SMOKIN' HART'S

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#764

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1631

peak 1640 · rated over 35 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-08-16

latest 2019-02-15

Best ToY finish

#434

Master 2017

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

13 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 35 contests

Avg finish

top 36%

overall standings

Best overall

693.1088 / 720

Master · *Horse Town Brew B Que Festival( Judges Full)

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

665.73 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 670.92 (-5.19)

Walk rate

69%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Brisket · *Horse Town Brew B Que Festival( Judges Full)

Consistency

±14.78

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 169.05 · weakest Brisket (166.37)

Road miles

5,282

mi across 35 mapped stops · furthest 1740 mi

Schedule strength

46%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)

Purse competed for

$11K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

Master avg

670.92 / 720

35 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (11 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.

Perfect scores on the board

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in brisket.

Brisket ×2

Happy hunting ground

Top 18% average finish here

Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons is their spot: an average finish in the top 18% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 8th
average top 18%

They almost always walk

69% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 24 of 35 contests

A top-10 category call in 69% of their 35 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

693.1088 career-best overall

96.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 693.1088 at *Horse Town Brew B Que Festival( Judges Full) — 96.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
2017-06-02

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

DAY OF THE PIG BBQ has finished one call ahead of SMOKIN' HART'S 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

24–7 behind in the head-to-head

LADY OF Q ahead in 77% of their meetings

LADY OF Q has come out ahead in 24 of their 31 shared contests.

A strong matchup

24–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 89% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of COOL GRILLING in 24 of their 27 shared contests.

Looking over their shoulder

4× one call behind them

RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ has landed one call behind them 4 times.

A July team

Top 27% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 27% across 3 contests, versus top 36% the rest of the year.

3 July contests
top 36% the rest of the year

The long haul

5,282 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,282 miles across 35 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,740 miles to Certified BBQ Judging Class - Cancelled.

35 mapped stops
furthest 1,740 mi

The metronome

±2.05% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.05% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.2% of a perfect score
35 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.

DAD BOD BARBEQUE

#759 of the rated field

1632 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 40
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 57%
Peak: 1655

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 40 contests to 35, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 36 contests
last seen 2026-08-07

⚔ Head-to-head

BRISKET BURNERS

#761 of the rated field

1632 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 39
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1668

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1668 at their best, 37 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 39 contests
last seen 2019-07-26

⚔ Head-to-head

SIZZLIN' BONES BBQ

#762 of the rated field

1631 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 47
GCs: 4
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1682

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 4 Grand Championships in 47 contests, alongside a 43% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 46 contests
last seen 2018-10-26

⚔ Head-to-head

DE FILOUS

#763 of the rated field

1631 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 60
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 53%
Peak: 1667

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 57 contests
last seen 2021-08-14

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ

#760 of the rated field

1632 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 58
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 34%
Peak: 1634

No shared contest yet.

Level with SMOKIN' HART'S on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 58 contests
last seen 2026-08-28

⚔ Head-to-head

HOG HAMMER BBQ

#765 of the rated field

1631 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 41%
Peak: 1631

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 20 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2021-09-16

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
LADY OF Q	31	7	24	23%	⚔ compare
TWISTED BRISKET BBQ	28	21	7	75%	⚔ compare
COOL GRILLING	27	24	3	89%	⚔ compare
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	27	6	21	22%	⚔ compare
NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q	26	17	9	65%	⚔ compare
Sharpe's Woodshed	26	13	13	50%	⚔ compare
Smokin it Up BBQ	25	14	11	56%	⚔ compare
ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	25	4	21	16%	⚔ compare
Burnin and Lootin	25	3	22	12%	⚔ compare
JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE	24	11	13	46%	⚔ compare
Porterhouse BBQ	23	11	12	48%	⚔ compare
DG FIREHOUSE BBQ	23	8	15	35%	⚔ compare
RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	22	12	10	55%	⚔ compare
THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	21	9	12	43%	⚔ compare
Rooftop BBQ	21	5	16	24%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	35	3	1	2	178.2972	156.5256	168.29	top 45%
Pork Ribs	35	9	2	2	177.7144	152.5256	167.22	top 40%
Pork	35	11	0	6	177.7144	148.4800	169.05	top 35%
Brisket	35	12	2	3	180.0000 🔥	151.9428	166.37	top 42%

“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
CA	34	0	top 36%
AL	1	0	top 22%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	7	0	top 46%
Large (40+)	28	0	top 33%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
*Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival( JUDGES FULL)	2	21	top 66%	2017-11-03
Dana Point State BBQ Championship	2	30	top 49%	2016-10-07
Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons	2	8	top 18%	2016-08-05
Horse Town Brew n Que Festival	2	14	top 30%	2016-06-03
West Coast BBQ Classic	2	33	top 58%	2015-05-08

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5.5 yrs 2013-08-16 → 2019-02-15

Busiest season 2015 9 contests

Contests a season 5 across 7 seasons in the data

Cooks most in CA 34 of 35 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 30 5 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 35 entries · 1 win · 3 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 169.05 · weakest Brisket (166.37)

