A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
Damn Fine Beef & Swine ahead in 100% of their meetings
Damn Fine Beef & Swine has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Float'n & Smokin
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1461
peak 1461 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2022-08-05
latest 2024-10-30
Best ToY finish
#938
Master 2023
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 89%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
631.04
last 5 Master vs avg 631.04 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.13
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.00 · weakest Chicken (153.78)
Road miles
161
mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 91 mi
Schedule strength
78%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1600)
Purse competed for
$100K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
631.04 / 720
5 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.
The weak link
−11.2
points behind their best meat
Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.22 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Chicken avg 153.78
- Pork Ribs avg 165.00
- 0 calls in 5 entries
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.
124 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5041 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
0–3 in 3 shared contests (0% to Float'n & Smokin)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — Onlyfansbbq ahead 3–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#5062 of the rated field
- Contests
- 18
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1525
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Float'n & Smokin)
They've been 1525 at their best, 64 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#5045 of the rated field
- Contests
- 34
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Float'n & Smokin)
34 contests to 7: their number has had years to settle where Float'n & Smokin's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#5044 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1461
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2015, 7 years before Float'n & Smokin's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#5048 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before Float'n & Smokin's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5056 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
No shared contest yet.
Level with Float'n & Smokin on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damn Fine Beef & Swine | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| LOVE 2 Q | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| MAN MEAT BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SLAPS BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.0972 | 147.3828 | 153.78 | top 94% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 150.2168 | 165.00 | top 58% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8572 | 147.8740 | 154.59 | top 90% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9884 | 147.3600 | 157.67 | top 73% |
“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.
By state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 4 | 0 | top 88% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 92% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 89% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 88% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.2 yrs
2022-08-05 → 2024-10-30
Busiest season
2022
3 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
6 of 7 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 165.00 · weakest Chicken (153.78)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 7 contests
Master average
631.04
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
733
113–962 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
161
7 mapped stops · furthest 91 mi
Schedule strength
1600
average field rating faced — tougher than 78% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$100,225
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2023-09-09 → 2024-10-30
Power rating
1461
peak 1461 · #5063 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest Smokin on The Harbor (JUDGING FULL)
- Peak power rating (1491) Smokin on The Harbor (JUDGING FULL)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5600 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
- 2023
- Career-best overall score644.9940 5th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship
- 2024
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.4 | Smokin on The Harbor (JUDGING FULL) | 2022-08-05 |
| -9 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST | 2022-09-29 |
| -7.8 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2024-10-30 |
| -6.6 | 5th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship | 2023-03-17 |
| -6.4 | 7th Annual Smoke on the Trails | 2023-09-09 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 89.6% | 88.5% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 87.4% | 87.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 396 / 444 (627.1884) | 397 (157.0972) | 161 (171.4172) | 428 (147.8740) | 398 (150.8000) |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023-09-09 | 7th Annual Smoke on the Trails 🏅 Gardner, KS | 33 / 38 (628.9604) | 36 (157.0628) | 30 (161.6916) | 33 (155.9888) | 30 (154.2172) |
| 2023-03-17 | 5th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 58 / 68 (644.9940) | 62 (155.3828) | 50 (165.1200) | 66 (152.5028) | 17 (171.9884) |
| 2022-10-01 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 457 / 505 (625.0056) | 496 (147.3828) | 36 (176.5600) | 457 (153.7028) | 466 (147.3600) |
| 2022-08-05 | Smokin on The Harbor (JUDGING FULL) 🏅 Warsaw, MO | 23 / 25 (629.0396) | 24 (151.9656) | 24 (150.2168) | 20 (162.8572) | 20 (164.0000) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #1242 (60 pts) | #1317 (60 pts) | #1231 (60 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #938 (120 pts) | #1011 (120 pts) | #1118 (120 pts) | #989 (120 pts) | #887 (160 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #986 (120 pts) | #1124 (115 pts) | #1174 (115 pts) | #996 (135 pts) | #969 (135 pts) |