A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
FINGER LEIKAM GOOD ahead in 100% of their meetings
FINGER LEIKAM GOOD has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Big E's KCQ & Smoke
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1462
peak 1462 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2021-07-09
latest 2024-04-05
Best ToY finish
#986
Master 2022
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
622.10
last 5 Master vs avg 622.10 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.82
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 157.90 · weakest Brisket (152.52)
Road miles
106
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 32 mi
Schedule strength
86%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1615)
Purse competed for
$98K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
622.10 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
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
−5.4
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.38 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Brisket avg 152.52
- Pork avg 157.90
- 0 calls in 5 entries
They cook the hard rooms
1615
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 86% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1615 power rating — a tougher draw than 86% of every rated contest in the data.
- 5 rated 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.
127 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5013 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4999 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before Big E's KCQ & Smoke's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#5024 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before Big E's KCQ & Smoke's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4997 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1501 at their best, 38 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#5030 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
No shared contest yet.
Level with Big E's KCQ & Smoke on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5014 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before Big E's KCQ & Smoke's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| LOVE 2 Q | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| MAN MEAT BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Shark Q | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SLAPS BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| ROCK N BLUES BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| LAST CALL HEROES BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 146.2516 | 154.47 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 145.0516 | 157.20 | top 82% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2284 | 149.6344 | 157.90 | top 83% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5488 | 135.9200 | 152.52 | top 82% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke in the Spring | 3 | 90 | 0 | top 96% | 2024-04-05 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.7 yrs
2021-07-09 → 2024-04-05
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 157.90 · weakest Brisket (152.52)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
622.10
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
227
40–369 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
106
5 mapped stops · furthest 32 mi
Schedule strength
1615
average field rating faced — tougher than 86% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$98,200
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Power rating
1462
peak 1462 · #5017 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
- Peak power rating (1491) Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
- 2022
- Career-best overall score647.2916 Red, White, Blue BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.9772 Red, White, Blue BBQ Competition
- 2024
- Most recent contest Smoke in the Spring
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.2 | Smoke in the Spring | 2022-04-08 |
| -9.3 | Smoke in the Spring | 2023-04-07 |
| -9 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | 2021-07-09 |
| -8.7 | Smoke in the Spring | 2024-04-05 |
| -1 | Red, White, Blue BBQ Competition | 2022-04-29 |
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 96% | 86.6% | 86.6% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 83.7% | 83.7% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 89.9% | 88.6% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 84.5% | 84.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-05 | Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS | 93 / 97 (623.2576) | 96 (146.2516) | 63 (167.9772) | 95 (149.6344) | 85 (159.3944) |
| 2023-04-07 | Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS | 99 / 103 (602.6404) | 100 (146.8116) | 100 (145.0516) | 77 (161.6800) | 97 (149.0972) |
| 2022-04-29 | Red, White, Blue BBQ Competition 🏅 Topeka, KS | 51 / 77 (647.2916) | 23 (171.9772) | 43 (165.6800) | 59 (155.9772) | 52 (153.6572) |
| 2022-04-08 | Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS | 90 / 94 (628.9716) | 90 (149.0972) | 88 (153.0972) | 73 (162.2284) | 59 (164.5488) |
| 2021-07-09 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest 🏅 Mayetta, KS | 41 / 43 (608.3316) | 38 (158.2172) | 42 (154.2172) | 38 (159.9772) | 43 (135.9200) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #1242 (60 pts) | #1317 (60 pts) | #1231 (60 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1255 (60 pts) | #1319 (60 pts) | #1432 (60 pts) | #1287 (60 pts) | #1296 (60 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #986 (120 pts) | #1017 (130 pts) | #1107 (120 pts) | #1046 (120 pts) | #1021 (120 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1236 (60 pts) | #1286 (60 pts) | #1309 (60 pts) | #1262 (60 pts) | #1245 (60 pts) |