A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
CHOOCHOO BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
CHOOCHOO BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Cuz it Hurts
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1455
peak 1455 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2020-09-18
latest 2023-04-07
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 133%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
307.62
last 4 Backyard vs avg 307.62 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±3.29
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 158.80 · weakest Chicken (148.82)
Road miles
9
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)
Purse competed for
$34K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
307.62 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (2 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.
An April team
Top 123%
average finish in April
Something about April: average finish in the top 123% across 3 contests, versus top 133% the rest of the year.
- 3 April contests
- top 133% the rest of the year
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.
Cuz it Hurts 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.
#5291 of the rated field
- Contests
- 26
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 15%
- Peak
- 1535
0–4 in 4 shared contests (0% to Cuz it Hurts)
These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — JT'S SMOKE SHACK ahead 4–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#5280 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
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#5305 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1455
No shared contest yet.
Level with Cuz it Hurts on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5306 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1455
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#5270 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 7 years before Cuz it Hurts's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#5295 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1455
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 | 153.7144 | 143.9772 | 148.82 | top 137% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6684 | 157.1084 | 158.80 | top 106% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Falls | 3 | 41 | 0 | top 138% | 2023-04-07 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.5 yrs
2020-09-18 → 2023-04-07
Busiest season
2023
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 158.80 · weakest Chicken (148.82)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Backyard average
307.62
out of 360 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
192
18–315 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
9
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1559
average field rating faced — tougher than 46% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$33,660
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Power rating
1455
peak 1455 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2020
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Falls
- Peak power rating (1487) Smoke on the Falls
- 2022
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)161.6684 Smoke on the Falls
- 2023
- Career-best overall score310.8228 Smoke on the Falls
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Falls
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.9 | Smoke on the Falls | 2020-09-18 |
| -12.3 | Smoke on the Falls | 2021-04-09 |
| -9.8 | Smoke on the Falls | 2023-04-07 |
| -9.7 | Smoke on the Falls | 2022-04-08 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 105% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 144% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 118% | 83.9% | 83.9% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 164% | 86% | 86% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-07 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 41 / 39 (310.8228) | 43 (153.7144) | 36 (157.1084) | — | — |
| 2022-04-08 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 49 / 34 (307.9200) | 56 (146.2516) | 36 (161.6684) | — | — |
| 2021-04-09 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 45 / 38 (302.2060) | 45 (143.9772) | 35 (158.2288) | — | — |
| 2020-09-18 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 46 / 28 (309.5312) | 43 (151.3256) | 37 (158.2056) | — | — |