A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Smoking Tokin BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1478
peak 1478 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-03-21
latest 2015-06-05
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 76%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
635.37
last 4 Master vs avg 635.37 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.61
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.13 · weakest Pork (156.86)
Road miles
505
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 201 mi
Schedule strength
46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)
Master avg
635.37 / 720
4 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.
Smoking Tokin BBQ has 4 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 150 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.
#4216 of the rated field
- Contests
- 21
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1507
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Smoking Tokin BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smoking Tokin BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4234 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#4205 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1511 at their best, 33 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4209 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Smoking Tokin BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4210 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smoking Tokin BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4222 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.0000 | 155.3712 | 162.13 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 153.0972 | 159.11 | top 72% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2972 | 142.2856 | 156.86 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 152.5716 | 157.27 | top 72% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 3 | 0 | top 80% |
| NV | 1 | 0 | top 65% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 72% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.2 yrs
2014-03-21 → 2015-06-05
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 162.13 · weakest Pork (156.86)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
635.37
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
186
71–198 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
505
4 mapped stops · furthest 201 mi
Schedule strength
1559
average field rating faced — tougher than 46% of rated contests
Power rating
1478
peak 1478 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest 3rd Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1493) 3rd Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship
- First call USA Barbecue Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.8460 USA Barbecue Championship
- Career-best overall score658.8460 USA Barbecue Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.0000 USA Barbecue Championship
- 2015
- Most recent contest 4th Annual VC Music Fest & BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.3 | 4th Annual VC Music Fest & BBQ | 2015-06-05 |
| -6.9 | 3rd Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship | 2014-03-21 |
| -6.6 | 4th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship | 2015-03-20 |
| -0.1 | USA Barbecue Championship | 2014-10-30 |
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 | 0% | top 83% | 89.1% | 88.4% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 70% | 91.5% | 88.1% |
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 | 22 / 25 (630.7084) | 23 (155.3712) | 24 (153.0972) | 23 (159.4172) | 17 (162.8228) |
| 2015-03-20 | 4th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship Arcadia, CA | 77 / 100 (641.6228) | 91 (155.9544) | 57 (165.6800) | 76 (159.4284) | 72 (160.5600) |
| 2014-10-30 | USA Barbecue Championship Laughlin, NV | 51 / 79 (658.8460) | 6 (176.0000) | 50 (163.4288) | 36 (166.2972) | 66 (153.1200) |
| 2014-03-21 | 3rd Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship Arcadia, CA | 52 / 69 (610.3088) | 38 (161.2116) | 49 (154.2400) | 62 (142.2856) | 45 (152.5716) |