A tough matchup
6–0
behind in the head-to-head
Smokey and the Pirate ahead in 100% of their meetings
Smokey and the Pirate has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
Meat Harvest BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1472
peak 1472 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2013-09-13
latest 2022-04-29
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 71%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
600.72 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 598.09 (+2.63)
Walk rate
29%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.38
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 158.25 · weakest Brisket (143.10)
Road miles
290
mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 55 mi
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1531)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
598.09 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
317.04 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (3 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.
The weak link
−15.1
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 15.15 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 29%.
- Brisket avg 143.10
- Chicken avg 158.25
- 0 calls in 6 entries
The comeback
3.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.8 years, then back at 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship (2022-04-29).
- last seen 2018-07-13
- back 2022-04-29
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.
135 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4526 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1505 at their best, 33 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4535 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4521 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Meat Harvest BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4518 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Level with Meat Harvest BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4527 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 6 years before Meat Harvest BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4498 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokey and the Pirate | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SON OF SMOKE | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| TOO ASHAMED TO NAME | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| PIRATES OF THE PIG | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 168.0344 | 151.9544 | 158.25 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 161.0972 | 138.2060 | 151.28 | top 67% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9656 | 139.8856 | 146.70 | top 85% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5600 | 130.2172 | 143.10 | top 79% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 74% |
| Medium (20–39) | 6 | 0 | top 70% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
8.6 yrs
2013-09-13 → 2022-04-29
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
7
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
7 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 158.25 · weakest Brisket (143.10)
Walk rate
29%
a top-10 call in 2 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
14%
1 of 7 contests
Master average
598.09
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
317.04
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
142
63–141 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
290
7 mapped stops · furthest 55 mi
Schedule strength
1531
average field rating faced — tougher than 23% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3.8 yrs
2018-07-13 → 2022-04-29
Power rating
1472
peak 1472 · #4517 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest RubStock BBQ Championship: A Groovin' Time in the Foothills
- Peak power rating (1489) RubStock BBQ Championship: A Groovin' Time in the Foothills
- 2018
- First call *2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off
- Career-best overall score639.9200 *2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off
- Career-best single call (Chicken)168.0344 *2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off
- 2022
- First overall top-10 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship
- First overall podium 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.5 | 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship | 2022-04-29 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13 | Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship | 2014-05-02 |
| -10.8 | RubStock BBQ Championship: A Groovin' Time in the Foothills | 2013-09-13 |
| -7.3 | Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship | 2015-05-01 |
| -5.9 | Oaktown Throwdown | 2014-08-01 |
| -4.1 | *2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off | 2018-07-13 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 10% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 74% | 88.9% | 88.9% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 83% | 83% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 81.8% | 81.8% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 83.5% | 81.8% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 81.2% | 81.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-29 | 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA | 3 / 29 (317.0400) | 2 (159.9772) | 3 (157.0628) | — | — |
| 2018-07-13 | *2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off Clayton, CA | 14 / 19 (639.9200) | 5 (168.0344) | 13 (161.0972) | 17 (150.2284) | 13 (160.5600) |
| 2016-04-29 | Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship Elk Grove, CA | 21 / 30 (597.5544) | 16 (159.9428) | 29 (138.2060) | 19 (151.9656) | 18 (147.4400) |
| 2015-05-01 | Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship Elk Grove, CA | 26 / 32 (588.8912) | 23 (153.6684) | 26 (145.6572) | 27 (149.0512) | 26 (140.5144) |
| 2014-08-01 | Oaktown Throwdown Oakland, CA | 17 / 22 (600.9712) | 14 (156.5372) | 17 (153.0512) | 17 (148.0228) | 16 (143.3600) |
| 2014-05-02 | Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship Elk Grove, CA | 31 / 33 (576.2744) | 21 (157.6456) | 27 (147.3488) | 32 (141.0628) | 32 (130.2172) |
| 2013-09-13 | RubStock BBQ Championship: A Groovin' Time in the Foothills Cameron Park, CA | 34 / 39 (584.9256) | 30 (151.9544) | 22 (156.5600) | 38 (139.8856) | 37 (136.5256) |