A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
CRASH TEST SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
CRASH TEST SMOKERS has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
HOGLICKERS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1439
peak 1439 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2013-09-06
latest 2016-09-09
Best ToY finish
#1218
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
601.97 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 599.05 (+2.92)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.60
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 158.18 · weakest Brisket (140.82)
Road miles
320
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 86 mi
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
Master avg
599.05 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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
−17.4
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 17.36 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 33%.
- Brisket avg 140.82
- Chicken avg 158.18
- 0 calls in 6 entries
The comeback
1.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at Madison Magazine BBQ Festival (2015-05-16).
- last seen 2013-09-06
- back 2015-05-16
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.
74 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5857 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1439
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5853 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1439
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#5852 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1439
No shared contest yet.
Level with HOGLICKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5855 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1439
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5851 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1439
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5848 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1439
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRASH TEST SMOKERS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| A BOY NAMED QUE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 171.4284 | 146.2400 | 158.18 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5828 | 130.2400 | 146.17 | top 78% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4056 | 142.2056 | 153.89 | top 74% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.0000 | 119.3944 | 140.82 | top 90% |
“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) | 5 | 0 | top 89% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 96% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puckaway Pigfest | 3 | 27 | 0 | top 88% | 2016-09-09 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2013-09-06 → 2016-09-09
Busiest season
2015
4 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
WI
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 158.18 · weakest Brisket (140.82)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 2 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 6 contests
Master average
599.05
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
143
21–190 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
320
6 mapped stops · furthest 86 mi
Schedule strength
1532
average field rating faced — tougher than 24% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.7 yrs
2013-09-06 → 2015-05-16
Power rating
1439
peak 1439 · #5856 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Puckaway Pigfest
- First call Puckaway Pigfest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.4284 Puckaway Pigfest
- Peak power rating (1487) Puckaway Pigfest
- 2016
- Career-best overall score621.1428 Puckaway Pigfest
- Most recent contest Puckaway Pigfest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.1 | Puckaway Pigfest | 2013-09-06 |
| -12.6 | Madison Magazine BBQ Festival | 2015-05-16 |
| -12.5 | Grill Games | 2015-08-28 |
| -9.1 | Puckaway Pigfest | 2016-09-09 |
| -8.1 | Poor Que | 2015-06-05 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | top 90% | 84.3% | 82.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 94% | 81.2% | 81.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-09 | Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI | 33 / 37 (621.1428) | 30 (157.7028) | 23 (160.5828) | 27 (161.1656) | 37 (141.6916) |
| 2015-09-11 | Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI | 27 / 33 (606.8120) | 7 (163.4400) | 15 (158.2628) | 30 (148.5944) | 32 (136.5148) |
| 2015-08-28 | Grill Games Kenosha, WI | 47 / 49 (591.3832) | 44 (150.2972) | 47 (135.4516) | 38 (154.2744) | 38 (151.3600) |
| 2015-06-05 | Poor Que Montello, WI | 31 / 38 (606.6856) | 18 (159.9656) | 30 (149.0972) | 27 (153.6684) | 35 (143.9544) |
| 2015-05-16 | Madison Magazine BBQ Festival Madison, WI | 29 / 29 (583.8284) | 27 (146.2400) | 25 (143.3828) | 28 (142.2056) | 22 (152.0000) |
| 2013-09-06 | Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI | 29 / 31 (584.4684) | 2 (171.4284) | 31 (130.2400) | 11 (163.4056) | 30 (119.3944) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2292 (70 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1218 (232 pts) | #932 (372 pts) | #1140 (282 pts) | #1330 (232 pts) | #1194 (247 pts) |