A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BIG POPPA SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
BIG POPPA SMOKERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Roger's II
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1473
peak 1473 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-09-06
latest 2015-07-31
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 87%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
617.61
last 3 Master vs avg 617.61 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.37
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.22 · weakest Brisket (151.20)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
41%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)
Master avg
617.61 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Service Dog BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
Roger's II 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 143 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.
#4469 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4475 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1509 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4462 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Roger's II did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#4482 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
Level with Roger's II on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4468 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1503 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4492 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
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 | 161.6684 | 156.5256 | 159.22 | top 78% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0344 | 147.3600 | 154.84 | top 71% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9656 | 143.9656 | 152.35 | top 88% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.0972 | 150.2400 | 151.20 | top 79% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 87% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.9 yrs
2013-09-06 → 2015-07-31
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
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 159.22 · weakest Brisket (151.20)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
617.61
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
49
10–64 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1553
average field rating faced — tougher than 41% of rated contests
Power rating
1473
peak 1473 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest San Luis Valley Beat the Heat Brews, Barbecue & Chili Challenge
- Peak power rating (1490) San Luis Valley Beat the Heat Brews, Barbecue & Chili Challenge
- 2014
- Career-best overall score622.7656 The SLV Beat the Heat BBQ, Brews and Chili Competition
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)164.0344 The SLV Beat the Heat BBQ, Brews and Chili Competition
- 2015
- Most recent contest SLV Beat the Heat - Barbeque, Brews and Chili
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.5 | San Luis Valley Beat the Heat Brews, Barbecue & Chili Challenge | 2013-09-06 |
| -8.6 | The SLV Beat the Heat BBQ, Brews and Chili Competition | 2014-08-01 |
| -7.9 | SLV Beat the Heat - Barbeque, Brews and Chili | 2015-07-31 |
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 86% | 86.1% | 86.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 86.5% | 86.5% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 84.8% | 84.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-07-31 | SLV Beat the Heat - Barbeque, Brews and Chili Alamosa, CO | 25 / 29 (619.8512) | 24 (156.5256) | 24 (153.1200) | 23 (159.9656) | 22 (150.2400) |
| 2014-08-01 | The SLV Beat the Heat BBQ, Brews and Chili Competition Alamosa, CO | 27 / 31 (622.7656) | 25 (161.6684) | 13 (164.0344) | 30 (143.9656) | 24 (153.0972) |
| 2013-09-06 | San Luis Valley Beat the Heat Brews, Barbecue & Chili Challenge Alamosa, CO | 15 / 17 (610.2052) | 12 (159.4628) | 15 (147.3600) | 15 (153.1312) | 14 (150.2512) |