A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SON OF SMOKE ahead in 100% of their meetings
SON OF SMOKE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
WINE WITH SWINE BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1486
peak 1486 · 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
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
596.86
last 3 Master vs avg 596.86 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.24
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 154.83 · weakest Brisket (143.59)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
18%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1525)
Master avg
596.86 / 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.
WINE WITH SWINE 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 150 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 WINE WITH SWINE 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 WINE WITH SWINE 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 | 157.1428 | 145.1428 | 152.37 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.8572 | 145.0744 | 146.07 | top 79% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2854 | 150.8340 | 154.83 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2516 | 125.1428 | 143.59 | top 69% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silicon Valley BBQ Championships | 3 | 28 | 0 | top 70% | 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
CA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 154.83 · weakest Brisket (143.59)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
596.86
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
105
45–105 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1525
average field rating faced — tougher than 18% of rated contests
Power rating
1486
peak 1486 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Silicon Valley BBQ Championships
- Career-best single call (Pork)158.2854 Silicon Valley BBQ Championships
- Peak power rating (1491) Silicon Valley BBQ Championships
- 2015
- Career-best overall score609.5200 Silicon Valley BBQ Championships
- Most recent contest Silicon Valley BBQ Championships
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championships | 2013-06-28 |
| -4.8 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championships | 2015-06-26 |
| -0.7 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championships | 2014-06-27 |
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 | 0% | top 71% | 84.7% | 84.7% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 58% | 84.1% | 84.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 79.9% | 79.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-26 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championships Santa Clara, CA | 35 / 49 (609.5200) | 30 (154.8112) | 40 (145.0744) | 30 (155.3828) | 26 (154.2516) |
| 2014-06-27 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championships Santa Clara, CA | 28 / 48 (605.6340) | 16 (157.1428) | 39 (146.2744) | 33 (150.8340) | 27 (151.3828) |
| 2013-06-28 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championships Santa Clara, CA | 45 / 56 (575.4282) | 47 (145.1428) | 41 (146.8572) | 23 (158.2854) | 54 (125.1428) |