A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
HIGH DESERT HOLY SMOKE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
HIGH DESERT HOLY SMOKE BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Virdinski's Rub Shack
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-10-10
latest 2016-07-02
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 82%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
562.37
last 3 Master vs avg 562.37 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±70.39
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 163.45 · weakest Pork (106.65)
Road miles
251
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 244 mi
Schedule strength
26%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1535)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
562.37 / 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.
Virdinski's Rub Shack 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 152 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.
#4336 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1500
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Virdinski's Rub Shack)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Virdinski's Rub Shack has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4316 of the rated field
- Contests
- 45
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 22%
- Peak
- 1544
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Virdinski's Rub Shack)
They've been 1544 at their best, 68 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4324 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.
⚔ Head-to-head#4314 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with Virdinski's Rub Shack on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6572 | 143.9088 | 147.36 | top 85% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 174.3200 | 152.5828 | 163.45 | top 37% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.8572 | 20.0000 | 106.65 | top 85% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.0000 | 137.6112 | 144.91 | top 74% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| NM | 2 | 0 | top 73% |
| TX | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 81% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 84% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.7 yrs
2014-10-10 → 2016-07-02
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NM
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 163.45 · weakest Pork (106.65)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
562.37
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
74
19–79 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
251
3 mapped stops · furthest 244 mi
Schedule strength
1535
average field rating faced — tougher than 26% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2015-07-03 → 2016-07-02
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Bliss, Brews & Que
- First call Bliss, Brews & Que
- Peak power rating (1485) Bliss, Brews & Que
- 2016
- Career-best overall score630.8344 13th Annual Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.3200 13th Annual Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship
- Most recent contest 13th Annual Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.3 | Bliss, Brews & Que | 2014-10-10 |
| -8.6 | Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship | 2015-07-03 |
| -0.1 | 13th Annual Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship | 2016-07-02 |
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 61% | 87.6% | 87.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 82% | 82% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 100% | 64.7% | 64.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-02 | 13th Annual Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship 🏅 Rio Rancho, NM | 19 / 31 (630.8344) | 24 (153.6572) | 2 (174.3200) | 25 (150.8572) | 21 (152.0000) |
| 2015-07-03 | Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship 🏅 Rio Rancho, NM | 37 / 44 (590.7204) | 36 (143.9088) | 33 (152.5828) | 35 (149.0972) | 34 (145.1316) |
| 2014-10-10 | Bliss, Brews & Que Fort Bliss, TX | 26 / 26 (465.5652) | 25 (144.5140) | 8 (163.4400) | 25 (20.0000) | 20 (137.6112) |