A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE ahead in 100% of their meetings
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
KEYSTONE SMOKE
KEYSTONE SMOKE is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 23rd of 38 at the Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival (2018). They finished #1392 in the 2017 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1475
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Aug 25, 2017
latest May 18, 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.74
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 161.40 · weakest Brisket (146.80)
Road miles
386
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 329 mi
Schedule strength
61%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1577)
Master avg
618.03 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 154.8000 | 158.26 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 154.8344 | 161.40 | top 56% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4284 | 138.2512 | 151.56 | top 85% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.8112 | 138.2628 | 146.80 | top 90% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 61% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 88% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2017
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NC
2 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
158
finished ahead 37 times, behind 159
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20184 milestones
- First call Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival
- Career-best overall score647.9772 Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.5600 Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival
- Most recent contest Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival
20172 milestones
- First tracked contest New Holland Summer Fest
- Peak power rating (1493) New Holland Summer Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.9 | Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival | May 18, 2018 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.7 | Smoke in the Park | Sep 22, 2017 |
| -8.3 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down | Oct 13, 2017 |
| -6.9 | New Holland Summer Fest | Aug 25, 2017 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
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 | 100% | top 61% | 90% | 90% |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 86.1% | 84.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2018 | Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival Ayden, NC | 23 / 38 (647.9772) | 19 (167.4400) | 6 (172.5600) | 33 (157.1772) | 34 (150.8000) |
| Oct 13, 2017 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC | 44 / 50 (614.6512) | 42 (154.8228) | 34 (161.1084) | 48 (151.3828) | 47 (147.3372) |
| Sep 22, 2017 | Smoke in the Park Lemoyne, PA | 43 / 44 (589.5996) | 37 (155.9884) | 30 (157.0972) | 44 (138.2512) | 42 (138.2628) |
| Aug 25, 2017 | New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA | 54 / 69 (619.8740) | 51 (154.8000) | 49 (154.8344) | 40 (159.4284) | 57 (150.8112) |