A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
WeQ4U ahead in 100% of their meetings
WeQ4U has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Bottom Barrel BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1491
peak 1491 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2016-05-20
latest 2023-10-06
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 61%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 158.11 · weakest Brisket (147.40)
Road miles
38
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 35 mi
Schedule strength
64%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1581)
Purse competed for
$20K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
627.33 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
462.50 / 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 (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
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Smokin' for Garrett (2023-10-06).
- last seen 2020-10-23
- back 2023-10-06
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.
Bottom Barrel BBQ has 4 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 141 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.
#3573 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
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#3574 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Bottom Barrel BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#3559 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with Bottom Barrel BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3590 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 3 years before Bottom Barrel BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3561 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 6 years before Bottom Barrel BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3581 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 6 years before Bottom Barrel 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 148.5028 | 158.11 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.6572 | 149.6684 | 157.13 | top 53% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.7256 | 147.9200 | 155.97 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.0856 | 133.7144 | 147.40 | top 87% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IN | 3 | 0 | top 57% |
| IL | 1 | 0 | top 73% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 69% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 39% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin For Garrett | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 39% | 2020-10-23 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
7.4 yrs
2016-05-20 → 2023-10-06
Busiest season
2023
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IN
4 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 158.11 · weakest Brisket (147.40)
Walk rate
20%
a top-10 call in 1 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
1 of 5 contests
Master average
627.33
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
462.50
out of 360 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
132
65–109 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
38
5 mapped stops · furthest 35 mi
Schedule strength
1581
average field rating faced — tougher than 64% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$19,780
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2020-10-23 → 2023-10-06
Power rating
1491
peak 1491 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Smokin' for Garrett
- 2019
- First call Smokin For Garrett
- First overall top-10 Smokin For Garrett
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score455.3144 Smokin For Garrett
- 2020
- Peak power rating (1497) Smokin For Garrett
- 2023
- Career-best overall score651.2228 Smokin' for Garrett
- Career-best single call (Chicken)168.5372 Smokin' for Garrett
- Most recent contest Smokin' for Garrett
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.6 | Smokin For Garrett | 2020-10-23 |
| +2.9 | Smokin For Garrett | 2019-04-26 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.1 | Smokin' for Garrett | 2016-05-20 |
| -6.2 | Smokin' for Garrett | 2023-10-06 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 90.4% | 90.4% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 39% | 130.5% | 130.5% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 38% | 126.5% | 126.5% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 83.8% | 83.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-06 | Smokin' for Garrett 🏅 Mt. Carmel, IL | 19 / 26 (651.2228) | 14 (168.5372) | 19 (161.6572) | 23 (159.9428) | 20 (161.0856) |
| 2020-10-23 | Smokin For Garrett Boonville, IN | 16 / 41 (469.6912) | 22 (148.5028) | 11 (159.4628) | 12 (161.7256) | — |
| 2019-04-26 | Smokin For Garrett 🏅 Boonville, IN | 10 / 26 (455.3144) | 12 (149.6800) | 5 (157.7144) | 9 (147.9200) | — |
| 2018-04-27 | *Smokin For Garrett Boonville, IN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-05-20 | Smokin' for Garrett Boonville, IN | 33 / 35 (603.4284) | 19 (165.7372) | 33 (149.6684) | 33 (154.3084) | 34 (133.7144) |