A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Bentley Que ahead in 100% of their meetings
Bentley Que has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
FOCAS SMOKAS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1475
peak 1475 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2024-09-13
latest 2026-06-12
Best ToY finish
#299
Backyard 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 88%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
324.85
last 3 Backyard vs avg 324.85 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±2.57
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.15 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.70)
Road miles
70
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
64%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1581)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
324.85 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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.
FOCAS SMOKAS 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 149 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.
#4348 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1505 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4350 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4386 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2017, 7 years before FOCAS SMOKAS's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4379 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Level with FOCAS SMOKAS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4387 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before FOCAS SMOKAS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4388 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before FOCAS SMOKAS'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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 163.9428 | 168.15 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3716 | 153.0628 | 156.70 | top 95% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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 (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.7 yrs
2024-09-13 → 2026-06-12
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 168.15 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.70)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Backyard average
324.85
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
64
11–79 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
70
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1581
average field rating faced — tougher than 64% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$10,000
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Power rating
1475
peak 1475 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2024
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1491) Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2026
- First call Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score328.4800 Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score328.4800 Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4172 Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.2 | Bernard Blues & BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2025-09-05 |
| -8.6 | Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2024-09-13 |
| -5.2 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2026-06-12 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 77% | 91.2% | 91.2% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-12 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 24 / 31 (328.4800) | 9 (175.4172) | 30 (153.0628) | — | — |
| 2025-09-05 | Bernard Blues & BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Cullman, AL | 29 / 29 (322.7660) | 28 (165.0972) | 29 (157.6688) | — | — |
| 2024-09-13 | Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) Guntersville, AL | 29 / 33 (323.3144) | 28 (163.9428) | 29 (159.3716) | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Backyard | #299 (61 pts) | #221 (141 pts) | #345 (56 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #414 (54 pts) | #412 (54 pts) | #417 (54 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #415 (58 pts) | #417 (58 pts) | #420 (58 pts) | — | — |