High-water mark
662.8228
career-best overall
92.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 662.8228 at City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival — 92.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-09-04
CLOUDSMOKER
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1505
peak 1505 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-08-31
latest 2016-09-03
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 50%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
642.21
last 4 Master vs avg 642.21 (-0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.28
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 165.28 · weakest Chicken (157.56)
Road miles
1
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
17%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1524)
Master avg
642.21 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BUTCHER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BUTCHER BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SMOKIN GOOD BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 17th
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.
CLOUDSMOKER 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 110 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.
#3010 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
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#3001 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#2985 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Level with CLOUDSMOKER on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3007 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 3 years before CLOUDSMOKER's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2982 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#3008 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.6172 | 153.6456 | 157.56 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 150.8572 | 161.11 | top 50% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 138.8456 | 158.25 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 160.0116 | 165.28 | top 24% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | 4 | 17 | 0 | top 50% | 2016-09-03 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2013-08-31 → 2016-09-03
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 165.28 · weakest Chicken (157.56)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
642.21
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
198
141–148 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1524
average field rating faced — tougher than 17% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2014-08-30 → 2015-09-04
Power rating
1505
peak 1505 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- 2015
- First call City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.8228 City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score662.8228 City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Brisket)171.4172 City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- 2016
- Peak power rating (1505) City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.2 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | 2015-09-04 |
| +4.5 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | 2016-09-03 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.4 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | 2013-08-31 |
| -3.8 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | 2014-08-30 |
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 | 0% | top 41% | 91.9% | 91.9% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 24% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 66% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 85% | 85% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-03 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 24 / 58 (661.5656) | 53 (153.6456) | 21 (167.9772) | 17 (170.8228) | 13 (169.1200) |
| 2015-09-04 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 17 / 70 (662.8228) | 33 (164.6172) | 28 (166.2400) | 44 (160.5484) | 8 (171.4172) |
| 2014-08-30 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 50 / 76 (632.5256) | 46 (158.2972) | 60 (150.8572) | 34 (162.8000) | 27 (160.5712) |
| 2013-08-31 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 61 / 89 (611.9200) | 62 (153.6800) | 41 (159.3828) | 82 (138.8456) | 25 (160.0116) |