A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Four Men and A Pig ahead in 100% of their meetings
Four Men and A Pig has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Smokin Slow
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-07-11
latest 2015-07-10
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
580.62
last 3 Master vs avg 580.62 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±76.46
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 159.21 · weakest Brisket (112.16)
Road miles
6
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
41%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1554)
Master avg
580.62 / 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 Slow 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 142 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.
#4348 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1505 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4350 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4324 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Smokin Slow did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4357 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin Slow on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4322 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4340 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
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 | 154.7884 | 145.6800 | 151.38 | top 95% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5944 | 154.2512 | 157.88 | top 72% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2628 | 153.1200 | 159.21 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 20.0000 | 112.16 | top 74% |
“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 yrs
2014-07-11 → 2015-07-10
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
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
Pork
averages 159.21 · weakest Brisket (112.16)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
580.62
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
67
13–75 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
6
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1554
average field rating faced — tougher than 41% of rated contests
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Johnson County Fair BBQ
- Peak power rating (1486) Johnson County Fair BBQ
- 2015
- Career-best overall score643.8856 Johnson County Fair BBQ
- Career-best single call (Brisket)167.3828 Johnson County Fair BBQ
- Most recent contest Johnson County Fair BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.1 | Johnson County Fair BBQ | 2014-07-11 |
| -7.1 | Burg Fest BBQ Contest | 2014-09-26 |
| -3.3 | Johnson County Fair BBQ | 2015-07-10 |
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 73% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 86.8% | 76.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-07-10 | Johnson County Fair BBQ Warrensburg, MO | 24 / 33 (643.8856) | 30 (153.6684) | 20 (160.5944) | 22 (162.2400) | 12 (167.3828) |
| 2014-09-26 | Burg Fest BBQ Contest Warrensburg, MO | 18 / 22 (624.9372) | 21 (154.7884) | 18 (158.8000) | 12 (162.2628) | 19 (149.0860) |
| 2014-07-11 | Johnson County Fair BBQ Warrensburg, MO | 36 / 36 (473.0512) | 35 (145.6800) | 27 (154.2512) | 34 (153.1200) | 36 (20.0000) |