SWEET HEART CITY SMOKERS

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

Power ranking

#2375

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1524

peak 1524 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-31

latest 2014-07-16

Best ToY finish

#492

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 46%

overall standings

Best overall

671.2800 / 720

Master · Griller's Cup

Perfect 180s

Current form

662.30 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 654.22 (+8.08)

Walk rate

78%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600

Pork · Griller's Cup

Consistency

±10.93

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 166.41 · weakest Chicken (159.54)

Road miles

970

mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 258 mi

Schedule strength

18%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)

Master avg

654.22 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (8 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.

They almost always walk

78% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 7 of 9 contests

A top-10 category call in 78% of their 9 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

671.2800 career-best overall

93.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 671.2800 at Griller's Cup — 93.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
2014-07-16

A tough matchup

7–1 behind in the head-to-head

BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES ahead in 88% of their meetings

BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES has come out ahead in 7 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.9 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.87 points below their pork, and turns into a call 11% of the time against 44%.

Chicken avg 159.54
Pork avg 166.41
1 calls in 9 entries

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Lost Weekend Grill in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

7 of 8 shared pork entries lost

BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES ahead 88% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES has out-cooked them in 7 of 8 shared pork entries.

A June team

Top 31% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 31% across 3 contests, versus top 46% the rest of the year.

3 June contests
top 46% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.52% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.52% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.9% of a perfect score
9 contests

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

Fireside Smokers

#2360 of the rated field

1524 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1530

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2025-03-07

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Lit Salami

#2391 of the rated field

1523 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 89%
Peak: 1523

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2024-10-11
on an 8-contest top-10 run

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G&S Smoke & Spice

#2389 of the rated field

1523 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1523

No shared contest yet.

Level with SWEET HEART CITY SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2022-06-24

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SMOKIN' F BBQ

#2385 of the rated field

1524 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1530

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2017-06-23

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Smoke Wagon BBQ KY

#2379 of the rated field

1524 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 63%
Peak: 1545

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 8 years after SWEET HEART CITY SMOKERS did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2026-05-01

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CANARDLY WAIT 4 QUE

#2372 of the rated field

1524 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1527

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2022-09-09

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Backdraft BBQ	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
G "QUE"	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
CHIBI-Q	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
FLYBOY BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
STARS AND STRIPES BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Lost Weekend Grill	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	1	0	165.1316	153.7142	159.54	top 66%
Pork Ribs	9	4	0	170.8228	158.2858	165.25	top 39%
Pork	9	4	1	176.5600	159.4284	166.41	top 39%
Brisket	9	4	0	169.6800	153.7142	163.02	top 41%

“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
CO	6	top 41%
KS	2	top 72%
WY	1	top 23%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 44%
Medium (20–39)	6	top 54%
Large (40+)	2	top 22%

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 1.1 yrs 2013-05-31 → 2014-07-16

Busiest season 2013 7 contests

Contests a season 4.5 across 2 seasons in the data

Cooks most in CO 6 of 9 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 9 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 9 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 166.41 · weakest Chicken (159.54)

Walk rate 78% a top-10 call in 7 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 22% 2 of 9 contests

Master average 654.22 out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 171 183–124 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 970 9 mapped stops · furthest 258 mi

Schedule strength 1526 average field rating faced — tougher than 18% of rated contests

Power rating 1524 peak 1524 · #2375 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
May 31 First tracked contest Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown
May 31 First call Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown
Jun 14 First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.1430 Colorado Barbecue Challenge
Aug 23 First overall top-10 Bootleggin' BBQ
2014
Jul 16 Career-best overall score671.2800 Griller's Cup
Jul 16 Career-best single call (Pork)176.5600 Griller's Cup
Jul 16 Peak power rating (1524) Griller's Cup
Jul 16 Most recent contest Griller's Cup

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.7	Griller's Cup	2014-07-16
+10.4	Colorado Barbecue Challenge	2013-06-14
+9.1	21st Colorado BBQ Challenge	2014-06-13
+3.9	Bootleggin' BBQ	2013-08-23
+0.8	Boats, Bands and BBQ	2013-06-07

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-6.4	Sky's the Limit BBQ Classic	2013-09-07
-3.8	Showdown on the Plains BBQ Challenge & Air Show	2013-09-06
-0.9	Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown	2013-05-31

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)
2014	2	0	1	0	100%	top 24%	93.2%	92.9%
2013	7	0	1	0	71%	top 52%	91.9%	90.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2014-07-16	Griller's Cup Laramie, WY	6 / 26 (671.2800)	20 (159.9544)	7 (170.8228)	2 (176.5600)	8 (163.9428)
2014-06-13	21st Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO	14 / 55 (666.7084)	33 (162.8228)	15 (166.2400)	7 (173.7028)	21 (163.9428)
2013-09-07	Sky's the Limit BBQ Classic Garden City, KS	20 / 26 (654.8000)	24 (155.9772)	20 (163.4172)	16 (165.7256)	11 (169.6800)
2013-09-06	Showdown on the Plains BBQ Challenge & Air Show Scott City, KS	19 / 28 (657.0632)	16 (163.9772)	21 (161.1660)	15 (167.3828)	15 (164.5372)
2013-08-23	Bootleggin' BBQ Garden City, CO	7 / 16 (661.6572)	6 (165.1316)	5 (165.6800)	4 (170.2856)	10 (160.5600)
2013-08-16	Conifer Mountain BBQ Challenge Conifer, CO	17 / 33 (643.8968)	25 (155.9884)	4 (169.6800)	23 (159.4284)	16 (158.8000)
2013-06-14	Colorado Barbecue Challenge Frisco, CO	12 / 68 (653.1430)	26 (159.4286)	9 (168.0000)	22 (160.0002)	8 (165.7142)
2013-06-07	Boats, Bands and BBQ Pueblo, CO	20 / 39 (643.9994)	32 (153.7142)	18 (163.9998)	24 (160.0000)	8 (166.2854)
2013-05-31	Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown Canon City, CO	18 / 33 (635.4284)	23 (158.8572)	15 (158.2858)	8 (164.5712)	20 (153.7142)

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
2013 ↗	Master	#492 (627 pts)	#631 (517 pts)	#477 (682 pts)	#466 (702 pts)	#414 (752 pts)