A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Meat Candy Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
Meat Candy Q has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Smoke 'n' Bones
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1487
peak 1487 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-06-20
latest 2015-10-02
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
639.01
last 3 Master vs avg 639.01 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.56
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 161.68 · weakest Pork (158.11)
Road miles
32
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
21%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1529)
Master avg
639.01 / 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.
Smoke 'n' Bones 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 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.
#3821 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3806 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1487
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 9 contests, alongside a 33% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#3809 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1487
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smoke 'n' Bones on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3820 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3828 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3817 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1544 | 150.2400 | 158.47 | top 75% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 158.8112 | 161.68 | top 63% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.3428 | 147.3944 | 158.11 | top 65% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8572 | 157.7256 | 160.75 | top 56% |
“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
1.3 yrs
2014-06-20 → 2015-10-02
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
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 161.68 · weakest Pork (158.11)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
639.01
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
160
77–157 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
32
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1529
average field rating faced — tougher than 21% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2014-10-02 → 2015-10-02
Power rating
1487
peak 1487 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest 3rd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)167.4056 3rd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1497) 3rd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.1888 Dana Point State BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score653.1888 Dana Point State BBQ Championship
- 2015
- Most recent contest City of Dana Point State BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.4 | City of Dana Point State BBQ Championship | 2015-10-02 |
| -3.4 | 3rd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship | 2014-06-20 |
| -0.7 | Dana Point State BBQ Championship | 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 84% | 87.2% | 87.2% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 61% | 90.7% | 89.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-02 | City of Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA | 63 / 75 (627.8744) | 56 (160.0116) | 62 (158.8112) | 69 (147.3944) | 45 (161.6572) |
| 2014-10-02 | Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA | 54 / 97 (653.1888) | 58 (165.1544) | 74 (158.8344) | 41 (166.3428) | 46 (162.8572) |
| 2014-06-20 | 3rd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship Temecula, CA | 43 / 65 (635.9540) | 58 (150.2400) | 19 (167.4056) | 40 (160.5828) | 39 (157.7256) |