#3246 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headSeminary Smokers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1498
peak 1505 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2022-08-20
latest 2023-09-16
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 53%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 162.30 · weakest Chicken (155.95)
Road miles
0
mi across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$1K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
318.25 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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.
Seminary Smokers has 2 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 126 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.
#3261 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1499
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 17% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#3245 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Seminary Smokers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3285 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2016, 6 years before Seminary Smokers's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3288 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Level with Seminary Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3287 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 6 years before Seminary Smokers'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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6684 | 150.2284 | 155.95 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 157.7716 | 162.30 | top 46% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 71% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 34% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 53% | 2023-09-16 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2022-08-20 → 2023-09-16
Busiest season
2023
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
2 of 2 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 162.30 · weakest Chicken (155.95)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 2 contests
Backyard average
318.25
out of 360 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
53
37–37 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$1,200
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2022-08-20 → 2023-09-16
Power rating
1498
peak 1505 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score319.4400 Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2023
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)166.8228 Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
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 71% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 34% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-16 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 25 / 35 (317.0512) | 31 (150.2284) | 15 (166.8228) | — | — |
| 2022-08-20 | Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 14 / 41 (319.4400) | 11 (161.6684) | 20 (157.7716) | — | — |