A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
FIREHOUSE SMOKER
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1483
peak 1501 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-09-05
latest 2017-06-03
Best ToY finish
#1722
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 71%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
614.16
last 4 Master vs avg 614.16 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.50
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 157.81 · weakest Brisket (148.10)
Road miles
242
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 95 mi
Schedule strength
37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)
Master avg
614.16 / 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.
FIREHOUSE SMOKER 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 122 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.
#4015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#4010 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2015.
⚔ Head-to-head#3990 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with FIREHOUSE SMOKER on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4002 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#4001 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
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#3995 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
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 | 162.8228 | 143.4400 | 155.13 | top 75% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 172.5828 | 140.3884 | 157.81 | top 47% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 139.9312 | 153.12 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.7028 | 138.7888 | 148.10 | top 70% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CT | 3 | 0 | top 79% |
| NY | 1 | 0 | top 49% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 65% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 65% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 90% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.7 yrs
2015-09-05 → 2017-06-03
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CT
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 Ribs
averages 157.81 · weakest Brisket (148.10)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
614.16
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
115
38–121 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
242
4 mapped stops · furthest 95 mi
Schedule strength
1548
average field rating faced — tougher than 37% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2016-04-08 → 2017-05-06
Power rating
1483
peak 1501 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Bear's Smokehouse New England BBQ Championships
- First call Bear's Smokehouse New England BBQ Championships
- Career-best overall score634.2056 Bear's Smokehouse New England BBQ Championships
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.5828 Bear's Smokehouse New England BBQ Championships
- 2016
- Peak power rating (1501) NYC BBQ Cookoff
- 2017
- Most recent contest Sun BBQ Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.9 | NYC BBQ Cookoff | 2016-04-08 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.5 | Sun BBQ Fest | 2017-06-03 |
| -8.1 | Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival | 2017-05-06 |
| -1.5 | Bear's Smokehouse New England BBQ Championships | 2015-09-05 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 86% | 83.2% | 82.8% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 49% | 87.6% | 87.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 65% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-03 | Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT | 66 / 73 (592.8224) | 36 (162.8228) | 66 (140.3884) | 71 (139.9312) | 58 (149.6800) |
| 2017-05-06 | Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT | 31 / 38 (598.8116) | 36 (143.4400) | 2 (172.0344) | 34 (144.5484) | 32 (138.7888) |
| 2016-04-08 | NYC BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY | 17 / 35 (630.8000) | 19 (159.9772) | 28 (146.2400) | 13 (162.8800) | 10 (161.7028) |
| 2015-09-05 | Bear's Smokehouse New England BBQ Championships Hartford, CT | 11 / 17 (634.2056) | 17 (154.2628) | 2 (172.5828) | 10 (165.1200) | 15 (142.2400) |
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 | #1722 (120 pts) | #1802 (120 pts) | #1084 (320 pts) | #1799 (120 pts) | #1794 (120 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2037 (100 pts) | #2178 (90 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #1872 (120 pts) | #1749 (135 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1871 (112 pts) | #2091 (82 pts) | #1262 (242 pts) | #1911 (117 pts) | #2027 (92 pts) |