High-water mark
681.5768
career-best overall
94.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 681.5768 at Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown — 94.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-09-27
Smokin N the Dark
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1507
peak 1514 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-03-29
latest 2013-10-11
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 48%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
669.25
last 3 Master vs avg 669.25 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.74
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 169.69 · weakest Brisket (164.37)
Road miles
568
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 502 mi
Schedule strength
27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)
Master avg
669.25 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
Smokin N the Dark 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 117 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.
#2919 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2937 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Smokin N the Dark did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#2946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin N the Dark on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2906 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2924 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2915 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1512
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 | 170.8228 | 163.9660 | 166.26 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 168.0000 | 169.69 | top 28% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 167.3828 | 168.93 | top 30% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5484 | 158.8456 | 164.37 | top 53% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LA | 2 | 0 | top 31% |
| OK | 1 | 0 | top 83% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 51% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 43% |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.5 yrs
2013-03-29 → 2013-10-11
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Cooks most in
LA
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 · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 169.69 · weakest Brisket (164.37)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
669.25
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
99
61–48 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
568
3 mapped stops · furthest 502 mi
Schedule strength
1536
average field rating faced — tougher than 27% of rated contests
Power rating
1507
peak 1514 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Slidell BBQ Challenge
- First call Slidell BBQ Challenge
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.2852 Slidell BBQ Challenge
- First overall top-10 Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown
- Career-best overall score681.5768 Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown
- Career-best single call (Brisket)172.5484 Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown
- Peak power rating (1514) Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown
- Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.3 | Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown | 2013-09-27 |
| +3 | Slidell BBQ Challenge | 2013-03-29 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.3 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) | 2013-10-11 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 48% | 94.7% | 93% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-10-11 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Midwest City, OK | 25 / 30 (663.8856) | 28 (163.9660) | 13 (170.2512) | 8 (170.8228) | 29 (158.8456) |
| 2013-09-27 | Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown Vidalia, LA | 7 / 38 (681.5768) | 11 (170.8228) | 8 (170.8228) | 15 (167.3828) | 4 (172.5484) |
| 2013-03-29 | Slidell BBQ Challenge Slidell, LA | 19 / 44 (662.2852) | 26 (163.9998) | 9 (168.0000) | 10 (168.5712) | 23 (161.7142) |