#3055 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headLEFT HAND SMOKE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1504
peak 1504 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-04-12
latest 2014-04-25
Best ToY finish
#1079
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
635.36
last 3 Master vs avg 635.36 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.55
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.09 · weakest Brisket (151.40)
Road miles
28
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
3%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1504)
Master avg
635.36 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
LEFT HAND SMOKE 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 109 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.
#3042 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Level with LEFT HAND SMOKE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3046 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3057 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3036 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3026 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.0000 | 159.4286 | 162.09 | top 43% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 168.0000 | 147.3828 | 160.17 | top 38% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.1428 | 155.4056 | 161.71 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 162.2628 | 130.8566 | 151.40 | top 55% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2 | 19 | 0 | top 64% | 2014-04-04 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2013-04-12 → 2014-04-25
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
WA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 162.09 · weakest Brisket (151.40)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
635.36
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
53
39–39 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
28
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1504
average field rating faced — tougher than 3% of rated contests
Power rating
1504
peak 1504 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)168.0000 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- 2014
- First overall top-10 Washington State Spring BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.1828 Washington State Spring BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score654.1828 Washington State Spring BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1504) Washington State Spring BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest Washington State Spring BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.9 | Washington State Spring BBQ Championship | 2014-04-25 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.6 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2013-04-12 |
| -3.2 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2014-04-04 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 41% | 90.9% | 89.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 66% | 86.5% | 86.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-04-25 | Washington State Spring BBQ Championship Monroe, WA | 4 / 22 (654.1828) | 12 (162.8344) | 3 (165.1200) | 8 (165.1428) | 8 (161.0856) |
| 2014-04-04 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Renton, WA | 19 / 30 (629.0512) | 8 (164.0000) | 25 (147.3828) | 22 (155.4056) | 9 (162.2628) |
| 2013-04-12 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Renton, WA | 19 / 29 (622.8564) | 14 (159.4286) | 5 (168.0000) | 13 (164.5712) | 29 (130.8566) |
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 | #1079 (282 pts) | #1215 (262 pts) | #1149 (277 pts) | #1407 (212 pts) | #1122 (282 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1931 (84 pts) | #1872 (109 pts) | #1447 (179 pts) | #1860 (114 pts) | #2676 (54 pts) |