A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
B & C SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
B & C SMOKERS has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
BIG WOODY'S
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1469
peak 1469 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-10-03
latest 2023-09-27
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
615.80
last 4 Master vs avg 615.80 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.35
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 159.86 · weakest Chicken (148.96)
Road miles
17
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)
Purse competed for
$76K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
615.80 / 720
4 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.
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of DUSTY ROADS BBQ in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
5 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 5 years, then back at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest (2023-09-27).
- last seen 2018-09-15
- back 2023-09-27
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 WOODY'S 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 167 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.
#4707 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BIG WOODY'S)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BIG WOODY'S has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4706 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4708 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
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#4713 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Level with BIG WOODY'S on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4694 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after BIG WOODY'S did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4673 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
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-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5256 | 132.5144 | 148.96 | top 83% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8800 | 133.7484 | 154.01 | top 69% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7256 | 158.3200 | 159.86 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5600 | 149.6800 | 152.97 | top 77% |
“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.
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
10 yrs
2013-10-03 → 2023-09-27
Busiest season
2023
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
2 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 159.86 · weakest Chicken (148.96)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
615.80
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
1,368
351–1,684 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
17
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1562
average field rating faced — tougher than 48% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$75,940
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
5 yrs
2018-09-15 → 2023-09-27
Power rating
1469
peak 1469 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Peak power rating (1493) 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- 2014
- Career-best overall score638.1712 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Career-best single call (Chicken)164.5256 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- 2023
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.5 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2023-09-27 |
| -9.9 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2018-09-15 |
| -7.4 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2013-10-03 |
| -3.7 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2014-10-02 |
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 97% | 84.3% | 84.3% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 84% | 84% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 85.2% | 85.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 470 / 487 (606.7540) | 481 (141.6684) | 431 (156.5600) | 397 (158.8456) | 451 (149.6800) |
| 2018-09-15 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 432 / 467 (604.5940) | 386 (157.1428) | 459 (133.7484) | 345 (158.3200) | 361 (155.3828) |
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 379 / 552 (638.1712) | 297 (164.5256) | 298 (162.8572) | 357 (160.5484) | 460 (150.2400) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 408 / 535 (613.6800) | 528 (132.5144) | 187 (162.8800) | 232 (161.7256) | 294 (156.5600) |