A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
T-MAC SMOKIN ahead in 100% of their meetings
T-MAC SMOKIN has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Meating the Need
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1468
peak 1468 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-07-11
latest 2016-07-08
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 92%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
545.50
last 3 Master vs avg 545.50 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±74.82
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 156.58 · weakest Chicken (105.15)
Road miles
3
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
40%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)
Master avg
545.50 / 720
3 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.
Meating the Need 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 162 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.
#4731 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1468
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Meating the Need)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Meating the Need has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4724 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4706 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4708 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Meating the Need did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4713 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Level with Meating the Need on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4734 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
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 | 159.4284 | 20.0000 | 105.15 | top 93% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.1432 | 146.2972 | 149.89 | top 83% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.8800 | 145.1200 | 156.58 | top 61% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139.4400 | 128.5600 | 133.89 | top 95% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay | 2 | 35 | 0 | top 90% | 2015-07-10 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2014-07-11 → 2016-07-08
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
WI
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 156.58 · weakest Chicken (105.15)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
545.50
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
122
13–172 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
3
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1552
average field rating faced — tougher than 40% of rated contests
Power rating
1468
peak 1468 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay
- First call Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay
- Career-best single call (Pork)162.8800 Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay
- Peak power rating (1491) Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay
- 2016
- Career-best overall score605.0400 Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-1st Heat
- Most recent contest Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-1st Heat
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.9 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay | 2015-07-10 |
| -9.7 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-1st Heat | 2016-07-08 |
| -9.5 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay | 2014-07-11 |
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 94% | 84% | 84% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 61.1% | 61.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 83% | 82.2% | 82.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-08 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-1st Heat Green Bay, WI | 62 / 66 (605.0400) | 53 (159.4284) | 62 (150.2172) | 43 (161.7372) | 65 (133.6572) |
| 2015-07-10 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay Green Bay, WI | 78 / 80 (439.9772) | 78 (20.0000) | 70 (146.2972) | 75 (145.1200) | 78 (128.5600) |
| 2014-07-11 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay Green Bay, WI | 35 / 42 (591.4976) | 42 (136.0344) | 28 (153.1432) | 10 (162.8800) | 38 (139.4400) |