High-water mark
665.1430
career-best overall
92.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 665.1430 at 5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship — 92.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-01-25
Smoke N Phoenicians
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1515
peak 1515 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-01-25
latest 2015-07-10
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 37%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
657.30
last 3 Master vs avg 657.30 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.06
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.38 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.98)
Road miles
2,041
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 1020 mi
Schedule strength
16%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1523)
Master avg
657.30 / 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.
The comeback
1.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.8 years, then back at Holbrook (2015-07-10).
- last seen 2013-10-03
- back 2015-07-10
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 N Phoenicians 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 87 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.
#2637 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2648 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Smoke N Phoenicians did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#2653 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smoke N Phoenicians on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2642 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2646 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2645 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
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 | 168.0000 | 156.5256 | 163.98 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 153.1428 | 159.98 | top 56% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 178.8572 | 157.7028 | 168.38 | top 38% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 162.2856 | 164.96 | top 33% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| AZ | 2 | 0 | top 36% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 39% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 55% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 28% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.5 yrs
2013-01-25 → 2015-07-10
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AZ
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 · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 168.38 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.98)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
657.30
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
620
408–239 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,041
3 mapped stops · furthest 1,020 mi
Schedule strength
1523
average field rating faced — tougher than 16% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.8 yrs
2013-10-03 → 2015-07-10
Power rating
1515
peak 1515 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship
- First call 5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship
- First category win (Pork) 5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.1430 5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score665.1430 5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)178.8572 5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship
- 2015
- Peak power rating (1515) Holbrook
- Most recent contest Holbrook
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.7 | 5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship | 2013-01-25 |
| +3.9 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2013-10-03 |
| +0.1 | Holbrook | 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 | 100% | top 55% | 91.7% | 91.7% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50% | top 28% | 92.4% | 91.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-07-10 | Holbrook Holbrook, AZ | 16 / 29 (660.5256) | 16 (167.4056) | 11 (167.9772) | 28 (157.7028) | 10 (167.4400) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 211 / 535 (646.2172) | 361 (156.5256) | 284 (158.8116) | 89 (168.5944) | 186 (162.2856) |
| 2013-01-25 | 5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship Lake Havasu City, AZ | 15 / 86 (665.1430) | 21 (168.0000) | 65 (153.1428) | 1 (178.8572) | 25 (165.1430) |