High-water mark
675.4744
career-best overall
93.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 675.4744 at Que for the Troops — 93.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-06-05
Smokin' Dudes
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1520
peak 1520 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-06-05
latest 2016-08-05
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 34%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
654.75
last 3 Master vs avg 654.75 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.63
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 168.92 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.50)
Road miles
605
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 525 mi
Schedule strength
26%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)
Master avg
654.75 / 720
3 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.
Announced themselves early
3rd
at their very first contest
Finished 3 of 54 at their very first tracked contest, Que for the Troops (2015-06-05).
- 2015-06-05
- 54-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' Dudes 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 81 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.
#2478 of the rated field
- Contests
- 45
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 16%
- Peak
- 1539
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Smokin' Dudes)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smokin' Dudes has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2480 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2479 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Smokin' Dudes did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#2482 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin' Dudes on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2477 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1530
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2473 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8112 | 159.4172 | 165.89 | top 48% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 176.0572 | 142.8000 | 157.50 | top 57% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 152.4912 | 162.44 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 174.8572 | 165.6684 | 168.92 | top 25% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| OH | 1 | 0 | top 43% |
| NJ | 1 | 0 | top 52% |
| PA | 1 | 0 | top 6% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 43% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 29% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.2 yrs
2015-06-05 → 2016-08-05
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OH
1 of 3 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 168.92 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.50)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
67%
2 of 3 contests
Master average
654.75
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
106
86–34 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
605
3 mapped stops · furthest 525 mi
Schedule strength
1536
average field rating faced — tougher than 26% of rated contests
Power rating
1520
peak 1520 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Que for the Troops
- First call Que for the Troops
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Que for the Troops
- First overall top-10 Que for the Troops
- First overall podium Que for the Troops
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score675.4744 Que for the Troops
- Career-best overall score675.4744 Que for the Troops
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.0572 Que for the Troops
- 2016
- Peak power rating (1520) Holy Smokes BBQ Competition
- Most recent contest Holy Smokes BBQ Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.9 | Que for the Troops | 2015-06-05 |
| +2.7 | Holy Smokes BBQ Competition | 2016-08-05 |
| +0.9 | Smokin Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship $15,000 | 2015-10-09 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 43% | 91.7% | 91.7% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 29% | 93.8% | 90.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-05 | Holy Smokes BBQ Competition Cincinnati, OH | 10 / 23 (660.3768) | 8 (170.8112) | 19 (153.6456) | 6 (169.6800) | 11 (166.2400) |
| 2015-10-09 | Smokin Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship $15,000 Atlantic City, NJ | 24 / 46 (628.3880) | 14 (167.4284) | 40 (142.8000) | 34 (152.4912) | 10 (165.6684) |
| 2015-06-05 | Que for the Troops Levittown, PA | 3 / 54 (675.4744) | 42 (159.4172) | 1 (176.0572) | 28 (165.1428) | 3 (174.8572) |