A tough matchup
3–1
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ ahead in 75% of their meetings
SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
AYERS PIT CREW
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1481
peak 1502 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-05-31
latest 2014-08-08
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
621.20
last 4 Master vs avg 621.20 (-0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.85
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 157.68 · weakest Brisket (148.82)
Road miles
48
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
14%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1521)
Master avg
621.20 / 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.
AYERS PIT CREW 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 124 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.
#4072 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
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#4089 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after AYERS PIT CREW did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#4067 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Level with AYERS PIT CREW on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4077 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1481
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#4061 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
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#4065 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
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 | 165.6912 | 146.2056 | 157.68 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4628 | 146.8232 | 157.43 | top 55% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.5716 | 153.1312 | 157.28 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6800 | 146.8000 | 148.82 | top 78% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 64% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 84% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass County | 2 | 29 | 0 | top 83% | 2014-08-08 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.2 yrs
2013-05-31 → 2014-08-08
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NE
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 157.68 · weakest Brisket (148.82)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
621.20
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
95
43–98 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
48
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1521
average field rating faced — tougher than 14% of rated contests
Power rating
1481
peak 1502 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 2nd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition
- First call 2nd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition
- Career-best overall score633.7142 2nd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition
- Peak power rating (1502) 2nd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)167.4628 RiverFest Red White and Que
- 2014
- Most recent contest Cass County
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.6 | 2nd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition | 2013-05-31 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.8 | Cass County | 2013-08-09 |
| -7.8 | Cass County | 2014-08-08 |
| -3.1 | RiverFest Red White and Que | 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 | 0% | top 83% | 83.8% | 83.8% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 65% | 88% | 87.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-08-08 | Cass County Weeping Water, NE | 29 / 35 (603.3032) | 34 (146.2056) | 30 (146.8232) | 25 (156.5944) | 24 (153.6800) |
| 2013-08-09 | Cass County Weeping Water, NE | 37 / 44 (614.7088) | 34 (156.5256) | 29 (155.9888) | 32 (154.8228) | 41 (147.3716) |
| 2013-07-19 | RiverFest Red White and Que Bellevue, NE | 20 / 32 (633.0852) | 12 (165.6912) | 10 (167.4628) | 27 (153.1312) | 26 (146.8000) |
| 2013-05-31 | 2nd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition Valley, NE | 16 / 34 (633.7142) | 16 (162.2854) | 12 (159.4286) | 9 (164.5716) | 24 (147.4286) |