A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKE THIS ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKE THIS has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
M.M. Way Smoke Co.
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1449
peak 1449 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-04-19
latest 2013-09-20
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 94%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
594.97
last 4 Master vs avg 594.97 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±27.51
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 158.28 · weakest Brisket (141.70)
Road miles
119
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 43 mi
Schedule strength
5%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1506)
Master avg
594.97 / 720
4 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.
Going the wrong way
-35
rating points in a year
The rating has slipped 35 points across 4 contests since 2013-04-19 — from 1484 down to 1449.
- 4 contests since 2013-04-19
- now 1449
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.
M.M. Way Smoke Co. has 4 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 110 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.
#5541 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5555 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after M.M. Way Smoke Co. did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#5533 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
No shared contest yet.
Level with M.M. Way Smoke Co. on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5539 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5530 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5518 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1450
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2856 | 140.5714 | 152.85 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.0000 | 120.0000 | 142.13 | top 89% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9884 | 148.5712 | 158.28 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.7884 | 126.8570 | 141.70 | top 89% |
“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 (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.4 yrs
2013-04-19 → 2013-09-20
Busiest season
2013
4 contests
Cooks most in
NC
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 158.28 · weakest Brisket (141.70)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
594.97
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
156
17–235 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
119
4 mapped stops · furthest 43 mi
Schedule strength
1506
average field rating faced — tougher than 5% of rated contests
Power rating
1449
peak 1449 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
- Peak power rating (1484) Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
- Career-best overall score631.8624 Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic
- Career-best single call (Pork)167.9884 Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic
- Most recent contest Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -16 | Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off | 2013-04-19 |
| -15.2 | BBQ Capital Cook-Off | 2013-04-26 |
| -12.2 | Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge | 2013-05-10 |
| -7.2 | Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic | 2013-09-20 |
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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 87.8% | 82.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-09-20 | Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC | 59 / 72 (631.8624) | 58 (157.6912) | 65 (151.3944) | 29 (167.9884) | 54 (154.7884) |
| 2013-05-10 | Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC | 54 / 58 (598.2856) | 30 (162.2856) | 41 (152.0000) | 42 (157.1430) | 58 (126.8570) |
| 2013-04-26 | BBQ Capital Cook-Off Lexington, NC | 71 / 71 (554.2852) | 69 (140.5714) | 71 (120.0000) | 63 (148.5712) | 61 (145.1426) |
| 2013-04-19 | Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off Kings Mountain, NC | 55 / 55 (595.4280) | 53 (150.8568) | 52 (145.1428) | 40 (159.4284) | 53 (140.0000) |