Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.
- Chicken ×1
Smoke Central
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1519
peak 1519 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2014-08-29
latest 2017-04-28
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 29%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 172.27 · weakest Brisket (160.53)
Road miles
164
mi across 2 mapped stops · furthest 164 mi
Master avg
671.05 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
High-water mark
677.0628
career-best overall
94.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 677.0628 at Uptown Lexington BBQ Capital Cook Off — 94.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2017-04-28
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.
Smoke Central has 2 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 84 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.
#2518 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#2523 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1526
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Smoke Central did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#2514 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smoke Central on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2524 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#2526 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#2529 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1532
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 180.0000 🔥 | 163.9656 | 171.98 | top 41% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 162.2744 | 166.27 | top 46% |
| Pork | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 171.9772 | 172.27 | top 16% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8456 | 150.2056 | 160.53 | top 51% |
“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.
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.7 yrs
2014-08-29 → 2017-04-28
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
1 of 2 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 1 win · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 172.27 · weakest Brisket (160.53)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 2 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
50%
1 of 2 contests
Master average
671.05
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Perfect 180s
1
every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced
69
54–20 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
164
2 mapped stops · furthest 164 mi
Longest layoff
2.7 yrs
2014-08-29 → 2017-04-28
Power rating
1519
peak 1519 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Beach Boogie and Barbeque
- First call Beach Boogie and Barbeque
- First category win (Chicken) Beach Boogie and Barbeque
- First perfect 180 (Chicken) Beach Boogie and Barbeque
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.0400 Beach Boogie and Barbeque
- 2017
- First overall top-10 Uptown Lexington BBQ Capital Cook Off
- Career-best overall score677.0628 Uptown Lexington BBQ Capital Cook Off
- Most recent contest Uptown Lexington BBQ Capital Cook Off
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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 18% | 94% | 94% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 39% | 92.4% | 92.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-04-28 | Uptown Lexington BBQ Capital Cook Off Lexington, NC | 7 / 38 (677.0628) | 30 (163.9656) | 9 (170.2744) | 5 (171.9772) | 8 (170.8456) |
| 2014-08-29 | Beach Boogie and Barbeque Myrtle Beach, SC | 15 / 38 (665.0400) | 1 (180.0000) | 26 (162.2744) | 7 (172.5600) | 31 (150.2056) |