A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
HECTOR'S SMOKE HOUSE ahead in 100% of their meetings
HECTOR'S SMOKE HOUSE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
BATO BROTHERS BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-02-05
latest 2018-02-03
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
597.63
last 3 Master vs avg 597.63 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.01
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 160.18 · weakest Chicken (143.61)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
5%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1506)
Master avg
597.63 / 720
3 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.
BATO BROTHERS BBQ 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 146 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.
#4455 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1473
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BATO BROTHERS BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BATO BROTHERS BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4469 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Level with BATO BROTHERS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after BATO BROTHERS BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4462 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2972 | 132.5372 | 143.61 | top 91% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 165.1428 | 154.2284 | 160.18 | top 35% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8572 | 139.4056 | 146.64 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2284 | 143.4172 | 147.20 | top 78% |
“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 83% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 74% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2016-02-05 → 2018-02-03
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AU
1 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 160.18 · weakest Chicken (143.61)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
597.63
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
74
22–78 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1506
average field rating faced — tougher than 5% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2016-02-05 → 2017-02-04
Power rating
1474
peak 1474 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival
- First call The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1493) The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival
- 2017
- Career-best overall score615.3256 Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)165.1428 Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- 2018
- Most recent contest Melbourne Barbecue Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.4 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival | 2018-02-03 |
| -7.2 | The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival | 2016-02-05 |
| -6.9 | Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival | 2017-02-04 |
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 92% | 80.7% | 80.7% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 74% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 74% | 82.8% | 82.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-02-03 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourn, 8008 | 24 / 26 (581.0512) | 26 (144.0000) | 18 (154.2284) | 25 (139.4056) | 25 (143.4172) |
| 2017-02-04 | Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourne, 8008 | 32 / 43 (615.3256) | 31 (154.2972) | 7 (165.1428) | 43 (141.6572) | 28 (154.2284) |
| 2016-02-05 | The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival Melbourne, AU | 25 / 34 (596.5144) | 34 (132.5372) | 7 (161.1772) | 11 (158.8572) | 25 (143.9428) |