A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Sweet Heat BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Sweet Heat BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Virdinski's BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1485
peak 1485 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-06-28
latest 2015-06-26
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
616.89
last 3 Master vs avg 616.89 (-0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±26.62
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 159.23 · weakest Chicken (146.46)
Road miles
1
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
15%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1521)
Master avg
616.89 / 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.
Virdinski's BBQ 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 148 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.
#3890 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3881 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after Virdinski's BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Level with Virdinski's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3869 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3888 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3887 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2972 | 137.7144 | 146.46 | top 84% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 143.9884 | 155.04 | top 65% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 150.8572 | 159.23 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 170.8456 | 143.4282 | 156.16 | top 51% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin' On The Pecos | 2 | 36 | 0 | top 81% | 2015-06-26 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-06-28 → 2015-06-26
Busiest season
2015
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NM
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 159.23 · weakest Chicken (146.46)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
616.89
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
128
53–120 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1521
average field rating faced — tougher than 15% of rated contests
Power rating
1485
peak 1485 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Smokin' On the Pecos
- 2014
- First call Smokin' On The Pecos
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.9200 Smokin' On The Pecos
- Career-best overall score651.9200 Smokin' On The Pecos
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.7028 Smokin' On The Pecos
- Peak power rating (1492) Smokin' On The Pecos
- 2015
- Most recent contest Smokin' On The Pecos
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.6 | Smokin' On The Pecos | 2014-06-27 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.1 | Smokin' On the Pecos | 2013-06-28 |
| -6.2 | Smokin' On The Pecos | 2015-06-26 |
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 | 100% | top 75% | 84.9% | 84.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 47% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 81.6% | 81.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-26 | Smokin' On The Pecos Artesia, NM | 36 / 48 (611.3140) | 42 (143.3600) | 42 (143.9884) | 33 (153.1200) | 3 (170.8456) |
| 2014-06-27 | Smokin' On The Pecos Artesia, NM | 28 / 60 (651.9200) | 43 (158.2972) | 27 (165.7144) | 6 (173.7028) | 44 (154.2056) |
| 2013-06-28 | Smokin' On the Pecos Artesia, NM | 61 / 70 (587.4284) | 66 (137.7144) | 44 (155.4286) | 53 (150.8572) | 51 (143.4282) |