A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Big B BBQ Company ahead in 100% of their meetings
Big B BBQ Company has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
SMOKER ON WHEELS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1450
peak 1450 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-04-19
latest 2016-04-15
Best ToY finish
#1970
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 97%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
612.59
last 4 Master vs avg 612.59 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.87
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.40 · weakest Brisket (142.54)
Road miles
1
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
30%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)
Master avg
612.59 / 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 standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked High on the Hog Festival every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 56th
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.
SMOKER ON WHEELS 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 112 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.
#5531 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SMOKER ON WHEELS)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SMOKER ON WHEELS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5493 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
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#5500 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 12 years after SMOKER ON WHEELS did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#5508 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKER ON WHEELS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5497 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
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#5510 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8112 | 153.1430 | 159.40 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3828 | 153.0972 | 155.54 | top 85% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5256 | 153.7142 | 155.11 | top 94% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.3716 | 124.0000 | 142.54 | top 98% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High on the Hog Festival | 4 | 56 | 0 | top 97% | 2016-04-15 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2013-04-19 → 2016-04-15
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TN
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 159.40 · weakest Brisket (142.54)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
612.59
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
134
7–226 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1541
average field rating faced — tougher than 30% of rated contests
Power rating
1450
peak 1450 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest High on the Hog Festival
- Peak power rating (1485) High on the Hog Festival
- 2015
- Career-best overall score634.1024 High on the Hog Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8112 High on the Hog Festival
- 2016
- Most recent contest High on the Hog Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.1 | High on the Hog Festival | 2013-04-19 |
| -12.2 | High on the Hog Festival | 2014-04-18 |
| -11.5 | High on the Hog Festival | 2016-04-15 |
| -11.2 | High on the Hog Festival | 2015-04-17 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 84.7% | 84.7% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 85.9% | 85.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 81.6% | 81.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-04-15 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | 56 / 56 (610.1832) | 56 (155.4056) | 55 (153.0972) | 55 (154.2628) | 56 (147.4176) |
| 2015-04-17 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | 56 / 59 (634.1024) | 30 (170.8112) | 48 (159.3828) | 54 (156.5256) | 57 (147.3828) |
| 2014-04-18 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | 59 / 62 (618.6400) | 53 (158.2284) | 57 (153.0972) | 59 (155.9428) | 59 (151.3716) |
| 2013-04-19 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | 59 / 60 (587.4288) | 56 (153.1430) | 42 (156.5716) | 55 (153.7142) | 60 (124.0000) |
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 | #2084 (75 pts) | #2167 (75 pts) | #2161 (75 pts) | #2172 (75 pts) | #2148 (75 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1970 (75 pts) | #2073 (75 pts) | #2043 (75 pts) | #2080 (75 pts) | #2034 (75 pts) |