Walk rate 69% a top-10 call in 24 of 35 contests

Overall top-10 rate 20% 7 of 35 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 670.92 out of 720 · 35 contests · 0 GCs

Perfect 180s 2 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 482 1,287–648 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 5,282 35 mapped stops · furthest 1,740 mi

Schedule strength 1559 average field rating faced — tougher than 46% of rated contests

Purse competed for $10,600 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

Power rating 1631 peak 1640 · #764 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2013
Aug 16 First tracked contest Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons
2014
Feb 21 First call The Guinea Pig (Competitor's Series)
Mar 21 First category win (Chicken) 3rd Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship
Mar 21 First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.4684 3rd Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship
2015
Jan 17 First overall top-10 Certified BBQ Judging Class - Cancelled
Mar 20 10th tracked contest 4th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship
2017
Jan 27 First perfect 180 (Brisket) *Newport Beach Winter Q
Jan 27 25th tracked contest *Newport Beach Winter Q
Jun 2 Career-best overall score693.1088 *Horse Town Brew B Que Festival( Judges Full)
Jul 28 Peak power rating (1640) 8th Annual Vista BBQ Classic(JUDGES FULL)
2019
Feb 15 Most recent contest The Smithfield Guinea Pig (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.4	The Pig (Guinea Pig) Competitor's Series	2015-02-20
+11.7	*Newport Beach Winter Q	2017-01-27
+11	Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons	2015-08-07
+10.6	West Coast BBQ Classic	2016-05-13
+9.7	6th Annual Vista Q Classic	2014-07-25

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.9	Dana Point State BBQ Championship	2016-10-07
-8.6	*Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival( JUDGES FULL)	2017-11-03
-5.3	The Smithfield Guinea Pig	2017-02-17
-3.5	Newport Beach Barbecue Contest	2015-06-26
-3.3	West Coast BBQ Classic	2015-05-08

