A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
B & C SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
B & C SMOKERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
BAYER SMOKE MASTERS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1521
peak 1521 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-10-03
latest 2015-10-03
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 31%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
613.68
last 4 Master vs avg 613.68 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±64.99
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 165.51 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.29)
Road miles
1
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)
Master avg
613.68 / 720
3 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
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of DUSTY ROADS BBQ in 3 of their 3 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.
BAYER SMOKE MASTERS 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 88 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.
#2454 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1521
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BAYER SMOKE MASTERS)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BAYER SMOKE MASTERS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2474 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 16%
- Peak
- 1523
3–0 in 3 shared contests (100% to BAYER SMOKE MASTERS)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 19 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#2465 of the rated field
- Contests
- 123
- GCs
- 6
- Top-10s
- 37%
- Peak
- 1820
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BAYER SMOKE MASTERS)
123 contests to 3: their number has had years to settle where BAYER SMOKE MASTERS's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#2451 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after BAYER SMOKE MASTERS did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#2467 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
Level with BAYER SMOKE MASTERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2464 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 154.8800 | 162.46 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 156.5028 | 161.29 | top 55% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8800 | 154.8228 | 161.70 | top 53% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2856 | 158.2744 | 165.51 | top 32% |
“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
2 yrs
2013-10-03 → 2015-10-03
Busiest season
2015
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
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
Brisket
averages 165.51 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.29)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
613.68
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
1,020
1,144–545 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1542
average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2014-10-02 → 2015-10-03
Power rating
1521
peak 1521 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- 2014
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.6112 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Career-best overall score661.6112 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.4056 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- 2015
- Peak power rating (1521) 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
- Most recent contest 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.3 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | 2015-10-03 |
| +5.4 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2014-10-02 |
| +2.4 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2013-10-03 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 7% | 69.7% | 69.7% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 39% | 91.9% | 91.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 46% | 89% | 89% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-03 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 45 / 606 (501.8632) | 383 (161.0972) | 233 (166.8228) | 484 (154.8228) | 170 (167.9772) |
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 215 / 552 (661.6112) | 111 (171.4056) | 347 (160.5372) | 386 (159.3828) | 102 (170.2856) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 245 / 535 (640.5372) | 384 (154.8800) | 339 (156.5028) | 51 (170.8800) | 266 (158.2744) |