TEAM SMOKERBUILDER

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

Power ranking

#1769

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1548

peak 1548 · rated over 12 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-06-20

latest 2017-07-07

Best ToY finish

#542

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 12 contests

Avg finish

top 45%

overall standings

Best overall

684.5032 / 720

Master · Smokin' Aces BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

667.31 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 662.99 (+4.31)

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7372

Chicken · Smokin On Big Creek - Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief

Consistency

±14.97

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 167.51 · weakest Pork (164.06)

Road miles

1,775

mi across 12 mapped stops · furthest 271 mi

Schedule strength

51%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)

Master avg

662.99 / 720

12 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

67% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 8 of 12 contests

A top-10 category call in 67% of their 12 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

684.5032 career-best overall

95.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 684.5032 at Smokin' Aces BBQ Festival — 95.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
2013-09-20

A tough matchup

7–1 behind in the head-to-head

GETTIN' BASTED ahead in 88% of their meetings

GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 7 of their 8 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of TEAM DOGHOUSE BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The comeback

2.7 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.7 years, then back at 10th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff (2017-07-07).

last seen 2014-11-08
back 2017-07-07

Chicken nemesis

6 of 8 shared chicken entries lost

GETTIN' BASTED ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, GETTIN' BASTED has out-cooked them in 6 of 8 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

TRUEBUD BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±2.08% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.08% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.1% of a perfect score
12 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.

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

BELLY BROTHERS BBQ TEAM

#1760 of the rated field

1549 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1552

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to TEAM SMOKERBUILDER)

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

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2017-10-13

⚔ Head-to-head

Phantom Smoke & BBQ

#1773 of the rated field

1548 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 63%
Peak: 1550

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2026-05-24

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K-10 BBQ

#1771 of the rated field

1548 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1553

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 12, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2026-08-21

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Big Mike's Smokehouse

#1764 of the rated field

1549 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1549

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 11 contests, alongside a 27% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

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BRISKETS-BONES & BREWS BBQ

#1765 of the rated field

1549 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1549

No shared contest yet.

3 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2022-04-29

⚔ Head-to-head

Midnite Vultures

#1763 of the rated field

1549 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1550

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2022-06-24

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
CAVEMAN CUISINE	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
POLITICAL PORK	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
TRUEBUD BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
PITMASTERIQ BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
FIRE DANCER BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
DEAD PIGS TELL NO TALES	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
SMOOTH SMOKE	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN O BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	12	3	1	1	177.7372	152.0000	167.51	top 42%
Pork Ribs	12	4	0	0	175.4172	151.4056	164.45	top 49%
Pork	12	2	0	0	173.1428	155.3828	164.06	top 56%
Brisket	12	1	0	0	173.1200	150.2404	166.97	top 37%

“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	GCs	Avg finish
MO	11	0	top 47%
MS	1	0	top 17%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	5	0	top 52%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 39%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
MO Veterans Home BBQ BIVOUAC	2	11	0	top 46%	2014-11-08
Rock'n Freedom	2	23	0	top 60%	2014-06-20

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

On the trail 4 yrs 2013-06-20 → 2017-07-07

Busiest season 2013 6 contests

Contests a season 4 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MO 11 of 12 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 10 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 12 entries · 1 win · 3 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 167.51 · weakest Pork (164.06)

Walk rate 67% a top-10 call in 8 of 12 contests

Overall top-10 rate 17% 2 of 12 contests

Master average 662.99 out of 720 · 12 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 985 888–611 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,775 12 mapped stops · furthest 271 mi

Schedule strength 1566 average field rating faced — tougher than 51% of rated contests

Longest layoff 2.7 yrs 2014-11-08 → 2017-07-07

Power rating 1548 peak 1548 · #1769 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Jun 20 First tracked contest Rock'n Freedom
Jun 20 First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.9996 Rock'n Freedom
Jul 12 First call 6th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff
Sep 20 First overall top-10 Smokin' Aces BBQ Festival
Sep 20 Career-best overall score684.5032 Smokin' Aces BBQ Festival
2014
Apr 4 First category win (Chicken) Smokin On Big Creek - Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief
Apr 4 Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7372 Smokin On Big Creek - Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief
Nov 7 10th tracked contest MO Veterans Home BBQ BIVOUAC
2017
Jul 7 Peak power rating (1548) 10th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff
Jul 7 Most recent contest 10th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.2	Smokin' Aces BBQ Festival	2013-09-20
+10.9	MO Veterans Home BBQ BIVOUAC	2014-11-07
+10.1	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open	2013-10-03
+9.4	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	2013-08-23
+9	10th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff	2017-07-07

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-6.3	6th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff	2013-07-12
-4.6	Rock'n Freedom	2014-06-20
-3.7	1st Annual BBQ BIVOUAC	2013-11-08
-2.8	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)

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)
2017	1	1	0	100%	top 32%	94.5%	94.5%
2014	5	0	1	80%	top 51%	95%	92.2%
2013	6	1	0	50%	top 42%	95.1%	91.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-07-07	10th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff Wellsville, MO	8 / 25 (680.4684)	4 (171.4400)	6 (174.2628)	14 (167.3828)	11 (167.3828)
2014-11-08	MO Veterans Home BBQ BIVOUAC St. James, MO	15 / 27 (680.4688)	4 (176.5600)	15 (170.8344)	22 (168.5488)	22 (164.5256)
2014-11-07	MO Veterans Home BBQ BIVOUAC St. James, MO	11 / 31 (683.9196)	18 (169.6684)	6 (170.8456)	5 (173.1428)	13 (170.2628)
2014-10-02	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	338 / 552 (646.1368)	141 (169.7144)	479 (151.4056)	425 (157.0512)	148 (167.9656)
2014-06-20	Rock'n Freedom Seymour, MO	23 / 33 (645.5432)	19 (167.9772)	24 (158.8000)	9 (168.5256)	28 (150.2404)
2014-04-04	Smokin On Big Creek - Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief Pleasant Hill, MO	23 / 75 (662.7312)	1 (177.7372)	32 (163.9428)	63 (155.3828)	25 (165.6684)
2013-11-08	1st Annual BBQ BIVOUAC St. James, MO	23 / 33 (647.3944)	32 (152.0000)	7 (169.7028)	23 (161.7144)	16 (163.9772)
2013-10-03	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	104 / 535 (659.8740)	169 (165.6800)	275 (158.8572)	230 (162.2168)	27 (173.1200)
2013-09-20	Smokin' Aces BBQ Festival Tunica, MS	9 / 53 (684.5032)	13 (170.8344)	4 (175.4172)	23 (167.4172)	13 (170.8344)
2013-08-23	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO	13 / 56 (653.5884)	11 (169.1544)	25 (162.2284)	33 (157.6456)	14 (164.5600)
2013-07-12	6th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff Wellsville, MO	31 / 42 (647.2916)	38 (153.6572)	40 (153.6916)	17 (166.8228)	5 (173.1200)
2013-06-20	Rock'n Freedom Seymour, MO	25 / 50 (663.9996)	32 (165.7142)	31 (163.4286)	35 (162.8568)	11 (172.0000)

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
2014 ↗	Master	#754 (456 pts)	#507 (756 pts)	#759 (486 pts)	#701 (541 pts)	#874 (391 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#542 (580 pts)	#588 (555 pts)	#482 (680 pts)	#687 (485 pts)	#399 (780 pts)