A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
THE GRISWOLDS ahead in 100% of their meetings
THE GRISWOLDS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Plumb Smokin
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1466
peak 1466 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-10-25
latest 2016-05-06
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
593.79
last 4 Master vs avg 593.79 (-0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.98
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 155.13 · weakest Brisket (138.68)
Road miles
203
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 175 mi
Schedule strength
27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
593.79 / 720
4 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.
The comeback
1.5 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.5 years, then back at Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival (2015-05-01).
- last seen 2013-10-25
- back 2015-05-01
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.
Plumb Smokin 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 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.
#4831 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Plumb Smokin)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Plumb Smokin has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4848 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
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#4830 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
Level with Plumb Smokin on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4849 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
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#4832 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
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#4814 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.6172 | 143.9544 | 155.13 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7260 | 141.1432 | 149.28 | top 81% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2744 | 142.2284 | 150.70 | top 83% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.6916 | 130.8228 | 138.68 | top 89% |
“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.
By state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| OK | 3 | 0 | top 88% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 70% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 82% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 85% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.5 yrs
2013-10-25 → 2016-05-06
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OK
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 155.13 · weakest Brisket (138.68)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
593.79
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
176
37–194 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
203
4 mapped stops · furthest 175 mi
Schedule strength
1537
average field rating faced — tougher than 27% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.5 yrs
2013-10-25 → 2015-05-01
Power rating
1466
peak 1466 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Bates County BBQ State Championship
- First call Bates County BBQ State Championship
- Career-best overall score628.0120 Bates County BBQ State Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)168.6172 Bates County BBQ State Championship
- Peak power rating (1495) Bates County BBQ State Championship
- 2016
- Most recent contest *Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.7 | Grills and Grilles | 2015-10-16 |
| -9.6 | Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival | 2015-05-01 |
| -8.7 | *Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival | 2016-05-06 |
| -5.2 | Bates County BBQ State Championship | 2013-10-25 |
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 84% | 81.3% | 81.3% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 81.1% | 80.7% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 70% | 87.2% | 87.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-05-06 | *Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK | 70 / 83 (585.5772) | 54 (153.1084) | 51 (157.7260) | 77 (142.2284) | 75 (132.5144) |
| 2015-10-16 | Grills and Grilles Broken Arrow, OK | 36 / 38 (577.6116) | 37 (143.9544) | 34 (146.8344) | 30 (156.0000) | 37 (130.8228) |
| 2015-05-01 | Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK | 69 / 81 (583.9544) | 53 (154.8340) | 75 (141.1432) | 72 (146.2972) | 73 (141.6800) |
| 2013-10-25 | Bates County BBQ State Championship 🏅 Butler, MO | 23 / 33 (628.0120) | 9 (168.6172) | 27 (151.4288) | 24 (158.2744) | 26 (149.6916) |