A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
LOVE 2 Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
LOVE 2 Q has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Smokey Mountain Boys
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1477
peak 1477 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2022-03-18
latest 2024-09-27
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
638.42
last 4 Master vs avg 638.42 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.54
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.96 · weakest Chicken (156.69)
Road miles
15
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)
Purse competed for
$33K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
638.42 / 720
4 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 strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Mad Cow Angry Beaver 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.
Smokey Mountain Boys 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 133 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.
#4253 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Smokey Mountain Boys)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smokey Mountain Boys has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4234 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#4251 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4257 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokey Mountain Boys on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4245 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Smokey Mountain Boys's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4229 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before Smokey Mountain Boys'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 | 166.8572 | 146.8572 | 156.69 | top 80% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5600 | 154.2172 | 158.10 | top 83% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 157.0972 | 163.96 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9428 | 154.7772 | 159.67 | top 69% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee Great Grillers | 2 | 35 | 0 | top 64% | 2024-09-27 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.5 yrs
2022-03-18 → 2024-09-27
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 163.96 · weakest Chicken (156.69)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
638.42
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
181
65–216 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
15
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1566
average field rating faced — tougher than 51% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$32,700
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2023-09-22 → 2024-09-27
Power rating
1477
peak 1477 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest Qlathe BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1489) Qlathe BBQ Championship
- 2023
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.1484 Shawnee Great Grillers
- Career-best overall score662.1484 Shawnee Great Grillers
- Career-best single call (Pork)171.9656 Shawnee Great Grillers
- 2024
- Most recent contest Shawnee Great Grillers
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3 | Shawnee Great Grillers | 2023-09-22 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.7 | Qlathe BBQ Championship | 2022-03-18 |
| -7.6 | Shawnee Great Grillers | 2024-09-27 |
| -7.4 | 5th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship | 2023-03-17 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 92% | 90.6% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-27 | Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 59 / 73 (636.4112) | 70 (151.9428) | 56 (158.2400) | 38 (166.8228) | 50 (159.4056) |
| 2023-09-22 | Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 35 / 73 (662.1484) | 34 (166.8572) | 57 (159.3828) | 22 (171.9656) | 34 (163.9428) |
| 2023-03-17 | 5th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 59 / 68 (642.1716) | 55 (161.0972) | 58 (160.5600) | 61 (159.9544) | 55 (160.5600) |
| 2022-03-18 | Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 67 / 71 (612.9488) | 70 (146.8572) | 65 (154.2172) | 65 (157.0972) | 58 (154.7772) |