High-water mark
680.5714
career-best overall
94.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 680.5714 at Smokin' In The Junction — 94.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-05-25
4 MILE SMOKIN' CREW
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1526
peak 1526 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-05-25
latest 2015-05-23
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 34%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
663.38
last 4 Master vs avg 663.38 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.75
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 169.15 · weakest Chicken (160.83)
Road miles
308
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 77 mi
Schedule strength
25%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1534)
Master avg
663.38 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (6 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
3–1
behind in the head-to-head
GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA ahead in 75% of their meetings
GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of DIG-IN COOKERS in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
1.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.8 years, then back at Smokin' in the Junction (2015-05-23).
- last seen 2013-08-16
- back 2015-05-23
Announced themselves early
4th
at their very first contest
Finished 4 of 36 at their very first tracked contest, Smokin' In The Junction (2013-05-25).
- 2013-05-25
- 36-team field
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
Pig Skin BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
4 MILE SMOKIN' CREW 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 72 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.
#2302 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2294 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1537
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 5 contests, alongside a 60% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#2295 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#2311 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1526
No shared contest yet.
Level with 4 MILE SMOKIN' CREW on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2298 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1528
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-head#2304 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1526
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 170.8456 | 153.0744 | 160.83 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 176.0002 | 161.1544 | 169.15 | top 22% |
| Pork | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 172.0000 | 157.6684 | 166.98 | top 31% |
| Brisket | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 172.5714 | 159.4172 | 166.41 | top 31% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 29% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-05-25 → 2015-05-23
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 169.15 · weakest Chicken (160.83)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 4 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
50%
2 of 4 contests
Master average
663.38
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
119
101–55 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
308
4 mapped stops · furthest 77 mi
Schedule strength
1534
average field rating faced — tougher than 25% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.8 yrs
2013-08-16 → 2015-05-23
Power rating
1526
peak 1526 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Smokin' In The Junction
- First call Smokin' In The Junction
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Smokin' In The Junction
- First overall top-10 Smokin' In The Junction
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score680.5714 Smokin' In The Junction
- Career-best overall score680.5714 Smokin' In The Junction
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.0002 Smokin' In The Junction
- 2015
- Peak power rating (1526) Smokin' in the Junction
- Most recent contest Smokin' in the Junction
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.2 | Smokin' In The Junction | 2013-05-25 |
| +6 | Lynch Livestock Pig Stampede | 2013-08-16 |
| +5.8 | Smokin' in the Junction | 2015-05-23 |
| +0.5 | Up in Smoke BBQ Bash | 2013-07-26 |
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 38% | 92.6% | 92.6% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 33% | 94.5% | 92% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-05-23 | Smokin' in the Junction West Des Moines, IA | 14 / 37 (666.8116) | 28 (158.8456) | 6 (171.4400) | 19 (166.8344) | 10 (169.6916) |
| 2013-08-16 | Lynch Livestock Pig Stampede Waucoma, IA | 8 / 21 (649.0856) | 3 (170.8456) | 9 (161.1544) | 10 (157.6684) | 10 (159.4172) |
| 2013-07-26 | Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA | 33 / 66 (657.0400) | 60 (153.0744) | 18 (168.0000) | 5 (172.0000) | 26 (163.9656) |
| 2013-05-25 | Smokin' In The Junction West Des Moines, IA | 4 / 36 (680.5714) | 26 (160.5712) | 1 (176.0002) | 7 (171.4286) | 4 (172.5714) |