A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Pig Masters
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1477
peak 1477 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2014-08-22
latest 2019-05-03
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 82%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
626.93
last 3 Master vs avg 626.93 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±3.14
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.41 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.73)
Road miles
193
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 95 mi
Schedule strength
36%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
626.93 / 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 weak link
−5.7
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.68 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 33% of the time against 25%.
- Pork Ribs avg 154.73
- Chicken avg 160.41
- 2 calls in 6 entries
The comeback
1.6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.6 years, then back at Route 66 Smoke Out (2019-05-03).
- last seen 2017-09-23
- back 2019-05-03
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.
Pig Masters 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 140 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.
#4293 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4257 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Level with Pig Masters on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4274 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4281 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.
⚔ Head-to-head#4289 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4265 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.1656 | 150.8000 | 160.41 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 160.0228 | 150.7772 | 154.73 | top 63% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2856 | 151.3828 | 156.93 | top 73% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3944 | 153.6800 | 159.01 | top 61% |
“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 91% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 77% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Route 66 Smoke Out | 2 | 30 | 0 | top 85% | 2019-05-03 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.7 yrs
2014-08-22 → 2019-05-03
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
6 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 160.41 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.73)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 2 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 6 contests
Master average
626.93
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
106
24–96 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
193
6 mapped stops · furthest 95 mi
Schedule strength
1548
average field rating faced — tougher than 36% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
2017-09-23 → 2019-05-03
Power rating
1477
peak 1477 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Up In Smoke On The Square
- Career-best overall score631.2572 Up In Smoke On The Square
- Career-best single call (Pork)166.2856 Up In Smoke On The Square
- Peak power rating (1495) Up In Smoke On The Square
- 2015
- First call Barbeque on the Hill (Competitor's Series)
- 2019
- Most recent contest Route 66 Smoke Out
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.5 | Route 66 Smoke Out | 2019-05-03 |
| -8.5 | Route 66 Smoke Out (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) | 2015-05-01 |
| -5.3 | Up In Smoke On The Square | 2014-08-22 |
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 91% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 80% | 86.9% | 86.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 87.7% | 87.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-03 | Route 66 Smoke Out 🏅 Dwight, IL | 30 / 33 (623.8856) | 22 (161.7028) | 30 (150.8456) | 31 (151.3828) | 20 (159.9544) |
| 2017-09-23 | *Barbeque on the Hill (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) Blue Island, IL | — | — | 3 (160.0228) | — | — |
| 2016-09-24 | Barbeque on the Hill (COMPETITORS SERIES) Blue Island, IL | — | — | 12 (155.9656) | — | — |
| 2015-09-26 | Barbeque on the Hill (Competitor's Series) Blue Island, IL | — | 4 (163.9884) | 7 (157.1200) | — | — |
| 2015-05-01 | Route 66 Smoke Out (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Dwight, IL | 32 / 40 (625.6340) | 22 (165.1656) | 31 (153.6684) | 37 (153.1200) | 33 (153.6800) |
| 2014-08-22 | Up In Smoke On The Square Lincoln, IL | 37 / 50 (631.2572) | 44 (150.8000) | 44 (150.7772) | 17 (166.2856) | 20 (163.3944) |