The comeback
4 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4 years, then back at Gilroy Garli-Que Challenge (2017-07-28).
- last seen 2013-07-20
- back 2017-07-28
Royal Smokin' Hot BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1516
peak 1516 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-06-28
latest 2017-07-28
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 39%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
643.03
last 3 Master vs avg 643.03 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.79
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.14 · weakest Brisket (155.78)
Road miles
241
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 80 mi
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1531)
Master avg
643.03 / 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.
Royal Smokin' Hot 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 83 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.
#2622 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 30%
- Peak
- 1532
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Royal Smokin' Hot BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Royal Smokin' Hot BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2617 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2620 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1526
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#2616 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with Royal Smokin' Hot BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2608 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1523
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2621 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 100%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
6 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 170.8456 | 161.7140 | 165.14 | top 31% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 168.0344 | 152.5714 | 161.54 | top 43% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 162.8800 | 157.1430 | 160.58 | top 34% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 149.0856 | 155.78 | top 50% |
“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 35% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 46% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.1 yrs
2013-06-28 → 2017-07-28
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 165.14 · weakest Brisket (155.78)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
643.03
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
91
63–41 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
241
3 mapped stops · furthest 80 mi
Schedule strength
1531
average field rating faced — tougher than 23% of rated contests
Longest layoff
4 yrs
2013-07-20 → 2017-07-28
Power rating
1516
peak 1516 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Silicon Valley BBQ Championships
- First call Smokin' For Gold
- First overall top-10 Smokin' For Gold
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.5484 Smokin' For Gold
- Career-best overall score660.5484 Smokin' For Gold
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8456 Smokin' For Gold
- 2017
- Peak power rating (1516) Gilroy Garli-Que Challenge
- Most recent contest Gilroy Garli-Que Challenge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.8 | Smokin' For Gold | 2013-07-20 |
| +2.9 | Gilroy Garli-Que Challenge | 2017-07-28 |
| +2.1 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championships | 2013-06-28 |
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 50% | 89.1% | 89.1% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 33% | 91.7% | 89.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-28 | Gilroy Garli-Que Challenge Gilroy, CA | 13 / 26 (641.6912) | 12 (162.8456) | 6 (168.0344) | 10 (161.7256) | 22 (149.0856) |
| 2013-07-20 | Smokin' For Gold Placerville, CA | 5 / 25 (660.5484) | 2 (170.8456) | 10 (164.0000) | 5 (162.8800) | 4 (162.8228) |
| 2013-06-28 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championships Santa Clara, CA | 26 / 56 (626.8568) | 21 (161.7140) | 37 (152.5714) | 25 (157.1430) | 27 (155.4284) |