372) | 58 (149.0856) | 64 (150.2628) | 50 (152.0116) |