A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SON OF SMOKE ahead in 100% of their meetings
SON OF SMOKE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
DOUBLE TROUBLE BACK YARD BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1490
peak 1504 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-08-08
latest 2015-10-02
Best ToY finish
#1505
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 64%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
615.33
last 3 Master vs avg 615.33 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±22.17
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 155.79 · weakest Brisket (152.57)
Road miles
196
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 81 mi
Schedule strength
17%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1524)
Master avg
615.33 / 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.
DOUBLE TROUBLE BACK YARD 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 160 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.
#3620 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3651 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with DOUBLE TROUBLE BACK YARD BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3654 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3618 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3641 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3639 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.0972 | 146.2288 | 152.90 | top 76% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5716 | 143.3944 | 154.06 | top 58% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.2856 | 150.8572 | 155.79 | top 54% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.3200 | 147.4060 | 152.57 | top 59% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 62% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 66% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2014-08-08 → 2015-10-02
Busiest season
2015
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 155.79 · weakest Brisket (152.57)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
615.33
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
88
43–70 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
196
4 mapped stops · furthest 81 mi
Schedule strength
1524
average field rating faced — tougher than 17% of rated contests
Power rating
1490
peak 1504 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Brentwood Cook Off & Car Show
- First call Brentwood Cook Off & Car Show
- 2015
- Career-best overall score646.2288 Smoke on the River
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)168.5716 Smoke on the River
- Peak power rating (1504) Smoke on the River
- Most recent contest 1st Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.9 | Smoke on the River | 2015-09-18 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.6 | 1st Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship | 2015-10-02 |
| -2.2 | Brentwood Cook Off & 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 66% | 89.8% | 86.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 62% | 82.7% | 82.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-02 | 1st Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA | 39 / 41 (604.4348) | 33 (155.3716) | 36 (150.2288) | 36 (150.8572) | 35 (147.9772) |
| 2015-09-18 | Smoke on the River Sacramento, CA | 18 / 49 (646.2288) | 32 (157.0972) | 9 (168.5716) | 23 (158.2400) | 13 (162.3200) |
| 2015-06-26 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championships Santa Clara, CA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014-08-08 | Brentwood Cook Off & Car Show Brentwood, CA | 16 / 26 (595.3148) | 21 (146.2288) | 18 (143.3944) | 7 (158.2856) | 17 (147.4060) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1505 (155 pts) | #1778 (120 pts) | #1377 (205 pts) | #1727 (130 pts) | #1431 (180 pts) |