#2813 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1535
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headLocal Smoke
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1511
peak 1511 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-07-04
latest 2016-04-08
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 47%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
647.50
last 3 Master vs avg 647.50 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.54
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 162.41 · weakest Pork (161.11)
Road miles
2,312
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 2173 mi
Schedule strength
43%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1557)
Master avg
647.50 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
Local Smoke 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 99 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.
#2797 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Level with Local Smoke on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2795 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after Local Smoke did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#2799 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1517
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2792 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2806 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5716 | 154.2288 | 161.70 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 152.4916 | 162.11 | top 50% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1544 | 155.9544 | 161.11 | top 49% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 157.6456 | 162.41 | top 42% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DE | 2 | 0 | top 44% |
| AR | 1 | 0 | top 55% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 55% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 44% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.8 yrs
2014-07-04 → 2016-04-08
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
DE
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 162.41 · weakest Pork (161.11)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
647.50
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
136
93–71 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,312
4 mapped stops · furthest 2,173 mi
Schedule strength
1557
average field rating faced — tougher than 43% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.3 yrs
2014-07-04 → 2015-10-30
Power rating
1511
peak 1511 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest World Food Championships - World Barbecue Championship(Competitor's Series)
- 2014
- First call Que'n In The Park
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.4912 Que'n In The Park
- 2016
- Career-best overall score657.6348 Triple Threat BBQ, Beer and Music Festval
- Career-best single call (Chicken)168.5716 Triple Threat BBQ, Beer and Music Festval
- Peak power rating (1511) Triple Threat BBQ, Beer and Music Festval
- Most recent contest Triple Threat BBQ, Beer and Music Festval
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.9 | Triple Threat BBQ, Beer and Music Festval | 2016-04-08 |
| +1.1 | Que'n In The Park | 2014-07-04 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -0.3 | Boo B Que By the Sea | 2015-10-30 |
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 28% | 91.3% | 91.3% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 87.3% | 87.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 55% | 91.2% | 91.2% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-04-08 | Triple Threat BBQ, Beer and Music Festval Harrington, DE | 21 / 75 (657.6348) | 18 (168.5716) | 19 (167.4172) | 35 (159.3716) | 30 (162.2744) |
| 2015-10-30 | Boo B Que By the Sea Rehobeth Beach, DE | 35 / 59 (628.3660) | 44 (154.2288) | 27 (160.5372) | 34 (155.9544) | 28 (157.6456) |
| 2014-07-04 | Que'n In The Park Bryant, AR | 18 / 33 (656.4912) | 26 (162.2856) | 10 (167.9772) | 15 (163.9656) | 17 (162.2628) |
| 2013-11-07 | World Food Championships - World Barbecue Championship(Competitor's Series) Las Vegas, NV | — | — | 65 (152.4916) | 30 (165.1544) | 20 (167.4400) |