High-water mark
665.0856
career-best overall
92.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 665.0856 at Smokin' On The Pecos — 92.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2014-06-27
Smoke Signal
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1492
peak 1510 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-06-27
latest 2016-06-24
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
589.49
last 3 Master vs avg 589.49 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±82.46
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.38 · weakest Brisket (150.85)
Road miles
311
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 155 mi
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
Master avg
589.49 / 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKIN TRIGGERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKIN TRIGGERS 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.
Smoke Signal 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 139 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.
#3556 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3538 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after Smoke Signal did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3551 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smoke Signal on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3522 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3537 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3527 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4628 | 160.5600 | 164.01 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 163.4512 | 168.38 | top 32% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 177.1428 | 146.2512 | 160.93 | top 53% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9656 | 145.1316 | 150.85 | top 74% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin' On The Pecos | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 46% | 2016-06-24 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2014-06-27 → 2016-06-24
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NM
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 168.38 · weakest Brisket (150.85)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
589.49
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
132
62–96 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
311
3 mapped stops · furthest 155 mi
Schedule strength
1532
average field rating faced — tougher than 24% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
2014-06-27 → 2015-08-28
Power rating
1492
peak 1510 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Smokin' On The Pecos
- First call Smokin' On The Pecos
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.0856 Smokin' On The Pecos
- Career-best overall score665.0856 Smokin' On The Pecos
- Career-best single call (Pork)177.1428 Smokin' On The Pecos
- Peak power rating (1510) Smokin' On The Pecos
- 2016
- Most recent contest Smokin' On The Pecos
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.7 | Smokin' On The Pecos | 2014-06-27 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.2 | Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship | 2015-08-28 |
| -3.4 | Smokin' On The Pecos | 2016-06-24 |
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 68% | 87.3% | 87.3% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 65.9% | 65.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 23% | 92.4% | 92.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-24 | Smokin' On The Pecos Artesia, NM | 30 / 44 (628.6052) | 17 (167.4628) | 24 (163.4512) | 39 (146.2512) | 34 (151.4400) |
| 2015-08-28 | Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX | 55 / 57 (474.7884) | — | 14 (170.2628) | 38 (159.3940) | 50 (145.1316) |
| 2014-06-27 | Smokin' On The Pecos Artesia, NM | 14 / 60 (665.0856) | 37 (160.5600) | 11 (171.4172) | 2 (177.1428) | 35 (155.9656) |