The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Smoke in the Spring (2021-04-09).
- last seen 2019-04-12
- back 2021-04-09
837 BARBEQUE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1485
peak 1485 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2019-04-12
latest 2021-04-09
Best ToY finish
#1236
Master 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 86%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 166.23 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.08)
Road miles
53
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 35 mi
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
478.75 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
837 BARBEQUE 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 149 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.
#3910 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to 837 BARBEQUE)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team 837 BARBEQUE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3911 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3902 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
Level with 837 BARBEQUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3935 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3916 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3932 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 157.1084 | 154.2972 | 156.16 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 162.8572 | 145.6800 | 154.08 | top 65% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5372 | 160.5372 | 160.54 | top 80% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2284 | 166.2284 | 166.23 | top 49% |
“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 (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2019-04-12 → 2021-04-09
Busiest season
2021
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 1 win · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 166.23 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.08)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
478.75
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
190
29–204 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
53
3 mapped stops · furthest 35 mi
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2019-04-12 → 2021-04-09
Power rating
1485
peak 1485 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest Kincaid Fair Smoke Off(BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Kincaid Fair Smoke Off(BACKYARD ONLY)
- First category win (Chicken) Kincaid Fair Smoke Off(BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2019
- Career-best overall score646.7084 Smoke In the Springs
- Career-best single call (Brisket)166.2284 Smoke In the Springs
- 2021
- Most recent contest Smoke in the Spring
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 43.2% | 43.2% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-09 | Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS | 105 / 105 (310.8000) | 95 (157.1084) | 101 (153.6916) | — | — |
| 2019-04-12 | Smoke In the Springs 🏅 Osage City, KS | 75 / 104 (646.7084) | 90 (157.0856) | 69 (162.8572) | 83 (160.5372) | 51 (166.2284) |
| 2018-09-29 | Kincaid Fair Smoke Off(BACKYARD ONLY) Kincaid, KS | — | 1 (154.2972) | 2 (145.6800) | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1236 (60 pts) | #1286 (60 pts) | #1309 (60 pts) | — | — |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1955 (60 pts) | #2049 (60 pts) | #2026 (60 pts) | #2029 (60 pts) | #2010 (60 pts) |