A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
J-CUE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1483
peak 1483 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-09-20
latest 2016-09-23
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 71%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
612.51
last 3 Master vs avg 612.51 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±3.09
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.52 · weakest Pork (143.02)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
9%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1513)
Master avg
612.51 / 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 strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Misfits of Meat 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.
J-CUE 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 128 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.
#3988 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to J-CUE)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — CHOPLICKERS BBQ ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#3983 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3990 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after J-CUE did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3972 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
Level with J-CUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3984 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3987 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1510
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7484 | 155.9656 | 161.52 | top 41% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1320 | 148.0232 | 152.93 | top 62% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9884 | 137.7028 | 143.02 | top 86% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2856 | 149.0972 | 155.04 | 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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oinktoberfest | 2 | 34 | 0 | top 70% | 2015-09-19 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2014-09-20 → 2016-09-23
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NY
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 161.52 · weakest Pork (143.02)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
612.51
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
99
50–119 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1513
average field rating faced — tougher than 9% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2015-09-19 → 2016-09-23
Power rating
1483
peak 1483 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Oinktoberfest
- Peak power rating (1493) Oinktoberfest
- 2015
- Career-best overall score616.5832 Oinktoberfest
- 2016
- First call Ointoberfest BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.7484 Ointoberfest BBQ Cookoff
- Most recent contest Ointoberfest BBQ Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.3 | Oinktoberfest | 2014-09-20 |
| -5.5 | Ointoberfest BBQ Cookoff | 2016-09-23 |
| -3.9 | Oinktoberfest | 2015-09-19 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 72% | 85% | 85% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 65% | 85.6% | 85.6% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 84.6% | 84.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-23 | Ointoberfest BBQ Cookoff Clarence, NY | 39 / 54 (611.8628) | 5 (169.7484) | 32 (153.6344) | 52 (139.3828) | 40 (149.0972) |
| 2015-09-19 | Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY | 34 / 52 (616.5832) | 25 (158.8344) | 43 (148.0232) | 35 (151.9884) | 20 (157.7372) |
| 2014-09-20 | Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY | 49 / 66 (609.0860) | 43 (155.9656) | 30 (157.1320) | 63 (137.7028) | 25 (158.2856) |