The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Smokin' Bulldogs has finished one call ahead of HOGBUTTS BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
HOGBUTTS BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1492
peak 1502 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-07-04
latest 2013-10-11
Best ToY finish
#1317
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
622.63
last 4 Master vs avg 622.63 (-0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.25
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 158.57 · weakest Brisket (149.94)
Road miles
366
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 129 mi
Schedule strength
8%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1512)
Master avg
622.63 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
GOOD SMOKE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
GOOD SMOKE BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared 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.
HOGBUTTS BBQ has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 141 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3573 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3556 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after HOGBUTTS BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#3574 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with HOGBUTTS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3559 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3551 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3561 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.8456 | 155.9884 | 158.57 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.7372 | 150.8572 | 156.42 | top 52% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7372 | 154.8228 | 157.70 | top 54% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6572 | 145.1428 | 149.94 | top 66% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MA | 2 | 0 | top 63% |
| NY | 2 | 0 | top 56% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 66% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 53% |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.3 yrs
2013-07-04 → 2013-10-11
Busiest season
2013
4 contests
Cooks most in
MA
2 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 158.57 · weakest Brisket (149.94)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
622.63
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
116
61–77 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
366
4 mapped stops · furthest 129 mi
Schedule strength
1512
average field rating faced — tougher than 8% of rated contests
Power rating
1492
peak 1502 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest I Love Barbecue & Music Festival
- First call I Love Barbecue & Music Festival
- Career-best overall score637.6000 Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)165.7372 Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
- Peak power rating (1502) Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
- Most recent contest Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.1 | Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest | 2013-09-14 |
| +2.2 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | 2013-07-04 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.7 | Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival | 2013-10-11 |
| -3.9 | Hudson Valley Ribfest | 2013-08-16 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 59% | 88.6% | 86.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-10-11 | Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA | 18 / 21 (624.4568) | 15 (155.9884) | 13 (155.9656) | 12 (161.7372) | 18 (150.7656) |
| 2013-09-14 | Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest Harvard, MA | 17 / 42 (637.6000) | 13 (162.8456) | 10 (165.7372) | 23 (158.8228) | 29 (150.1944) |
| 2013-08-16 | Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY | 33 / 51 (619.3028) | 30 (157.7144) | 39 (153.1084) | 32 (154.8228) | 25 (153.6572) |
| 2013-07-04 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY | 13 / 28 (609.1424) | 8 (157.7138) | 13 (150.8572) | 12 (155.4286) | 17 (145.1428) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1317 (188 pts) | #1248 (223 pts) | #1191 (248 pts) | #1377 (188 pts) | #1567 (148 pts) |