A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
CLARK CREW BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
CLARK CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Straight Smoked BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1503
peak 1507 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-10-02
latest 2015-10-03
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 48%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
653.07
last 3 Master vs avg 653.07 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±3.67
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.12 · weakest Pork (161.87)
Road miles
1,110
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 555 mi
Schedule strength
32%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)
Master avg
653.07 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Straight Smoked BBQ 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 104 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.
#3116 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Straight Smoked BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Straight Smoked BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3094 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1510
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Straight Smoked BBQ)
12 contests to 3: their number has had years to settle where Straight Smoked BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#3103 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Straight Smoked BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3084 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Level with Straight Smoked BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3091 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3096 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
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 | 165.1316 | 165.0972 | 165.12 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1544 | 158.2400 | 162.26 | top 54% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 158.2400 | 161.87 | top 58% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0344 | 163.4516 | 163.82 | top 40% |
“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 (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2014-10-02 → 2015-10-03
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 165.12 · weakest Pork (161.87)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
653.07
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
869
502–710 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,110
3 mapped stops · furthest 555 mi
Schedule strength
1543
average field rating faced — tougher than 32% of rated contests
Power rating
1503
peak 1507 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.9776 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Career-best overall score655.9776 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.1544 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- 2015
- Peak power rating (1507) Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| +4.4 | Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship | 2015-08-28 |
| +2.7 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2014-10-02 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.6 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | 2015-10-03 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 49% | 91% | 90.5% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 47% | 91.1% | 91.1% |
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 | 346 / 606 (647.8972) | 269 (165.1200) | 411 (159.3944) | 421 (159.4056) | 264 (163.9772) |
| 2015-08-28 | Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX | 23 / 57 (655.3372) | 31 (165.0972) | 40 (158.2400) | 17 (167.9656) | 19 (164.0344) |
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 262 / 552 (655.9776) | 267 (165.1316) | 137 (169.1544) | 408 (158.2400) | 239 (163.4516) |