A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
SMOKEHOUSE GRILL
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1457
peak 1457 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-06-26
latest 2017-06-23
Best ToY finish
#2713
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 97%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
588.25
last 4 Master vs avg 588.25 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.88
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 150.81 · weakest Pork Ribs (137.20)
Road miles
475
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 237 mi
Schedule strength
67%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1584)
Master avg
588.25 / 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.
SMOKEHOUSE GRILL 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 131 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.
#5224 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
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#5238 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after SMOKEHOUSE GRILL did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#5244 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKEHOUSE GRILL on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5231 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
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#5208 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1503 at their best, 46 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#5219 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
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 | 162.2628 | 135.3828 | 150.56 | top 89% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.7028 | 125.4856 | 137.20 | top 95% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5600 | 145.0628 | 150.81 | top 89% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8000 | 139.9544 | 149.68 | top 78% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Covington Cork & Pork Festival | 3 | 24 | 0 | top 98% | 2017-06-23 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2015-06-26 → 2017-06-23
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
VA
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 150.81 · weakest Pork Ribs (137.20)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
588.25
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
82
4–110 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
475
4 mapped stops · furthest 237 mi
Schedule strength
1584
average field rating faced — tougher than 67% of rated contests
Power rating
1457
peak 1457 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Covington Cork & Pork Festival
- Career-best overall score604.9944 Covington Cork & Pork Festival
- Peak power rating (1488) Covington Cork & Pork Festival
- 2017
- Career-best single call (Brisket)162.8000 *Covington Cork & Pork Festival
- Most recent contest *Covington Cork & Pork Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.8 | Covington Cork & Pork Festival | 2015-06-26 |
| -11.5 | Covington Cork & Pork Festival | 2016-06-24 |
| -10.4 | Smoke in the Park | 2015-09-25 |
| -9.5 | *Covington Cork & Pork Festival | 2017-06-23 |
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 97% | 81.7% | 81.7% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 79.8% | 79.8% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 84% | 82.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-23 | *Covington Cork & Pork Festival Covington, VA | 31 / 32 (588.2172) | 29 (154.8688) | 32 (125.4856) | 31 (145.0628) | 16 (162.8000) |
| 2016-06-24 | Covington Cork & Pork Festival Covington, VA | 27 / 27 (574.7204) | 27 (135.3828) | 27 (138.8004) | 24 (156.5600) | 25 (143.9772) |
| 2015-09-25 | Smoke in the Park Lemoyne, PA | 32 / 34 (585.0628) | 31 (149.7256) | 27 (149.7028) | 33 (145.6800) | 32 (139.9544) |
| 2015-06-26 | Covington Cork & Pork Festival Covington, VA | 24 / 25 (604.9944) | 19 (162.2628) | 25 (134.8116) | 18 (155.9428) | 19 (151.9772) |
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 | #2814 (57 pts) | #2827 (57 pts) | #2830 (57 pts) | #2821 (57 pts) | #2025 (102 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2982 (52 pts) | #2970 (52 pts) | #2978 (52 pts) | #2896 (57 pts) | #2975 (52 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2713 (59 pts) | #2714 (59 pts) | #2716 (59 pts) | #2733 (59 pts) | #2741 (59 pts) |