A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
CLARK CREW BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
CLARK CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Honkytonk Smokers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1514
peak 1514 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-02-26
latest 2016-06-24
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 40%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
653.06
last 3 Master vs avg 653.06 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.06
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.46 · weakest Brisket (159.02)
Road miles
541
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 540 mi
Schedule strength
29%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1539)
Master avg
653.06 / 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.
Honkytonk Smokers 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 96 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.
#2665 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1521
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Honkytonk Smokers)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Honkytonk Smokers has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2648 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2653 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Honkytonk Smokers did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#2658 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Level with Honkytonk Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2666 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2652 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3944 | 160.5372 | 162.26 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 164.5600 | 166.46 | top 35% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.0228 | 161.6340 | 165.31 | top 30% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5256 | 153.7256 | 159.02 | 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.
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.3 yrs
2015-02-26 → 2016-06-24
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 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 166.46 · weakest Brisket (159.02)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
653.06
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
130
93–57 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
541
3 mapped stops · furthest 540 mi
Schedule strength
1539
average field rating faced — tougher than 29% of rated contests
Power rating
1514
peak 1514 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- First call Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.2172 Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- Career-best overall score662.2172 Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- Career-best single call (Pork)172.0228 Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- 2016
- Peak power rating (1514) Smokin' On The Pecos
- Most recent contest Smokin' On The Pecos
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.2 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | 2015-02-26 |
| +6.1 | Smokin' On The Pecos | 2015-06-26 |
| +1 | Smokin' On The Pecos | 2016-06-24 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 52% | 89.6% | 89.6% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 34% | 92% | 91.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-24 | Smokin' On The Pecos Artesia, NM | 23 / 44 (645.0396) | 25 (162.8456) | 18 (166.8344) | 18 (161.6340) | 31 (153.7256) |
| 2015-06-26 | Smokin' On The Pecos Artesia, NM | 17 / 48 (651.9084) | 25 (160.5372) | 19 (164.5600) | 20 (162.2856) | 12 (164.5256) |
| 2015-02-26 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX | 20 / 61 (662.2172) | 29 (163.3944) | 15 (167.9772) | 5 (172.0228) | 34 (158.8228) |