A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Karnivorous ahead in 100% of their meetings
Karnivorous has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Smokin Steve's Pit BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1471
peak 1471 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-10-04
latest 2014-10-02
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
610.02
last 3 Master vs avg 610.02 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±22.83
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 155.60 · weakest Brisket (147.77)
Road miles
99
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 33 mi
Schedule strength
15%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1522)
Master avg
610.02 / 720
3 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 Steve's Pit BBQ 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 132 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.
#4547 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 6%
- Peak
- 1472
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Smokin Steve's Pit BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smokin Steve's Pit BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4569 of the rated field
- Contests
- 44
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Smokin Steve's Pit BBQ)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 44 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#4558 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4566 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#4568 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin Steve's Pit BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4545 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9772 | 142.2740 | 152.19 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8116 | 150.8228 | 155.60 | top 73% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3828 | 144.5256 | 154.45 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5028 | 138.8228 | 147.77 | top 84% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dana Point State BBQ Championship | 2 | 79 | 0 | top 82% | 2014-10-02 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2013-10-04 → 2014-10-02
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 155.60 · weakest Brisket (147.77)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
610.02
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
182
42–220 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
99
3 mapped stops · furthest 33 mi
Schedule strength
1522
average field rating faced — tougher than 15% of rated contests
Power rating
1471
peak 1471 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Dana Point State BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1491) Dana Point State BBQ Championship
- 2014
- Career-best overall score638.6744 Dana Point State BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)163.3828 Dana Point State BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest Dana Point State BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.1 | 3rd Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship | 2014-03-21 |
| -9.5 | Dana Point State BBQ Championship | 2013-10-04 |
| -8.2 | Dana Point State BBQ Championship | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 88.7% | 84.8% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 84.5% | 84.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-10-02 | Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA | 79 / 97 (638.6744) | 75 (159.9772) | 75 (158.8116) | 54 (163.3828) | 72 (156.5028) |
| 2014-03-21 | 3rd Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship Arcadia, CA | 62 / 69 (582.7996) | 64 (142.2740) | 39 (157.1772) | 60 (144.5256) | 63 (138.8228) |
| 2013-10-04 | Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA | 82 / 99 (608.5712) | 74 (154.3200) | 85 (150.8228) | 69 (155.4400) | 86 (147.9884) |