A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
MAN MEAT BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
MAN MEAT BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Smokin' Diesel Boys
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1488
peak 1488 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2021-06-11
latest 2024-06-07
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 157.31 · weakest Pork Ribs (149.97)
Road miles
0
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1549)
Purse competed for
$43K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
632.99 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
305.97 / 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 (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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of ALWAYS SAUCED in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest (2023-06-09).
- last seen 2021-06-11
- back 2023-06-09
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.
Smokin' Diesel Boys 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 137 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.
#3758 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1488
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#3748 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
4 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Head-to-head#3789 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin' Diesel Boys on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3776 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3764 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
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#3772 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before Smokin' Diesel 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3944 | 150.2516 | 157.31 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5372 | 135.9544 | 149.97 | top 68% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.1428 | 153.1428 | 153.14 | top 91% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9200 | 155.9200 | 155.92 | top 88% |
“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 47% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 86% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest | 2 | 12 | 0 | top 47% | 2023-06-09 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2021-06-11 → 2024-06-07
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 157.31 · weakest Pork Ribs (149.97)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
632.99
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Backyard average
305.97
out of 360 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
101
43–103 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1549
average field rating faced — tougher than 37% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$43,480
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2021-06-11 → 2023-06-09
Power rating
1488
peak 1488 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest - One Meat Contest - Ribs
- 2023
- Peak power rating (1497) Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
- 2024
- Career-best overall score632.9944 Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)163.3944 Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest | 2023-06-09 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest | 2024-06-07 |
| -4.5 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest | 2021-06-11 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 38% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 57% | 81.7% | 81.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-07 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 37 / 43 (632.9944) | 36 (163.3944) | 34 (160.5372) | 39 (153.1428) | 38 (155.9200) |
| 2023-06-09 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 12 / 32 (317.7028) | 13 (158.2856) | 12 (159.4172) | — | — |
| 2021-06-11 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 16 / 28 (294.2400) | 17 (150.2516) | 15 (143.9884) | — | — |
| 2021-06-11 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest - One Meat Contest - Ribs Derby, KS | — | — | 17 (135.9544) | — | — |