A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
FRED VEGAS SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
FRED VEGAS SMOKERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Smokey Brotes
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1481
peak 1481 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-05-15
latest 2018-05-18
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 78%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
609.96
last 3 Master vs avg 609.96 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.44
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 157.52 · weakest Pork Ribs (144.72)
Road miles
9
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1549)
Master avg
609.96 / 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of CAVE MAN 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 *Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off (2017-05-19).
- last seen 2015-05-15
- back 2017-05-19
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.
Smokey Brotes 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 126 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.
#4072 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4089 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after Smokey Brotes did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#4067 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokey Brotes on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4077 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4061 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4065 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 172.0116 | 149.7144 | 157.52 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6912 | 136.4916 | 144.72 | top 86% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1200 | 132.5028 | 151.57 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 146.2284 | 156.15 | top 48% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off | 2 | 23 | 0 | top 76% | 2018-05-18 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2015-05-15 → 2018-05-18
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
VA
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 157.52 · weakest Pork Ribs (144.72)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
609.96
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
64
22–72 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
9
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1549
average field rating faced — tougher than 37% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2015-05-15 → 2017-05-19
Power rating
1481
peak 1481 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off
- First call Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172.0116 Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off
- Peak power rating (1492) Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off
- 2017
- Career-best overall score619.8748 *Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off
- 2018
- Most recent contest *Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.3 | *Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off | 2018-05-18 |
| -8 | Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off | 2015-05-15 |
| -2.9 | *Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off | 2017-05-19 |
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 85% | 84.8% | 84.8% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 68% | 86.1% | 86.1% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 81% | 83.2% | 83.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-18 | *Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off Chesapeake, VA | 23 / 27 (610.7540) | 26 (149.7144) | 24 (153.6912) | 12 (161.1200) | 22 (146.2284) |
| 2017-05-19 | *Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off Chesapeake, VA | 23 / 34 (619.8748) | 26 (150.8344) | 26 (143.9776) | 13 (161.0856) | 5 (163.9772) |
| 2015-05-15 | Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off Chesapeake, VA | 29 / 36 (599.2576) | 3 (172.0116) | 33 (136.4916) | 35 (132.5028) | 17 (158.2516) |