A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
HISTORIC BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
HISTORIC BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
COL. D'S SWEET SMOKIN Q
COL. D'S SWEET SMOKIN Q is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2015. Their best overall finish is 28th of 38 at the Grillin N Chillin BBQ (2015). Also listed in KCBS results as “Col D's Sweet Smokin Q”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1460
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
May 15, 2015
latest Sep 25, 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 89%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.87
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.40 · weakest Brisket (148.37)
Road miles
614
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 166 mi
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)
Master avg
625.70 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to COL. D'S SWEET SMOKIN Q, each with one reason worth a look.
COL. D'S SWEET SMOKIN Q has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 134 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#5,103 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 5%
- Peak
- 1461
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to COL. D'S SWEET SMOKIN Q)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team COL. D'S SWEET SMOKIN Q has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5,134 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,094 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
They turned up 7 years after COL. D'S SWEET SMOKIN Q did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Compare careers#5,139 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
Level with COL. D'S SWEET SMOKIN Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,130 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,117 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
They've been 1506 at their best, 46 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2856 | 157.6572 | 163.40 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5256 | 149.6684 | 158.53 | top 79% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 150.2628 | 155.41 | top 80% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6456 | 131.9200 | 148.37 | top 86% |
“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 field size and state
More numbers
Busiest season
2015
4 contests
Contests a season
3
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KY
3 of 6 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
111
finished ahead 16 times, behind 127
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20154 milestones
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.2856 Buckeye State BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1487) Buckeye State BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score636.9372 Grillin N Chillin BBQ
- Most recent contest Grillin N Chillin BBQ
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13 | Bourbon City BBQ Festival | Jun 5, 2015 |
| -12.8 | Buckeye State BBQ Championship | May 15, 2015 |
| -10 | 9th Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff | Jul 10, 2015 |
| -4 | Grillin N Chillin BBQ | Sep 25, 2015 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 88.5% | 86.9% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2015 | Grillin N Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY | 28 / 38 (636.9372) | 33 (157.6572) | 31 (156.5144) | 13 (167.3828) | 28 (155.3828) |
| Jul 10, 2015 | 9th Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff Kettering, OH | 35 / 39 (631.8284) | 36 (159.9772) | 28 (163.3944) | 38 (150.8112) | 30 (157.6456) |
| Jun 5, 2015 | Bourbon City BBQ Festival Bardstown, KY | 34 / 34 (617.0512) | 23 (165.6800) | 34 (149.6684) | 33 (153.1656) | 33 (148.5372) |
| May 15, 2015 | Buckeye State BBQ Championship West Chester, OH | 34 / 36 (616.9940) | 16 (170.2856) | 22 (164.5256) | 33 (150.2628) | 35 (131.9200) |
| Jun 13, 2014 | Smokin' On The River Jeffersonville, IN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jun 6, 2014 | Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff Bardstown, KY | — | — | — | — | — |