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.
Sarges Smokewagon
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1472
peak 1472 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-10-11
latest 2015-10-09
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
575.49
last 3 Master vs avg 575.49 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.31
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 154.66 · weakest Brisket (131.34)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
11%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1517)
Master avg
575.49 / 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.
Sarges Smokewagon 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 136 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.
#4502 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4525 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after Sarges Smokewagon did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4529 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Level with Sarges Smokewagon on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4514 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4501 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 32 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4533 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
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 | 153.1544 | 137.1428 | 147.04 | top 80% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148.5488 | 137.0972 | 142.45 | top 90% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2856 | 149.1772 | 154.66 | top 63% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148.5372 | 111.3148 | 131.34 | top 83% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 87% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 78% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bliss, Brews & Que | 3 | 21 | 0 | top 84% | 2015-10-09 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-10-11 → 2015-10-09
Busiest season
2015
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 154.66 · weakest Brisket (131.34)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
575.49
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
67
16–73 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1517
average field rating faced — tougher than 11% of rated contests
Power rating
1472
peak 1472 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Bliss Brews & Que
- Peak power rating (1487) Bliss Brews & Que
- 2014
- Career-best single call (Pork)158.2856 Bliss, Brews & Que
- 2015
- Career-best overall score592.5604 Bliss, Brews & Que
- Most recent contest Bliss, Brews & Que
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.3 | Bliss Brews & Que | 2013-10-11 |
| -8.3 | Bliss, Brews & Que | 2014-10-10 |
| -6.4 | Bliss, Brews & Que | 2015-10-09 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 82.3% | 82.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 77.4% | 77.4% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 80.1% | 80.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-09 | Bliss, Brews & Que Fort Bliss, TX | 31 / 40 (592.5604) | 25 (153.1544) | 36 (141.6916) | 30 (149.1772) | 24 (148.5372) |
| 2014-10-10 | Bliss, Brews & Que Fort Bliss, TX | 21 / 26 (557.5320) | 21 (150.8344) | 25 (137.0972) | 15 (158.2856) | 25 (111.3148) |
| 2013-10-11 | Bliss Brews & Que Fort Bliss, TX | 24 / 26 (576.3772) | 25 (137.1428) | 22 (148.5488) | 15 (156.5256) | 24 (134.1600) |