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.
Smokin' & Grinnin
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1492
peak 1507 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-10-18
latest 2015-08-28
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 61%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
626.30
last 3 Master vs avg 626.30 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.89
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.82 · weakest Pork Ribs (151.18)
Road miles
26
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
10%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1514)
Master avg
626.30 / 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.
Smokin' & Grinnin 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.
#3556 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3538 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 12 years after Smokin' & Grinnin did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3559 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin' & Grinnin on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3551 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3537 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3561 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 152.5028 | 162.82 | top 46% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.3828 | 146.2172 | 151.18 | top 76% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 157.1084 | 160.35 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6916 | 144.4684 | 151.95 | top 67% |
“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 (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.9 yrs
2013-10-18 → 2015-08-28
Busiest season
2015
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 162.82 · weakest Pork Ribs (151.18)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
626.30
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
103
59–83 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
26
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1514
average field rating faced — tougher than 10% of rated contests
Power rating
1492
peak 1507 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 8th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q (TEAMS FULL)
- First call 8th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q (TEAMS FULL)
- Career-best overall score636.4456 8th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q (TEAMS FULL)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.7028 8th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q (TEAMS FULL)
- Peak power rating (1507) 8th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q (TEAMS FULL)
- 2015
- Most recent contest Grill Games
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.6 | 8th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q (TEAMS FULL) | 2013-10-18 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.4 | Grill Games | 2015-08-28 |
| -5.4 | 9th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q | 2014-10-17 |
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 82% | 84.9% | 84.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 87.7% | 87.7% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 31% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
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 | 40 / 49 (611.1884) | 42 (152.5028) | 32 (155.3828) | 30 (158.8344) | 43 (144.4684) |
| 2014-10-17 | 9th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q Libertyville, IL | 29 / 42 (631.2684) | 19 (166.2512) | 39 (146.2172) | 18 (165.1200) | 30 (153.6800) |
| 2013-10-18 | 8th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q (TEAMS FULL) Libertyville, IL | 17 / 54 (636.4456) | 4 (169.7028) | 37 (151.9428) | 21 (157.1084) | 23 (157.6916) |