A tough matchup
7–0
behind in the head-to-head
BIG POPPA SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
BIG POPPA SMOKERS has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.
ONE SMOKE OVER THE SWINE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1441
peak 1441 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2016-08-19
latest 2022-04-02
Best ToY finish
#1100
Master 2022
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
618.36 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 610.94 (+7.42)
Walk rate
29%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.74
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 161.53 · weakest Pork Ribs (145.40)
Road miles
213
mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 76 mi
Schedule strength
65%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1582)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
610.94 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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
−16.1
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 16.13 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 14%.
- Pork Ribs avg 145.40
- Pork avg 161.53
- 0 calls in 7 entries
The comeback
2.6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.6 years, then back at 9th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship (2022-04-01).
- last seen 2019-08-16
- back 2022-04-01
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.
80 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5802 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1441
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5803 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1441
No shared contest yet.
Level with ONE SMOKE OVER THE SWINE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5800 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1441
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after ONE SMOKE OVER THE SWINE did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#5805 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1441
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5799 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1441
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5801 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1441
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before ONE SMOKE OVER THE SWINE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIG POPPA SMOKERS | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| LADY OF Q | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| 7 SINS BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| CHUBBY AND TUBBY'S | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Burnin and Lootin | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| TEAM WOODSHED | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| RAD FONDO BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Meat Candy Q | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| The Brisket Brothers | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Pops BBQ 22 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Sharpe's Woodshed | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG RED BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5944 | 139.3600 | 156.55 | top 75% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6572 | 133.6572 | 145.40 | top 94% |
| Pork | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 173.1200 | 150.2400 | 161.53 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8688 | 131.8972 | 147.47 | top 84% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 72% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 93% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 93% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5.6 yrs
2016-08-19 → 2022-04-02
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.4
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
7
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
7 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 161.53 · weakest Pork Ribs (145.40)
Walk rate
29%
a top-10 call in 2 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 7 contests
Master average
610.94
out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
164
27–308 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
213
7 mapped stops · furthest 76 mi
Schedule strength
1582
average field rating faced — tougher than 65% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$15,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.6 yrs
2019-08-16 → 2022-04-01
Power rating
1441
peak 1441 · #5804 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest 4th Annual Best BBQ In Town Long Beach BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1495) 4th Annual Best BBQ In Town Long Beach BBQ Festival
- 2019
- First call 8th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Day 1
- Career-best overall score634.1832 8th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Day 1
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.1200 Turf & Surf BBQ Championship
- 2022
- Most recent contest 9th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship - Day 2
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12 | 6th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship | 2017-03-31 |
| -11.3 | 7th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship | 2018-03-23 |
| -8.6 | 9th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship | 2022-04-01 |
| -8.4 | 9th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship - Day 2 | 2022-04-02 |
| -7.3 | 8th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Day 1 | 2019-03-29 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 87.4% | 85.6% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 88% | 88.1% | 87.9% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 82.4% | 82.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 80.4% | 80.4% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 84.2% | 84.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-02 | 9th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship - Day 2 🏅 Arcadia, CA | 26 / 27 (603.2344) | 25 (155.4172) | 26 (152.5144) | 24 (163.4056) | 27 (131.8972) |
| 2022-04-01 | 9th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship 🏅 Arcadia, CA | 35 / 37 (628.9716) | 30 (162.2628) | 36 (145.0744) | 32 (159.3600) | 27 (162.2744) |
| 2019-08-16 | Turf & Surf BBQ Championship 🏅 Del Mar, CA | 31 / 35 (631.8628) | 26 (159.9656) | 31 (153.6572) | 3 (173.1200) | 34 (145.1200) |
| 2019-03-29 | 8th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Day 1 🏅 Arcadia, CA | 61 / 70 (634.1832) | 9 (172.5944) | 68 (148.4800) | 65 (150.2400) | 44 (162.8688) |
| 2018-03-23 | 7th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Arcadia, CA | 75 / 78 (593.5428) | 77 (139.3600) | 77 (133.6572) | 33 (166.8800) | 65 (153.6456) |
| 2017-03-31 | 6th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Arcadia, CA | 74 / 77 (578.6856) | 74 (141.6456) | 75 (145.0856) | 55 (158.8572) | 75 (133.0972) |
| 2016-08-19 | 4th Annual Best BBQ In Town Long Beach BBQ Festival Long Beach, CA | 13 / 18 (606.1140) | 12 (164.6172) | 15 (139.3140) | 14 (158.8228) | 13 (143.3600) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1100 (112 pts) | #1151 (112 pts) | #1197 (112 pts) | #1103 (117 pts) | #1132 (112 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1471 (120 pts) | #1208 (205 pts) | #1575 (120 pts) | #981 (295 pts) | #1536 (120 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1996 (60 pts) | #2030 (60 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2031 (103 pts) | #2087 (108 pts) | #2181 (93 pts) | #2130 (98 pts) | #2105 (103 pts) |