A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Nice Ashes
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1491
peak 1491 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-06-21
latest 2015-06-26
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 58%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
628.73
last 4 Master vs avg 628.73 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±2.00
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 158.96 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.11)
Road miles
9
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
4%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1505)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
628.73 / 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 All Fired Up 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.
Nice Ashes 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 145 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.
#3619 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Nice Ashes)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Nice Ashes has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3593 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Nice Ashes)
12 contests to 4: their number has had years to settle where Nice Ashes's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#3573 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 13 years after Nice Ashes did, first appearing in 2026.
⚔ Head-to-head#3620 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with Nice Ashes on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3574 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
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#3610 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1516
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 151.3712 | 157.69 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2972 | 147.3600 | 155.11 | top 64% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 151.3712 | 158.96 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2856 | 152.4916 | 156.96 | top 48% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 3 | 92 | 0 | top 55% | 2015-06-26 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-06-21 → 2015-06-26
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 158.96 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.11)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
628.73
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
360
282–378 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
9
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1505
average field rating faced — tougher than 4% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Power rating
1491
peak 1491 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Peak power rating (1499) Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- 2014
- Career-best overall score631.8052 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)167.9656 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- 2015
- Most recent contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.5 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2014-06-27 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.4 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | 2013-09-27 |
| -3.6 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2015-06-26 |
| -0.8 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2013-06-21 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 63% | 87% | 87% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 50% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 60% | 87.4% | 87.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-26 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 116 / 183 (626.6516) | 38 (166.8572) | 163 (147.3600) | 99 (159.9428) | 119 (152.4916) |
| 2014-06-27 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 92 / 184 (631.8052) | 155 (151.3712) | 118 (154.8000) | 25 (167.9656) | 72 (157.6684) |
| 2013-09-27 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 77 / 114 (627.3140) | 90 (154.2628) | 31 (166.2972) | 91 (151.3712) | 67 (155.3828) |
| 2013-06-21 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 97 / 183 (629.1424) | 96 (158.2858) | 135 (151.9998) | 109 (156.5712) | 53 (162.2856) |