A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
B & C SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
B & C SMOKERS has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Hog Whisperers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1456
peak 1456 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2014-10-02
latest 2018-09-15
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
358.99
last 5 Master vs avg 358.99 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±231.11
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.02 · weakest Chicken (131.31)
Road miles
13
mi across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
54%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1569)
Master avg
358.99 / 720
5 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
−36.7
points behind their best meat
Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 36.71 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Chicken avg 131.31
- Pork Ribs avg 168.02
- 0 calls in 5 entries
An October team
Top 76%
average finish in October
Something about October: average finish in the top 76% across 3 contests, versus top 85% the rest of the year.
- 3 October contests
- top 85% the rest of the year
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.
116 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5267 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Hog Whisperers)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Hog Whisperers has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5260 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5280 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
Level with Hog Whisperers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5254 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5270 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5258 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOKSHACK | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| UTB BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Brewski and Barbeque | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke & Beer BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Wubba's BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ CARTEL | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| EXCESSIVE BEHAVIOR | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| CHILLIN AND GRILLIN CREW | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Q-CHIPS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| HAWG PEN | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| FOX BBQ 101 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| DUSTY ROADS BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Hawg Wild | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| RED OAK BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7372 | 20.0000 | 131.31 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.6172 | 167.4400 | 168.02 | top 31% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5828 | 158.2628 | 159.42 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.6172 | 154.8572 | 157.74 | top 62% |
“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.
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2014-10-02 → 2018-09-15
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 168.02 · weakest Chicken (131.31)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
358.99
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
1,323
349–2,234 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
13
5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1569
average field rating faced — tougher than 54% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2015-10-03 → 2016-10-29
Power rating
1456
peak 1456 · #5273 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)168.6172 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Peak power rating (1496) 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- 2015
- Career-best overall score646.8912 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
- 2018
- Most recent contest 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.5 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) | 2016-10-29 |
| -11.9 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2017-09-01 |
| -11.3 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2018-09-15 |
| -4.5 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2014-10-02 |
| -4.2 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | 2015-10-03 |
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 | 0% | top 100% | 23% | 23% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 21.9% | 21.9% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 99% | 26.1% | 26.1% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 58% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-15 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 465 / 467 (165.7372) | 244 (165.7372) | — | — | — |
| 2017-09-01 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 406 / 407 (157.7028) | 324 (157.7028) | — | — | — |
| 2016-10-29 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 553 / 557 (188.0116) | 553 (20.0000) | 179 (168.0116) | — | — |
| 2015-10-03 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 351 / 606 (646.8912) | 390 (160.5712) | 199 (167.4400) | 440 (158.2628) | 326 (160.6172) |
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 386 / 552 (636.5944) | 483 (152.5372) | 150 (168.6172) | 349 (160.5828) | 391 (154.8572) |