A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Cool Smoke ahead in 100% of their meetings
Cool Smoke has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Hog Bones
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1475
peak 1475 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-06-22
latest 2019-06-22
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
556.77
last 3 Master vs avg 556.77 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±71.00
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 155.25 · weakest Pork Ribs (105.13)
Road miles
17
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1565)
Purse competed for
$28K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
556.77 / 720
3 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.
The comeback
5 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 5 years, then back at Giant National Capital BBQ Battle (2019-06-22).
- last seen 2014-06-21
- back 2019-06-22
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.
Hog Bones 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.
#4362 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Hog Bones)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Hog Bones has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4348 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1505 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4350 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4386 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Level with Hog Bones on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4379 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Hog Bones did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4387 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7600 | 151.4286 | 155.25 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5944 | 20.0000 | 105.13 | top 86% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2856 | 147.9998 | 150.69 | top 77% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.7028 | 138.2854 | 145.70 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 77% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 90% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6 yrs
2013-06-22 → 2019-06-22
Busiest season
2019
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
DC
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 155.25 · weakest Pork Ribs (105.13)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
556.77
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
87
15–96 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
17
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1565
average field rating faced — tougher than 51% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$27,800
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
5 yrs
2014-06-21 → 2019-06-22
Power rating
1475
peak 1475 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Safeway National Capital Barbecue Battle
- Peak power rating (1485) Safeway National Capital Barbecue Battle
- 2019
- Career-best overall score620.5600 Giant National Capital BBQ Battle
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)160.5944 Giant National Capital BBQ Battle
- Most recent contest Giant National Capital BBQ Battle
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.8 | Safeway National Capital Barbecue Battle | 2013-06-22 |
| -7.7 | Safeway National Capital Barbecue Battle | 2014-06-21 |
| -2.4 | Giant National Capital BBQ Battle | 2019-06-22 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 82.2% | 82.2% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 63.6% | 63.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-22 | Giant National Capital BBQ Battle 🏅 Washington, DC | 24 / 31 (620.5600) | 23 (156.5600) | 20 (160.5944) | 24 (154.2856) | 27 (149.1200) |
| 2014-06-21 | Safeway National Capital Barbecue Battle Washington, DC | 34 / 41 (592.0344) | 23 (157.7600) | 39 (134.7888) | 31 (149.7828) | 32 (149.7028) |
| 2013-06-22 | Safeway National Capital Barbecue Battle Washington, DC | 41 / 42 (457.7138) | 26 (151.4286) | 41 (20.0000) | 33 (147.9998) | 29 (138.2854) |