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Smokin' Sammy's

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#4746
of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1468
peak 1505 · rated over 7 contests

Contests

7
in the data

First seen

2013-04-19
latest 2016-04-22

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0
of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 71%
overall standings

Best overall

645.6456 / 720

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

619.77 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 626.37 (-6.60)

Walk rate

14%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172.0000

Consistency

±15.43
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 160.15 · weakest Brisket (148.54)

Road miles

259
mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 87 mi

Schedule strength

28%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1538)

Master avg

626.37 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (4 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

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

GETTIN' BASTED ahead in 100% of their meetings

GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−11.6 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.61 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

  • Brisket avg 148.54
  • Chicken avg 160.15
  • 0 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Cast Iron Catering in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

An April team

Top 52% average finish in April

Something about April: average finish in the top 52% across 3 contests, versus top 71% the rest of the year.

  • 3 April contests
  • top 71% the rest of the year

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.

149 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Two Little Pigs BBQ - East Coast Team
#4756 of the rated field
1467 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
7
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1467
No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 7 contests
  • last seen 2026-08-15
⚔ Head-to-head
Q ADDICTS
#4761 of the rated field
1467 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
7
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1467
No shared contest yet.

Level with Smokin' Sammy's on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 7 contests
  • last seen 2020-02-07
⚔ Head-to-head
HIBBS & CREW PIRATE BAR B Q
#4767 of the rated field
1467 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
7
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1467
No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 7 contests
  • last seen 2019-09-27
⚔ Head-to-head
TRUE BLUE BBQ
#4738 of the rated field
1468 ▲ 0 power rating
Contests
7
GCs
0
Top-10s
14%
Peak
1503
No shared contest yet.

They've been 1503 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

  • rated over 7 contests
  • last seen 2018-09-07
⚔ Head-to-head
BRASS NUCKOLLS BBQ
#4727 of the rated field
1468 ▲ 0 power rating
Contests
7
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1468
No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

  • rated over 7 contests
  • last seen 2016-10-29
⚔ Head-to-head
Butts & Guts
#4740 of the rated field
1468 ▲ 0 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1512
No shared contest yet.

They've been 1512 at their best, 44 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

  • rated over 8 contests
  • last seen 2025-11-05
⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE 7 1 6 14% ⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED 7 0 7 0% ⚔ compare
DEAD PIGS TELL NO TALES 6 0 6 0% ⚔ compare
Hogzilla 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare
WHOLE HOG CAFE - SPRINGFIELD 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare
COUNTRYSIDE BBQ PRO SHOP 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 7 0 0 0 167.4284 150.8456 160.15 top 65%
Pork Ribs 7 1 0 0 172.0000 149.6572 159.41 top 64%
Pork 7 0 0 0 166.8456 143.9656 158.27 top 69%
Brisket 7 0 0 0 168.5600 127.9544 148.54 top 77%

“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

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
MO60top 67%
OK10top 97%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)30top 87%
Large (40+)40top 59%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival 2 26 0 top 42% 2016-04-22

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3 yrs 2013-04-19 → 2016-04-22
Busiest season 2013 3 contests
Contests a season 1.8 across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in MO 6 of 7 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited 6 1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat Chicken 7 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat Chicken averages 160.15 · weakest Brisket (148.54)
Walk rate 14% a top-10 call in 1 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 7 contests
Master average 626.37 out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced 227 111–225 across every shared overall standing
Road miles 259 7 mapped stops · furthest 87 mi
Schedule strength 1538 average field rating faced — tougher than 28% of rated contests
Power rating 1468 peak 1505 · #4746 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

  1. 2013
  2. First tracked contest Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival
  3. First call Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival
  4. Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.0000 Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival
  5. Peak power rating (1505) Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival
  6. 2016
  7. Career-best overall score645.6456 Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival
  8. Most recent contest Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+4.5Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival2013-04-19
+2.3Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival2016-04-22

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-13Four State BBQ Championship Presented by Downstream Casino2013-08-30
-9Rock'n Freedom2013-06-20
-6.53rd Annual Willard Freedom Feast BBQ Cook-Off2015-06-26
-6.22nd Annual Freedom Feast BBQ Cook-Off2014-06-26
-4.5Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival2015-04-24

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20161000 0% top 46% 89.7% 89.7%
20152000 0% top 78% 86.1% 85.4%
20141000 0% top 80% 84.8% 84.8%
20133000 33% top 72% 89.5% 87.9%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2016-04-22 Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival Springfield, MO 28 / 61 (645.6456) 31 (160.5828) 53 (149.6572) 17 (166.8456) 16 (168.5600)
2015-06-26 3rd Annual Willard Freedom Feast BBQ Cook-Off Willard, MO 26 / 31 (610.0456) 27 (156.5256) 27 (149.6572) 25 (158.8000) 28 (145.0628)
2015-04-24 Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival Springfield, MO 45 / 63 (619.9544) 54 (150.8456) 22 (166.2972) 56 (143.9656) 27 (158.8460)
2014-06-26 2nd Annual Freedom Feast BBQ Cook-Off Willard, MO 28 / 35 (610.7776) 25 (158.8344) 20 (162.8572) 21 (161.1316) 34 (127.9544)
2013-08-30 Four State BBQ Championship Presented by Downstream Casino Quapaw, OK 35 / 36 (612.4456) 28 (161.1200) 34 (153.1200) 35 (154.2628) 36 (143.9428)
2013-06-20 Rock'n Freedom Seymour, MO 41 / 50 (641.1426) 27 (165.7142) 36 (162.2858) 38 (161.7142) 48 (151.4284)
2013-04-19 Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival Springfield, MO 26 / 68 (644.5706) 18 (167.4284) 10 (172.0000) 37 (161.1424) 58 (143.9998)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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