#4166 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headSmoking Section BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1479
peak 1479 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2013-05-18
latest 2014-09-13
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.98 · weakest Pork (138.54)
Road miles
19
mi across 2 mapped stops
Master avg
601.64 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
Smoking Section BBQ has 2 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 146 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.
#4143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smoking Section BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4169 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Smoking Section BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#4151 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 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#4144 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#4186 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2856 | 153.6684 | 159.98 | top 46% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2858 | 149.6800 | 153.98 | top 71% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144.5712 | 132.5028 | 138.54 | top 92% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.4288 | 142.8568 | 149.14 | top 71% |
“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 71% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 98% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.3 yrs
2013-05-18 → 2014-09-13
Busiest season
2014
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MA
2 of 2 contests
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 159.98 · weakest Pork (138.54)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 1 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 2 contests
Master average
601.64
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
63
9–62 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
19
2 mapped stops
Longest layoff
1.3 yrs
2013-05-18 → 2014-09-13
Power rating
1479
peak 1479 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival
- First call The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score611.9994 The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.2856 The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival
- 2014
- Most recent contest Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 82.1% | 82.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 71% | 85% | 85% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-09-13 | Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest Harvard, MA | 42 / 43 (591.2800) | 31 (153.6684) | 36 (149.6800) | 42 (132.5028) | 25 (155.4288) |
| 2013-05-18 | The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival Lexington, MA | 22 / 31 (611.9994) | 6 (166.2856) | 18 (158.2858) | 27 (144.5712) | 26 (142.8568) |