A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE ahead in 100% of their meetings
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Plum Crazy for Bar-B-Q
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1467
peak 1467 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-05-10
latest 2014-05-09
Best ToY finish
#2084
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 88%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
568.16
last 3 Master vs avg 568.16 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±27.25
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 155.80 · weakest Brisket (126.06)
Road miles
70
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
8%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1512)
Master avg
568.16 / 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of smokey anderson bbq in 3 of their 3 shared 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.
Plum Crazy for Bar-B-Q 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 146 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.
#4808 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1511
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Plum Crazy for Bar-B-Q)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Plum Crazy for Bar-B-Q has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4796 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4800 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#4789 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
Level with Plum Crazy for Bar-B-Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4780 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4814 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
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 | 162.8688 | 150.2512 | 155.80 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.1544 | 115.4284 | 137.34 | top 82% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.0228 | 145.6912 | 148.95 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134.2172 | 110.8576 | 126.06 | top 97% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ Jamboree | 2 | 54 | 0 | top 87% | 2014-05-09 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2013-05-10 → 2014-05-09
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
VA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 155.80 · weakest Brisket (126.06)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
568.16
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
111
20–145 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
70
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1512
average field rating faced — tougher than 8% of rated contests
Power rating
1467
peak 1467 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest BBQ Jamboree
- Peak power rating (1488) BBQ Jamboree
- Career-best single call (Chicken)162.8688 Que & Cruz
- 2014
- Career-best overall score589.6456 BBQ Jamboree
- Most recent contest BBQ Jamboree
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.5 | BBQ Jamboree | 2013-05-10 |
| -11.9 | Que & Cruz | 2013-07-19 |
| -9 | BBQ Jamboree | 2014-05-09 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 81.9% | 81.9% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 81.3% | 77.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-09 | BBQ Jamboree Fredericksburg, VA | 54 / 64 (589.6456) | 52 (150.2512) | 41 (153.1544) | 42 (152.0228) | 62 (134.2172) |
| 2013-07-19 | Que & Cruz Louisa, VA | 41 / 45 (585.1088) | 20 (162.8688) | 37 (143.4400) | 41 (145.6912) | 45 (133.1088) |
| 2013-05-10 | BBQ Jamboree Fredericksburg, VA | 54 / 60 (529.7146) | 28 (154.2858) | 59 (115.4284) | 43 (149.1428) | 57 (110.8576) |
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 | #2414 (70 pts) | #1946 (95 pts) | #2452 (70 pts) | #2467 (70 pts) | #2455 (70 pts) |