High-water mark
670.1712
career-best overall
93.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 670.1712 at Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown — 93.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-02-26
Smokin N" the Dark BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1518
peak 1518 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2013-03-22
latest 2015-02-26
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 25%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 169.14 · weakest Brisket (164.27)
Road miles
303
mi across 2 mapped stops · furthest 303 mi
Master avg
667.66 / 720
2 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.
Smokin N" the Dark BBQ has 2 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 87 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.
#2526 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#2529 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1532
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin N" the Dark BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2542 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#2541 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
6 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where Smokin N" the Dark BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#2554 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
6 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where Smokin N" the Dark BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#2530 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
7 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where Smokin N" the Dark BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7142 | 165.0740 | 167.39 | top 33% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 164.0000 | 169.14 | top 27% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 163.9998 | 166.85 | top 39% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4284 | 161.1200 | 164.27 | top 39% |
“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
1.9 yrs
2013-03-22 → 2015-02-26
Busiest season
2015
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
1 of 2 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 169.14 · weakest Brisket (164.27)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 1 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 2 contests
Master average
667.66
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
107
84–25 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
303
2 mapped stops · furthest 303 mi
Longest layoff
1.9 yrs
2013-03-22 → 2015-02-26
Power rating
1518
peak 1518 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Hammond Blues and BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.1424 Hammond Blues and BBQ
- 2015
- First call Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- Career-best overall score670.1712 Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.2744 Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- Most recent contest Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
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 18% | 93.1% | 93.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 32% | 92.4% | 92.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-02-26 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX | 11 / 61 (670.1712) | 25 (165.0740) | 4 (174.2744) | 13 (169.7028) | 28 (161.1200) |
| 2013-03-22 | Hammond Blues and BBQ Hammond, LA | 16 / 50 (665.1424) | 13 (169.7142) | 24 (164.0000) | 28 (163.9998) | 16 (167.4284) |