The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Sweet Smokin' Jones has finished one call ahead of SMOKE DOCTOR 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
SMOKE DOCTOR
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1404
peak 1404 · rated over 12 contests ⓘ
Contests
12
in the data
First seen
2014-09-19
latest 2025-09-19
Best ToY finish
#983
Master 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 12 contests
Avg finish
top 91%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
621.20 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 623.66 (-2.46)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.77
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.89 · weakest Brisket (151.24)
Road miles
226
mi across 12 mapped stops · furthest 103 mi
Schedule strength
64%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1581)
Purse competed for
$84K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 7 state-championship entries
Master avg
623.66 / 720
12 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (7 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
9–0
behind in the head-to-head
SPITFIRE ahead in 100% of their meetings
SPITFIRE has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.
The weak link
−8.7
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.65 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Brisket avg 151.24
- Chicken avg 159.89
- 0 calls in 12 entries
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Tri City BBQ Fest (2021-09-17).
- last seen 2019-09-20
- back 2021-09-17
Chicken nemesis
9 of 9
shared chicken entries lost
SPITFIRE ahead 100% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, SPITFIRE has out-cooked them in 9 of 9 shared chicken entries.
The metronome
±1.91%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±1.91% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 86.6% of a perfect score
- 12 contests
A standing appointment
6
years running at one contest
They've cooked Tri-City BBQ Fest every year from 2014 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.
- 11 visits in all
- best finish 15th
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.
#6268 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1404
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#6269 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1404
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before SMOKE DOCTOR's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#6270 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1404
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 12, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#6266 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1404
No shared contest yet.
15 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Head-to-head#6271 of the rated field
- Contests
- 20
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1404
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKE DOCTOR on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#6274 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1403
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPITFIRE | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKEHOUSE 72 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Luscious Loins BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| WHEN PIGS DIE | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| TEAM CRAWFORD | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| GRILLIN' GRINDES | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin B's | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Bohica BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| HOT DADDY'S BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Sweet Smokin' Jones | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| 2 CASE BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BLAIR'S BIGFOOT BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Bucknutz BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4516 | 145.1200 | 159.89 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9884 | 143.3484 | 155.82 | top 84% |
| Pork | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7028 | 146.2172 | 156.72 | top 83% |
| Brisket | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3828 | 141.0972 | 151.24 | top 90% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 83% |
| Medium (20–39) | 11 | 0 | top 91% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tri-City BBQ Fest | 11 | 15 | 0 | top 90% | 2025-09-19 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
11 yrs
2014-09-19 → 2025-09-19
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.1
across 11 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IA
12 of 12 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
12 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 159.89 · weakest Brisket (151.24)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 12 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 12 contests
Master average
623.66
out of 720 · 12 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
161
33–315 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
226
12 mapped stops · furthest 103 mi
Schedule strength
1581
average field rating faced — tougher than 64% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$83,700
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 7 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2019-09-20 → 2021-09-17
Power rating
1404
peak 1404 · #6267 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Tri-City BBQ Fest
- Peak power rating (1492) Tri-City BBQ Fest
- 2017
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.2572 Tri City BBQ Fest
- Career-best overall score651.2572 Tri City BBQ Fest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.4516 Tri City BBQ Fest
- 2024
- 10th tracked contest Tri City BBQ Fest
- 2025
- Most recent contest Tri-City BBQ Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.8 | *Tri City BBQ Fest | 2018-09-21 |
| -9.6 | Tri City BBQ Fest | 2024-09-20 |
| -9.5 | Tri-City BBQ Fest | 2025-09-19 |
| -9.1 | Tri City BBQ Fest | 2021-09-17 |
| -8.5 | Tri City BBQ Fest | 2023-09-15 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 89.7% | 86.5% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 86.6% | 86.6% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 86.5% | 86.5% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 85.4% | 85.4% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 86.4% | 86.4% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 85.9% | 85.9% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 84.5% | 84.5% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 86.1% | 86.1% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 87.2% | 87.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-19 | Tri-City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA | 26 / 26 (646.1260) | 22 (166.2400) | 23 (162.8344) | 20 (162.8000) | 26 (154.2516) |
| 2025-06-20 | Rose Festival's 24th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA | 24 / 25 (599.1656) | 25 (149.6456) | 22 (155.9428) | 25 (147.3600) | 25 (146.2172) |
| 2024-09-20 | Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA | 30 / 30 (623.2000) | 22 (165.7028) | 30 (147.3372) | 29 (162.8000) | 29 (147.3600) |
| 2023-09-15 | Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA | 30 / 32 (622.7544) | 29 (159.4172) | 31 (143.3944) | 30 (156.5600) | 23 (163.3828) |
| 2022-09-16 | Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA | 23 / 25 (614.7428) | 22 (160.0000) | 25 (150.2628) | 19 (158.2628) | 24 (146.2172) |
| 2021-09-17 | Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA | 19 / 20 (622.0456) | 18 (163.3828) | 18 (161.0856) | 20 (146.2172) | 20 (151.3600) |
| 2019-09-20 | Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA | 31 / 34 (618.7084) | 33 (145.1200) | 29 (157.6800) | 22 (165.7028) | 31 (150.2056) |
| 2018-09-21 | *Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA | 27 / 27 (608.4112) | 22 (158.2628) | 27 (143.3484) | 25 (155.9428) | 26 (150.8572) |
| 2017-09-22 | Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA | 25 / 37 (651.2572) | 12 (171.4516) | 25 (162.8000) | 20 (163.3828) | 31 (153.6228) |
| 2016-09-16 | Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA | 28 / 34 (619.8852) | 30 (155.4284) | 17 (163.9884) | 26 (153.0628) | 30 (147.4056) |
| 2015-09-18 | Tri-City BBQ Fest Denison, IA | 15 / 18 (629.5772) | 12 (164.5372) | 11 (162.8572) | 13 (161.0856) | 18 (141.0972) |
| 2014-09-19 | Tri-City BBQ Fest Denison, IA | 18 / 21 (628.0228) | 17 (159.4516) | 17 (158.2856) | 20 (147.4400) | 13 (162.8456) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #983 (106 pts) | #1002 (116 pts) | #994 (126 pts) | #915 (126 pts) | #1038 (101 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1508 (55 pts) | #1211 (70 pts) | #1597 (55 pts) | #1518 (55 pts) | #1513 (55 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1565 (57 pts) | #1597 (57 pts) | #1693 (57 pts) | #1570 (57 pts) | #1267 (67 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1309 (60 pts) | #1325 (65 pts) | #1743 (50 pts) | #1274 (80 pts) | #1654 (55 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1174 (75 pts) | #1202 (80 pts) | #1232 (80 pts) | #1231 (70 pts) | #1210 (70 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #2454 (59 pts) | #2479 (59 pts) | #2473 (59 pts) | #1947 (74 pts) | #2466 (59 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #2568 (52 pts) | #1978 (67 pts) | #2561 (52 pts) | #2561 (52 pts) | #2560 (52 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #1768 (125 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2121 (85 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2841 (59 pts) | #2859 (59 pts) | #2153 (99 pts) | #2863 (59 pts) | #2864 (59 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1962 (93 pts) | #1949 (108 pts) | #1926 (113 pts) | #2001 (103 pts) | #2098 (78 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2048 (81 pts) | #2113 (86 pts) | #2113 (86 pts) | #2549 (71 pts) | #1980 (106 pts) |