A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SLAPS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
SLAPS BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Lights Out BBQ
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
2013-04-05
latest 2014-04-04
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 72%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
633.28
last 3 Master vs avg 633.28 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.85
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.08 · weakest Brisket (149.69)
Road miles
32
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
17%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1523)
Master avg
633.28 / 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.
Lights Out BBQ 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 128 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 Lights Out BBQ 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 Lights Out BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ 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-head#3987 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3995 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
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 | 162.8572 | 153.1428 | 156.74 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4284 | 165.1200 | 166.08 | top 34% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8684 | 152.5712 | 160.77 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2400 | 143.4284 | 149.69 | top 82% |
“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.
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2013-04-05 → 2014-04-04
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
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 166.08 · weakest Brisket (149.69)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
633.28
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
167
61–157 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
32
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1523
average field rating faced — tougher than 17% 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 Smokin' On Big Creek
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)167.4284 Smokin' On Big Creek
- Peak power rating (1486) Smokin' On Big Creek
- Career-best overall score642.8228 Blue Springs Barbeque Blaze-Off
- 2014
- Most recent contest Smokin On Big Creek - Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.6 | Smokin' On Big Creek | 2013-04-05 |
| -2.4 | Smokin On Big Creek - Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief | 2014-04-04 |
| -0.6 | Blue Springs Barbeque Blaze-Off | 2013-09-06 |
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 67% | 89% | 89% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 89.3% | 87.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-04-04 | Smokin On Big Creek - Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief Pleasant Hill, MO | 50 / 75 (640.4456) | 67 (154.2284) | 30 (165.1200) | 40 (162.8572) | 45 (158.2400) |
| 2013-09-06 | Blue Springs Barbeque Blaze-Off Blue Springs, MO | 41 / 72 (642.8228) | 38 (162.8572) | 24 (165.7028) | 30 (166.8684) | 64 (147.3944) |
| 2013-04-05 | Smokin' On Big Creek Pleasant Hill, MO | 69 / 74 (616.5708) | 65 (153.1428) | 21 (167.4284) | 68 (152.5712) | 72 (143.4284) |