A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
HOOS SMOKIN ahead in 100% of their meetings
HOOS SMOKIN has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
SLINGIN' SAUCE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1477
peak 1477 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2016-10-14
latest 2018-05-11
Best ToY finish
#1954
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 89%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
597.60
last 3 Master vs avg 597.60 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±2.47
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 151.97 · weakest Brisket (146.26)
Road miles
332
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 84 mi
Schedule strength
85%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1614)
Master avg
597.60 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
They cook the hard rooms
1614
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 85% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1614 power rating — a tougher draw than 85% of every rated contest in the data.
- 3 rated contests
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.
SLINGIN' SAUCE 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 141 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.
#4301 of the rated field
- Contests
- 18
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1476
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SLINGIN' SAUCE)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SLINGIN' SAUCE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4298 of the rated field
- Contests
- 41
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 15%
- Peak
- 1476
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SLINGIN' SAUCE)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 41 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#4293 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
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#4308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with SLINGIN' SAUCE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2016.
⚔ Head-to-head#4274 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9656 | 145.7256 | 151.79 | top 85% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.1200 | 145.0972 | 147.58 | top 92% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1084 | 143.3712 | 151.97 | top 81% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6572 | 136.4800 | 146.26 | top 87% |
“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 84% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 92% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.6 yrs
2016-10-14 → 2018-05-11
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
VA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 151.97 · weakest Brisket (146.26)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
597.60
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
105
14–130 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
332
4 mapped stops · furthest 84 mi
Schedule strength
1614
average field rating faced — tougher than 85% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2017-03-24 → 2018-05-11
Power rating
1477
peak 1477 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest 3rd Annual Pickin' N Pullin
- Peak power rating (1493) Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest
- 2017
- Career-best overall score600.9944 BBQ Gives Back
- Career-best single call (Chicken)159.9656 BBQ Gives Back
- 2018
- Most recent contest BBQ Jamboree Double Day 1
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10 | BBQ Gives Back | 2017-03-24 |
| -7.3 | Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest | 2016-10-14 |
| -6.1 | BBQ Jamboree Double Day 1 | 2018-05-11 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 82.7% | 82.7% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 83.5% | 83.5% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 82.9% | 82.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-11 | BBQ Jamboree Double Day 1 Fredericksburg, VA | 40 / 45 (595.2228) | 41 (149.6800) | 42 (148.5144) | 41 (143.3712) | 36 (153.6572) |
| 2017-03-24 | BBQ Gives Back Urbanna, VA | 61 / 64 (600.9944) | 46 (159.9656) | 61 (149.1200) | 52 (155.4288) | 61 (136.4800) |
| 2016-10-14 | Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest Woodstock, VA | 32 / 38 (596.5712) | 35 (145.7256) | 33 (145.0972) | 27 (157.1084) | 32 (148.6400) |
| 2016-04-29 | 3rd Annual Pickin' N Pullin Lanexa, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |