A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKIN TRIGGERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKIN TRIGGERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Rub 'em and Leave 'em
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1483
peak 1483 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-05-31
latest 2014-06-13
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 73%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
620.50
last 3 Master vs avg 620.50 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.12
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 158.84 · weakest Brisket (151.99)
Road miles
150
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 57 mi
Schedule strength
18%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1525)
Master avg
620.50 / 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.
Rub 'em and Leave 'em 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 127 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.
#3983 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3990 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Rub 'em and Leave 'em did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3972 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
Level with Rub 'em and Leave 'em on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4002 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#4001 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3984 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
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 | 154.8228 | 149.1432 | 152.55 | top 89% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 152.5712 | 158.84 | top 61% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7028 | 151.4282 | 157.12 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8572 | 141.1428 | 151.99 | top 71% |
“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 79% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 62% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2013-05-31 → 2014-06-13
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CO
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 158.84 · weakest Brisket (151.99)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
620.50
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
91
34–80 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
150
3 mapped stops · furthest 57 mi
Schedule strength
1525
average field rating faced — tougher than 18% of rated contests
Power rating
1483
peak 1483 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown
- Peak power rating (1489) Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown
- 2014
- Career-best overall score639.3488 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best single call (Pork)165.7028 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Most recent contest 21st Colorado BBQ Challenge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.2 | Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown | 2013-05-31 |
| -3.8 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2014-04-18 |
| -1.9 | 21st Colorado BBQ Challenge | 2014-06-13 |
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 66% | 88.8% | 88% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 82.5% | 82.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-06-13 | 21st Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO | 34 / 55 (627.8740) | 48 (153.6912) | 19 (163.9772) | 40 (154.2400) | 34 (155.9656) |
| 2014-04-18 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Denver, CO | 21 / 30 (639.3488) | 26 (154.8228) | 21 (159.9660) | 13 (165.7028) | 18 (158.8572) |
| 2013-05-31 | Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown Canon City, CO | 29 / 33 (594.2854) | 31 (149.1432) | 26 (152.5712) | 23 (151.4282) | 30 (141.1428) |