High-water mark
673.7372
career-best overall
93.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 673.7372 at Best Dam Barbecue — 93.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-05-22
Infinite Smoke
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1511
peak 1512 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-05-23
latest 2016-05-27
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 44%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
660.88
last 3 Master vs avg 660.88 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.59
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.04 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.60)
Road miles
1
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
28%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1538)
Master avg
660.88 / 720
3 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 tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Rhythm n QUE ahead in 100% of their meetings
Rhythm n QUE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Rollin Smoke Barbeque 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.
Infinite Smoke 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 99 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.
#2802 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 30%
- Peak
- 1521
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Infinite Smoke)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Infinite Smoke has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2797 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2795 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after Infinite Smoke did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#2784 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1517
No shared contest yet.
Level with Infinite Smoke on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2799 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1517
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2792 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 158.2168 | 163.98 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 162.2972 | 163.60 | top 43% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4400 | 161.1312 | 167.04 | top 42% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 164.5256 | 166.26 | top 44% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Dam Barbecue | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 44% | 2016-05-27 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2014-05-23 → 2016-05-27
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NV
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 167.04 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.60)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
660.88
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
68
61–45 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1538
average field rating faced — tougher than 28% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2015-05-22 → 2016-05-27
Power rating
1511
peak 1512 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest 10th Annual Best Dam Barbecue Challenge
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.1944 10th Annual Best Dam Barbecue Challenge
- 2015
- First call Best Dam Barbecue
- First overall top-10 Best Dam Barbecue
- Career-best overall score673.7372 Best Dam Barbecue
- Career-best single call (Pork)175.4400 Best Dam Barbecue
- Peak power rating (1512) Best Dam Barbecue
- 2016
- Most recent contest Best Dam Barbecue
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.3 | Best Dam Barbecue | 2015-05-22 |
| +3.2 | 10th Annual Best Dam Barbecue Challenge | 2014-05-23 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -1.6 | Best Dam Barbecue | 2016-05-27 |
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 61% | 90.4% | 90.4% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 26% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 46% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-05-27 | Best Dam Barbecue Boulder City, NV | 22 / 36 (650.7080) | 31 (158.2168) | 11 (165.6800) | 25 (161.1312) | 18 (165.6800) |
| 2015-05-22 | Best Dam Barbecue Boulder City, NV | 10 / 38 (673.7372) | 19 (167.4400) | 21 (162.2972) | 6 (175.4400) | 13 (168.5600) |
| 2014-05-23 | 10th Annual Best Dam Barbecue Challenge Boulder City, NV | 16 / 35 (658.1944) | 15 (166.2744) | 15 (162.8344) | 14 (164.5600) | 17 (164.5256) |