WEST COAST SMOKE

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#3951

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1484

peak 1501 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2017-06-23

latest 2021-06-04

Best ToY finish

#947

Master 2018

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 12 contests

Avg finish

top 67%

overall standings

Best overall

669.7716 / 720

Master · Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

655.61 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 651.05 (+4.56)

Walk rate

42%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.0000

Pork · The Golden State Battle III - Day 1

Consistency

±16.13

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 165.46 · weakest Brisket (157.76)

Road miles

1,694

mi across 12 mapped stops · furthest 342 mi

Schedule strength

63%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1579)

Purse competed for

$54K

listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 6 state-championship entries

Master avg

651.05 / 720

11 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (9 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.

High-water mark

669.7716 career-best overall

93.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 669.7716 at Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship — 93.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
2019-04-26

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT has finished one call ahead of WEST COAST SMOKE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2019 their best year

2019 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 43%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 43%

A tough matchup

10–0 behind in the head-to-head

Cynical BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Cynical BBQ has come out ahead in 10 of their 10 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.7 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.70 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 27%.

Brisket avg 157.76
Pork avg 165.46
0 calls in 11 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Lord Of The Ribs BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The comeback

1.8 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.8 years, then back at The Golden State Battle III - Day 1 (2021-04-16).

last seen 2019-06-21
back 2021-04-16

Pork nemesis

7 of 9 shared pork entries lost

BIG POPPA SMOKERS ahead 78% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BIG POPPA SMOKERS has out-cooked them in 7 of 9 shared pork entries.

The metronome

±2.24% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.24% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.4% of a perfect score
12 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.

138 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

honey b-b-q

#3970 of the rated field

1484 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1484

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2024-09-20

⚔ Head-to-head

TNT Smokin' BBQ

#3940 of the rated field

1484 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1484

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before WEST COAST SMOKE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 10 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Big Bad Hawg's

#3959 of the rated field

1484 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1484

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 12, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2017-10-13

⚔ Head-to-head

Smoking Grannies

#3947 of the rated field

1484 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1517

No shared contest yet.

Level with WEST COAST SMOKE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2024-08-23

⚔ Head-to-head

Five Guys and a Grill

#3958 of the rated field

1484 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1516

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1516 at their best, 33 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2024-06-21

⚔ Head-to-head

FIRE FAMILY BBQ/NOT SO SMOOTH SMOKE

#3936 of the rated field

1484 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1504

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 12, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2023-06-09

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Old Town Franklin BBQ	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
Cynical BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' AXE BBQ	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare
BAR-B-CUDA BBQ	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
BIG POPPA SMOKERS	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
RBQ	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
CANYON RIDERS BBQ	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
Pops BBQ 22	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
BULL MARKET BBQ	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
PIRATES OF THE PIG	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
BAR-B-Q'S-2GO	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
7 SINS BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
Burnin and Lootin	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Smokey and the Pirate	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	12	1	0	172.0000	140.5028	162.65	top 67%
Pork Ribs	12	2	0	170.9028	152.5716	162.52	top 59%
Pork	11	3	1	176.0000	153.7256	165.46	top 49%
Brisket	11	0	0	167.4172	145.1544	157.76	top 71%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 58%
Medium (20–39)	2	top 81%
Large (40+)	7	top 64%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Silicon Valley BBQ Championship	3	33	0	top 77%	2019-06-21
Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship	2	15	0	top 40%	2019-04-26

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.9 yrs 2017-06-23 → 2021-06-04

Busiest season 2018 4 contests

Contests a season 3 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in CA 12 of 12 contests

Contests visited 8 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 12 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 165.46 · weakest Brisket (157.76)

Walk rate 42% a top-10 call in 5 of 12 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 12 contests

Master average 651.05 out of 720 · 11 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 207 157–315 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,694 12 mapped stops · furthest 342 mi

Schedule strength 1579 average field rating faced — tougher than 63% of rated contests

Purse competed for $53,500 listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 6 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1.8 yrs 2019-06-21 → 2021-04-16

