#3084 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
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-headSMOKE Q LONG TIME
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1503
peak 1506 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-06-05
latest 2015-09-25
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 54%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 168.57 · weakest Pork (159.97)
Road miles
51
mi across 4 mapped stops
Master avg
657.34 / 720
2 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.
SMOKE Q LONG TIME has 2 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 109 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.
#3071 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after SMOKE Q LONG TIME did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#3091 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKE Q LONG TIME on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3096 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
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#3081 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
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#3064 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 163.4172 | 167.99 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5488 | 153.0972 | 160.82 | top 70% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3828 | 156.5484 | 159.97 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1428 | 163.9884 | 168.57 | top 39% |
“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 (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.3 yrs
2015-06-05 → 2015-09-25
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 168.57 · weakest Pork (159.97)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
657.34
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
55
29–30 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
51
4 mapped stops
Power rating
1503
peak 1506 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Lincolnton Hog Happenin'
- 2015
- First call Hog Happenin' BBQ & Bike Fest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.1828 Hog Happenin' BBQ & Bike Fest
- Career-best overall score662.1828 Hog Happenin' BBQ & Bike Fest
- Career-best single call (Brisket)173.1428 Hog Happenin' BBQ & Bike Fest
- Most recent contest Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge
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 54% | 92% | 91.3% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-09-25 | Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge Newton, NC | 19 / 27 (652.5028) | 22 (163.4172) | 15 (168.5488) | 24 (156.5484) | 18 (163.9884) |
| 2015-06-05 | Hog Happenin' BBQ & Bike Fest Lincolnton, NC | 13 / 34 (662.1828) | 7 (172.5600) | 29 (153.0972) | 19 (163.3828) | 4 (173.1428) |
| 2014-09-26 | Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge Hickory, NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014-06-06 | Lincolnton Hog Happenin' Lincolnton, NC | — | — | — | — | — |