A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Smoke Ring BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1482
peak 1482 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-09-13
latest 2015-09-11
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 76%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
625.46
last 3 Master vs avg 625.46 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.69
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.09 · weakest Brisket (145.48)
Road miles
2
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)
Master avg
625.46 / 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 Ring 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 115 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.
#4015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4029 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after Smoke Ring BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smoke Ring BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4046 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4040 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4025 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
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 | 166.2972 | 154.2628 | 162.09 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5716 | 158.8688 | 161.14 | top 51% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 144.5372 | 156.75 | top 74% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.7144 | 139.3144 | 145.48 | top 87% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 84% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 72% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge | 3 | 24 | 0 | top 76% | 2015-09-11 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-09-13 → 2015-09-11
Busiest season
2015
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CO
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 162.09 · weakest Brisket (145.48)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
625.46
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
76
29–89 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1548
average field rating faced — tougher than 37% of rated contests
Power rating
1482
peak 1482 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge
- Career-best overall score643.4060 Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge
- Career-best single call (Pork)167.4172 Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge
- Peak power rating (1500) Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge
- 2015
- Most recent contest Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.2 | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge | 2014-09-12 |
| -8.4 | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge | 2015-09-11 |
| -0.5 | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge | 2013-09-13 |
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% | 85.6% | 85.6% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 85.6% | 85.6% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 57% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-09-11 | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO | 27 / 32 (616.4344) | 26 (154.2628) | 12 (164.5716) | 27 (158.2856) | 31 (139.3144) |
| 2014-09-12 | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO | 41 / 47 (616.5260) | 26 (165.7140) | 29 (158.8688) | 45 (144.5372) | 42 (147.4060) |
| 2013-09-13 | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO | 24 / 42 (643.4060) | 17 (166.2972) | 22 (159.9772) | 18 (167.4172) | 32 (149.7144) |