A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
PELLET ENVY ahead in 100% of their meetings
PELLET ENVY has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Killer B'Z BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1484
peak 1484 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-07-26
latest 2016-06-03
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
635.75
last 4 Master vs avg 635.75 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.07
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.27 · weakest Chicken (155.65)
Road miles
31
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
17%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1525)
Master avg
635.75 / 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 BUTT BROS BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
1.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at Smokin' on the Summit (2015-06-05).
- last seen 2013-07-26
- back 2015-06-05
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.
Killer B'Z BBQ 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 138 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.
#3983 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
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#3954 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with Killer B'Z BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3972 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Killer B'Z BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
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#3944 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#3942 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
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 | 163.3712 | 147.9544 | 155.65 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8112 | 156.5488 | 161.12 | top 58% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5484 | 155.9312 | 163.27 | top 50% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7144 | 152.5144 | 155.71 | top 69% |
“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.
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.9 yrs
2013-07-26 → 2016-06-03
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 163.27 · weakest Chicken (155.65)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
635.75
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
178
90–172 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
31
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1525
average field rating faced — tougher than 17% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.9 yrs
2013-07-26 → 2015-06-05
Power rating
1484
peak 1484 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Racing For The BBQ
- 2015
- Peak power rating (1491) Smokin' on the Summit
- 2016
- Career-best overall score643.3028 Smokin' on the Summit BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork)168.5484 Smokin' on the Summit BBQ
- Most recent contest Smokin' on the Summit BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.3 | Smokin' on the Summit | 2015-06-05 |
| +0.6 | Smokin' on the Summit BBQ | 2016-06-03 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.2 | Racing For The BBQ | 2013-07-26 |
| -8 | Racing for the BBQ | 2015-07-24 |
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 54% | 89.3% | 89.3% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 66% | 88.3% | 88.2% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-03 | Smokin' on the Summit BBQ Lee's Summit, MO | 36 / 67 (643.3028) | 47 (156.4912) | 53 (156.5488) | 20 (168.5484) | 30 (161.7144) |
| 2015-07-24 | Racing for the BBQ Lees Summit, MO | 51 / 63 (635.2800) | 63 (147.9544) | 27 (166.8112) | 24 (168.0000) | 52 (152.5144) |
| 2015-06-05 | Smokin' on the Summit Lee's Summit, MO | 40 / 78 (635.4400) | 39 (163.3712) | 39 (158.2972) | 41 (160.6172) | 55 (153.1544) |
| 2013-07-26 | Racing For The BBQ Lee's Summit, MO | 49 / 58 (628.9940) | 51 (154.8000) | 35 (162.8112) | 46 (155.9312) | 45 (155.4516) |