A tough matchup
6–0
behind in the head-to-head
OUT OF BOUNDS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
OUT OF BOUNDS BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
Smoke Masters Southern BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1440
peak 1440 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2014-09-12
latest 2024-06-07
Best ToY finish
#1954
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 87%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
570.79 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 575.55 (-4.76)
Walk rate
14%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±66.79
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 157.90 · weakest Brisket (142.02)
Road miles
96
mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 39 mi
Schedule strength
47%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
575.55 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
300.99 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 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.
The weak link
−15.9
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 15.89 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 17%.
- Brisket avg 142.02
- Pork avg 157.90
- 0 calls in 5 entries
The comeback
6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 6 years, then back at Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest (2024-06-07).
- last seen 2018-06-08
- back 2024-06-07
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.
73 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5821 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1440
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5826 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1440
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Smoke Masters Southern BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5817 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1440
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smoke Masters Southern BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5832 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1440
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#5827 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1440
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#5819 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1440
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OUT OF BOUNDS BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| WICHITA SWINEMEN | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| GREAT PLAINS BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SIPPIN ON SMOKE | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Lucky D's BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| IMAT BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Three Hog Night Smokers | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN ELVISES | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Outhouse BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKE N HOGS BBQ KS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| CHIP ON OUR SHOULDER | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BARREL BOYS BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1656 | 138.7884 | 153.94 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.0972 | 126.8344 | 145.61 | top 87% |
| Pork | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.0000 | 148.0000 | 157.90 | top 73% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.0972 | 129.0744 | 142.02 | top 95% |
“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) | 4 | 0 | top 96% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 75% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Derby BBQ Festival(JUDGES FULL) | 3 | 26 | 0 | top 98% | 2017-09-08 |
| *Derby BBQ Festival | 2 | 34 | 0 | top 90% | 2018-06-08 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
9.7 yrs
2014-09-12 → 2024-06-07
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
4
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
7 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 157.90 · weakest Brisket (142.02)
Walk rate
14%
a top-10 call in 1 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 7 contests
Master average
575.55
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
300.99
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
172
38–230 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
96
7 mapped stops · furthest 39 mi
Schedule strength
1560
average field rating faced — tougher than 47% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$14,940
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
6 yrs
2018-06-08 → 2024-06-07
Power rating
1440
peak 1440 · #5824 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Derby BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1488) Derby BBQ Festival
- 2016
- First call *Derby BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score641.6800 *Derby BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)172.0000 *Derby BBQ Festival
- 2024
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest | 2024-06-07 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.8 | *Derby BBQ Festival | 2015-09-11 |
| -12.5 | Derby BBQ Festival | 2014-09-12 |
| -12.4 | *Derby BBQ Festival(JUDGES FULL) | 2017-09-08 |
| -10.1 | *Harper County Bullseye BBQ | 2017-10-20 |
| -8.5 | *Derby BBQ Festival | 2016-09-09 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 35% | 83.6% | 83.6% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 75.8% | 68.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 89% | 89.1% | 89.1% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 82.9% | 82.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 83.2% | 83.2% |
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 | 15 / 43 (300.9944) | 15 (149.6344) | 15 (151.3600) | — | — |
| 2018-06-08 | *Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS | 36 / 40 (627.4176) | 25 (162.3200) | 34 (153.0972) | 29 (160.5716) | 36 (151.4288) |
| 2017-10-20 | *Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS | 47 / 47 (442.2284) | 46 (152.5484) | 45 (141.6800) | 47 (148.0000) | — |
| 2017-09-08 | *Derby BBQ Festival(JUDGES FULL) Derby, KS | 29 / 29 (545.6000) | 28 (138.7884) | 29 (126.8344) | 27 (148.5828) | 29 (131.3944) |
| 2016-09-09 | *Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS | 34 / 38 (641.6800) | 24 (165.1656) | 37 (151.4172) | 10 (172.0000) | 34 (153.0972) |
| 2015-09-11 | *Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS | 26 / 26 (597.0400) | 24 (147.9428) | 26 (142.2628) | 13 (161.7372) | 25 (145.0972) |
| 2014-09-12 | Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS | 36 / 38 (599.3604) | 28 (161.1544) | 36 (152.5944) | 36 (156.5372) | 38 (129.0744) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1996 (60 pts) | #2030 (60 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | — |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2318 (65 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #1793 (135 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2844 (51 pts) | #2768 (56 pts) | #2839 (51 pts) | #1962 (111 pts) | #2839 (51 pts) |