A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
C4-Que ahead in 100% of their meetings
C4-Que has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
HAIL SMOKE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1471
peak 1471 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-05-29
latest 2017-04-28
Best ToY finish
#1832
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
636.62
last 4 Master vs avg 636.62 (-0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.64
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.13 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.11)
Road miles
116
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 58 mi
Schedule strength
25%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1534)
Master avg
636.62 / 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.
HAIL SMOKE 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 131 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.
#4583 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
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#4568 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2015.
⚔ Head-to-head#4586 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Level with HAIL SMOKE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4577 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
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#4595 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
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#4597 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
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 | 169.7372 | 154.2628 | 164.13 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5484 | 139.3600 | 155.11 | top 76% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1544 | 152.5372 | 159.99 | top 63% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2628 | 150.2628 | 157.39 | top 75% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS | 3 | 0 | top 77% |
| LA | 1 | 0 | top 89% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 77% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 89% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival | 3 | 17 | 0 | top 77% | 2017-04-28 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.9 yrs
2015-05-29 → 2017-04-28
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MS
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 164.13 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.11)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
636.62
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
86
23–101 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
116
4 mapped stops · furthest 58 mi
Schedule strength
1534
average field rating faced — tougher than 25% of rated contests
Power rating
1471
peak 1471 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
- First call Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
- Peak power rating (1489) Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
- 2017
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.5372 Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
- Career-best overall score648.5372 Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.7372 Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
- Most recent contest Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.8 | Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown | 2015-09-25 |
| -10.8 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival | 2015-05-29 |
| -4.7 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival | 2017-04-28 |
| -3.2 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival | 2016-05-27 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 74% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 90% | 88.3% | 87.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-04-28 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival Brookhaven, MS | 20 / 27 (648.5372) | 9 (169.7372) | 18 (163.9544) | 14 (164.5828) | 26 (150.2628) |
| 2016-05-27 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival Brookhaven, MS | 17 / 25 (642.1596) | 16 (164.0000) | 12 (164.5484) | 21 (153.6800) | 15 (159.9312) |
| 2015-09-25 | Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown Vidalia, LA | 40 / 45 (635.9084) | 16 (168.5372) | 41 (152.5712) | 43 (152.5372) | 31 (162.2628) |
| 2015-05-29 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival Brookhaven, MS | 28 / 31 (619.8856) | 25 (154.2628) | 31 (139.3600) | 7 (169.1544) | 23 (157.1084) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2105 (77 pts) | #1715 (137 pts) | #2150 (87 pts) | #2001 (107 pts) | #2914 (52 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2083 (90 pts) | #2154 (95 pts) | #2042 (115 pts) | #2271 (70 pts) | #2112 (100 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1832 (116 pts) | #1587 (161 pts) | #1891 (116 pts) | #1372 (221 pts) | #1725 (126 pts) |