A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Palm tree smokehouse ahead in 100% of their meetings
Palm tree smokehouse has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Polka Pigs
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1465
peak 1465 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-06-06
latest 2015-08-28
Best ToY finish
#2158
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
605.88
last 4 Master vs avg 605.88 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.87
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 156.28 · weakest Brisket (146.37)
Road miles
197
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 34 mi
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)
Master avg
605.88 / 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.
Polka Pigs 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.
#4878 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Polka Pigs)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Polka Pigs has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4848 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
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#4869 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
Level with Polka Pigs on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4862 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
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#4849 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
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#4857 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1502 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8800 | 147.9884 | 156.28 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9772 | 142.2172 | 150.41 | top 75% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1084 | 146.2284 | 152.82 | top 79% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.0972 | 126.7884 | 146.37 | top 74% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Holland Summer Fest | 2 | 62 | 0 | top 90% | 2015-08-28 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.2 yrs
2014-06-06 → 2015-08-28
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
PA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 156.28 · weakest Brisket (146.37)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
605.88
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
137
40–213 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
197
4 mapped stops · furthest 34 mi
Schedule strength
1533
average field rating faced — tougher than 24% of rated contests
Power rating
1465
peak 1465 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Que for the Troops
- Peak power rating (1491) Que for the Troops
- 2015
- Career-best overall score639.9196 Que for the Troops
- Career-best single call (Pork)165.1084 Que for the Troops
- Most recent contest New Holland Summer Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.7 | New Holland Summer Fest | 2015-08-28 |
| -10.6 | New Holland Summer Fest | 2014-08-22 |
| -8.9 | Que for the Troops | 2014-06-06 |
| -4.6 | Que for the Troops | 2015-06-05 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 88.9% | 85.5% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 83.2% | 82.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-08-28 | New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA | 64 / 70 (591.8400) | 57 (151.3828) | 68 (142.2172) | 60 (150.2856) | 51 (147.9544) |
| 2015-06-05 | Que for the Troops Levittown, PA | 40 / 54 (639.9196) | 34 (162.8800) | 50 (150.8340) | 29 (165.1084) | 30 (161.0972) |
| 2014-08-22 | New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA | 62 / 70 (592.4684) | 58 (147.9884) | 58 (148.5944) | 63 (146.2284) | 46 (149.6572) |
| 2014-06-06 | Que for the Troops Levittown, PA | 53 / 65 (599.2912) | 16 (162.8572) | 17 (159.9772) | 55 (149.6684) | 65 (126.7884) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |