A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
913 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
913 BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Hidden Valley Smokers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1479
peak 1479 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2018-08-17
latest 2021-08-20
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 86%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
612.39
last 3 Master vs avg 612.39 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.89
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 159.78 · weakest Pork Ribs (144.88)
Road miles
1
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
85%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1614)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
612.39 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at BBQ & Fly in on the River - Day 1 (2021-08-20).
- last seen 2019-08-16
- back 2021-08-20
They cook the hard rooms
1614
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 85% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1614 power rating — a tougher draw than 85% of every rated contest in the data.
- 3 rated 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.
Hidden Valley Smokers 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 149 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.
#4127 of the rated field
- Contests
- 28
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1533
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Hidden Valley Smokers)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Hidden Valley Smokers has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4166 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Level with Hidden Valley Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4169 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4151 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4144 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before Hidden Valley Smokers's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.7884 | 143.3828 | 152.34 | top 86% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6684 | 133.0512 | 144.88 | top 91% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2628 | 155.9656 | 159.78 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9200 | 154.8228 | 155.39 | top 81% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ and Fly In on the River | 2 | 45 | 0 | top 81% | 2019-08-16 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2018-08-17 → 2021-08-20
Busiest season
2021
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 159.78 · weakest Pork Ribs (144.88)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
612.39
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
109
25–137 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1614
average field rating faced — tougher than 85% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$10,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2019-08-16 → 2021-08-20
Power rating
1479
peak 1479 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest *BBQ and Fly In on the River(JUDGES FULL)
- Career-best overall score627.2568 *BBQ and Fly In on the River(JUDGES FULL)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)162.7884 *BBQ and Fly In on the River(JUDGES FULL)
- Peak power rating (1495) *BBQ and Fly In on the River(JUDGES FULL)
- 2021
- Most recent contest BBQ & Fly in on the River - Day 1
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.4 | BBQ & Fly in on the River - Day 1 | 2021-08-20 |
| -5.9 | BBQ and Fly In on the River | 2019-08-16 |
| -5.3 | *BBQ and Fly In on the River(JUDGES FULL) | 2018-08-17 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 81.6% | 81.6% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 86.5% | 86.5% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-20 | BBQ & Fly in on the River - Day 1 🏅 Excelsior Springs, MO | 38 / 40 (587.2224) | 39 (143.3828) | 39 (133.0512) | 36 (155.9656) | 32 (154.8228) |
| 2019-08-16 | BBQ and Fly In on the River 🏅 Excelsior Springs, MO | 57 / 68 (622.6968) | 66 (150.8456) | 57 (153.6684) | 48 (162.2628) | 55 (155.9200) |
| 2018-08-17 | *BBQ and Fly In on the River(JUDGES FULL) Excelsior Springs, MO | 45 / 57 (627.2568) | 36 (162.7884) | 52 (147.9084) | 39 (161.1200) | 46 (155.4400) |