A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE ahead in 100% of their meetings
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
loudsmokebbq
loudsmokebbq is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 12th of 54 at the Interstate BBQ Festival (2019). Also listed in KCBS results as “Loud Smoke BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1492
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jun 9, 2017
latest Jun 8, 2019 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.80
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 151.98 · weakest Brisket (149.46)
Road miles
144
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 54 mi
Schedule strength
64%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1581)
Purse competed for
$23K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
603.26 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
318.81 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master 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.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.8344 | 150.2516 | 150.63 | top 83% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5256 | 138.2288 | 151.20 | top 76% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 141.6916 | 151.98 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8228 | 140.4800 | 149.46 | top 66% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 77% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 54% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beltway BBQ Showdown | 3 | 24 | 0 | top 80% | Jun 8, 2019 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MD
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
136
finished ahead 82 times, behind 105
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Jun 9, 2017 → Jun 9, 2018
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20195 milestones
- Peak power rating (1493) Interstate BBQ Festival
- First call Beltway BBQ Showdown
- Career-best overall score628.4000 Beltway BBQ Showdown
- Career-best single call (Pork)168.5600 Beltway BBQ Showdown
- Most recent contest Beltway BBQ Showdown
20171 milestone
- First tracked contest Beltway BBQ Showdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.7 | Interstate BBQ Festival | Apr 19, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.3 | Beltway BBQ Showdown | Jun 9, 2017 |
| -7 | Beltway BBQ Showdown | Jun 9, 2018 |
| -1.1 | Beltway BBQ Showdown | Jun 8, 2019 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 44% | 88.6% | 87.9% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 81.9% | 81.9% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 82.2% | 82.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2019 | Beltway BBQ Showdown 🏅 Upper Marlboro, MD | 24 / 37 (628.4000) | 29 (150.2516) | 20 (160.5256) | 8 (168.5600) | 25 (149.0628) |
| Apr 19, 2019 | Interstate BBQ Festival 🏅 Hagerstown, MD | 12 / 54 (318.8116) | — | — | — | — |
| Jun 9, 2018 | Beltway BBQ Showdown Upper Marlboro, MD | 36 / 42 (589.5776) | 34 (150.8344) | 41 (138.2288) | 39 (141.6916) | 17 (158.8228) |
| Jun 9, 2017 | Beltway BBQ Showdown Upper Marlboro, MD | 26 / 29 (591.7944) | 26 (150.8000) | 22 (154.8344) | 28 (145.6800) | 26 (140.4800) |