High-water mark
672.5484
career-best overall
93.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 672.5484 at Autumn Blaze BBQ Smoke Off State Championship Contest — 93.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-10-18
Big D & The Briquettes BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1494
peak 1510 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-10-18
latest 2024-08-09
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
645.04
last 3 Master vs avg 645.04 (-0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±24.26
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.84 · weakest Brisket (156.94)
Road miles
111
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 35 mi
Schedule strength
58%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1573)
Purse competed for
$11K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
645.04 / 720
3 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 comeback
9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 9 years, then back at Smoke on the Bricks (2024-08-09).
- last seen 2015-08-21
- back 2024-08-09
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.
Big D & The Briquettes BBQ 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 124 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.
#3450 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1494
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3446 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1494
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before Big D & The Briquettes BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3459 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3467 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1494
No shared contest yet.
Level with Big D & The Briquettes BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3466 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 8 years before Big D & The Briquettes BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3461 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 8 years before Big D & The Briquettes 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 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 159.9772 | 166.84 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6912 | 157.1428 | 163.59 | top 57% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2856 | 151.9084 | 157.67 | top 79% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0116 | 144.5028 | 156.94 | top 72% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 61% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 78% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
10.8 yrs
2013-10-18 → 2024-08-09
Busiest season
2024
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
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 166.84 · weakest Brisket (156.94)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
645.04
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
102
30–74 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
111
3 mapped stops · furthest 35 mi
Schedule strength
1573
average field rating faced — tougher than 58% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$10,500
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
9 yrs
2015-08-21 → 2024-08-09
Power rating
1494
peak 1510 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Autumn Blaze BBQ Smoke Off State Championship Contest
- First call Autumn Blaze BBQ Smoke Off State Championship Contest
- First overall top-10 Autumn Blaze BBQ Smoke Off State Championship Contest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score672.5484 Autumn Blaze BBQ Smoke Off State Championship Contest
- Career-best overall score672.5484 Autumn Blaze BBQ Smoke Off State Championship Contest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172.5600 Autumn Blaze BBQ Smoke Off State Championship Contest
- Peak power rating (1510) Autumn Blaze BBQ Smoke Off State Championship Contest
- 2024
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Bricks
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.7 | Autumn Blaze BBQ Smoke Off State Championship Contest | 2013-10-18 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10 | Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ | 2015-08-21 |
| -5.7 | Smoke on the Bricks | 2024-08-09 |
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)
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 78% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 85.2% | 85.2% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 24% | 93.4% | 93.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-09 | Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS | 36 / 46 (649.0516) | 26 (167.9888) | 32 (163.9428) | 44 (154.8228) | 33 (162.2972) |
| 2015-08-21 | Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ Emporia, KS | 35 / 36 (613.5312) | 32 (159.9772) | 28 (157.1428) | 34 (151.9084) | 36 (144.5028) |
| 2013-10-18 | Autumn Blaze BBQ Smoke Off State Championship Contest 🏅 Garnett, KS | 6 / 25 (672.5484) | 6 (172.5600) | 6 (169.6912) | 12 (166.2856) | 11 (164.0116) |