A tough matchup
6–0
behind in the head-to-head
BOWLING OVER PIGS ahead in 100% of their meetings
BOWLING OVER PIGS has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
BAKERSFIELD SMOKE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1457
peak 1457 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2013-05-17
latest 2015-05-15
Best ToY finish
#1235
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
598.38 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 597.13 (+1.25)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.89
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 155.31 · weakest Brisket (136.90)
Road miles
407
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 87 mi
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)
Master avg
597.13 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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.
The weak link
−18.4
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 18.41 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Brisket avg 136.90
- Chicken avg 155.31
- 0 calls in 6 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of REDNECKS WITH FIRE in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
Kings Cut BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
117 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5206 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1457
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5198 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
No shared contest yet.
Level with BAKERSFIELD SMOKE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5187 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after BAKERSFIELD SMOKE did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#5192 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5209 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5225 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1506 at their best, 49 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOWLING OVER PIGS | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| LEFT COAST Q | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| TROPICAL HEAT BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| PORKCHOP & BUBBAS | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Burnin and Lootin | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| All Sauced Up | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| ZZYZX BAR.B.Q | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| DADDY O'S SMOKIN' BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4400 | 143.3716 | 155.31 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8344 | 141.6460 | 151.77 | top 69% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1772 | 129.1424 | 153.14 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.2628 | 131.4282 | 136.90 | top 90% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 86% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 77% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-05-17 → 2015-05-15
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
6
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 155.31 · weakest Brisket (136.90)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 6 contests
Master average
597.13
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
151
61–226 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
407
6 mapped stops · furthest 87 mi
Schedule strength
1533
average field rating faced — tougher than 24% of rated contests
Power rating
1457
peak 1457 · #5207 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Bakersfield's Biggest Baddest BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1493) Bakersfield's Biggest Baddest BBQ Championship
- 2014
- Career-best single call (Pork)169.1772 California Honey Harvest Festival & BBQ Championship
- 2015
- Career-best overall score619.9084 Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.9 | California Honey Harvest Festival & KCBS BBQ | 2013-06-14 |
| -10.8 | The Great American Cookoff | 2013-07-26 |
| -6.6 | Bakersfield's Biggest Baddest BBQ Championship | 2013-05-17 |
| -4.8 | Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship | 2014-05-16 |
| -4.8 | California Honey Harvest Festival & BBQ Championship | 2014-06-13 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 86.1% | 86.1% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 85.6% | 84.9% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 82.1% | 80.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-05-15 | Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship Bakersfield, CA | 38 / 53 (619.9084) | 40 (155.3828) | 33 (158.8344) | 34 (159.4284) | 43 (146.2628) |
| 2014-06-13 | California Honey Harvest Festival & BBQ Championship Fillmore, CA | 24 / 30 (616.4228) | 24 (157.6912) | 21 (155.9428) | 11 (169.1772) | 29 (133.6116) |
| 2014-05-16 | Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship Bakersfield, CA | 42 / 56 (606.6860) | 26 (163.4400) | 52 (141.6460) | 11 (165.6800) | 50 (135.9200) |
| 2013-07-26 | The Great American Cookoff Woodlake, CA | 48 / 53 (567.7372) | 48 (143.3716) | 44 (145.0744) | 44 (145.1084) | 49 (134.1828) |
| 2013-06-14 | California Honey Harvest Festival & KCBS BBQ Fillmore, CA | 33 / 36 (581.1426) | 17 (161.1430) | 28 (150.8572) | 35 (129.1424) | 33 (140.0000) |
| 2013-05-17 | Bakersfield's Biggest Baddest BBQ Championship Bakersfield, CA | 47 / 65 (590.8564) | 49 (150.8570) | 18 (158.2858) | 40 (150.2854) | 59 (131.4282) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1755 (135 pts) | #1834 (135 pts) | #1653 (150 pts) | #1194 (270 pts) | #1836 (130 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1235 (211 pts) | #1154 (251 pts) | #1198 (246 pts) | #1287 (211 pts) | #1281 (211 pts) |