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
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1475
peak 1475 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2017-08-25
latest 2018-05-18
Best ToY finish
#1392
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
618.03
last 4 Master vs avg 618.03 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.74
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 161.40 · weakest Brisket (146.80)
Road miles
386
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 329 mi
Schedule strength
60%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1576)
Master avg
618.03 / 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.
KEYSTONE SMOKE 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 149 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.
#4369 of the rated field
- Contests
- 46
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 4%
- Peak
- 1528
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to KEYSTONE SMOKE)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team KEYSTONE SMOKE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4386 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
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#4379 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after KEYSTONE SMOKE did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4394 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Level with KEYSTONE SMOKE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4387 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#4388 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
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 | 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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| NC | 2 | 0 | top 74% |
| PA | 2 | 0 | top 88% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 61% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 88% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.7 yrs
2017-08-25 → 2018-05-18
Busiest season
2017
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
2 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 161.40 · weakest Brisket (146.80)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
618.03
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
158
37–159 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
386
4 mapped stops · furthest 329 mi
Schedule strength
1576
average field rating faced — tougher than 60% of rated contests
Power rating
1475
peak 1475 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest New Holland Summer Fest
- Peak power rating (1493) New Holland Summer Fest
- 2018
- 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
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.8 | Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival | 2018-05-18 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.7 | Smoke in the Park | 2017-09-22 |
| -8.3 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down | 2017-10-13 |
| -7 | New Holland Summer Fest | 2017-08-25 |
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-18 | 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) |
| 2017-10-13 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC | 44 / 50 (614.6512) | 42 (154.8228) | 34 (161.1084) | 48 (151.3828) | 47 (147.3372) |
| 2017-09-22 | Smoke in the Park Lemoyne, PA | 43 / 44 (589.5996) | 37 (155.9884) | 30 (157.0972) | 44 (138.2512) | 42 (138.2628) |
| 2017-08-25 | New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA | 54 / 69 (619.8740) | 51 (154.8000) | 49 (154.8344) | 40 (159.4284) | 57 (150.8112) |
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 | #1894 (70 pts) | #1863 (90 pts) | #1397 (175 pts) | #2030 (60 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1392 (180 pts) | #1493 (180 pts) | #1506 (180 pts) | #1489 (180 pts) | #1476 (180 pts) |