High-water mark
669.7142
career-best overall
93.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 669.7142 at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour — 93.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-05-31
UP IN SMOKE BBQ & CATERING
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1508
peak 1516 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2013-05-31
latest 2018-09-28
Best ToY finish
#657
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 50%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
653.02
last 5 Master vs avg 653.02 (+0.00)
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.40
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.45 · weakest Chicken (161.12)
Road miles
418
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 146 mi
Schedule strength
32%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)
Master avg
653.02 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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.
A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
Killer B's BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Killer B's BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
The weak link
−4.3
points behind their best meat
Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.33 points below their pork, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 40%.
- Chicken avg 161.12
- Pork avg 165.45
- 1 calls in 5 entries
The comeback
5.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 5.1 years, then back at *Rock The Grill (2018-09-28).
- last seen 2013-08-23
- back 2018-09-28
Announced themselves early
3rd
at their very first contest
Finished 3 of 27 at their very first tracked contest, Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2013-05-31).
- 2013-05-31
- 27-team field
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.
104 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2892 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#2875 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
Level with UP IN SMOKE BBQ & CATERING on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2888 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2882 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 5 years before UP IN SMOKE BBQ & CATERING's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2878 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 8 contests to 5.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killer B's BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7144 | 150.8344 | 161.12 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4286 | 157.0972 | 163.74 | top 53% |
| Pork | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 173.1428 | 155.9200 | 165.45 | top 47% |
| Brisket | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.7372 | 154.2056 | 162.72 | 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.
By state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| SC | 3 | 0 | top 49% |
| NC | 2 | 0 | top 53% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 50% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 51% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5.3 yrs
2013-05-31 → 2018-09-28
Busiest season
2013
4 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
SC
3 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 165.45 · weakest Chicken (161.12)
Walk rate
80%
a top-10 call in 4 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
1 of 5 contests
Master average
653.02
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
137
94–92 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
418
5 mapped stops · furthest 146 mi
Schedule strength
1543
average field rating faced — tougher than 32% of rated contests
Longest layoff
5.1 yrs
2013-08-23 → 2018-09-28
Power rating
1508
peak 1516 · #2877 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall podium Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.7142 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best overall score669.7142 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best single call (Brisket)173.7372 Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show
- Peak power rating (1516) Sooie't Relief BBQ Benefit
- 2018
- Most recent contest *Rock The Grill
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.9 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2013-05-31 |
| +2 | Sooie't Relief BBQ Benefit | 2013-08-23 |
| +0.8 | Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show | 2013-08-09 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.8 | *Rock The Grill | 2018-09-28 |
| -0.5 | WNC Barbeque Festival | 2013-07-26 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 41% | 93% | 91.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-28 | *Rock The Grill Rock Hill, SC | 24 / 27 (620.8572) | 26 (153.6344) | 22 (157.0972) | 25 (155.9200) | 23 (154.2056) |
| 2013-08-23 | Sooie't Relief BBQ Benefit Greer, SC | 19 / 41 (650.7428) | 37 (150.8344) | 13 (167.3944) | 21 (164.5256) | 10 (167.9884) |
| 2013-08-09 | Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Franklin, NC | 25 / 49 (666.2288) | 18 (169.7144) | 37 (160.5372) | 34 (162.2400) | 5 (173.7372) |
| 2013-07-26 | WNC Barbeque Festival Maggie Valley, NC | 26 / 48 (657.5772) | 38 (162.8228) | 16 (166.2400) | 6 (171.4172) | 38 (157.0972) |
| 2013-05-31 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour N. Charleston, SC | 3 / 27 (669.7142) | 10 (168.5712) | 12 (167.4286) | 2 (173.1428) | 12 (160.5716) |
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 | #2516 (57 pts) | #2565 (52 pts) | #1966 (67 pts) | #2561 (52 pts) | #1985 (62 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #657 (470 pts) | #863 (375 pts) | #762 (435 pts) | #549 (600 pts) | #610 (530 pts) |