High-water mark
685.6228
career-best overall
95.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 685.6228 at *Low Country Hog Fest — 95.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2016-09-02
PIONEER SMOKERS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1515
peak 1524 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-07-29
latest 2017-07-28
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 45%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
672.66
last 3 Master vs avg 672.66 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±13.78
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.97 · weakest Pork (165.49)
Road miles
33
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
64%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1581)
Master avg
672.66 / 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
CONTAGIOUS Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
CONTAGIOUS Q has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
PIONEER SMOKERS 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 81 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.
#2637 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2642 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after PIONEER SMOKERS did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#2620 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1526
No shared contest yet.
Level with PIONEER SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ 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-head#2635 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2627 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 168.5256 | 171.97 | top 25% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 162.8344 | 168.17 | top 50% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 173.1200 | 160.5144 | 165.49 | top 59% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4400 | 158.2516 | 167.04 | top 45% |
“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.
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2016-07-29 → 2017-07-28
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
SC
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 171.97 · weakest Pork (165.49)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
67%
2 of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
672.66
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
56
40–30 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
33
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1581
average field rating faced — tougher than 64% of rated contests
Power rating
1515
peak 1524 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Shrine Lake & Bluesgrass Festival
- First call Smoke on the Shrine Lake & Bluesgrass Festival
- First overall top-10 Smoke on the Shrine Lake & Bluesgrass Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score678.7768 Smoke on the Shrine Lake & Bluesgrass Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4056 Smoke on the Shrine Lake & Bluesgrass Festival
- First overall podium *Low Country Hog Fest
- Career-best overall score685.6228 *Low Country Hog Fest
- Peak power rating (1524) *Low Country Hog Fest
- 2017
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Shrine Lake & Bluegrass Festival (PALMETTO BBQ SERIES)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15 | *Low Country Hog Fest | 2016-09-02 |
| +8.7 | Smoke on the Shrine Lake & Bluesgrass Festival | 2016-07-29 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.3 | Smoke on the Shrine Lake & Bluegrass Festival (PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) | 2017-07-28 |
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 88% | 90.8% | 90.8% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 24% | 95.2% | 94.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-28 | Smoke on the Shrine Lake & Bluegrass Festival (PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) Summerville, SC | 22 / 25 (653.5776) | 6 (171.9772) | 21 (162.8344) | 23 (160.5144) | 21 (158.2516) |
| 2016-09-02 | *Low Country Hog Fest Charleston, SC | 3 / 26 (685.6228) | 7 (168.5256) | 4 (172.5600) | 2 (173.1200) | 4 (171.4172) |
| 2016-07-29 | Smoke on the Shrine Lake & Bluesgrass Festival Summerville, SC | 8 / 22 (678.7768) | 5 (175.4056) | 11 (169.1084) | 17 (162.8228) | 8 (171.4400) |