A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
THE SMOKE HUNTERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
THE SMOKE HUNTERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Blue Island BBQ Company
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1472
peak 1472 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-05-22
latest 2015-08-28
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 88%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
610.38
last 3 Master vs avg 610.38 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.46
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 154.84 · weakest Chicken (151.22)
Road miles
59
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 59 mi
Schedule strength
43%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1556)
Master avg
610.38 / 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.
Blue Island BBQ Company 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 140 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.
#4483 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Blue Island BBQ Company)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Blue Island BBQ Company has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4502 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4525 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Blue Island BBQ Company did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4529 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Level with Blue Island BBQ Company on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4514 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4501 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 32 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6684 | 147.4172 | 151.22 | top 90% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1200 | 145.0628 | 152.15 | top 79% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1428 | 149.6800 | 152.17 | top 90% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8572 | 142.8344 | 154.84 | top 62% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red, White and BBQ (Day 2) | 2 | 39 | 0 | top 96% | 2015-05-23 |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.3 yrs
2015-05-22 → 2015-08-28
Busiest season
2015
3 contests
Cooks most in
IL
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 154.84 · weakest Chicken (151.22)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
610.38
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
93
18–127 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
59
3 mapped stops · furthest 59 mi
Schedule strength
1556
average field rating faced — tougher than 43% of rated contests
Power rating
1472
peak 1472 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Red, White and BBQ (Day 1)
- Peak power rating (1489) Red, White and BBQ (Day 1)
- Career-best overall score623.3256 Grill Games
- Career-best single call (Brisket)162.8572 Grill Games
- Most recent contest Grill Games
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.9 | Red, White and BBQ (Day 2) | 2015-05-23 |
| -10.8 | Red, White and BBQ (Day 1) | 2015-05-22 |
| -4.9 | Grill Games | 2015-08-28 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 86.6% | 84.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-08-28 | Grill Games Kenosha, WI | 35 / 49 (623.3256) | 40 (153.6684) | 28 (157.1200) | 44 (149.6800) | 16 (162.8572) |
| 2015-05-23 | Red, White and BBQ (Day 2) Westmont, IL | 56 / 58 (606.8232) | 53 (152.5716) | 50 (154.2744) | 48 (157.1428) | 57 (142.8344) |
| 2015-05-22 | Red, White and BBQ (Day 1) Westmont, IL | 39 / 41 (600.9944) | 40 (147.4172) | 39 (145.0628) | 40 (149.6800) | 22 (158.8344) |