A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
PIG ON FIRE ahead in 100% of their meetings
PIG ON FIRE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Bunch of Dumbies
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1492
peak 1492 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-11-14
latest 2017-11-10
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 64%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
633.74
last 3 Master vs avg 633.74 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.54
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 161.52 · weakest Pork (150.41)
Road miles
4
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
17%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1525)
Master avg
633.74 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown(PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) (2017-11-10).
- last seen 2015-11-13
- back 2017-11-10
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.
Bunch of Dumbies 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 139 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.
#3556 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3538 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after Bunch of Dumbies did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3551 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Level with Bunch of Dumbies on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3522 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3537 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3527 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
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 | 162.8000 | 157.1200 | 160.53 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 155.4400 | 161.52 | top 48% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5028 | 139.3484 | 150.41 | top 84% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 152.5028 | 161.28 | top 47% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown(PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) | 3 | 15 | 0 | top 64% | 2017-11-10 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2014-11-14 → 2017-11-10
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
SC
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 161.52 · weakest Pork (150.41)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
633.74
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
57
30–50 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
4
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1525
average field rating faced — tougher than 17% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2015-11-13 → 2017-11-10
Power rating
1492
peak 1492 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES REGISTRATION WILL BEGIN ON 6/15/2014)
- Peak power rating (1495) Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES REGISTRATION WILL BEGIN ON 6/15/2014)
- 2015
- First call Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown
- Career-best overall score643.8856 Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown
- Career-best single call (Brisket)166.8228 Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown
- 2017
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown(PALMETTO BBQ SERIES)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.6 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES REGISTRATION WILL BEGIN ON 6/15/2014) | 2014-11-14 |
| -2.1 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown | 2015-11-13 |
| -1.2 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown(PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) | 2017-11-10 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 60% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 61% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 86% | 86% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-11-10 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown(PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) Mt. Pleasant, SC | 15 / 25 (638.1256) | 15 (161.6572) | 18 (155.4400) | 18 (156.5028) | 10 (164.5256) |
| 2015-11-13 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown Mount Pleasant, SC | 17 / 28 (643.8856) | 20 (157.1200) | 8 (164.5600) | 22 (155.3828) | 9 (166.8228) |
| 2014-11-14 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES REGISTRATION WILL BEGIN ON 6/15/2014) Charleston, SC | 21 / 30 (619.2112) | 14 (162.8000) | 13 (164.5600) | 30 (139.3484) | 21 (152.5028) |