They almost always walk
63%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 5 of 8 contests
A top-10 category call in 63% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
Mountain High Smokers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1486
peak 1486 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2016-06-18
latest 2019-09-07
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
633.03 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 634.88 (-1.85)
Walk rate
63%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.57
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.13 · weakest Brisket (153.81)
Road miles
342
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 72 mi
Schedule strength
38%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)
Master avg
634.88 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (6 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.
A tough matchup
7–0
behind in the head-to-head
BBQ+ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BBQ+ has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.
The weak link
−8.3
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.31 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 38%.
- Brisket avg 153.81
- Chicken avg 162.13
- 0 calls in 8 entries
Chicken nemesis
7 of 8
shared chicken entries lost
IQ - NETHERLANDS ahead 88% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, IQ - NETHERLANDS has out-cooked them in 7 of 8 shared chicken entries.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
CAVEMEN BBQ TEAM has landed one call behind them 2 times.
The metronome
±2.02%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±2.02% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 88.2% of a perfect score
- 8 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.
145 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3843 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1528
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1528 at their best, 42 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#3823 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3849 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with Mountain High Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3848 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
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-head#3833 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 4 years before Mountain High Smokers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3853 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IQ - NETHERLANDS | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ+ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BUGHOUSE SMOKERS | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| PUREBBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ Team Laurentius | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Backcorner BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| 010 BRAAI | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 174.2744 | 148.5600 | 162.13 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1544 | 147.3600 | 159.12 | top 64% |
| Pork | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.1084 | 157.6456 | 159.82 | top 65% |
| Brisket | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6688 | 149.0628 | 153.81 | top 78% |
“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 78% |
| Medium (20–39) | 6 | 0 | top 65% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest | 2 | 3 | 0 | top 29% | 2019-09-07 |
| KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees | 2 | 21 | 0 | top 94% | 2018-06-23 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.2 yrs
2016-06-18 → 2019-09-07
Busiest season
2018
4 contests
Contests a season
2
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NL
1 of 8 contests
Contests visited
6
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
8 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 162.13 · weakest Brisket (153.81)
Walk rate
63%
a top-10 call in 5 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
13%
1 of 8 contests
Master average
634.88
out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
107
92–133 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
342
8 mapped stops · furthest 72 mi
Schedule strength
1550
average field rating faced — tougher than 38% of rated contests
Power rating
1486
peak 1486 · #3830 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Delft BBQ Fest 2016
- First call Delft BBQ Fest 2016
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.4456 Delft BBQ Fest 2016
- Career-best overall score652.4456 Delft BBQ Fest 2016
- Peak power rating (1493) Delft BBQ Fest 2016
- 2018
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2744 Regahfest 2018 Green
- 2019
- First overall top-10 Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest
- First overall podium Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest
- Most recent contest Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.1 | Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest | 2019-09-07 |
| +8.2 | Regahfest 2018 Green | 2018-08-25 |
| +2.8 | Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest | 2018-09-08 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13 | KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees | 2018-06-23 |
| -10.8 | *KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees | 2017-06-10 |
| -8.4 | Regahfest 2017 | 2017-08-26 |
| -6.8 | Delft BBQ Fest 2016 | 2016-06-18 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | top 8% | — | — |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 65% | 90.3% | 88.2% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 87% | 88.2% | 87.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 78% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-07 | Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest Dongen, 5106NC | 3 / 38 (301.1884) | 19 (163.3828) | 29 (155.9888) | 26 (157.6456) | 34 (149.0628) |
| 2018-09-08 | Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest Dongen, 5106NC | 20 / 40 (646.7544) | 23 (164.0000) | 11 (168.5716) | 27 (157.6572) | 23 (156.5256) |
| 2018-08-25 | RegahFest 2018 Yellow The Hague, 2266HA | 20 / 29 (636.5600) | 10 (166.8572) | 24 (155.9544) | 22 (157.7484) | 25 (156.0000) |
| 2018-08-25 | Regahfest 2018 Green The Hague, 2266HA | 15 / 35 (650.1720) | 3 (174.2744) | 29 (154.8116) | 20 (159.4172) | 18 (161.6688) |
| 2018-06-23 | KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne, 5753 PN | 22 / 22 (605.5772) | 22 (148.5600) | 20 (147.3600) | 18 (157.6684) | 18 (151.9888) |
| 2017-08-26 | Regahfest 2017 The Hague, | 24 / 28 (626.1828) | 28 (152.5372) | 16 (160.0000) | 9 (163.9656) | 26 (149.6800) |
| 2017-06-10 | *KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne, 5753 PN | 21 / 24 (635.2912) | 18 (157.6684) | 4 (169.1544) | 19 (159.3828) | 20 (149.0856) |
| 2016-06-18 | Delft BBQ Fest 2016 Delft, NL | 14 / 18 (652.4456) | 8 (169.7256) | 14 (161.1088) | 11 (165.1084) | 14 (156.5028) |