A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SON OF SMOKE ahead in 100% of their meetings
SON OF SMOKE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
CRIME SCENE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1493
peak 1493 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-05-17
latest 2017-06-23
Best ToY finish
#1970
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
605.88
last 3 Master vs avg 605.88 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±2.75
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 158.48 · weakest Pork Ribs (145.88)
Road miles
214
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 143 mi
Schedule strength
30%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)
Master avg
605.88 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Silicon Valley BBQ Championship (2017-06-23).
- last seen 2014-06-27
- back 2017-06-23
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
SMOKE AND BERNS 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.
CRIME SCENE 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 128 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.
#3506 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1493
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3491 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after CRIME SCENE did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#3496 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with CRIME SCENE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3522 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3494 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3523 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
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 | 156.0456 | 152.5714 | 154.48 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6800 | 135.9656 | 145.88 | top 74% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2856 | 155.4284 | 158.48 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8456 | 137.6916 | 147.04 | 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.
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.1 yrs
2013-05-17 → 2017-06-23
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 158.48 · weakest Pork Ribs (145.88)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
605.88
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
142
63–109 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
214
3 mapped stops · furthest 143 mi
Schedule strength
1541
average field rating faced — tougher than 30% of rated contests
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2014-06-27 → 2017-06-23
Power rating
1493
peak 1493 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Bakersfield's Biggest Baddest BBQ Championship
- 2014
- Career-best overall score609.7028 Silicon Valley BBQ Championships
- Career-best single call (Pork)162.2856 Silicon Valley BBQ Championships
- Peak power rating (1500) Silicon Valley BBQ Championships
- 2017
- Most recent contest Silicon Valley BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.3 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championships | 2014-06-27 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.9 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championship | 2017-06-23 |
| -0.6 | Bakersfield's Biggest Baddest BBQ Championship | 2013-05-17 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 83.8% | 83.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 54% | 84.7% | 84.7% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 54% | 84% | 84% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-23 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championship Santa Clara, CA | 51 / 62 (603.3712) | 46 (154.8228) | 58 (135.9656) | 40 (157.7372) | 41 (154.8456) |
| 2014-06-27 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championships Santa Clara, CA | 26 / 48 (609.7028) | 19 (156.0456) | 28 (153.6800) | 13 (162.2856) | 36 (137.6916) |
| 2013-05-17 | Bakersfield's Biggest Baddest BBQ Championship Bakersfield, CA | 35 / 65 (604.5708) | 45 (152.5714) | 46 (147.9998) | 31 (155.4284) | 37 (148.5712) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2458 (73 pts) | #2022 (103 pts) | #2505 (73 pts) | #1844 (133 pts) | #2494 (73 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1970 (75 pts) | #2073 (75 pts) | #2043 (75 pts) | #2080 (75 pts) | #2034 (75 pts) |