High-water mark
697.7032
career-best overall
96.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 697.7032 at Smokin On The Pecos(Day 2) — 96.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2018-06-23
Golden Smoke
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1523
peak 1523 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-06-24
latest 2018-06-23
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 37%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
671.54
last 3 Master vs avg 671.54 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.29
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.42 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.26)
Road miles
3
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
62%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1578)
Master avg
671.54 / 720
3 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
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SHO DAWG BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Smokin On The Pecos(Day 1) (2018-06-22).
- last seen 2016-06-24
- back 2018-06-22
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.
Golden Smoke 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 103 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.
#2399 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1523
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2405 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1523
No shared contest yet.
Level with Golden Smoke on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2403 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1523
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before Golden Smoke's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2411 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1523
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 50% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#2404 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1532
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2397 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1523
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5716 | 167.4172 | 171.42 | top 33% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5716 | 154.8000 | 162.26 | top 64% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 155.9656 | 167.02 | top 44% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 178.8572 | 166.2856 | 170.84 | top 26% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 30% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin On The Pecos(Day 2) | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 30% | 2018-06-23 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2016-06-24 → 2018-06-23
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NM
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 171.42 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.26)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
671.54
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
69
71–41 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
3
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1578
average field rating faced — tougher than 62% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2016-06-24 → 2018-06-22
Power rating
1523
peak 1523 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Smokin' On The Pecos
- 2018
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.3596 Smokin On The Pecos(Day 1)
- First call Smokin On The Pecos(Day 2)
- First overall top-10 Smokin On The Pecos(Day 2)
- Career-best overall score697.7032 Smokin On The Pecos(Day 2)
- Career-best single call (Brisket)178.8572 Smokin On The Pecos(Day 2)
- Peak power rating (1523) Smokin On The Pecos(Day 2)
- Most recent contest Smokin On The Pecos(Day 2)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.3 | Smokin On The Pecos(Day 2) | 2018-06-23 |
| +8.2 | Smokin On The Pecos(Day 1) | 2018-06-22 |
| +2.4 | Smokin' On The Pecos | 2016-06-24 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 30% | 96.9% | 95.1% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 50% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-23 | Smokin On The Pecos(Day 2) Artesia, NM | 8 / 32 (697.7032) | 6 (176.5716) | 18 (168.5716) | 13 (173.7028) | 2 (178.8572) |
| 2018-06-22 | Smokin On The Pecos(Day 1) Artesia, NM | 14 / 39 (671.3596) | 14 (170.2628) | 25 (163.4056) | 13 (171.4056) | 17 (166.2856) |
| 2016-06-24 | Smokin' On The Pecos Artesia, NM | 22 / 44 (645.5656) | 19 (167.4172) | 32 (154.8000) | 25 (155.9656) | 12 (167.3828) |