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.
INSANE BAR-B-QUE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1480
peak 1480 · 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 69%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
481.00
last 4 Master vs avg 481.00 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±190.16
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 155.60 · weakest Pork Ribs (142.19)
Road miles
1
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)
Master avg
481.00 / 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 CHILLIN AND GRILLIN CREW 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.
INSANE BAR-B-QUE 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 136 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.
#4104 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1515
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to INSANE BAR-B-QUE)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team INSANE BAR-B-QUE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4098 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4116 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after INSANE BAR-B-QUE did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4089 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
Level with INSANE BAR-B-QUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4113 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4077 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1481
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 | 162.3200 | 131.9656 | 150.48 | top 79% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1312 | 116.3316 | 142.19 | top 82% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5256 | 146.2856 | 155.60 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145.6572 | 137.0744 | 142.23 | top 91% |
“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
Pork
averages 155.60 · weakest Pork Ribs (142.19)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
481.00
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
1,020
399–1,290 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
1480
peak 1480 · #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
- Peak power rating (1489) 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- 2014
- Career-best overall score609.7024 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Career-best single call (Chicken)162.3200 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- 2015
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| +1.8 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | 2015-10-03 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.3 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2013-10-03 |
| -10.1 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2014-10-02 |
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 31% | 21.2% | 21.2% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 84.7% | 84.7% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 82.1% | 82.1% |
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 | 185 / 606 (152.5028) | 463 (157.1544) | 604 (116.3316) | 406 (159.9888) | 583 (137.0744) |
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 492 / 552 (609.7024) | 339 (162.3200) | 404 (157.1312) | 519 (146.2856) | 512 (143.9656) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 473 / 535 (591.2456) | 529 (131.9656) | 393 (153.0972) | 271 (160.5256) | 451 (145.6572) |