They almost always walk
67%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 6 of 9 contests
A top-10 category call in 67% of their 9 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
HOT WIRE BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1551
peak 1553 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
2013-04-19
latest 2014-10-24
Best ToY finish
#885
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 33%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
659.24 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 662.67 (-3.43)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.03
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.53 · weakest Brisket (158.57)
Road miles
685
mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 88 mi
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
Master avg
662.67 / 720
9 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
High-water mark
678.2858
career-best overall
94.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.2858 at 8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ — 94.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-04-19
A tough matchup
7–1
behind in the head-to-head
BUTCHER BBQ ahead in 88% of their meetings
BUTCHER BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 8 shared contests.
The weak link
−12.0
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.95 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 11% of the time against 33%.
- Brisket avg 158.57
- Chicken avg 170.53
- 1 calls in 9 entries
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SMOKEANATOR BBQ TEAM in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Chicken nemesis
5 of 8
shared chicken entries lost
BUTCHER BBQ ahead 63% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, BUTCHER BBQ has out-cooked them in 5 of 8 shared chicken entries.
Announced themselves early
5th
at their very first contest
Finished 5 of 63 at their very first tracked contest, 8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ (2013-04-19).
- 2013-04-19
- 63-team field
The metronome
±1.67%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±1.67% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 92.0% of a perfect score
- 9 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.
62 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1699 of the rated field
- Contests
- 21
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 19%
- Peak
- 1563
2–2 in 4 shared contests (50% to HOT WIRE BBQ)
These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — honours even — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#1696 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1552
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#1700 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1552
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 12 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#1715 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1551
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after HOT WIRE BBQ did, first appearing in 2018.
⚔ Head-to-head#1708 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1567
No shared contest yet.
13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 38% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#1702 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1553
No shared contest yet.
Level with HOT WIRE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOOCHEWSOOEY | 8 | 5 | 3 | 63% | ⚔ compare |
| BUTCHER BBQ | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| IRON WHEEL COOKERS | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| WHISKEY PIT BBQ COMPANY | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin Hot J's | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| WILDCATTERS Q CREW | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| MIKE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 177.7028 | 161.6800 | 170.53 | top 26% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 176.0002 | 153.6800 | 168.06 | top 29% |
| Pork | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 174.2858 | 160.0000 | 165.51 | top 40% |
| Brisket | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4284 | 150.8344 | 158.57 | top 54% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 45% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 24% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.5 yrs
2013-04-19 → 2014-10-24
Busiest season
2014
5 contests
Contests a season
4.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OK
9 of 9 contests
Contests visited
9
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
9 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 170.53 · weakest Brisket (158.57)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 6 of 9 contests
Overall top-10 rate
22%
2 of 9 contests
Master average
662.67
out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
286
333–117 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
685
9 mapped stops · furthest 88 mi
Schedule strength
1532
average field rating faced — tougher than 23% of rated contests
Power rating
1551
peak 1553 · #1709 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ
- First call 8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ
- First overall top-10 8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score678.2858 8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ
- Career-best overall score678.2858 8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7028 Smokin' the Fort
- 2014
- Peak power rating (1553) Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival
- Most recent contest Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.3 | 8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ | 2013-04-19 |
| +11 | Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival | 2013-05-03 |
| +10.1 | Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival | 2014-05-02 |
| +7.6 | 9th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ | 2014-04-11 |
| +6.4 | Smokin' the Fort | 2013-10-25 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.2 | Boots & BBQ Festival | 2014-05-09 |
| -1 | 28th Annual Cherokee Strip Cookoff | 2014-09-19 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60% | top 40% | 93.3% | 91.6% |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 75% | top 24% | 94.2% | 92.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-10-24 | Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival Fort Gibson, OK | 15 / 34 (655.9544) | 22 (161.6800) | 5 (170.8800) | 20 (160.5372) | 14 (162.8572) |
| 2014-09-19 | 28th Annual Cherokee Strip Cookoff Ponca City, OK | 22 / 41 (639.2684) | 15 (169.7028) | 33 (153.6800) | 24 (160.5256) | 25 (155.3600) |
| 2014-05-09 | Boots & BBQ Festival Claremore, OK | 18 / 29 (662.1716) | 6 (173.7028) | 15 (165.7144) | 10 (169.6800) | 26 (153.0744) |
| 2014-05-02 | Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK | 12 / 80 (672.0000) | 17 (169.7144) | 16 (168.5716) | 26 (165.1884) | 13 (168.5256) |
| 2014-04-11 | 9th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK | 17 / 64 (666.8116) | 13 (170.8344) | 11 (171.4172) | 7 (173.7256) | 47 (150.8344) |
| 2013-10-25 | Smokin' the Fort Fort Gibson, OK | 9 / 26 (668.5260) | 4 (177.7028) | 4 (171.4288) | 17 (161.1200) | 13 (158.2744) |
| 2013-10-11 | Chillin & Grillin BBQ Festival Sand Springs, OK | 15 / 38 (647.9084) | 12 (165.7028) | 12 (166.2628) | 14 (164.5600) | 31 (151.3828) |
| 2013-05-03 | Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival Bixby, OK | 13 / 88 (673.1424) | 12 (173.1428) | 24 (168.5712) | 49 (160.0000) | 9 (171.4284) |
| 2013-04-19 | 8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK | 5 / 63 (678.2858) | 6 (172.5714) | 2 (176.0002) | 7 (174.2858) | 38 (155.4284) |
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 | #1176 (249 pts) | #1507 (189 pts) | #1081 (304 pts) | #1634 (159 pts) | #1225 (249 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #885 (335 pts) | #967 (330 pts) | #892 (355 pts) | #1154 (255 pts) | #1202 (235 pts) |