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0	0	100%	top 47%	93.3%	93.3%
2018	2	0	0	0%	top 40%	92.7%	92.5%
2017	8	2	3	63%	top 38%	96.3%	93.8%
2016	8	2	0	75%	top 37%	95.6%	93.4%
2015	9	3	0	67%	top 30%	95.8%	94.2%
2014	6	0	2	100%	top 34%	94.1%	91.7%
2013	1	0	0	0%	top 59%	87.1%	87.1%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-02-15	The Smithfield Guinea Pig (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Indian Wells, CA	23 / 49 (671.9888)	19 (169.1200)	5 (175.4516)	39 (162.2400)	33 (165.1772)
2018-05-25	*Big Bear Memorial Weekend BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Big Bear Lake, CA	11 / 29 (665.0172)	14 (168.5256)	15 (163.3944)	11 (167.4172)	12 (165.6800)
2018-03-23	7th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Arcadia, CA	33 / 78 (667.3144)	19 (171.9656)	31 (167.4172)	39 (165.6916)	47 (162.2400)
2017-11-03	*Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival( JUDGES FULL) Indio, CA	27 / 35 (656.9828)	25 (165.6800)	17 (167.9772)	24 (166.2400)	27 (157.0856)
2017-10-13	*OC BBQ Competition Costa Messa, CA	25 / 56 (667.3600)	13 (173.1084)	19 (168.5600)	32 (163.9888)	37 (161.7028)
2017-07-28	8th Annual Vista BBQ Classic(JUDGES FULL) Vista, CA	13 / 40 (681.0744)	2 (177.7028)	17 (169.1316)	28 (163.3828)	8 (170.8572)
2017-06-02	*Horse Town Brew B Que Festival( Judges Full) Norco, CA	9 / 57 (693.1088)	42 (166.2400)	6 (174.2972)	17 (172.5716)	1 (180.0000)
2017-05-19	*SoCal BBQ Bash and Expo(JUDGES FULL) Pomona, CA	19 / 46 (676.4916)	25 (168.5372)	20 (167.9772)	25 (166.8572)	10 (173.1200)
2017-03-31	6th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Arcadia, CA	12 / 77 (682.8116)	14 (174.8572)	1 (177.7144)	9 (174.8572)	58 (155.3828)
2017-02-17	The Smithfield Guinea Pig Indio, CA	33 / 49 (658.8572)	16 (170.3428)	34 (163.4400)	27 (166.2628)	40 (158.8116)
2017-01-27	*Newport Beach Winter Q Newport, CA	4 / 56 (687.9316)	11 (171.9772)	36 (163.9772)	11 (171.9772)	1 (180.0000)
2016-11-11	Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival ( Judges Full) Indio, CA	21 / 38 (669.0628)	23 (167.3712)	18 (170.2744)	21 (166.8572)	23 (164.5600)
2016-10-07	Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA	51 / 75 (644.4112)	34 (167.3828)	39 (163.4172)	52 (161.6684)	68 (151.9428)
2016-08-05	Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons Huntington Beach, CA	8 / 36 (681.7028)	18 (167.4056)	13 (169.1200)	2 (176.0344)	7 (169.1428)
2016-06-24	* Newport Beach Barbecue Competition Newport, CA	16 / 33 (674.2632)	8 (172.0000)	5 (173.1544)	19 (166.8344)	25 (162.2744)
2016-06-03	Horse Town Brew n Que Festival Norco, CA	14 / 58 (679.3716)	42 (165.6916)	35 (161.6800)	3 (177.7144)	6 (174.2856)
2016-05-13	West Coast BBQ Classic Long Beach, CA	6 / 44 (688.0000)	13 (171.4400)	12 (169.1428)	18 (168.5600)	2 (178.8572)
2016-04-01	5th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship Arciadia, CA	18 / 72 (673.1428)	29 (168.0228)	38 (162.8572)	2 (177.1428)	32 (165.1200)
2016-02-19	The Pig(Guinea Pig) Indio, CA	20 / 48 (670.2056)	30 (165.6800)	43 (157.6684)	15 (170.2972)	4 (176.5600)
2015-10-02	City of Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA	13 / 75 (683.9544)	24 (171.9772)	25 (169.7144)	32 (168.0000)	11 (174.2628)
2015-08-07	Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons Huntington Beach, CA	8 / 58 (689.6800)	18 (173.1200)	12 (172.5828)	3 (176.5944)	28 (167.3828)
2015-07-24	7th Annual Vista BBQ Classic Vista, CA	14 / 54 (686.2744)	13 (173.7372)	33 (165.0972)	6 (174.8572)	7 (172.5828)
2015-06-26	Newport Beach Barbecue Contest Newport Beach, CA	17 / 29 (665.5540)	19 (167.3828)	17 (165.1084)	12 (164.5256)	12 (168.5372)
2015-05-29	Horse Town Brew n Que Festival Norco, CA	27 / 75 (678.2860)	38 (167.4516)	39 (167.4172)	4 (177.7144)	47 (165.7028)
2015-05-08	West Coast BBQ Classic Long Beach, CA	34 / 57 (657.6112)	34 (163.3828)	39 (161.7144)	17 (169.1312)	35 (163.3828)
2015-03-20	4th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship Arcadia, CA	22 / 100 (682.2628)	63 (166.2628)	5 (176.0000)	19 (172.5600)	41 (167.4400)
2015-02-20	The Pig (Guinea Pig) Competitor's Series Rancho Mirage, CA	5 / 49 (680.5484)	14 (169.6800)	6 (170.8456)	16 (166.8228)	4 (173.2000)
2015-01-17	Certified BBQ Judging Class - Cancelled Hartselle, AL	8 / 36 (681.7028)	18 (167.4056)	13 (169.1200)	2 (176.0344)	7 (169.1428)
2014-10-02	Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA	30 / 97 (671.9428)	49 (167.3828)	36 (167.4400)	6 (177.1428)	56 (159.9772)
2014-07-25	6th Annual Vista Q Classic Vista, CA	14 / 60 (677.5884)	52 (159.9428)	1 (176.0000)	26 (167.3828)	6 (174.2628)
2014-06-20	3rd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship Temecula, CA	20 / 65 (668.4568)	48 (158.8000)	5 (172.0228)	16 (169.1084)	20 (168.5256)
2014-05-09	West Coast BBQ Classic Long Beach, CA	33 / 59 (646.7428)	45 (156.5256)	27 (161.7028)	3 (173.1200)	41 (155.3944)
2014-03-21	3rd Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship Arcadia, CA	24 / 69 (648.4684)	1 (178.2972)	56 (152.5256)	32 (158.2628)	27 (159.3828)
2014-02-21	The Guinea Pig (Competitor's Series) Indio, CA	14 / 48 (646.8236)	37 (157.1204)	8 (162.9032)	5 (170.2512)	29 (156.5488)
2013-08-16	Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons Huntington State Beach, CA	37 / 63 (627.2796)	16 (168.5484)	41 (155.9884)	54 (148.4800)	33 (154.2628)

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
2019 ↗	Master	#1887 (70 pts)	#1856 (90 pts)	#1272 (185 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1259 (184 pts)	#1270 (199 pts)	#1444 (164 pts)	#1331 (184 pts)	#1369 (179 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#434 (870 pts)	#416 (910 pts)	#403 (955 pts)	#592 (680 pts)	#342 (1100 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#457 (868 pts)	#598 (678 pts)	#547 (763 pts)	#293 (1188 pts)	#359 (1058 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#554 (679 pts)	#692 (544 pts)	#602 (644 pts)	#356 (989 pts)	#577 (654 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#750 (460 pts)	#631 (600 pts)	#540 (725 pts)	#546 (710 pts)	#717 (515 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1970 (75 pts)	#1800 (120 pts)	#2043 (75 pts)	#2080 (75 pts)	#2034 (75 pts)