A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Organizer Portal ahead in 100% of their meetings
Organizer Portal has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Holy Smoke BBQ Crew
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-03-15
latest 2015-03-13
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
628.47
last 3 Master vs avg 628.47 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.34
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.32 · weakest Brisket (143.00)
Road miles
5
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
13%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1518)
Master avg
628.47 / 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 I Smell Smoke 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.
Holy Smoke BBQ Crew 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 152 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.
#4317 of the rated field
- Contests
- 50
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 2%
- Peak
- 1540
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Holy Smoke BBQ Crew)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Holy Smoke BBQ Crew has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4324 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with Holy Smoke BBQ Crew on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4314 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Holy Smoke BBQ Crew did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4322 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
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 | 166.8568 | 164.5372 | 165.32 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 152.0000 | 161.32 | top 54% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1084 | 151.4282 | 158.83 | top 73% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.0744 | 133.7142 | 143.00 | top 94% |
“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 (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-03-15 → 2015-03-13
Busiest season
2015
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MS
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 165.32 · weakest Brisket (143.00)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
628.47
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
182
60–225 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
5
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1518
average field rating faced — tougher than 13% of rated contests
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.8568 Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
- Peak power rating (1487) Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
- 2014
- Career-best overall score642.1484 Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre
- 2015
- Most recent contest Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.3 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel | 2013-03-15 |
| -7.2 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel | 2015-03-13 |
| -3.5 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre | 2014-03-14 |
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 80% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 65% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 83.9% | 83.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-03-13 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS | 75 / 94 (639.2684) | 59 (164.5372) | 39 (165.7028) | 73 (159.9540) | 85 (149.0744) |
| 2014-03-14 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre Tupelo, MS | 62 / 95 (642.1484) | 45 (164.5600) | 33 (166.2628) | 51 (165.1084) | 88 (146.2172) |
| 2013-03-15 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS | 92 / 100 (603.9992) | 42 (166.8568) | 87 (152.0000) | 88 (151.4282) | 99 (133.7142) |