The comeback
2.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.2 years, then back at Marietta River City BBQ (2016-06-10).
- last seen 2014-04-03
- back 2016-06-10
HOLY SMOKES BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1464
peak 1464 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-09-13
latest 2018-04-27
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
493.87
last 4 Master vs avg 493.87 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±109.62
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 153.30 · weakest Pork Ribs (99.94)
Road miles
1,432
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 639 mi
Schedule strength
30%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1540)
Master avg
493.87 / 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.
HOLY SMOKES BBQ 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 132 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.
#4928 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
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#4934 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after HOLY SMOKES BBQ did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#4914 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
Level with HOLY SMOKES BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4900 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
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#4893 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
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#4902 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5256 | 150.8456 | 153.30 | top 90% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143.3372 | 20.0000 | 99.94 | top 97% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5372 | 139.3828 | 150.07 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4744 | 138.8116 | 149.13 | top 86% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GA | 2 | 0 | top 68% |
| OH | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| MI | 1 | 0 | top 98% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 79% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 98% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.6 yrs
2013-09-13 → 2018-04-27
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 153.30 · weakest Pork Ribs (99.94)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
493.87
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
133
23–112 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,432
4 mapped stops · furthest 639 mi
Schedule strength
1540
average field rating faced — tougher than 30% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2.2 yrs
2014-04-03 → 2016-06-10
Power rating
1464
peak 1464 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1485) Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
- 2014
- Career-best overall score598.6404 Smokin on the River (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)
- 2016
- Career-best single call (Brisket)163.4744 Marietta River City BBQ
- 2018
- Most recent contest *BBQ Boogie & Blues
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.9 | *BBQ Boogie & Blues | 2018-04-27 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.6 | Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival | 2013-09-13 |
| -13.4 | Marietta River City BBQ | 2016-06-10 |
| -12.8 | Smokin on the River (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) | 2014-04-03 |
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 39% | 44.2% | 44.2% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 67.5% | 67.5% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 83.1% | 83.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 79.5% | 79.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-27 | *BBQ Boogie & Blues Calhoun, GA | 11 / 28 (318.1712) | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-06-10 | Marietta River City BBQ Marietta, OH | 20 / 20 (486.2972) | 20 (152.5372) | 20 (20.0000) | 20 (150.2856) | 15 (163.4744) |
| 2014-04-03 | Smokin on the River (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Summerville, GA | 29 / 30 (598.6404) | 26 (156.5256) | 30 (136.4804) | 16 (160.5372) | 28 (145.0972) |
| 2013-09-13 | Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI | 46 / 47 (572.3772) | 39 (150.8456) | 43 (143.3372) | 44 (139.3828) | 42 (138.8116) |