A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKE SHOW ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKE SHOW has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Half Fast Smokin
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1466
peak 1466 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-07-11
latest 2017-07-07
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 82%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
589.39
last 4 Master vs avg 589.39 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.64
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 152.38 · weakest Brisket (143.35)
Road miles
15
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
22%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1530)
Master avg
589.39 / 720
4 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 strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Keith's BBQ Beast 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.
Half Fast Smokin 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 142 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.
#4796 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
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#4800 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
Level with Half Fast Smokin on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4830 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1466
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#4832 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
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#4814 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
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#4818 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.9372 | 134.6628 | 146.10 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5256 | 143.9656 | 147.56 | top 82% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3600 | 144.5372 | 152.38 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148.4912 | 134.1828 | 143.35 | 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 80% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 85% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival | 2 | 25 | 0 | top 80% | 2017-07-07 |
| Wine Country Big Q | 2 | 33 | 0 | top 85% | 2015-07-10 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2014-07-11 → 2017-07-07
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 152.38 · weakest Brisket (143.35)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
589.39
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
114
29–137 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
15
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1530
average field rating faced — tougher than 22% of rated contests
Power rating
1466
peak 1466 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Wine Country Big Q
- Career-best overall score606.2400 Wine Country Big Q
- Career-best single call (Chicken)162.9372 Wine Country Big Q
- Peak power rating (1493) Wine Country Big Q
- 2017
- Most recent contest Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.8 | Wine Country Big Q | 2015-07-10 |
| -11.2 | Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival | 2017-07-07 |
| -6.7 | Wine Country Big Q | 2014-07-11 |
| -3.1 | Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival | 2016-07-08 |
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 | 0% | top 94% | 80.8% | 80.8% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 66% | 83.6% | 83.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 78.8% | 78.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 84.2% | 84.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-07 | Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival Petaluma, CA | 47 / 50 (581.5196) | 43 (144.5256) | 45 (143.9656) | 45 (144.5372) | 42 (148.4912) |
| 2016-07-08 | Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival Petaluma, CA | 25 / 38 (602.1028) | 34 (142.2744) | 23 (152.5256) | 18 (159.3600) | 23 (147.9428) |
| 2015-07-10 | Wine Country Big Q Rohnert Park, CA | 36 / 38 (567.7028) | 37 (134.6628) | 34 (148.0460) | 32 (150.8112) | 35 (134.1828) |
| 2014-07-11 | Wine Country Big Q Rohnert Park, CA | 33 / 44 (606.2400) | 22 (162.9372) | 38 (145.7028) | 28 (154.8228) | 34 (142.7772) |