A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE ahead in 100% of their meetings
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
DIGN DEM BONZ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1472
peak 1472 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2017-03-03
latest 2017-06-09
Best ToY finish
#1924
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 92%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
570.99
last 3 Master vs avg 570.99 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.52
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 153.50 · weakest Brisket (131.59)
Road miles
65
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 34 mi
Schedule strength
67%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1584)
Master avg
570.99 / 720
3 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.
DIGN DEM BONZ 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 130 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.
#4555 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to DIGN DEM BONZ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team DIGN DEM BONZ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4539 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to DIGN DEM BONZ)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#4525 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4529 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Level with DIGN DEM BONZ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4514 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after DIGN DEM BONZ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4533 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5372 | 149.1200 | 153.50 | top 83% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.1200 | 130.3084 | 138.85 | top 92% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.6172 | 138.8228 | 147.05 | top 87% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135.9428 | 128.5372 | 131.59 | top 96% |
“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 91% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 92% |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.3 yrs
2017-03-03 → 2017-06-09
Busiest season
2017
3 contests
Cooks most in
MD
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 153.50 · weakest Brisket (131.59)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
570.99
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
85
9–95 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
65
3 mapped stops · furthest 34 mi
Schedule strength
1584
average field rating faced — tougher than 67% of rated contests
Power rating
1472
peak 1472 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest The Great Brunswick BBQ Throwdown
- Peak power rating (1490) The Great Brunswick BBQ Throwdown
- Career-best overall score599.3028 Beltway BBQ Showdown
- Career-best single call (Chicken)160.5372 Beltway BBQ Showdown
- Most recent contest Beltway BBQ Showdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.2 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2017-06-02 |
| -9.9 | The Great Brunswick BBQ Throwdown | 2017-03-03 |
| -7.2 | Beltway BBQ Showdown | 2017-06-09 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 83.2% | 79.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-09 | Beltway BBQ Showdown Upper Marlboro, MD | 24 / 29 (599.3028) | 19 (160.5372) | 23 (153.1200) | 24 (149.7028) | 27 (135.9428) |
| 2017-06-02 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Laurel, MD | 28 / 28 (551.3256) | 26 (150.8456) | 28 (133.1200) | 28 (138.8228) | 28 (128.5372) |
| 2017-03-03 | The Great Brunswick BBQ Throwdown Brunswick, MD | 46 / 50 (562.3428) | 45 (149.1200) | 48 (130.3084) | 39 (152.6172) | 48 (130.2972) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1924 (112 pts) | #1715 (137 pts) | #1957 (117 pts) | #1970 (112 pts) | #1998 (107 pts) |