A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKIN SKULLIES ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKIN SKULLIES has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Pig Whistle
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1466
peak 1466 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-06-21
latest 2014-10-10
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 82%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
622.37
last 4 Master vs avg 622.37 (-0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.64
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.85 · weakest Brisket (145.12)
Road miles
189
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 33 mi
Schedule strength
14%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1521)
Master avg
622.37 / 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
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of OAK CITY SMOKEHOUSE in 3 of their 4 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.
Pig Whistle 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 134 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.
#4800 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#4830 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
Level with Pig Whistle on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4832 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
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#4814 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
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#4840 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#4818 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
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-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.6056 | 155.9428 | 161.85 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1084 | 143.9888 | 156.12 | top 66% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1544 | 150.8000 | 159.27 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8344 | 126.8116 | 145.12 | top 82% |
“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.
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 78% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 83% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peak City Pig Fest | 2 | 28 | 0 | top 82% | 2014-06-20 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.3 yrs
2013-06-21 → 2014-10-10
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 161.85 · weakest Brisket (145.12)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
622.37
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
123
34–154 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
189
4 mapped stops · furthest 33 mi
Schedule strength
1521
average field rating faced — tougher than 14% of rated contests
Power rating
1466
peak 1466 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Peak City Pig Fest
- Career-best overall score629.7138 Peak City Pig Fest
- Peak power rating (1492) Peak City Pig Fest
- First call Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down
- Career-best single call (Pork)169.1544 Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down
- 2014
- Most recent contest Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.9 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down | 2013-10-11 |
| -9.5 | Peak City Pig Fest | 2014-06-20 |
| -8.3 | Peak City Pig Fest | 2013-06-21 |
| -3.3 | Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown | 2014-10-10 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 87.4% | 87.3% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 86% | 87.5% | 85.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-10-10 | Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown Rocky Mount, NC | 37 / 53 (627.9084) | 21 (164.6056) | 37 (157.6684) | 44 (150.8000) | 39 (154.8344) |
| 2014-06-20 | Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC | 41 / 48 (629.6000) | 46 (155.9428) | 14 (165.1084) | 25 (162.2744) | 45 (146.2744) |
| 2013-10-11 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC | 52 / 55 (602.2520) | 28 (162.2972) | 55 (143.9888) | 5 (169.1544) | 52 (126.8116) |
| 2013-06-21 | Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC | 28 / 36 (629.7138) | 17 (164.5712) | 24 (157.7142) | 30 (154.8570) | 24 (152.5714) |