A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE ahead in 100% of their meetings
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
UNCLE TONY'S BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1473
peak 1473 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2013-09-06
latest 2017-09-08
Best ToY finish
#2158
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 76%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
611.42
last 5 Master vs avg 611.42 (+0.00)
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±22.68
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 156.00 · weakest Brisket (148.19)
Road miles
144
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 43 mi
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
611.42 / 720
5 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.
The weak link
−7.8
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.81 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Brisket avg 148.19
- Pork avg 156.00
- 0 calls in 5 entries
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.
150 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4469 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4502 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after UNCLE TONY'S BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#4475 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1509 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4501 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with UNCLE TONY'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4497 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4462 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, 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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9540 | 149.1544 | 152.77 | top 75% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 173.7028 | 132.4572 | 154.46 | top 58% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4056 | 149.7600 | 156.00 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7028 | 142.2172 | 148.19 | top 74% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 80% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 71% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VA BBQ Championships | 2 | 29 | 0 | top 71% | 2015-08-21 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2013-09-06 → 2017-09-08
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
VA
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 156.00 · weakest Brisket (148.19)
Walk rate
20%
a top-10 call in 1 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
611.42
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
118
45–127 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
144
5 mapped stops · furthest 43 mi
Schedule strength
1552
average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2015-08-21 → 2016-09-09
Power rating
1473
peak 1473 · #4481 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Recovery Fest 2013
- Peak power rating (1490) Recovery Fest 2013
- 2015
- First call VA BBQ Championships
- First category win (Pork Ribs) VA BBQ Championships
- Career-best overall score632.5028 VA BBQ Championships
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.7028 VA BBQ Championships
- 2017
- Most recent contest 13th Annual Recovery Fest/8th Annual BBQ State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.9 | Recovery Fest 2013 | 2013-09-06 |
| -8.8 | 12th Annual Recovery Fest/7th Annual BBQ State Championship | 2016-09-09 |
| -4 | VA BBQ Championships | 2015-08-21 |
| -3.6 | VA BBQ Championships | 2014-08-22 |
| -0.9 | 13th Annual Recovery Fest/8th Annual BBQ State Championship | 2017-09-08 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 74% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 82.9% | 82.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 79.7% | 79.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-08 | 13th Annual Recovery Fest/8th Annual BBQ State Championship 🏅 Richmond, VA | 24 / 35 (632.4800) | 31 (151.9544) | 20 (166.2628) | 29 (156.5600) | 20 (157.7028) |
| 2016-09-09 | 12th Annual Recovery Fest/7th Annual BBQ State Championship 🏅 Richmond, VA | 22 / 25 (620.9368) | 24 (151.9428) | 12 (163.3712) | 16 (163.4056) | 24 (142.2172) |
| 2015-08-21 | VA BBQ Championships Hampton, VA | 34 / 46 (632.5028) | 35 (154.8572) | 1 (173.7028) | 46 (153.7028) | 41 (150.2400) |
| 2014-08-22 | VA BBQ Championships Hampton, VA | 29 / 43 (596.9940) | 21 (155.9540) | 38 (136.4916) | 23 (156.5828) | 25 (147.9656) |
| 2013-09-06 | Recovery Fest 2013 Richmond, VA | 23 / 28 (574.1944) | 19 (149.1544) | 27 (132.4572) | 16 (149.7600) | 20 (142.8228) |
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 | #2173 (65 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2155 (85 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2109 (85 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2240 (65 pts) | #2916 (55 pts) | #2042 (115 pts) | #2141 (95 pts) | #2921 (55 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #1128 (285 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2542 (68 pts) | #2107 (88 pts) | #2580 (68 pts) | #2159 (78 pts) | #2563 (68 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #2527 (63 pts) | #2017 (83 pts) | #2689 (53 pts) | #1961 (98 pts) | #2022 (78 pts) |