A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Kirks BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1463
peak 1463 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-07-03
latest 2015-07-03
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 97%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
588.78
last 3 Master vs avg 588.78 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.52
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 151.84 · weakest Pork (142.26)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
40%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)
Master avg
588.78 / 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.
Kirks BBQ 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 138 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.
#4947 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4937 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Kirks BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
Level with Kirks BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4956 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4940 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4952 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
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 | 158.9144 | 140.0232 | 151.84 | top 86% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5716 | 142.8228 | 147.25 | top 92% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147.3600 | 134.8570 | 142.26 | top 98% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.8570 | 141.7144 | 147.44 | top 89% |
“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 (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-07-03 → 2015-07-03
Busiest season
2015
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IA
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 151.84 · weakest Pork (142.26)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
588.78
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
44
2–66 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1553
average field rating faced — tougher than 40% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2013-07-03 → 2014-07-03
Power rating
1463
peak 1463 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Whiting 4th of July BBQ Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1487) Whiting 4th of July BBQ Cookoff
- 2014
- Career-best overall score598.8344 Whiting BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Chicken)158.9144 Whiting BBQ Cookoff
- 2015
- Most recent contest Back to Mayberry BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.5 | Whiting 4th of July BBQ Cookoff | 2013-07-03 |
| -11.9 | Back to Mayberry BBQ | 2015-07-03 |
| -11.4 | Whiting BBQ Cookoff | 2014-07-03 |
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 100% | 79.5% | 79.5% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 83.2% | 83.2% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 82.6% | 82.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-07-03 | Back to Mayberry BBQ Whiting, IA | 25 / 25 (572.6520) | 24 (140.0232) | 24 (146.3544) | 25 (144.5600) | 25 (141.7144) |
| 2014-07-03 | Whiting BBQ Cookoff Whiting, IA | 20 / 21 (598.8344) | 15 (158.9144) | 21 (142.8228) | 20 (147.3600) | 16 (149.7372) |
| 2013-07-03 | Whiting 4th of July BBQ Cookoff Whiting, IA | 24 / 25 (594.8570) | 23 (156.5714) | 20 (152.5716) | 25 (134.8570) | 23 (150.8570) |