A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
B & C SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
B & C SMOKERS has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
SOFT COW
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1502
peak 1506 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-06-21
latest 2016-06-24
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 50%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
628.40
last 4 Master vs avg 628.40 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.43
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.29 · weakest Chicken (153.14)
Road miles
2
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
5%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1506)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
628.40 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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 strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of All Fired Up in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 60th
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.
SOFT COW 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 106 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.
#3134 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1511
3–1 in 4 shared contests (75% to SOFT COW)
These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — SOFT COW ahead 3–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#3140 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SOFT COW)
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#3128 of the rated field
- Contests
- 25
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 4%
- Peak
- 1553
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SOFT COW)
They've been 1553 at their best, 51 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#3143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 12 years after SOFT COW did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3133 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with SOFT COW on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3131 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
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 | 162.9028 | 147.9888 | 153.14 | top 72% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0228 | 135.9544 | 157.13 | top 47% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 154.2512 | 160.29 | top 45% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7372 | 137.6344 | 157.84 | top 42% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 4 | 60 | 0 | top 50% | 2016-06-24 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2013-06-21 → 2016-06-24
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
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 160.29 · weakest Chicken (153.14)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
628.40
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
301
367–362 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1506
average field rating faced — tougher than 5% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2013-06-21 → 2014-06-27
Power rating
1502
peak 1506 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Peak power rating (1506) Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- 2016
- Career-best overall score642.2748 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- Career-best single call (Brisket)169.7372 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- Most recent contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.7 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2013-06-21 |
| +5.1 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2016-06-24 |
| +4.3 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2015-06-26 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.3 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2014-06-27 |
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 36% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 39% | 88.9% | 88.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 82.4% | 82.4% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 33% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-24 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 66 / 183 (642.2748) | 160 (147.9888) | 91 (159.9660) | 55 (164.5828) | 21 (169.7372) |
| 2015-06-26 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 72 / 183 (639.9540) | 144 (153.1084) | 29 (168.0228) | 141 (154.2512) | 42 (164.5716) |
| 2014-06-27 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 168 / 184 (593.0972) | 75 (162.9028) | 182 (135.9544) | 98 (156.6056) | 174 (137.6344) |
| 2013-06-21 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 60 / 183 (638.2860) | 149 (148.5714) | 42 (164.5716) | 39 (165.7144) | 72 (159.4286) |