SMOKE. MEATS. PIG.

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

Power ranking

#1665

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1553

peak 1553 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-26

latest 2015-09-25

Best ToY finish

#714

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 34%

overall standings

Best overall

677.1888 / 720

Master · Bikes Balloons & BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

670.79 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 667.09 (+3.70)

Walk rate

88%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

and counting

Best single call

177.1428

Pork · Bikes Blues & BBQ

Consistency

±10.98

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 168.42 · weakest Brisket (164.77)

Road miles

1,674

mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 268 mi

Schedule strength

29%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1539)

Master avg

667.09 / 720

8 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.

They almost always walk

88% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 7 of 8 contests

A top-10 category call in 88% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

677.1888 career-best overall

94.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 677.1888 at Bikes Balloons & BBQ — 94.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
2013-10-18

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BIG SEXY BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

4 of 4 shared pork entries lost

WHISKEY PIT BBQ COMPANY ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, WHISKEY PIT BBQ COMPANY has out-cooked them in 4 of 4 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

WHISKEY PIT BBQ COMPANY has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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 92.7% of a perfect score
8 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.

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

HOLLA-N-SWALLA

#1663 of the rated field

1554 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 15%
Peak: 1554

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SMOKE. MEATS. PIG.)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SMOKE. MEATS. PIG. has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2018-06-15

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Mountain Smoke

#1674 of the rated field

1553 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 67%
Peak: 1553

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 2026-07-03
on a 4-contest top-10 run

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Checkered Flag 500

#1659 of the rated field

1554 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1571

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2023-04-07

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Q2NV

#1672 of the rated field

1553 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 45%
Peak: 1553

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2014-08-22

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WATT'S SMOKIN!

#1671 of the rated field

1553 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1553

No shared contest yet.

Level with SMOKE. MEATS. PIG. on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2017-06-02

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Just Katie

#1660 of the rated field

1554 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 46%
Peak: 1554

No shared contest yet.

13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 46% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2025-08-30

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	1	1	1	177.1428	161.6456	165.91	top 51%
Pork Ribs	8	4	0	0	173.1544	160.5256	167.99	top 35%
Pork	8	5	1	2	177.1428	153.7142	168.42	top 33%
Brisket	8	3	0	1	176.5944	154.8570	164.77	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
AR	3	top 29%
MO	3	top 46%
OK	2	top 23%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	6	0	top 35%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 30%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	14	0	top 53%	2014-05-09

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.4 yrs 2013-04-26 → 2015-09-25

Busiest season 2013 4 contests

Contests a season 2.7 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in AR 3 of 8 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 7 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 8 entries · 1 win · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 168.42 · weakest Brisket (164.77)

Walk rate 88% a top-10 call in 7 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 50% 4 of 8 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests — and still running

Master average 667.09 out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 224 196–88 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,674 8 mapped stops · furthest 268 mi

Schedule strength 1539 average field rating faced — tougher than 29% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1 yrs 2014-09-12 → 2015-09-25

Power rating 1553 peak 1553 · #1665 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Apr 26 First tracked contest Smokin' in the Ozarks
Apr 26 First call Smokin' in the Ozarks
Apr 26 First category win (Pork) Smokin' in the Ozarks
Apr 26 First overall top-10 Smokin' in the Ozarks
Apr 26 First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.4280 Smokin' in the Ozarks
Oct 18 Career-best overall score677.1888 Bikes Balloons & BBQ
2015
Sep 25 Career-best single call (Pork)177.1428 Bikes Blues & BBQ
Sep 25 Peak power rating (1553) Bikes Blues & BBQ
Sep 25 Most recent contest Bikes Blues & BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.9	Bikes Balloons & BBQ	2013-10-18
+9.6	Smokin' in the Ozarks	2013-04-26
+8.9	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2014-09-12
+8.5	9th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ	2014-04-11
+7.5	Bikes Blues & BBQ	2015-09-25

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-2.5	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2013-05-03

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)
2015	1	1	0	100%	top 29%	92.4%	92.4%
2014	3	1	0	100%	top 34%	93.6%	93.1%
2013	4	2	2	75%	top 35%	94.1%	92.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2015-09-25	Bikes Blues & BBQ Fayetteville, AR	10 / 35 (665.5540)	20 (161.6456)	12 (165.0972)	3 (177.1428)	14 (161.6684)
2014-09-12	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour N. Kansas City, MO	9 / 30 (673.6456)	23 (163.9656)	8 (173.1544)	10 (170.2628)	13 (166.2628)
2014-05-09	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour St. Charles, MO	14 / 30 (670.1940)	23 (163.3828)	24 (162.8456)	9 (170.8456)	5 (173.1200)
2014-04-11	9th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	16 / 64 (667.3828)	28 (166.2856)	33 (160.5256)	26 (163.9772)	2 (176.5944)
2013-10-18	Bikes Balloons & BBQ Poteau, OK	4 / 20 (677.1888)	1 (177.1428)	4 (170.8916)	7 (168.5944)	9 (160.5600)
2013-09-20	Bikes Blues & BBQ Fayetteville, AR	17 / 49 (671.8852)	30 (163.4056)	11 (173.1200)	15 (167.9540)	13 (167.4056)
2013-05-03	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour St. Charles, MO	18 / 30 (639.4282)	13 (165.7142)	9 (165.1428)	25 (153.7142)	25 (154.8570)
2013-04-26	Smokin' in the Ozarks Rogers, AR	8 / 34 (671.4280)	15 (165.7142)	6 (173.1428)	1 (174.8570)	23 (157.7140)

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	#1140 (260 pts)	#1791 (140 pts)	#1327 (225 pts)	#1435 (205 pts)	#878 (390 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#714 (439 pts)	#660 (494 pts)	#654 (509 pts)	#677 (489 pts)	#1136 (254 pts)