A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Smoke'Em All ahead in 100% of their meetings
Smoke'Em All has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Slowly Smoked
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1511
peak 1514 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-07-13
latest 2016-02-20
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 42%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
637.11
last 3 Master vs avg 637.11 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.79
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.71 · weakest Chicken (150.10)
Road miles
4
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
13%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1519)
Master avg
637.11 / 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 strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Cocineros del Este in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
1.6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.6 years, then back at Smokin' Hot BBQ San Juan Puerto Rico (2015-02-21).
- last seen 2013-07-13
- back 2015-02-21
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.
Slowly Smoked 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 101 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.
#2787 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1525
1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to Slowly Smoked)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — PLAYING WITH FIRE ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ 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 6 years after Slowly Smoked 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 Slowly Smoked 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 | 156.0116 | 144.5944 | 150.10 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.3944 | 163.4628 | 165.71 | top 30% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 141.1428 | 158.27 | top 43% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.1656 | 155.9772 | 163.03 | top 31% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 50% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 24% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.6 yrs
2013-07-13 → 2016-02-20
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
PR
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 165.71 · weakest Chicken (150.10)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
637.11
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
80
62–37 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
4
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1519
average field rating faced — tougher than 13% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
2013-07-13 → 2015-02-21
Power rating
1511
peak 1514 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Cattlemen's BBQ Competition
- First call Cattlemen's BBQ Competition
- First overall top-10 Cattlemen's BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Brisket)169.1656 Cattlemen's BBQ Competition
- 2015
- Career-best overall score646.1488 Smokin' Hot BBQ San Juan Puerto Rico
- Peak power rating (1514) Smokin' Hot BBQ San Juan Puerto Rico
- 2016
- Most recent contest 9th Annual Smoking Hot BBQ San Juan
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.8 | Cattlemen's BBQ Competition | 2013-07-13 |
| +5.2 | Smokin' Hot BBQ San Juan Puerto Rico | 2015-02-21 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3 | 9th Annual Smoking Hot BBQ San Juan | 2016-02-20 |
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 | 100% | top 64% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 36% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 24% | 87.5% | 87.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-02-20 | 9th Annual Smoking Hot BBQ San Juan San Juan, PR | 18 / 28 (635.3944) | 26 (144.5944) | 12 (166.2628) | 5 (168.5600) | 16 (155.9772) |
| 2015-02-21 | Smokin' Hot BBQ San Juan Puerto Rico San Juan, PR | 12 / 33 (646.1488) | 29 (149.6916) | 7 (167.3944) | 10 (165.1200) | 9 (163.9428) |
| 2013-07-13 | Cattlemen's BBQ Competition San Juan, PR | 10 / 41 (629.7828) | 17 (156.0116) | 11 (163.4628) | 33 (141.1428) | 4 (169.1656) |