The comeback
4.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4.2 years, then back at Maryland State BBQ Bash (2017-08-11).
- last seen 2013-06-14
- back 2017-08-11
Hog Smoke
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1466
peak 1466 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-05-10
latest 2018-08-10
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
450.99
last 4 Master vs avg 450.99 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±161.62
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 158.29 · weakest Pork (144.57)
Road miles
2,415
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 2343 mi
Schedule strength
19%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)
Master avg
450.99 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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 Smoke 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 134 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.
#4820 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Hog Smoke)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Hog Smoke has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4835 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
0–1 in 2 shared contests (0% to Hog Smoke)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#4800 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#4830 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
Level with Hog Smoke on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4832 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
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#4814 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1428 | 155.4284 | 158.29 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1430 | 154.8570 | 158.00 | top 61% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.7142 | 139.4284 | 144.57 | top 91% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.7142 | 149.1428 | 151.43 | top 75% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MD | 2 | 0 | top 86% |
| CA | 2 | 0 | top 82% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 77% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 91% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2 | 29 | 0 | top 86% | 2018-08-10 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5.3 yrs
2013-05-10 → 2018-08-10
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MD
2 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 158.29 · weakest Pork (144.57)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
450.99
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
203
45–217 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,415
4 mapped stops · furthest 2,343 mi
Schedule strength
1526
average field rating faced — tougher than 19% of rated contests
Longest layoff
4.2 yrs
2013-06-14 → 2017-08-11
Power rating
1466
peak 1466 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest West Coast BBQ Classic
- Peak power rating (1489) West Coast BBQ Classic
- Career-best overall score619.9998 California Honey Harvest Festival & KCBS BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)161.1430 California Honey Harvest Festival & KCBS BBQ
- 2018
- Most recent contest Maryland State BBQ Bash
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.9 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2017-08-11 |
| -11.3 | West Coast BBQ Classic | 2013-05-10 |
| -7.1 | California Honey Harvest Festival & KCBS BBQ | 2013-06-14 |
| -3.7 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2018-08-10 |
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 76% | 41.9% | 41.9% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 38.6% | 38.6% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 86.1% | 85% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-08-10 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | 29 / 38 (301.7260) | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-08-11 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | 45 / 47 (277.6456) | — | — | — | — |
| 2013-06-14 | California Honey Harvest Festival & KCBS BBQ Fillmore, CA | 28 / 36 (619.9998) | 28 (155.4284) | 17 (161.1430) | 31 (149.7142) | 26 (153.7142) |
| 2013-05-10 | West Coast BBQ Classic Long Beach, CA | 47 / 54 (604.5710) | 25 (161.1428) | 40 (154.8570) | 52 (139.4284) | 42 (149.1428) |