A tough matchup
9–0
behind in the head-to-head
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA ahead in 100% of their meetings
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.
TEAM HOLY SMOKES
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1485
peak 1505 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
2015-05-08
latest 2019-05-03
Best ToY finish
#1113
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
642.89 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 646.87 (-3.99)
Walk rate
11%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.02
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 163.83 · weakest Pork (158.86)
Road miles
138
mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 40 mi
Schedule strength
57%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1573)
Purse competed for
$16K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
646.87 / 720
9 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (6 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 weak link
−5.0
points behind their best meat
Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.97 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 11%.
- Pork avg 158.86
- Pork Ribs avg 163.83
- 0 calls in 9 entries
A strong matchup
5–2
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 71% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of CAROLINA SMOKE in 5 of their 7 shared contests.
Pork Ribs nemesis
8 of 9
shared pork ribs entries lost
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA ahead 89% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA has out-cooked them in 8 of 9 shared pork ribs entries.
The metronome
±1.25%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±1.25% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 89.8% of a perfect score
- 9 contests
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Jiggy With The Piggy every year from 2016 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 36th
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.
153 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3918 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#3897 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3909 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after TEAM HOLY SMOKES did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3878 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1517
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before TEAM HOLY SMOKES's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3880 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 30%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
Level with TEAM HOLY SMOKES on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3919 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| PORKYLICIOUS | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| REDNECK SCIENTIFIC | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| K & D SMOKERS | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| CAROLINA SMOKE | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| Q & STEW BEST EVER BBQ | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| ROCKWELL SMOKEHOUSE BBQ | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| EB'S BAR-B-QUE | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| BAYOU POKER SMOKERS | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| WHO CARES BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| SAUCED! BBQ TEAM | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| BALONEY JOE'S BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 155.9428 | 161.87 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 151.3372 | 163.83 | top 48% |
| Pork | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 143.8856 | 158.86 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 154.2400 | 162.31 | top 56% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 68% |
| Large (40+) | 8 | 0 | top 65% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jiggy With The Piggy | 4 | 36 | 0 | top 67% | 2019-05-03 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2015-05-08 → 2019-05-03
Busiest season
2016
4 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
9 of 9 contests
Contests visited
6
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
9 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 163.83 · weakest Pork (158.86)
Walk rate
11%
a top-10 call in 1 of 9 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 9 contests
Master average
646.87
out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
200
189–344 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
138
9 mapped stops · furthest 40 mi
Schedule strength
1573
average field rating faced — tougher than 57% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$16,225
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Power rating
1485
peak 1505 · #3895 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
- First call Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.0284 Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.2628 Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
- 2016
- Career-best overall score659.3372 Pigs & Pedals
- Peak power rating (1505) Pigs & Pedals
- 2019
- Most recent contest Jiggy With The Piggy
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.4 | Pigs & Pedals | 2016-08-05 |
| +1.6 | Jiggy With The Piggy | 2019-05-03 |
| +1 | Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge | 2015-05-08 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.5 | Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (JUDGES FULL) | 2017-11-10 |
| -6 | Jiggy With the Piggy | 2017-05-05 |
| -3.2 | Jiggy With the Piggy | 2018-05-04 |
| -3.1 | Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic | 2016-09-16 |
| -2.4 | *Town of Mt. Pleasant Fall Festival & First Annual Polar Pig Cook-Off | 2016-11-11 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 60% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 90.3% | 90.3% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 88.2% | 88% |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 61% | 91.6% | 90.1% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 53% | 91.3% | 91.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-03 | Jiggy With The Piggy 🏅 Kannapolis, NC | 36 / 60 (651.8168) | 12 (171.4172) | 49 (155.3712) | 48 (157.6456) | 21 (167.3828) |
| 2018-05-04 | Jiggy With the Piggy Kannapolis, NC | 51 / 70 (650.1716) | 56 (158.8000) | 18 (168.5828) | 38 (163.3944) | 62 (159.3944) |
| 2017-11-10 | Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (JUDGES FULL) Concord, NC | 38 / 47 (631.7140) | 41 (155.9428) | 38 (155.9200) | 37 (155.9200) | 21 (163.9312) |
| 2017-05-05 | Jiggy With the Piggy Kannapolis, NC | 58 / 75 (635.2000) | 48 (161.6800) | 41 (163.3944) | 75 (143.8856) | 23 (166.2400) |
| 2016-11-11 | *Town of Mt. Pleasant Fall Festival & First Annual Polar Pig Cook-Off Mt. Pleasant, NC | 17 / 25 (645.5428) | 14 (166.2628) | 23 (151.3372) | 18 (159.3828) | 11 (168.5600) |
| 2016-09-16 | Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC | 46 / 68 (639.7712) | 52 (159.9428) | 20 (166.8112) | 58 (155.3600) | 44 (157.6572) |
| 2016-08-05 | Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC | 23 / 47 (659.3372) | 36 (161.1200) | 19 (166.8572) | 24 (164.5256) | 23 (166.8344) |
| 2016-05-06 | Jiggy With the Piggy Kannapolis, NC | 45 / 76 (651.2912) | 53 (161.0972) | 17 (171.9772) | 44 (161.6912) | 54 (156.5256) |
| 2015-05-08 | Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC | 39 / 74 (657.0284) | 60 (160.5600) | 4 (174.2628) | 25 (167.9656) | 55 (154.2400) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1955 (60 pts) | #1558 (125 pts) | #2026 (60 pts) | #2029 (60 pts) | #1868 (80 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1844 (95 pts) | #2030 (60 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1722 (120 pts) | #1802 (120 pts) | #1822 (120 pts) | #1799 (120 pts) | #1657 (150 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1113 (280 pts) | #1168 (285 pts) | #1045 (335 pts) | #1225 (270 pts) | #1078 (310 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #1362 (210 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |