A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Big D's BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Big D's BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Smoking Hose
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1477
peak 1477 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2023-11-03
latest 2025-10-24
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
617.18
last 3 Master vs avg 617.18 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±31.71
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 156.56 · weakest Brisket (150.05)
Road miles
2
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
55%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)
Purse competed for
$30K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
617.18 / 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.
Smoking Hose 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 133 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.
#4234 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4251 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smoking Hose on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4257 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Smoking Hose's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4245 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2017, 6 years before Smoking Hose's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4229 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Smoking Hose's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4232 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before Smoking Hose's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5600 | 152.5372 | 156.56 | top 85% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3828 | 147.3372 | 155.94 | top 83% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1084 | 137.7144 | 154.64 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4060 | 134.7772 | 150.05 | top 83% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition | 2 | 23 | 0 | top 77% | 2025-10-24 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2023-11-03 → 2025-10-24
Busiest season
2025
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
LA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 156.56 · weakest Brisket (150.05)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
617.18
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
60
15–73 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1570
average field rating faced — tougher than 55% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$30,250
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1477
peak 1477 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition
- Peak power rating (1487) VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition
- 2024
- Career-best overall score641.0056 VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition
- 2025
- Career-best single call (Pork)165.1084 VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition
- Most recent contest VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.5 | VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition | 2023-11-03 |
| -6.7 | VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition | 2024-10-25 |
| -2.3 | VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition | 2025-10-24 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 89% | 89% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 79.5% | 79.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-24 | VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition 🏅 Vidalia, LA | 23 / 33 (638.1832) | 26 (156.5828) | 24 (157.0860) | 22 (165.1084) | 24 (159.4060) |
| 2024-10-25 | VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition 🏅 Vidalia, LA | 26 / 31 (641.0056) | 26 (160.5600) | 25 (163.3828) | 25 (161.1084) | 25 (155.9544) |
| 2023-11-03 | VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition 🏅 Vidalia, LA | 27 / 27 (572.3660) | 25 (152.5372) | 26 (147.3372) | 27 (137.7144) | 26 (134.7772) |