High-water mark
667.9432
career-best overall
92.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 667.9432 at Smokin On Big Creek - Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief — 92.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2014-04-04
SNAIL SLOW SMOKIN
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1493
peak 1493 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2013-04-05
latest 2015-04-03
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
642.08
last 5 Master vs avg 642.08 (+0.00)
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.87
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.87 · weakest Brisket (155.52)
Road miles
110
mi across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)
Master avg
642.08 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
GETTIN' BASTED ahead in 100% of their meetings
GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
The weak link
−8.3
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.35 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Brisket avg 155.52
- Pork avg 163.87
- 0 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of ROADKILL BBQ in 3 of their 4 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.
129 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3498 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 6%
- Peak
- 1524
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SNAIL SLOW SMOKIN)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SNAIL SLOW SMOKIN has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3506 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1493
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3491 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after SNAIL SLOW SMOKIN did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#3496 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with SNAIL SLOW SMOKIN on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3480 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3494 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHOP QUEY | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| LOVE 2 Q | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Theslabs.com | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| NICKLE BOYS BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| POLITICAL PORK | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| GETTIN' BASTED | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| A Boy & His BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| DIRT ROAD BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| TIPPYCANOE BBQ CREW | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN BAD HABIT | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 146.2284 | 161.58 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4286 | 147.3372 | 161.12 | top 50% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 153.6800 | 163.87 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8572 | 142.8688 | 155.52 | top 68% |
“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 (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-04-05 → 2015-04-03
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 163.87 · weakest Brisket (155.52)
Walk rate
40%
a top-10 call in 2 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
642.08
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
847
419–882 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
110
5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1537
average field rating faced — tougher than 27% of rated contests
Power rating
1493
peak 1493 · #3500 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Smokin' On Big Creek
- First call Smokin' On Big Creek
- 2014
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.9432 Smokin On Big Creek - Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief
- Career-best overall score667.9432 Smokin On Big Creek - Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.8572 Smokin On Big Creek - Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief
- Peak power rating (1499) Smokin On Big Creek - Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief
- 2015
- Most recent contest Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief(Judges Full)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.8 | Smokin On Big Creek - Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief | 2014-04-04 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.1 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2013-10-03 |
| -4.4 | Smokin' On Big Creek | 2013-04-05 |
| -4.1 | Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief(Judges Full) | 2015-04-03 |
| -2.2 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2014-10-02 |
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 72% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 43% | 92.8% | 91.1% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 72% | 89.4% | 87% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-04-03 | Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief(Judges Full) Pleasant Hill, MO | 51 / 71 (645.5772) | 36 (166.8344) | 31 (165.6800) | 68 (153.6800) | 50 (159.3828) |
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 347 / 552 (644.4344) | 119 (170.8456) | 518 (147.3372) | 123 (170.2744) | 371 (155.9772) |
| 2014-04-04 | Smokin On Big Creek - Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief Pleasant Hill, MO | 17 / 75 (667.9432) | 7 (174.8572) | 21 (167.4516) | 18 (169.1200) | 50 (156.5144) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 424 / 535 (609.0400) | 490 (146.2284) | 386 (153.6800) | 145 (166.2628) | 474 (142.8688) |
| 2013-04-05 | Smokin' On Big Creek Pleasant Hill, MO | 48 / 74 (643.4286) | 72 (149.1428) | 8 (171.4286) | 51 (160.0000) | 36 (162.8572) |