Power rating 1484 peak 1501 · #3951 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2017
Jun 23 First tracked contest Silicon Valley BBQ Championship
Jul 15 First call *2017 Clayton BBQ Cook-off a KCBS(Competitor Series) event Sponsored by the CBCA
2018
Feb 23 First overall past 90% of a perfect score668.6064 The Smithfield Guinea Pig (JUDGES FULL)
2019
Apr 26 Career-best overall score669.7716 Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship
Apr 26 Peak power rating (1501) Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship
2021
Apr 16 10th tracked contest The Golden State Battle III - Day 1
Apr 16 Career-best single call (Pork)176.0000 The Golden State Battle III - Day 1
Jun 4 Most recent contest 2nd Annual Throwdown in the Vineyards

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+8.8	Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship	2019-04-26
+3.7	Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship	2018-04-20
+3.6	The Golden State Battle	2019-01-25

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.5	The Golden State Battle III - Day 2	2021-04-17
-7.2	Silicon Valley BBQ Championship	2018-06-22
-5.5	The Golden State Battle III - Day 1	2021-04-16
-4.9	The Smithfield Guinea Pig (JUDGES FULL)	2018-02-23
-2.7	Silicon Valley BBQ Championship	2017-06-23

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2021	3	33%	top 80%	91.7%	90.8%
2019	3	33%	top 43%	93%	91.7%
2018	4	50%	top 68%	92.9%	90%
2017	2	50%	top 69%	87.2%	87.2%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2021-06-04	2nd Annual Throwdown in the Vineyards 🏅 Murphy, CA	18 / 29 (660.4916)	11 (172.0000)	16 (166.2744)	14 (165.7028)	23 (156.5144)
2021-04-17	The Golden State Battle III - Day 2 🏅 Hollister, CA	26 / 26 (658.1828)	22 (167.4172)	23 (163.3828)	16 (168.0000)	24 (159.3828)
2021-04-16	The Golden State Battle III - Day 1 🏅 Hollister, CA	32 / 41 (642.1600)	31 (155.9428)	36 (153.6916)	6 (176.0000)	32 (156.5256)
2019-06-21	Silicon Valley BBQ Championship 🏅 unrated Santa Clara, CA	33 (647.4288)	12 (171.9772)	16 (166.2972)	24 (164.0000)	42 (145.1544)
2019-04-26	Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA	15 / 48 (669.7716)	28 (164.5944)	15 (168.5944)	3 (173.1428)	23 (163.4400)
2019-01-25	The Golden State Battle 🏅 Santa Ynez, CA	26 / 48 (663.3368)	35 (166.2628)	28 (165.1200)	16 (170.8456)	34 (161.1084)
2018-07-13	*2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off Clayton, CA	11 / 19 (654.3432)	8 (167.3828)	11 (161.1316)	10 (165.7600)	14 (160.0688)
2018-06-22	Silicon Valley BBQ Championship Santa Clara, CA	41 / 49 (615.3944)	38 (158.2628)	42 (152.5716)	40 (154.8228)	40 (149.7372)
2018-04-20	Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship Lodi, CA	23 / 48 (653.7828)	16 (168.0112)	6 (170.9028)	41 (155.4516)	32 (159.4172)
2018-02-23	The Smithfield Guinea Pig (JUDGES FULL) Coachella, CA	38 / 47 (668.6064)	41 (165.1660)	41 (163.4288)	15 (172.5944)	29 (167.4172)
2017-07-15	*2017 Clayton BBQ Cook-off a KCBS(Competitor Series) event Sponsored by the CBCA Clayton, CA	—	17 (140.5028)	8 (155.3716)	—	—
2017-06-23	Silicon Valley BBQ Championship Santa Clara, CA	43 / 62 (628.0232)	48 (154.2972)	22 (163.4288)	46 (153.7256)	37 (156.5716)

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
2021 ↗	Master	#1116 (89 pts)	#971 (124 pts)	#1171 (99 pts)	#1076 (109 pts)	#1231 (64 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1090 (230 pts)	#1080 (245 pts)	#1032 (275 pts)	#792 (405 pts)	#1244 (190 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#947 (304 pts)	#900 (364 pts)	#848 (409 pts)	#926 (349 pts)	#1052 (279 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#2218 (75 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2266 (60 pts)