A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
ELJEFE SMOKE ahead in 100% of their meetings
ELJEFE SMOKE has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
LBLLC BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1458
peak 1458 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2024-04-12
latest 2025-04-12
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 93%
overall standings
Best overall
633.0516 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
623.61
last 4 Master vs avg 623.61 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
167.9656
Consistency
±6.82
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 161.83 · weakest Brisket (151.83)
Road miles
0
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
50%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1564)
Purse competed for
$19K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
623.61 / 720
4 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.
Going the wrong way
-31
rating points in a year
The rating has slipped 31 points across 4 contests since 2024-04-12 — from 1490 down to 1458.
- 4 contests since 2024-04-12
- now 1458
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
Connecticue has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
LBLLC BBQ 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.
#5161 of the rated field
- Contests
- 30
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1527
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to LBLLC BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team LBLLC BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5146 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1459
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#5142 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before LBLLC BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5155 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2018, 6 years before LBLLC BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#5154 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Level with LBLLC BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5167 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before LBLLC 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8228 | 149.1200 | 154.39 | top 92% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2972 | 145.6800 | 155.55 | top 83% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 147.3716 | 161.83 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8456 | 146.8000 | 151.83 | top 94% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) | 4 | 26 | 0 | top 93% | 2025-04-12 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2024-04-12 → 2025-04-12
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CT
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 161.83 · weakest Brisket (151.83)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
623.61
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
55
9–118 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1564
average field rating faced — tougher than 50% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$19,000
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Power rating
1458
peak 1458 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2024
- First tracked contest Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1)
- Peak power rating (1490) Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1)
- Career-best single call (Pork)167.9656 Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)
- 2025
- Career-best overall score633.0516 Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1)
- Most recent contest Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.6 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) | 2024-04-13 |
| -11.2 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) | 2025-04-12 |
| -10.2 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) | 2024-04-12 |
| -7.6 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) | 2025-04-11 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 87.9% | 86.7% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 87% | 86.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-12 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Bristol, CT | 34 / 35 (615.3260) | 34 (149.1200) | 21 (166.2972) | 35 (147.3716) | 34 (152.5372) |
| 2025-04-11 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) 🏅 Bristol, CT | 26 / 30 (633.0516) | 26 (158.8228) | 22 (162.8688) | 23 (164.5600) | 28 (146.8000) |
| 2024-04-13 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Bristol, CT | 36 / 37 (619.3140) | 36 (150.8228) | 36 (145.6800) | 19 (167.9656) | 36 (154.8456) |
| 2024-04-12 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) 🏅 Bristol, CT | 26 / 29 (626.7544) | 25 (158.8000) | 29 (147.3716) | 13 (167.4400) | 26 (153.1428) |