#2813 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1535
No shared contest yet.
7 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where Seminary Avenue Smokers's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headSeminary Avenue Smokers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1510
peak 1510 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2025-09-05
latest 2026-08-15
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 38%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.42 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.53)
Road miles
0
mi across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$1K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
325.95 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here. Still inside their first twelve months: see what a first season usually looks like.
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.
Seminary Avenue Smokers has 2 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 92 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.
#2829 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Level with Seminary Avenue Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2816 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2019, 6 years before Seminary Avenue Smokers's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2799 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1517
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 12 years before Seminary Avenue Smokers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2806 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 12 years before Seminary Avenue Smokers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2821 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Seminary Avenue Smokers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4284 | 159.4172 | 163.42 | top 40% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5484 | 156.5028 | 162.53 | top 48% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 11 | 0 | top 38% | 2026-08-15 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.9 yrs
2025-09-05 → 2026-08-15
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
2 of 2 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.42 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.53)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 2 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 2 contests
Backyard average
325.95
out of 360 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
47
42–24 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$1,080
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Power rating
1510
peak 1510 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2025
- First tracked contest Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2026
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score327.9656 Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score327.9656 Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)168.5484 Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 37% | 91.1% | 91.1% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 39% | 90% | 90% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-15 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 11 / 30 (327.9656) | 17 (159.4172) | 10 (168.5484) | — | — |
| 2025-09-05 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 15 / 38 (323.9312) | 9 (167.4284) | 24 (156.5028) | — | — |