A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
HABITUAL SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
HABITUAL SMOKERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Dirty Buzzards
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
2013-05-10
latest 2015-05-08
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 88%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
605.63
last 3 Master vs avg 605.63 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.03
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 155.80 · weakest Brisket (146.08)
Road miles
14
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)
Master avg
605.63 / 720
3 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 Ram Country BBQ 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.
Dirty Buzzards 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 129 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.
#4564 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Dirty Buzzards)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Dirty Buzzards has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#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#4533 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Dirty Buzzards did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ 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.
Level with Dirty Buzzards on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4545 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 | 158.2858 | 154.2744 | 155.80 | top 85% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6916 | 143.3944 | 153.12 | top 79% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.7142 | 147.3484 | 150.63 | top 89% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148.0000 | 144.5144 | 146.08 | top 93% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boots & BBQ Festival | 2 | 27 | 0 | top 90% | 2015-05-08 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-05-10 → 2015-05-08
Busiest season
2015
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OK
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
Chicken
averages 155.80 · weakest Brisket (146.08)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
605.63
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
65
11–80 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
14
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1552
average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests
Power rating
1471
peak 1471 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Boots & BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1489) Boots & BBQ Festival
- 2014
- Career-best overall score615.3032 Boots & BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)165.6916 Boots & BBQ Festival
- 2015
- Most recent contest Boots & BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.8 | Boots & BBQ Festival | 2013-05-10 |
| -9.4 | Boots & BBQ Festival | 2015-05-08 |
| -8.4 | Boots & BBQ Festival | 2014-05-09 |
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 93% | 82.4% | 82.4% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-05-08 | Boots & BBQ Festival Claremore, OK | 27 / 29 (593.5772) | 28 (154.8344) | 28 (143.3944) | 28 (147.3484) | 28 (148.0000) |
| 2014-05-09 | Boots & BBQ Festival Claremore, OK | 25 / 29 (615.3032) | 25 (154.2744) | 16 (165.6916) | 27 (150.8228) | 28 (144.5144) |
| 2013-05-10 | Boots & BBQ Festival Claremore, OK | 31 / 36 (608.0002) | 26 (158.2858) | 31 (150.2860) | 28 (153.7142) | 31 (145.7142) |