High-water mark
665.0284
career-best overall
92.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 665.0284 at USA Barbecue Championship — 92.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2014-10-30
7 KINDS OF SMOKE BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1501
peak 1504 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-10-30
latest 2015-06-05
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
658.78
last 3 Master vs avg 658.78 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.09
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.86 · weakest Pork (162.07)
Road miles
286
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 210 mi
Schedule strength
52%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1567)
Master avg
658.78 / 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 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.
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.
7 KINDS OF SMOKE 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 110 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.
#3167 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#3189 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after 7 KINDS OF SMOKE BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#3158 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Level with 7 KINDS OF SMOKE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3154 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3185 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3178 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
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 | 173.1544 | 166.8228 | 170.86 | top 41% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4284 | 156.5488 | 163.41 | top 57% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8000 | 161.7028 | 162.07 | top 79% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3712 | 158.8000 | 162.44 | top 62% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NV | 2 | 0 | top 52% |
| CA | 1 | 0 | top 72% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 61% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 54% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.6 yrs
2014-10-30 → 2015-06-05
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NV
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 170.86 · weakest Pork (162.07)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
658.78
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
121
62–77 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
286
3 mapped stops · furthest 210 mi
Schedule strength
1567
average field rating faced — tougher than 52% of rated contests
Power rating
1501
peak 1504 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest USA Barbecue Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.0284 USA Barbecue Championship
- Career-best overall score665.0284 USA Barbecue Championship
- 2015
- First call Best Dam Barbecue
- Peak power rating (1504) Best Dam Barbecue
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1544 4th Annual VC Music Fest & BBQ
- Most recent contest 4th Annual VC Music Fest & BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.9 | USA Barbecue Championship | 2014-10-30 |
| +1.5 | Best Dam Barbecue | 2015-05-22 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.7 | 4th Annual VC Music Fest & BBQ | 2015-06-05 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 61% | 91.5% | 91.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 54% | 92.4% | 92.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-05 | 4th Annual VC Music Fest & BBQ Valley Center, CA | 18 / 25 (652.5488) | 9 (173.1544) | 22 (156.5488) | 22 (161.7028) | 18 (161.1428) |
| 2015-05-22 | Best Dam Barbecue Boulder City, NV | 19 / 38 (658.7540) | 23 (166.8228) | 6 (171.4284) | 31 (161.7028) | 25 (158.8000) |
| 2014-10-30 | USA Barbecue Championship Laughlin, NV | 43 / 79 (665.0284) | 20 (172.5944) | 53 (162.2628) | 53 (162.8000) | 38 (167.3712) |