A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Smokin Gringos BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Smokin Gringos BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
BACK DRAFT BBQ SC
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1469
peak 1469 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-08-29
latest 2015-11-13
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
609.73
last 4 Master vs avg 609.73 (-0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.25
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 156.11 · weakest Chicken (147.11)
Road miles
334
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 120 mi
Schedule strength
17%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1524)
Master avg
609.73 / 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.
BACK DRAFT BBQ SC 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 144 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.
#4616 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
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#4632 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after BACK DRAFT BBQ SC did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4636 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Level with BACK DRAFT BBQ SC on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4657 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
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#4615 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
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#4652 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
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 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 128.0112 | 147.11 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.0856 | 145.6572 | 156.11 | top 66% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 159.9884 | 151.4172 | 153.70 | top 78% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 142.7884 | 152.81 | top 68% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 82% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 79% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 79% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown | 2 | 20 | 0 | top 79% | 2015-11-13 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.2 yrs
2014-08-29 → 2015-11-13
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
SC
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 156.11 · weakest Chicken (147.11)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
609.73
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
131
34–127 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
334
4 mapped stops · furthest 120 mi
Schedule strength
1524
average field rating faced — tougher than 17% of rated contests
Power rating
1469
peak 1469 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Low Country Hog Fest
- First call Low Country Hog Fest
- Peak power rating (1490) Low Country Hog Fest
- 2015
- Career-best single call (Brisket)167.4400 SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)
- Career-best overall score634.1256 Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.8 | Low Country Hog Fest | 2014-08-29 |
| -9.7 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES REGISTRATION WILL BEGIN ON 6/15/2014) | 2014-11-14 |
| -6.5 | SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) | 2015-07-09 |
| -4.6 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown | 2015-11-13 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 75% | 88.1% | 87.6% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 85% | 82.6% | 81.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-11-13 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown Mount Pleasant, SC | 20 / 28 (634.1256) | 7 (166.2628) | 7 (165.0856) | 26 (151.4400) | 24 (151.3372) |
| 2015-07-09 | SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Greenwood, SC | 71 / 90 (626.6972) | 56 (161.6572) | 82 (145.6572) | 81 (151.9428) | 25 (167.4400) |
| 2014-11-14 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES REGISTRATION WILL BEGIN ON 6/15/2014) Charleston, SC | 26 / 30 (583.2680) | 28 (132.5024) | 22 (156.5600) | 23 (151.4172) | 25 (142.7884) |
| 2014-08-29 | Low Country Hog Fest Charleston, SC | 14 / 17 (594.8108) | 17 (128.0112) | 13 (157.1312) | 9 (159.9884) | 13 (149.6800) |