A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
THUNDER HOG BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
THUNDER HOG BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
WOW THAT'S SMOKIN
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1472
peak 1472 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-07-10
latest 2018-05-11
Best ToY finish
#1954
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 86%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
626.28
last 4 Master vs avg 626.28 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.45
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.40 · weakest Brisket (148.53)
Road miles
135
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 78 mi
Schedule strength
75%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1596)
Master avg
626.28 / 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.
The comeback
1.6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.6 years, then back at *Rockin BBQ (2017-05-12).
- last seen 2015-09-18
- back 2017-05-12
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.
WOW THAT'S SMOKIN 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 139 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.
#4502 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
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#4514 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after WOW THAT'S SMOKIN did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4501 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 32 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4497 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
Level with WOW THAT'S SMOKIN on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4515 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
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#4522 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 173.7144 | 155.9772 | 163.40 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5372 | 150.7884 | 157.81 | top 74% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 149.6800 | 156.53 | top 85% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 136.5372 | 148.53 | top 80% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Rockin BBQ | 2 | 19 | 0 | top 81% | 2018-05-11 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.8 yrs
2015-07-10 → 2018-05-11
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IN
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 1 win · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.40 · weakest Brisket (148.53)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
626.28
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
81
16–99 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
135
4 mapped stops · furthest 78 mi
Schedule strength
1596
average field rating faced — tougher than 75% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
2015-09-18 → 2017-05-12
Power rating
1472
peak 1472 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Peak power rating (1493) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- 2017
- First call *Rockin BBQ
- First category win (Chicken) *Rockin BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.0056 *Rockin BBQ
- Career-best overall score653.0056 *Rockin BBQ
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7144 *Rockin BBQ
- 2018
- Most recent contest *Rockin BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.7 | Marshall County Blazin' BBQ & Bluegrass | 2015-09-18 |
| -8.2 | *Rockin BBQ | 2018-05-11 |
| -7.5 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2015-07-10 |
| -1.3 | *Rockin BBQ | 2017-05-12 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 85.8% | 85.8% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 70% | 90.7% | 90.7% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 86.8% | 85.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-11 | *Rockin BBQ Warsaw, IN | 34 / 37 (618.1144) | 28 (160.5372) | 18 (164.5372) | 36 (149.6800) | 35 (143.3600) |
| 2017-05-12 | *Rockin BBQ Warsaw, IN | 19 / 27 (653.0056) | 1 (173.7144) | 24 (150.7884) | 21 (161.1200) | 10 (167.3828) |
| 2015-09-18 | Marshall County Blazin' BBQ & Bluegrass Plymouth, IN | 27 / 27 (608.9600) | 23 (163.3712) | 24 (156.5488) | 27 (152.5028) | 27 (136.5372) |
| 2015-07-10 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Indianapolis, IN | 23 / 28 (625.0284) | 25 (155.9772) | 19 (159.3828) | 18 (162.8228) | 25 (146.8456) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1844 (95 pts) | #2030 (60 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2085 (82 pts) | #1187 (277 pts) | #2830 (57 pts) | #2192 (72 pts) | #1763 (127 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2143 (63 pts) | #2818 (53 pts) | #2077 (83 pts) | #2074 (88 pts) | #2829 (53 pts) |