The comeback
3.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.1 years, then back at Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main (2024-07-27).
- last seen 2021-06-04
- back 2024-07-27
Smokin Racks
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1502
peak 1502 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2021-06-04
latest 2024-08-17
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.52 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.48)
Road miles
727
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 724 mi
Schedule strength
64%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1581)
Purse competed for
$33K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
610.22 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
332.79 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
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.
Smokin Racks 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 108 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.
#3143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3133 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin Racks on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3131 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before Smokin Racks's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3142 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3141 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Smokin Racks's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3134 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before Smokin Racks'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 | 169.1316 | 148.5944 | 161.52 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 142.8000 | 157.48 | top 58% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5372 | 160.5372 | 160.54 | top 79% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2856 | 158.2856 | 158.29 | top 54% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IL | 2 | 0 | top 39% |
| TX | 1 | 0 | top 92% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 39% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 92% |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.2 yrs
2021-06-04 → 2024-08-17
Busiest season
2024
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 161.52 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.48)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
610.22
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Backyard average
332.79
out of 360 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
123
67–87 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
727
3 mapped stops · furthest 724 mi
Schedule strength
1581
average field rating faced — tougher than 64% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$33,000
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3.1 yrs
2021-06-04 → 2024-07-27
Power rating
1502
peak 1502 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off
- Career-best overall score610.2172 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off
- 2024
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score334.8116 Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.1316 Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- First call Smoke N for the Kids
- Peak power rating (1502) Smoke N for the Kids
- Most recent contest Smoke N for the Kids
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main | 2024-07-27 |
| +6.2 | Smoke N for the Kids | 2024-08-17 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.5 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off | 2021-06-04 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 39% | 93% | 92.4% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 84.8% | 84.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-17 | Smoke N for the Kids 🏅 Troy, IL | 11 / 27 (330.7772) | 9 (166.8228) | 12 (163.9544) | — | — |
| 2024-07-27 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main 🏅 Collinsville, IL | 13 / 34 (334.8116) | 12 (169.1316) | 11 (165.6800) | — | — |
| 2021-06-04 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX | 44 / 48 (610.2172) | 44 (148.5944) | 46 (142.8000) | 38 (160.5372) | 26 (158.2856) |