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.
Smokey McTasty
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1480
peak 1480 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2016-06-25
latest 2026-06-26
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
632.51
last 4 Master vs avg 632.51 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.62
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 160.89 · weakest Brisket (154.00)
Road miles
17
mi across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
86%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1615)
Purse competed for
$37K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
632.51 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of RIBS BY ANDY in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
4 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4 years, then back at Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle (2022-06-25).
- last seen 2018-06-23
- back 2022-06-25
They cook the hard rooms
1615
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 86% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1615 power rating — a tougher draw than 86% of every rated contest in the data.
- 4 rated 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.
Smokey McTasty has 4 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 149 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.
#4116 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
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#4113 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Smokey McTasty did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokey McTasty on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4151 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before Smokey McTasty's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4144 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before Smokey McTasty's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4159 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Smokey McTasty's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0116 | 150.8000 | 157.84 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5716 | 148.5256 | 160.89 | top 79% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7028 | 155.9772 | 160.27 | top 79% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5600 | 149.1316 | 154.00 | top 85% |
“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 85% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 71% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle | 2 | 26 | 0 | top 86% | 2026-06-26 |
| *Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle | 2 | 29 | 0 | top 77% | 2018-06-23 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
10 yrs
2016-06-25 → 2026-06-26
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
DC
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
2
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 160.89 · weakest Brisket (154.00)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
632.51
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
98
27–109 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
17
5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1615
average field rating faced — tougher than 86% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$37,150
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
4 yrs
2018-06-23 → 2022-06-25
Power rating
1480
peak 1480 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle
- Peak power rating (1493) Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle
- 2018
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)168.5716 *Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle
- 2026
- Career-best overall score641.0400 Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle
- Most recent contest Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle (ONE MEAT RIBS)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.9 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle | 2026-06-26 |
| -6.8 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle | 2016-06-25 |
| -4.1 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle | 2022-06-25 |
| -2.5 | *Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle | 2018-06-23 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 89% | 89% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-27 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle (ONE MEAT RIBS) Washington, DC | — | — | 26 (162.8228) | — | — |
| 2026-06-26 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle 🏅 Washington, DC | 28 / 31 (641.0400) | 30 (150.8000) | 27 (163.9772) | 26 (165.7028) | 28 (160.5600) |
| 2022-06-25 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle 🏅 Washington, DC | 26 / 32 (637.6572) | 29 (157.6800) | 27 (160.5600) | 24 (162.2628) | 27 (157.1544) |
| 2018-06-23 | *Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle Washington, DC | 30 / 42 (638.8576) | 25 (164.0116) | 18 (168.5716) | 32 (157.1200) | 34 (149.1544) |
| 2016-06-25 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle Washington, DC | 29 / 35 (612.4916) | 27 (158.8572) | 30 (148.5256) | 28 (155.9772) | 29 (149.1316) |