A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE ahead in 100% of their meetings
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
2 CAN QUE OF MARYLAND
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1472
peak 1472 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-07-31
latest 2017-06-09
Best ToY finish
#2127
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 87%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
577.57
last 3 Master vs avg 577.57 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±35.05
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 151.19 · weakest Brisket (138.28)
Road miles
51
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
41%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1554)
Master avg
577.57 / 720
3 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.
2 CAN QUE OF MARYLAND has 3 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 134 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.
#4539 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to 2 CAN QUE OF MARYLAND)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team 2 CAN QUE OF MARYLAND has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4502 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4525 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after 2 CAN QUE OF MARYLAND did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4529 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Level with 2 CAN QUE OF MARYLAND on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4514 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ 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-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2284 | 140.5372 | 151.19 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.2172 | 133.6572 | 140.14 | top 96% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1200 | 128.5600 | 147.96 | top 79% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148.5600 | 126.8344 | 138.28 | top 89% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 85% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.9 yrs
2015-07-31 → 2017-06-09
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MD
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 151.19 · weakest Brisket (138.28)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
577.57
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
106
13–124 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
51
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1554
average field rating faced — tougher than 41% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2016-06-03 → 2017-06-09
Power rating
1472
peak 1472 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ
- Peak power rating (1488) Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ
- 2017
- Career-best overall score622.1256 Beltway BBQ Showdown
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.2284 Beltway BBQ Showdown
- Most recent contest Beltway BBQ Showdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.3 | Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ | 2015-07-31 |
| -12.1 | Beltway BBQ Showdown | 2016-06-03 |
| -3.6 | Beltway BBQ Showdown | 2017-06-09 |
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 | 0% | top 72% | 86.4% | 86.4% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 74.5% | 74.5% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 79.7% | 79.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-09 | Beltway BBQ Showdown Upper Marlboro, MD | 21 / 29 (622.1256) | 16 (166.2284) | 28 (146.2172) | 17 (161.1200) | 21 (148.5600) |
| 2016-06-03 | Beltway BBQ Showdown Fort Washington, MD | 36 / 37 (536.4688) | 37 (140.5372) | 35 (140.5372) | 36 (128.5600) | 36 (126.8344) |
| 2015-07-31 | Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ Leonardtown, MD | 50 / 54 (574.1024) | 47 (146.8112) | 52 (133.6572) | 43 (154.1940) | 53 (139.4400) |
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 | #2127 (74 pts) | #2050 (99 pts) | #2895 (54 pts) | #2080 (94 pts) | #2182 (74 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |