The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
POTBELLY COOKERS has finished one call ahead of Smoked Mullet 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Smoked Mullet
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1491
peak 1491 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-11-13
latest 2018-11-16
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
631.27
last 4 Master vs avg 631.27 (-0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.15
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.97 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.65)
Road miles
4
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
33%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)
Master avg
631.27 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
PIG ON FIRE ahead in 100% of their meetings
PIG ON FIRE has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Cherrywood BBQ Smoke Team in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown every year from 2015 to 2018 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 12th
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.
Smoked Mullet has 4 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 145 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.
#3573 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3574 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Smoked Mullet did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#3609 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smoked Mullet on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3590 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3599 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3581 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 4, 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 145.6572 | 157.11 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2628 | 152.4684 | 155.65 | top 70% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2856 | 151.9200 | 160.97 | top 54% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 149.7028 | 157.54 | top 56% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown | 4 | 12 | 0 | top 65% | 2018-11-16 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2015-11-13 → 2018-11-16
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
SC
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 160.97 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.65)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
631.27
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
61
36–63 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
4
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1544
average field rating faced — tougher than 33% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2017-11-10 → 2018-11-16
Power rating
1491
peak 1491 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown
- First call Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown
- 2016
- Peak power rating (1497) Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown
- 2018
- Career-best overall score644.3884 Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.2856 Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.6 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown | 2016-11-11 |
| +2.6 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown | 2018-11-16 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.1 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown(PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) | 2017-11-10 |
| -7 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown | 2015-11-13 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 56% | 89.5% | 89.5% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 48% | 89.1% | 89.1% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 75% | 86.6% | 86.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-11-16 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown Mt. Pleasant, SC | 14 / 25 (644.3884) | 11 (166.8228) | 19 (153.6456) | 5 (170.2856) | 16 (153.6344) |
| 2017-11-10 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown(PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) Mt. Pleasant, SC | 20 / 25 (615.2684) | 21 (153.0972) | 20 (152.4684) | 14 (160.0000) | 20 (149.7028) |
| 2016-11-11 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown Mt. Pleasant, SC | 12 / 25 (641.5884) | 11 (162.8456) | 15 (158.2172) | 13 (161.6800) | 14 (158.8456) |
| 2015-11-13 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown Mount Pleasant, SC | 21 / 28 (623.8172) | 26 (145.6572) | 18 (158.2628) | 25 (151.9200) | 7 (167.9772) |