MUST B SMOKIN' SOMETHING

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#2122

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1533

peak 1558 · rated over 21 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-19

latest 2018-06-01

Best ToY finish

#346

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 21 contests

Avg finish

top 44%

overall standings

Best overall

656.4568 / 720

Master · Que for the Troops

Perfect 180s

Current form

633.62 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 634.71 (-1.09)

Walk rate

57%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

172.0000

Pork · Que for the Troops

Consistency

±12.23

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 163.12 · weakest Chicken (154.93)

Road miles

1,579

mi across 21 mapped stops · furthest 139 mi

Schedule strength

20%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1528)

Master avg

634.71 / 720

21 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (7 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.

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 7 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 31%.

7 contests
3 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 31%

A tough matchup

15–1 behind in the head-to-head

LO' -N- SLO' BBQ ahead in 94% of their meetings

LO' -N- SLO' BBQ has come out ahead in 15 of their 16 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.2 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.19 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 5% of the time against 33%.

Chicken avg 154.93
Pork Ribs avg 163.12
1 calls in 21 entries

A strong matchup

9–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SIR-PORK'S-ALOT BBQ in 9 of their 12 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

10 of 16 shared pork ribs entries lost

LO' -N- SLO' BBQ ahead 63% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LO' -N- SLO' BBQ has out-cooked them in 10 of 16 shared pork ribs entries.

A May team

Top 34% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 34% across 4 contests, versus top 44% the rest of the year.

4 May contests
top 44% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.70% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.70% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 88.2% of a perfect score
21 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.

79 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Richmond County Pit Bros

#2110 of the rated field

1533 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1538

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to MUST B SMOKIN' SOMETHING)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team MUST B SMOKIN' SOMETHING has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2017-04-07

⚔ Head-to-head

BBQ BRETHREN

#2116 of the rated field

1533 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1533

2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to MUST B SMOKIN' SOMETHING)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before MUST B SMOKIN' SOMETHING's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

QUE BIZ

#2106 of the rated field

1534 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1565

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1565 at their best, 32 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2019-06-22

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Smoke'Em All

#2120 of the rated field

1533 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 37%
Peak: 1550

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 19 contests to 21, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2025-10-17

⚔ Head-to-head

2 ROLLING BONES

#2121 of the rated field

1533 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1556

No shared contest yet.

19 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 21% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2017-08-25

⚔ Head-to-head

Can Do BBQ

#2136 of the rated field

1533 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1533

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 11 years after MUST B SMOKIN' SOMETHING did, first appearing in 2024.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2026-06-26

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	16	1	15	6%	⚔ compare
PIGHEADED BBQ	15	3	12	20%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	13	5	8	38%	⚔ compare
PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	13	2	11	15%	⚔ compare
SIR-PORK'S-ALOT BBQ	12	9	3	75%	⚔ compare
WILBUR'S REVENGE	12	5	7	42%	⚔ compare
DRILLING & GRILLING	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
HAWG NATION BBQ	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
QUEGASM	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
THE BBQ GURU	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
4:20 Q	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
WEEKEND SMOKERS	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare
ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	10	5	5	50%	⚔ compare
3 EYZ BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	21	1	0	1	169.1656	141.6456	154.93	top 63%
Pork Ribs	21	7	1	2	172.0000	151.4284	163.12	top 31%
Pork	21	7	0	2	172.0000	151.4056	161.61	top 35%
Brisket	21	1	0	0	163.3828	146.2744	155.06	top 51%

“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	Avg finish
PA	11	top 49%
MD	5	top 38%
DE	2	top 42%
NJ	2	top 46%
VA	1	top 21%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	4	0	top 42%
Large (40+)	17	0	top 45%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Que for the Troops	4	7	top 45%	2018-06-01
New Holland Summer Fest	3	19	top 47%	2016-08-26
DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship	2	18	top 46%	2014-10-03

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5.1 yrs 2013-04-19 → 2018-06-01

Busiest season 2014 7 contests

Contests a season 3.5 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in PA 11 of 21 contests · 5 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 15 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 21 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 163.12 · weakest Chicken (154.93)

Walk rate 57% a top-10 call in 12 of 21 contests

Overall top-10 rate 19% 4 of 21 contests

Best top-10 run 3 straight contests

Master average 634.71 out of 720 · 21 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 510 719–555 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,579 21 mapped stops · furthest 139 mi

Schedule strength 1528 average field rating faced — tougher than 20% of rated contests

Power rating 1533 peak 1558 · #2122 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2013
Apr 19 First tracked contest Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival
May 25 First call The Memorial Day Pignic
May 25 First overall top-10 The Memorial Day Pignic
2014
May 9 First category win (Pork Ribs) Pork In The Park BBQ Festival
Jun 6 First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.5144 Que for the Troops
Jun 6 10th tracked contest Que for the Troops
Aug 22 Peak power rating (1558) New Holland Summer Fest
2015
Jun 5 Career-best overall score656.4568 Que for the Troops
Jun 5 Career-best single call (Pork)172.0000 Que for the Troops
2018
Jun 1 Most recent contest Que for the Troops

