A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
UNFAMOUS DAVE'S ahead in 100% of their meetings
UNFAMOUS DAVE'S has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Sorry Ass Smokers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1472
peak 1472 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2022-08-05
latest 2025-07-11
Best ToY finish
#1148
Master 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 93%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
636.25
last 3 Master vs avg 636.25 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.68
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.93 · weakest Pork (156.90)
Road miles
110
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 73 mi
Schedule strength
81%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1606)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
636.25 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (2025-07-11).
- last seen 2023-07-07
- back 2025-07-11
They cook the hard rooms
1606
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 81% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1606 power rating — a tougher draw than 81% of every rated contest in the data.
- 3 rated 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.
Sorry Ass Smokers 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 130 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.
#4525 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4558 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Level with Sorry Ass Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4529 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4533 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4522 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Sorry Ass Smokers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4545 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2015, 7 years before Sorry Ass Smokers's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2516 | 158.8460 | 160.93 | top 92% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 151.3828 | 159.39 | top 88% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5372 | 150.2172 | 156.90 | top 89% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 149.6916 | 159.03 | top 84% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off | 2 | 30 | 0 | top 96% | 2025-07-11 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.9 yrs
2022-08-05 → 2025-07-11
Busiest season
2025
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 160.93 · weakest Pork (156.90)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
636.25
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
98
6–109 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
110
3 mapped stops · furthest 73 mi
Schedule strength
1606
average field rating faced — tougher than 81% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$9,900
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2023-07-07 → 2025-07-11
Power rating
1472
peak 1472 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest Smokin on The Harbor (JUDGING FULL)
- Career-best single call (Brisket)170.2744 Smokin on The Harbor (JUDGING FULL)
- Peak power rating (1492) Smokin on The Harbor (JUDGING FULL)
- 2023
- Career-best overall score642.1604 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off
- 2025
- Most recent contest Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.2 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off | 2023-07-07 |
| -9.1 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off | 2025-07-11 |
| -8.1 | Smokin on The Harbor (JUDGING FULL) | 2022-08-05 |
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 | 0% | top 92% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 87.6% | 87.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-11 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Cameron, MO | 33 / 36 (635.8632) | 34 (162.2516) | 26 (167.9772) | 35 (155.9428) | 34 (149.6916) |
| 2023-07-07 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Cameron, MO | 30 / 30 (642.1604) | 28 (161.6916) | 30 (158.8000) | 22 (164.5372) | 27 (157.1316) |
| 2022-08-05 | Smokin on The Harbor (JUDGING FULL) 🏅 Warsaw, MO | 22 / 25 (630.7204) | 22 (158.8460) | 23 (151.3828) | 24 (150.2172) | 17 (170.2744) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1148 (60 pts) | #1221 (60 pts) | #1293 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) |