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.
WIGGLE STICK BARBECUE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1483
peak 1483 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2017-09-08
latest 2018-09-28
Best ToY finish
#1524
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
629.82
last 4 Master vs avg 629.82 (+0.00)
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.66
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.39 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.23)
Road miles
201
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 47 mi
Schedule strength
75%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1596)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
629.82 / 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.
WIGGLE STICK BARBECUE 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 119 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.
#4015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4010 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
Level with WIGGLE STICK BARBECUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4002 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 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4001 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2017.
⚔ Head-to-head#3995 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 160.5140 | 163.39 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8116 | 149.6456 | 154.23 | top 81% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4516 | 146.2288 | 157.69 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 145.0400 | 154.51 | top 70% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 73% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 81% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2017-09-08 → 2018-09-28
Busiest season
2017
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
VA
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.39 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.23)
Walk rate
20%
a top-10 call in 1 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
629.82
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
115
35–140 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
201
5 mapped stops · furthest 47 mi
Schedule strength
1596
average field rating faced — tougher than 75% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Power rating
1483
peak 1483 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest 4th Annual Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition
- Peak power rating (1496) 13th Annual Recovery Fest/8th Annual BBQ State Championship
- First call Que & Cruz
- 2018
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.6116 Smithfield BBQ Classic
- Career-best overall score649.6116 Smithfield BBQ Classic
- Career-best single call (Brisket)167.9772 Smithfield BBQ Classic
- Most recent contest Smithfield BBQ Classic
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.5 | BBQ Gives Back | 2018-03-23 |
| -4.1 | Que & Cruz | 2017-10-06 |
| -3.8 | 13th Annual Recovery Fest/8th Annual BBQ State Championship | 2017-09-08 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 90.2% | 87.6% |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 73% | 87.7% | 87.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-28 | Smithfield BBQ Classic Richmond, VA | 28 / 41 (649.6116) | 29 (160.5600) | 32 (158.2172) | 22 (162.8572) | 11 (167.9772) |
| 2018-03-23 | BBQ Gives Back Urbanna, VA | 70 / 75 (611.2116) | 57 (160.5140) | 72 (150.2516) | 73 (146.2288) | 60 (154.2172) |
| 2017-10-06 | Que & Cruz Louisa, VA | 20 / 28 (631.2344) | 10 (167.4056) | 17 (158.8116) | 25 (154.2172) | 24 (150.8000) |
| 2017-09-08 | 13th Annual Recovery Fest/8th Annual BBQ State Championship 🏅 Richmond, VA | 26 / 35 (627.2228) | 19 (165.0856) | 31 (149.6456) | 12 (167.4516) | 30 (145.0400) |
| 2017-04-28 | 4th Annual Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition 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 | #1524 (120 pts) | #1598 (120 pts) | #1614 (120 pts) | #1519 (135 pts) | #1300 (190 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1642 (138 pts) | #1356 (218 pts) | #1657 (153 pts) | #1525 (178 pts) | #1936 (118 pts) |