#2901 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headSmoking Grillers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1508
peak 1519 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-07-13
latest 2014-05-16
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 44%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
641.73
last 3 Master vs avg 641.73 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±11.49
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.40 · weakest Brisket (154.45)
Road miles
1,609
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 1608 mi
Schedule strength
11%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1515)
Master avg
641.73 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
Smoking Grillers 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 112 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.
#2892 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after Smoking Grillers did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#2903 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smoking Grillers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2877 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2875 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1518
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 158.8228 | 164.40 | top 37% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2972 | 156.5600 | 161.72 | top 52% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 172.0000 | 154.3200 | 161.15 | top 44% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3944 | 147.3600 | 154.45 | top 51% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| PR | 2 | 0 | top 23% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 86% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 24% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 54% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.8 yrs
2013-07-13 → 2014-05-16
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
PR
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 164.40 · weakest Brisket (154.45)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
67%
2 of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
641.73
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
114
69–63 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,609
3 mapped stops · furthest 1,608 mi
Schedule strength
1515
average field rating faced — tougher than 11% of rated contests
Power rating
1508
peak 1519 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Cattlemen's BBQ Competition
- First call Cattlemen's BBQ Competition
- First overall top-10 Cattlemen's BBQ Competition
- 2014
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.5144 Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition
- Career-best overall score656.5144 Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Pork)172.0000 Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition
- Peak power rating (1519) Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition
- Most recent contest Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.6 | Cattlemen's BBQ Competition | 2013-07-13 |
| +8.9 | Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition | 2014-02-21 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.4 | Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass | 2014-05-16 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 55% | 91.2% | 89.2% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 22% | 88.9% | 88.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-16 | Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN | 48 / 56 (628.5028) | 26 (167.4400) | 51 (156.5600) | 47 (157.1428) | 51 (147.3600) |
| 2014-02-21 | Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition San Juan, PR | 9 / 38 (656.5144) | 21 (158.8228) | 12 (166.2972) | 2 (172.0000) | 12 (159.3944) |
| 2013-07-13 | Cattlemen's BBQ Competition San Juan, PR | 9 / 41 (640.1604) | 4 (166.9372) | 14 (162.3088) | 18 (154.3200) | 12 (156.5944) |