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.
HALLIGAN'S HOOLIGANS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1480
peak 1480 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-09-06
latest 2015-09-11
Best ToY finish
#1584
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 72%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
603.82
last 4 Master vs avg 603.82 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.86
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 156.53 · weakest Brisket (147.95)
Road miles
73
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
25%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1534)
Master avg
603.82 / 720
4 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Fired Up For Recovery in 3 of their 3 shared 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.
HALLIGAN'S HOOLIGANS 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 150 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.
#4166 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
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#4143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Level with HALLIGAN'S HOOLIGANS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4169 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after HALLIGAN'S HOOLIGANS did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#4151 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#4144 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
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#4159 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1544 | 132.4800 | 149.52 | top 72% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 160.5944 | 142.8116 | 149.82 | top 69% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 162.8456 | 151.9200 | 156.53 | top 53% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.1088 | 142.8000 | 147.95 | 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 69% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 83% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-09-06 → 2015-09-11
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
VA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 156.53 · weakest Brisket (147.95)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
603.82
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
85
35–96 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
73
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1534
average field rating faced — tougher than 25% of rated contests
Power rating
1480
peak 1480 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Recovery Fest 2013
- First call Recovery Fest 2013
- Peak power rating (1498) Recovery Fest 2013
- 2015
- Career-best overall score622.7320 11th Annual Recovery Fest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)165.1544 11th Annual Recovery Fest
- Most recent contest 11th Annual Recovery Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.9 | 10th Annual Recovery Fest | 2014-09-05 |
| -8.2 | 2nd Annual Pickin' N' Pullin BBQ Competition | 2015-04-17 |
| -1.8 | 11th Annual Recovery Fest | 2015-09-11 |
| -1.6 | Recovery Fest 2013 | 2013-09-06 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 86.5% | 85.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 81% | 81.5% | 81.5% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 57% | 83.5% | 83.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-09-11 | 11th Annual Recovery Fest Richmond, VA | 20 / 29 (622.7320) | 11 (165.1544) | 25 (150.2288) | 23 (154.2400) | 19 (153.1088) |
| 2015-04-17 | 2nd Annual Pickin' N' Pullin BBQ Competition Lanexa, VA | 38 / 46 (604.9028) | 28 (159.9656) | 43 (145.6460) | 37 (151.9200) | 39 (147.3712) |
| 2014-09-05 | 10th Annual Recovery Fest Richmond, VA | 26 / 32 (586.6632) | 31 (132.4800) | 26 (142.8116) | 7 (162.8456) | 23 (148.5260) |
| 2013-09-06 | Recovery Fest 2013 Richmond, VA | 16 / 28 (600.9944) | 26 (140.4912) | 4 (160.5944) | 8 (157.1088) | 21 (142.8000) |
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 | #1584 (139 pts) | #1467 (184 pts) | #1919 (114 pts) | #1773 (124 pts) | #1640 (144 pts) |