A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKIN' BUTTS ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKIN' BUTTS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Smokin A's BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1463
peak 1463 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-06-21
latest 2014-09-05
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
585.37
last 4 Master vs avg 585.37 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±52.19
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.99 · weakest Brisket (116.13)
Road miles
183
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 91 mi
Schedule strength
16%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1522)
Master avg
585.37 / 720
4 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 A's BBQ has 4 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 139 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.
#4928 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4947 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#4937 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin A's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4934 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4956 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2972 | 142.2172 | 152.83 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 169.7372 | 141.7142 | 155.41 | top 65% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2744 | 157.1428 | 160.99 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6572 | 20.0000 | 116.13 | top 86% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the River | 2 | 21 | 0 | top 93% | 2014-09-05 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.2 yrs
2013-06-21 → 2014-09-05
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 160.99 · weakest Brisket (116.13)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
585.37
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
92
21–92 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
183
4 mapped stops · furthest 91 mi
Schedule strength
1522
average field rating faced — tougher than 16% of rated contests
Power rating
1463
peak 1463 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Knights of Columbus
- Peak power rating (1492) Knights of Columbus
- Career-best overall score633.5544 Smokin' on the River
- 2014
- First call Smoke on the River
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.7372 Smoke on the River
- Most recent contest Smoke on the River
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13 | Smoke on the River | 2014-09-05 |
| -9.1 | Smoke On The River | 2013-09-06 |
| -7.6 | Knights of Columbus | 2013-06-21 |
| -6.9 | Smokin' on the River | 2013-07-19 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 100% | 69.2% | 69.2% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 88% | 85.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-09-05 | Smoke on the River Quincy, IL | 21 / 21 (498.2288) | 21 (142.2172) | 2 (169.7372) | 13 (166.2744) | 21 (20.0000) |
| 2013-09-06 | Smoke On The River Quincy, IL | 24 / 28 (615.3948) | 23 (155.3944) | 22 (153.0972) | 23 (160.0572) | 25 (146.8460) |
| 2013-07-19 | Smokin' on the River Glasgow, MO | 27 / 36 (633.5544) | 22 (162.2972) | 28 (157.0972) | 22 (160.5028) | 27 (153.6572) |
| 2013-06-21 | Knights of Columbus Quincy, IL | 24 / 32 (594.2854) | 26 (151.4284) | 30 (141.7142) | 19 (157.1428) | 26 (144.0000) |