A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKE THIS ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKE THIS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
FISH'S BACKPORCH BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1469
peak 1469 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-06-13
latest 2014-08-08
Best ToY finish
#1416
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 92%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
612.99
last 3 Master vs avg 612.99 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±25.30
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.78 · weakest Brisket (142.43)
Road miles
59
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
43%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1556)
Master avg
612.99 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
FISH'S BACKPORCH BBQ 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.
#4673 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4632 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after FISH'S BACKPORCH BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4636 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Level with FISH'S BACKPORCH BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4657 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4652 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4648 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
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 | 163.9428 | 153.7144 | 159.78 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1428 | 143.4172 | 154.65 | top 79% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9312 | 145.6460 | 156.13 | top 81% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1088 | 131.4060 | 142.43 | top 91% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 91% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.2 yrs
2014-06-13 → 2014-08-08
Busiest season
2014
3 contests
Cooks most in
NC
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
Chicken
averages 159.78 · weakest Brisket (142.43)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
612.99
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
85
10–102 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
59
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1556
average field rating faced — tougher than 43% of rated contests
Power rating
1469
peak 1469 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Peak power rating (1487) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.3656 Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show
- Career-best overall score648.3656 Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show
- Career-best single call (Chicken)163.9428 Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show
- Most recent contest Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.1 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2014-06-13 |
| -11 | WNC BBQ Festival | 2014-07-25 |
| -6.6 | Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show | 2014-08-08 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 90.1% | 85.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-08-08 | Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Frankllin, NC | 33 / 39 (648.3656) | 29 (163.9428) | 29 (159.3828) | 31 (163.9312) | 29 (161.1088) |
| 2014-07-25 | WNC BBQ Festival Maggie Valley, NC | 43 / 46 (599.8860) | 34 (161.6912) | 31 (161.1428) | 46 (145.6460) | 46 (131.4060) |
| 2014-06-13 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Asheville, NC | 29 / 30 (590.7088) | 28 (153.7144) | 29 (143.4172) | 19 (158.8000) | 30 (134.7772) |
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 | #1416 (190 pts) | #1497 (190 pts) | #1481 (190 pts) | #1372 (220 pts) | #1466 (190 pts) |