A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
HOGFATHER - CA
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1468
peak 1468 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-05-01
latest 2016-05-06
Best ToY finish
#1858
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
628.13
last 4 Master vs avg 628.13 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.72
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 161.12 · weakest Chicken (149.51)
Road miles
1,493
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 693 mi
Schedule strength
25%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)
Master avg
628.13 / 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.
HOGFATHER - CA 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 163 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.
#4724 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1468
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#4706 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4708 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after HOGFATHER - CA did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4713 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Level with HOGFATHER - CA on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4734 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
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#4743 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
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 | 161.6572 | 142.7996 | 149.51 | top 89% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 151.4056 | 158.54 | top 62% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8456 | 159.3828 | 161.12 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 165.1200 | 149.6572 | 158.96 | top 57% |
“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.
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2015-05-01 → 2016-05-06
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AZ
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 161.12 · weakest Chicken (149.51)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
628.13
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
83
21–110 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,493
4 mapped stops · furthest 693 mi
Schedule strength
1533
average field rating faced — tougher than 25% of rated contests
Power rating
1468
peak 1468 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Show Low BBQ Throwdown
- First call Grills N' Grilles- Nevada County United Way
- Career-best overall score638.6516 Grills N' Grilles- Nevada County United Way
- Peak power rating (1491) Grills N' Grilles- Nevada County United Way
- 2016
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)165.1200 4th Annual BBQ Throwdown
- Most recent contest 4th Annual BBQ Throwdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.5 | Grills N' Grilles- Nevada County United Way | 2015-08-07 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.3 | *The Queen Creek BBQ Battle | 2016-02-19 |
| -11.1 | Show Low BBQ Throwdown | 2015-05-01 |
| -11.1 | 4th Annual BBQ Throwdown | 2016-05-06 |
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)
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 | 0% | top 93% | 88.2% | 87% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 69% | 88.7% | 87.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-05-06 | 4th Annual BBQ Throwdown Show Low, AZ | 36 / 39 (634.6856) | 39 (149.0628) | 22 (165.1200) | 27 (162.8456) | 30 (157.6572) |
| 2016-02-19 | *The Queen Creek BBQ Battle Queen Creek, AZ | 35 / 37 (618.1252) | 37 (142.7996) | 14 (163.4056) | 23 (162.2628) | 35 (149.6572) |
| 2015-08-07 | Grills N' Grilles- Nevada County United Way Penn Valley, CA | 12 / 24 (638.6516) | 14 (161.6572) | 16 (154.2172) | 14 (159.3828) | 3 (163.3944) |
| 2015-05-01 | Show Low BBQ Throwdown Show Low, AZ | 31 / 35 (621.0396) | 34 (144.5256) | 31 (151.4056) | 23 (159.9884) | 16 (165.1200) |
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) | #2265 (75 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1858 (114 pts) | #1975 (104 pts) | #2013 (94 pts) | #1997 (104 pts) | #1291 (224 pts) |