A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
THE REAL SMOKIN ACES ahead in 100% of their meetings
THE REAL SMOKIN ACES has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
KEVIN'S HOUSE OF SMOKE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1471
peak 1471 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-05-15
latest 2015-08-21
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 87%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
608.29
last 3 Master vs avg 608.29 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.57
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 158.06 · weakest Pork (149.50)
Road miles
81
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 42 mi
Schedule strength
26%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1535)
Master avg
608.29 / 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.
KEVIN'S HOUSE OF SMOKE 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 131 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.
#4558 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4566 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1507 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4568 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2015.
⚔ Head-to-head#4545 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Level with KEVIN'S HOUSE OF SMOKE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4537 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1501 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4546 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 | 161.7144 | 152.5028 | 158.06 | top 72% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1428 | 140.5260 | 149.70 | top 85% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8460 | 132.0000 | 149.50 | top 80% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2744 | 147.3716 | 151.03 | top 79% |
“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
2015-05-15 → 2015-08-21
Busiest season
2015
3 contests
Cooks most in
MI
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 158.06 · weakest Pork (149.50)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
608.29
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
55
12–72 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
81
3 mapped stops · furthest 42 mi
Schedule strength
1535
average field rating faced — tougher than 26% of rated contests
Power rating
1471
peak 1471 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest WBA Pork In The Park
- Peak power rating (1488) WBA Pork In The Park
- Career-best single call (Chicken)161.7144 7th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off
- Career-best overall score614.6628 Blues, Brews & Barbecue
- Most recent contest Blues, Brews & Barbecue
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.8 | WBA Pork In The Park | 2015-05-15 |
| -9.6 | 7th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off | 2015-06-19 |
| -7.3 | Blues, Brews & Barbecue | 2015-08-21 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 85.4% | 84.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-08-21 | Blues, Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI | 27 / 33 (614.6628) | 31 (152.5028) | 24 (157.1428) | 20 (157.6456) | 28 (147.3716) |
| 2015-06-19 | 7th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off Auburn Hills, MI | 28 / 32 (612.5380) | 19 (161.7144) | 32 (140.5260) | 25 (158.8460) | 28 (151.4516) |
| 2015-05-15 | WBA Pork In The Park Wyandotte, MI | 20 / 22 (597.6572) | 14 (159.9656) | 18 (151.4172) | 22 (132.0000) | 14 (154.2744) |