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.
SMOKEY VALLEY Q
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1460
peak 1460 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-08-07
latest 2016-10-07
Best ToY finish
#1658
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 89%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
605.45
last 4 Master vs avg 605.45 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.51
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 159.27 · weakest Pork (143.66)
Road miles
483
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 294 mi
Schedule strength
30%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1540)
Master avg
605.45 / 720
4 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.
SMOKEY VALLEY Q 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 127 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.
#5113 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
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#5107 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKEY VALLEY Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5090 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
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#5091 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1506 at their best, 46 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#5086 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
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#5093 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 133.0744 | 152.54 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.0000 | 142.7656 | 149.98 | top 80% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9428 | 131.9772 | 143.66 | top 96% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 155.9544 | 159.27 | top 50% |
“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+) | 2 | 0 | top 87% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.2 yrs
2015-08-07 → 2016-10-07
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 159.27 · weakest Pork (143.66)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
605.45
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
134
19–145 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
483
4 mapped stops · furthest 294 mi
Schedule strength
1540
average field rating faced — tougher than 30% of rated contests
Power rating
1460
peak 1460 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Grills N' Grilles- Nevada County United Way
- First call Grills N' Grilles- Nevada County United Way
- Peak power rating (1488) Grills N' Grilles- Nevada County United Way
- 2016
- Career-best overall score624.4688 2016 Gilroy Garli-Que BBQ Challenge
- Career-best single call (Brisket)165.7144 Dana Point State BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest Dana Point State BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12 | Grills N' Grilles- Nevada County United Way | 2015-08-07 |
| -9.7 | Dana Point State BBQ Championship | 2016-10-07 |
| -9.3 | 2016 Gilroy Garli-Que BBQ Challenge | 2016-07-29 |
| -9 | Smoke on the River | 2015-09-18 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 90% | 86.7% | 86.4% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 88% | 81.9% | 81.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-07 | Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA | 68 / 75 (619.2340) | 59 (158.8112) | 74 (142.7656) | 71 (151.9428) | 27 (165.7144) |
| 2016-07-29 | 2016 Gilroy Garli-Que BBQ Challenge Gilroy, CA | 18 / 20 (624.4688) | 9 (164.5600) | 12 (160.0000) | 20 (143.9544) | 15 (155.9544) |
| 2015-09-18 | Smoke on the River Sacramento, CA | 41 / 49 (588.3772) | 44 (133.0744) | 33 (152.5484) | 47 (146.7772) | 25 (155.9772) |
| 2015-08-07 | Grills N' Grilles- Nevada County United Way Penn Valley, CA | 22 / 24 (589.7144) | 20 (153.7028) | 23 (144.5944) | 22 (131.9772) | 9 (159.4400) |
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 | #1674 (140 pts) | #1485 (190 pts) | #1621 (170 pts) | #1818 (130 pts) | #1655 (155 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1658 (124 pts) | #1707 (134 pts) | #1876 (119 pts) | #1773 (124 pts) | #1384 (194 pts) |