High-water mark
668.4228
career-best overall
92.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 668.4228 at Smokin Blues & BBQ — 92.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-03-27
Smokin Lipps
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1505
peak 1505 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-03-29
latest 2016-03-25
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
662.03
last 4 Master vs avg 662.03 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.52
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.39 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.56)
Road miles
48
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 34 mi
Schedule strength
52%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)
Master avg
662.03 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ has finished one call ahead of Smokin Lipps 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SMOKIN COONASSES in 3 of their 4 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.
Smokin Lipps 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.
#3015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
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#3010 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin Lipps on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3022 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3007 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 3 years before Smokin Lipps's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 3 years before Smokin Lipps's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3013 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 157.0972 | 166.55 | top 46% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.0000 | 154.2856 | 163.56 | top 51% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 173.1428 | 159.3600 | 167.39 | top 44% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8570 | 156.4912 | 164.54 | top 49% |
“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
3 yrs
2013-03-29 → 2016-03-25
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
LA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 167.39 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.56)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
662.03
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
119
96–119 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
48
4 mapped stops · furthest 34 mi
Schedule strength
1566
average field rating faced — tougher than 52% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2014-03-21 → 2015-03-27
Power rating
1505
peak 1505 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Slidell BBQ Challenge
- First call Slidell BBQ Challenge
- First category win (Pork) Slidell BBQ Challenge
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.5710 Slidell BBQ Challenge
- 2015
- Career-best overall score668.4228 Smokin Blues & BBQ
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4056 Smokin Blues & BBQ
- Peak power rating (1505) Smokin Blues & BBQ
- 2016
- Most recent contest Hamond BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.3 | Smokin Blues & BBQ | 2015-03-27 |
| +0.8 | Slidell BBQ Challenge | 2013-03-29 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -0.8 | Hammond BBQ | 2014-03-21 |
| -0.7 | Hamond BBQ | 2016-03-25 |
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 66% | 92.2% | 92.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 45% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 62% | 91.6% | 91.6% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 50% | 91.2% | 91.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-03-25 | Hamond BBQ Hammond, LA | 38 / 58 (663.8856) | 55 (157.0972) | 12 (172.0000) | 38 (165.0856) | 22 (169.7028) |
| 2015-03-27 | Smokin Blues & BBQ Hammond, LA | 25 / 56 (668.4228) | 5 (175.4056) | 40 (159.9544) | 18 (171.9656) | 35 (161.0972) |
| 2014-03-21 | Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA | 38 / 61 (659.2456) | 4 (175.4056) | 20 (167.9888) | 47 (159.3600) | 50 (156.4912) |
| 2013-03-29 | Slidell BBQ Challenge Slidell, LA | 22 / 44 (656.5710) | 32 (158.2856) | 35 (154.2856) | 1 (173.1428) | 6 (170.8570) |