A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
FRONT DOOR GANG ahead in 100% of their meetings
FRONT DOOR GANG has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Smoke N Flames
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1477
peak 1477 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-04-12
latest 2014-08-01
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
617.64
last 3 Master vs avg 617.64 (-0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.72
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 159.62 · weakest Pork (147.21)
Road miles
35
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
12%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1518)
Master avg
617.64 / 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.
Smoke N Flames 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 145 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.
#4293 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smoke N Flames on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4274 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4303 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4281 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
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 | 166.8344 | 150.8568 | 156.93 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 164.5716 | 151.4286 | 159.62 | top 46% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147.9428 | 146.2854 | 147.21 | top 95% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7372 | 139.9088 | 153.88 | top 64% |
“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 74% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 89% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rossville Tall Corn BBQ Contest | 2 | 21 | 0 | top 74% | 2014-08-01 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.3 yrs
2013-04-12 → 2014-08-01
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
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 159.62 · weakest Pork (147.21)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
617.64
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
111
25–105 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
35
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1518
average field rating faced — tougher than 12% of rated contests
Power rating
1477
peak 1477 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Smoke In The Spring
- Peak power rating (1488) Smoke In The Spring
- First call Rossville Tall Corn BBQ Contest
- 2014
- Career-best overall score641.0860 Rossville Tall Corn BBQ Contest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.8344 Rossville Tall Corn BBQ Contest
- Most recent contest Rossville Tall Corn BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.2 | Smoke In The Spring | 2013-04-12 |
| -9.6 | Rossville Tall Corn BBQ Contest | 2013-08-02 |
| -1.7 | Rossville Tall Corn BBQ Contest | 2014-08-01 |
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 65% | 89% | 89% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 86% | 84.5% | 84.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-08-01 | Rossville Tall Corn BBQ Contest Rossville, KS | 24 / 37 (641.0860) | 12 (166.8344) | 9 (164.5716) | 36 (147.9428) | 13 (161.7372) |
| 2013-08-02 | Rossville Tall Corn BBQ Contest Rossville, KS | 21 / 25 (603.2576) | 22 (153.0972) | 6 (162.8572) | 23 (147.3944) | 24 (139.9088) |
| 2013-04-12 | Smoke In The Spring Osage City, KS | 63 / 71 (608.5706) | 63 (150.8568) | 64 (151.4286) | 69 (146.2854) | 43 (159.9998) |