A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
SON OF SMOKE ahead in 100% of their meetings
SON OF SMOKE has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
RALEY'S BBQ PIT CREW
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1503
peak 1503 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-05-01
latest 2015-09-18
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 53%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
630.62
last 4 Master vs avg 630.62 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.70
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.14 · weakest Brisket (153.68)
Road miles
237
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 64 mi
Schedule strength
19%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)
Master avg
630.62 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of RBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
RALEY'S BBQ PIT CREW 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 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.
#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-head#3071 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after RALEY'S BBQ PIT CREW did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#3055 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Level with RALEY'S BBQ PIT CREW on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ 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-head#3083 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1507
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 | 167.4516 | 147.4168 | 155.41 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6800 | 147.9200 | 154.39 | top 64% |
| Pork | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 173.1428 | 161.7028 | 167.14 | top 22% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 163.9656 | 141.0744 | 153.68 | top 52% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 65% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 18% |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.4 yrs
2015-05-01 → 2015-09-18
Busiest season
2015
4 contests
Cooks most in
CA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 167.14 · weakest Brisket (153.68)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
630.62
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
90
73–66 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
237
4 mapped stops · furthest 64 mi
Schedule strength
1526
average field rating faced — tougher than 19% of rated contests
Power rating
1503
peak 1503 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship
- First call Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.1428 Grills N' Grilles- Nevada County United Way
- First overall top-10 Smoke on the River
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.3828 Smoke on the River
- Career-best overall score655.3828 Smoke on the River
- Peak power rating (1503) Smoke on the River
- Most recent contest Smoke on the River
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.2 | Smoke on the River | 2015-09-18 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.7 | Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship | 2015-05-01 |
| -0.7 | Wine Country Big Q | 2015-07-10 |
| -0.4 | Grills N' Grilles- Nevada County United Way | 2015-08-07 |
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 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75% | top 53% | 91% | 87.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-09-18 | Smoke on the River Sacramento, CA | 9 / 49 (655.3828) | 8 (167.4516) | 32 (153.1200) | 5 (170.8456) | 10 (163.9656) |
| 2015-08-07 | Grills N' Grilles- Nevada County United Way Penn Valley, CA | 14 / 24 (637.1200) | 24 (149.6800) | 15 (154.8456) | 2 (173.1428) | 8 (159.4516) |
| 2015-07-10 | Wine Country Big Q Rohnert Park, CA | 22 / 38 (631.8744) | 25 (157.0972) | 19 (161.6800) | 15 (162.8572) | 30 (150.2400) |
| 2015-05-01 | Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship Elk Grove, CA | 25 / 32 (598.1140) | 30 (147.4168) | 25 (147.9200) | 10 (161.7028) | 24 (141.0744) |