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.
FIRETOWER BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1473
peak 1473 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-03-22
latest 2016-03-25
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
641.65
last 4 Master vs avg 641.65 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.56
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.27 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.41)
Road miles
5
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)
Master avg
641.65 / 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.
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of PORK-N-BONES 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.
FIRETOWER 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 146 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.
#4431 of the rated field
- Contests
- 152
- GCs
- 2
- Top-10s
- 24%
- Peak
- 1708
0–4 in 4 shared contests (0% to FIRETOWER BBQ)
These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — SMOKIN TRIGGERS ahead 4–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#4469 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
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#4436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after FIRETOWER BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Level with FIRETOWER BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4462 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
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#4440 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
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 | 164.5256 | 157.1428 | 162.27 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2400 | 154.2628 | 158.41 | top 77% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 154.8228 | 161.13 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9998 | 153.0972 | 159.85 | top 71% |
“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
2013-03-22 → 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 · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 162.27 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.41)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
641.65
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
113
42–179 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
5
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1566
average field rating faced — tougher than 51% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2014-03-21 → 2015-03-27
Power rating
1473
peak 1473 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Hammond Blues and BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.5706 Hammond Blues and BBQ
- Career-best overall score648.5706 Hammond Blues and BBQ
- Peak power rating (1494) Hammond Blues and BBQ
- 2015
- Career-best single call (Pork)164.5600 Smokin Blues & BBQ
- 2016
- Most recent contest Hamond BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.9 | Hammond BBQ | 2014-03-21 |
| -7 | Hamond BBQ | 2016-03-25 |
| -6.5 | Hammond Blues and BBQ | 2013-03-22 |
| -5.2 | Smokin Blues & BBQ | 2015-03-27 |
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 88% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 88.9% | 88.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
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 | 51 / 58 (642.1712) | 45 (164.5256) | 51 (160.5600) | 54 (154.8228) | 47 (162.2628) |
| 2015-03-27 | Smokin Blues & BBQ Hammond, LA | 44 / 56 (636.0116) | 52 (157.1428) | 46 (154.2628) | 31 (164.5600) | 36 (160.0460) |
| 2014-03-21 | Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA | 52 / 61 (639.8628) | 47 (163.4056) | 39 (162.2400) | 39 (161.1200) | 54 (153.0972) |
| 2013-03-22 | Hammond Blues and BBQ Hammond, LA | 36 / 50 (648.5706) | 38 (163.9998) | 37 (156.5712) | 27 (163.9998) | 25 (163.9998) |