A tough matchup
3–1
behind in the head-to-head
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE ahead in 75% of their meetings
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
BBQ UNPLUGGED
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1499
peak 1502 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-06-28
latest 2015-09-11
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
630.64
last 4 Master vs avg 630.64 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.09
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 161.68 · weakest Brisket (153.12)
Road miles
184
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 92 mi
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)
Master avg
630.64 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
The comeback
1.6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.6 years, then back at 2nd Annual Pickin' N' Pullin BBQ Competition (2015-04-17).
- last seen 2013-09-06
- back 2015-04-17
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
TAILWIND BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
BBQ UNPLUGGED 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 125 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.
#3260 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BBQ UNPLUGGED)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BBQ UNPLUGGED has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3246 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1508
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#3261 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1499
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 17% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#3245 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with BBQ UNPLUGGED on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3266 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after BBQ UNPLUGGED did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3277 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1498
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 146.2628 | 157.43 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 162.8572 | 149.1316 | 158.42 | top 49% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 170.2744 | 151.9084 | 161.68 | top 37% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9772 | 146.2856 | 153.12 | top 60% |
“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 62% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 43% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.2 yrs
2013-06-28 → 2015-09-11
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
VA
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 161.68 · weakest Brisket (153.12)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
630.64
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
94
58–67 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
184
4 mapped stops · furthest 92 mi
Schedule strength
1533
average field rating faced — tougher than 24% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
2013-09-06 → 2015-04-17
Power rating
1499
peak 1502 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Hogging Up Virginia Bluegrass BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)
- First call Hogging Up Virginia Bluegrass BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)
- First overall top-10 Recovery Fest 2013
- 2015
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.5144 2nd Annual Pickin' N' Pullin BBQ Competition
- Career-best overall score652.5144 2nd Annual Pickin' N' Pullin BBQ Competition
- Peak power rating (1502) 2nd Annual Pickin' N' Pullin BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.2744 11th Annual Recovery Fest
- Most recent contest 11th Annual Recovery Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.8 | Recovery Fest 2013 | 2013-09-06 |
| +4.2 | 2nd Annual Pickin' N' Pullin BBQ Competition | 2015-04-17 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.7 | Hogging Up Virginia Bluegrass BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) | 2013-06-28 |
| -3.8 | 11th Annual Recovery Fest | 2015-09-11 |
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 58% | 90.6% | 88.3% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 56% | 87.3% | 86.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-09-11 | 11th Annual Recovery Fest Richmond, VA | 21 / 29 (618.7544) | 26 (146.2628) | 26 (149.1316) | 3 (170.2744) | 20 (153.0856) |
| 2015-04-17 | 2nd Annual Pickin' N' Pullin BBQ Competition Lanexa, VA | 20 / 46 (652.5144) | 19 (165.7144) | 19 (161.7028) | 16 (165.1200) | 19 (159.9772) |
| 2013-09-06 | Recovery Fest 2013 Richmond, VA | 10 / 28 (628.4456) | 4 (163.4400) | 7 (159.9772) | 14 (151.9084) | 11 (153.1200) |
| 2013-06-28 | Hogging Up Virginia Bluegrass BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Winchester, VA | 20 / 26 (622.8568) | 23 (154.2856) | 10 (162.8572) | 14 (159.4284) | 24 (146.2856) |