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.
LTR Roadkill Cafe
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1447
peak 1447 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-04-25
latest 2016-06-24
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 98%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
371.52
last 4 Master vs avg 371.52 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±170.60
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 152.59 · weakest Pork (85.99)
Road miles
149
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 148 mi
Schedule strength
18%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)
Master avg
371.52 / 720
4 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.
LTR Roadkill Cafe 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 106 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.
#5641 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1447
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#5637 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1447
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after LTR Roadkill Cafe did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#5634 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1447
No shared contest yet.
Level with LTR Roadkill Cafe on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5655 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
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#5642 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
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#5650 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
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-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.4056 | 138.8568 | 147.13 | top 88% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7716 | 137.1428 | 152.59 | top 74% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9884 | 20.0000 | 85.99 | top 93% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.1656 | 128.9372 | 136.49 | top 94% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin' On The Pecos | 2 | 44 | 0 | top 96% | 2016-06-24 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.2 yrs
2014-04-25 → 2016-06-24
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NM
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 152.59 · weakest Pork (85.99)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
371.52
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
166
5–205 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
149
4 mapped stops · furthest 148 mi
Schedule strength
1526
average field rating faced — tougher than 18% of rated contests
Power rating
1447
peak 1447 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1484) Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score615.4168 Smokin' On The Pecos
- 2015
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)161.7716 Smokin' On The Pecos
- 2016
- Most recent contest Smokin' On The Pecos
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -16 | Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship | 2014-04-25 |
| -13.5 | Smokin' On The Pecos | 2015-06-26 |
| -12.2 | Smokin' On The Pecos | 2016-06-24 |
| -11.8 | Smokin' On The Pecos | 2014-06-27 |
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 100% | 21.2% | 21.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 40.7% | 40.7% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 85.5% | 72.2% |
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 | 44 / 44 (152.5828) | — | 35 (152.5828) | — | — |
| 2015-06-26 | Smokin' On The Pecos Artesia, NM | 48 / 48 (293.1316) | — | 26 (161.7716) | — | 48 (131.3600) |
| 2014-06-27 | Smokin' On The Pecos Artesia, NM | 55 / 60 (615.4168) | 52 (155.4056) | 43 (158.8572) | 51 (151.9884) | 53 (149.1656) |
| 2014-04-25 | Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship Midland, TX | 62 / 62 (424.9368) | 56 (138.8568) | 55 (137.1428) | 62 (20.0000) | 58 (128.9372) |