A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BBQ FREAKS ahead in 100% of their meetings
BBQ FREAKS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
S.M.R. BBQ Team
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1525
peak 1525 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-07-13
latest 2015-02-21
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 25%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
648.48
last 3 Master vs avg 648.48 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.27
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.75 · weakest Brisket (157.09)
Road miles
2
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
5%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1506)
Master avg
648.48 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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 strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Cocineros del Este in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Announced themselves early
5th
at their very first contest
Finished 5 of 41 at their very first tracked contest, Cattlemen's BBQ Competition (2013-07-13).
- 2013-07-13
- 41-team field
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.
S.M.R. BBQ Team has 3 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 75 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.
#2317 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1531
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2322 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1525
No shared contest yet.
Level with S.M.R. BBQ Team on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2321 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1526
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#2316 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 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2330 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1530
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2338 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1525
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 169.1772 | 160.5716 | 164.19 | top 32% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 168.0000 | 160.5372 | 164.75 | top 29% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1084 | 154.2628 | 162.44 | top 32% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 163.9428 | 146.7656 | 157.09 | top 37% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 32% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 12% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.6 yrs
2013-07-13 → 2015-02-21
Busiest season
2015
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
PR
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 164.75 · weakest Brisket (157.09)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
67%
2 of 3 contests
Master average
648.48
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
82
84–25 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1506
average field rating faced — tougher than 5% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2014-02-21 → 2015-02-21
Power rating
1525
peak 1525 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Cattlemen's BBQ Competition
- First call Cattlemen's BBQ Competition
- First overall top-10 Cattlemen's BBQ Competition
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.7372 Cattlemen's BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.1772 Cattlemen's BBQ Competition
- 2015
- Career-best overall score661.6228 Smokin' Hot BBQ San Juan Puerto Rico
- Peak power rating (1525) Smokin' Hot BBQ San Juan Puerto Rico
- Most recent contest Smokin' Hot BBQ San Juan Puerto Rico
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.8 | Cattlemen's BBQ Competition | 2013-07-13 |
| +9.9 | Smokin' Hot BBQ San Juan Puerto Rico | 2015-02-21 |
| +2.7 | Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition | 2014-02-21 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 21% | 91.9% | 91.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 42% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 12% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-02-21 | Smokin' Hot BBQ San Juan Puerto Rico San Juan, PR | 7 / 33 (661.6228) | 17 (160.5716) | 6 (168.0000) | 7 (169.1084) | 7 (163.9428) |
| 2014-02-21 | Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition San Juan, PR | 16 / 38 (634.0912) | 15 (162.8344) | 18 (160.5372) | 11 (163.9540) | 25 (146.7656) |
| 2013-07-13 | Cattlemen's BBQ Competition San Juan, PR | 5 / 41 (649.7372) | 2 (169.1772) | 9 (165.7256) | 19 (154.2628) | 10 (160.5716) |