The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Clean Smoke BBQ has finished one call ahead of Magic Creek BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Magic Creek BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1486
peak 1486 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2023-08-26
latest 2025-08-22
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
644.13
last 3 Master vs avg 644.13 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.36
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.99 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.64)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
20%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1528)
Master avg
644.13 / 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
BBQ Brothers ahead in 100% of their meetings
BBQ Brothers 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.
Magic Creek 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 147 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.
#3838 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1486
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Magic Creek BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Magic Creek BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3869 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3864 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Magic Creek BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3841 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2016, 7 years before Magic Creek BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3836 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Level with Magic Creek BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3871 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before Magic Creek BBQ'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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 177.1428 | 161.6800 | 171.99 | top 24% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1200 | 152.5488 | 154.64 | top 90% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 171.4284 | 154.2628 | 161.71 | top 59% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.0228 | 150.8228 | 155.79 | top 80% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke in the North | 2 | 17 | 0 | top 68% | 2025-08-22 |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2023-08-26 → 2025-08-22
Busiest season
2025
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 1 win · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 171.99 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.64)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
644.13
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
43
23–49 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1528
average field rating faced — tougher than 20% of rated contests
Power rating
1486
peak 1486 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest Smoke in the North Edition Q in the Swamp
- First call Smoke in the North Edition Q in the Swamp
- Peak power rating (1493) Smoke in the North Edition Q in the Swamp
- 2024
- First category win (Chicken) Smoke in the North
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.5484 Smoke in the North
- Career-best overall score648.5484 Smoke in the North
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.1428 Smoke in the North
- 2025
- Most recent contest Smoke in the North
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.9 | Smoke in the North Edition Q in the Swamp | 2023-08-26 |
| -5.7 | Smoke in the North | 2024-08-23 |
| -1.7 | Smoke in the North | 2025-08-22 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 61% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 74% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 76% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-22 | Smoke in the North Rolfstorp, | 19 / 31 (638.1944) | 17 (161.6800) | 24 (154.2632) | 2 (171.4284) | 26 (150.8228) |
| 2024-08-23 | Smoke in the North Rolfstorp, | 17 / 23 (648.5484) | 1 (177.1428) | 21 (157.1200) | 23 (154.2628) | 16 (160.0228) |
| 2023-08-26 | Smoke in the North Edition Q in the Swamp Rolfstorp, | 16 / 21 (645.6572) | 3 (177.1428) | 21 (152.5488) | 15 (159.4400) | 18 (156.5256) |