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.6	Que for the Troops	2013-05-31
+10.6	Que for the Troops	2014-06-06
+9.8	Bluemont BBQ Bash & Blackberry Bonanza	2013-07-26
+9.3	The Memorial Day Pignic	2013-05-25
+8.9	DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship	2013-10-05

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.9	Que for the Troops	2018-06-01
-7.9	DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship	2014-10-03
-6.7	Que for the Troops	2017-06-02
-5.6	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2014-08-15
-5	New Holland Summer Fest	2016-08-26

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	1	0	0	0%	top 80%	86.8%	86.8%
2017	1	0	0	0%	top 70%	86.5%	86.5%
2016	1	0	0	0%	top 64%	87.6%	87.6%
2015	4	0	0	50%	top 46%	91.2%	89.3%
2014	7	1	1	71%	top 45%	90.1%	87.8%
2013	7	3	0	71%	top 31%	89.8%	88.4%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-06-01	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	49 / 61 (625.1316)	57 (147.4400)	32 (159.3944)	16 (165.1772)	49 (153.1200)
2017-06-02	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	44 / 63 (622.7200)	55 (151.3484)	15 (165.1544)	36 (156.5372)	49 (149.6800)
2016-08-26	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	42 / 66 (630.7772)	59 (149.7144)	18 (166.2628)	15 (168.5256)	56 (146.2744)
2015-08-28	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	35 / 70 (633.0172)	32 (160.5716)	40 (159.9656)	42 (156.5372)	39 (155.9428)
2015-06-05	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	27 / 54 (656.4568)	38 (160.5028)	20 (165.7028)	9 (172.0000)	39 (158.2512)
2015-05-08	Smoke in the Valley BBQ Competition & Festival Green Lane, PA	27 / 57 (636.5140)	52 (147.4056)	14 (164.0228)	7 (168.5372)	27 (156.5484)
2015-04-10	Triple Threat BBQ Beer and Music Festival Harrington, DE	36 / 99 (644.4800)	16 (169.1656)	28 (163.9772)	37 (162.2400)	74 (149.0972)
2014-10-03	DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship Atlantic City, NJ	46 / 65 (608.3996)	56 (145.6684)	25 (159.9772)	38 (155.9656)	43 (146.7884)
2014-08-22	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	19 / 70 (644.9712)	46 (154.8228)	3 (172.0000)	25 (159.9312)	29 (158.2172)
2014-08-15	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Harrisburg, PA	19 / 28 (628.9712)	26 (153.7144)	22 (151.9312)	2 (170.2628)	18 (153.0628)
2014-08-08	MD State BBQ Bash, Presented by Mars Super Markets Bel Air, MD	20 / 54 (647.3024)	18 (162.8800)	4 (168.5600)	18 (162.2628)	31 (153.5996)
2014-06-06	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	10 / 65 (648.5144)	14 (164.5716)	5 (166.3200)	34 (156.5256)	15 (161.0972)
2014-05-09	Pork In The Park BBQ Festival Salisbury, MD	21 / 43 (621.5428)	40 (141.6572)	1 (170.8572)	18 (158.2284)	28 (150.8000)
2014-04-11	Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair Harrington, DE	51 / 109 (623.3484)	101 (141.6456)	21 (163.4516)	36 (159.4400)	36 (158.8112)
2013-10-05	DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship Atlantic City, NJ	18 / 85 (636.5256)	28 (162.2972)	16 (161.7028)	50 (151.4056)	13 (161.1200)
2013-09-06	5th Annual Southern York County BBQ Cookoff York, PA	17 / 31 (629.0628)	20 (154.3200)	5 (166.2744)	24 (151.9428)	14 (156.5256)
2013-08-09	12th Annual Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD	16 / 60 (644.4568)	20 (161.7144)	8 (167.9656)	10 (165.6684)	39 (149.1084)
2013-07-26	Bluemont BBQ Bash & Blackberry Bonanza Bluemont, VA	7 / 33 (645.0056)	2 (168.0000)	26 (151.9428)	10 (161.6800)	5 (163.3828)
2013-05-31	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	7 / 46 (640.5710)	22 (156.0000)	13 (162.2858)	2 (166.2856)	13 (155.9996)
2013-05-25	The Memorial Day Pignic Fort Ritchie, MD	9 / 38 (646.8568)	22 (157.7144)	8 (166.2856)	8 (166.8570)	18 (155.9998)
2013-04-19	Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival Salisbury, MD	59 / 106 (614.2852)	101 (142.2854)	59 (151.4284)	41 (157.7142)	14 (162.8572)

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
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#1803 (105 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#2004 (110 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2266 (60 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#2167 (95 pts)	#2061 (110 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1167 (240 pts)	#1112 (285 pts)	#1041 (320 pts)	#849 (430 pts)	#1219 (240 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#553 (676 pts)	#646 (586 pts)	#294 (1206 pts)	#501 (766 pts)	#641 (581 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#346 (888 pts)	#408 (753 pts)	#339 (893 pts)	#327 (923 pts)	#362 (863 pts)