A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
RED PLANET BARBEQUE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1503
peak 1505 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-08-16
latest 2018-06-02
Best ToY finish
#1867
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 54%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
638.38
last 3 Master vs avg 638.38 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.04
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.60 · weakest Brisket (148.13)
Road miles
104
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 104 mi
Schedule strength
34%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1546)
Master avg
638.38 / 720
3 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.
The comeback
3.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.8 years, then back at Sun BBQ Fest (2017-06-03).
- last seen 2013-08-16
- back 2017-06-03
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.
RED PLANET BARBEQUE has 3 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 104 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.
#3103 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3091 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3096 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
Level with RED PLANET BARBEQUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3101 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3097 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3118 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1656 | 166.2516 | 167.60 | top 31% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7256 | 159.4172 | 164.00 | top 39% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.3088 | 156.5372 | 158.64 | top 59% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6572 | 139.3600 | 148.13 | top 75% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun BBQ Fest | 2 | 38 | 0 | top 60% | 2018-06-02 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.8 yrs
2013-08-16 → 2018-06-02
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CT
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 167.60 · weakest Brisket (148.13)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
638.38
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
127
84–96 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
104
3 mapped stops · furthest 104 mi
Schedule strength
1546
average field rating faced — tougher than 34% of rated contests
Longest layoff
3.8 yrs
2013-08-16 → 2017-06-03
Power rating
1503
peak 1505 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Hudson Valley Ribfest
- 2017
- Career-best overall score642.7656 Sun BBQ Fest
- Peak power rating (1505) Sun BBQ Fest
- 2018
- First call Sun BBQ Fest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.7256 Sun BBQ Fest
- Most recent contest Sun BBQ Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.8 | Hudson Valley Ribfest | 2013-08-16 |
| +1.5 | Sun BBQ Fest | 2017-06-03 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.8 | Sun BBQ Fest | 2018-06-02 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 68% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 52% | 89.3% | 89.3% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 41% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-02 | Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT | 40 / 59 (633.0056) | 25 (167.3828) | 8 (169.7256) | 42 (156.5372) | 55 (139.3600) |
| 2017-06-03 | Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT | 38 / 73 (642.7656) | 17 (169.1656) | 39 (162.8572) | 49 (157.0856) | 52 (153.6572) |
| 2013-08-16 | Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY | 21 / 51 (639.3604) | 14 (166.2516) | 25 (159.4172) | 19 (162.3088) | 31 (151.3828) |
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 | #1867 (95 pts) | #1736 (130 pts) | #2043 (75 pts) | #1918 (105 pts) | #2034 (75 pts) |