A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Smokey and the Pirate ahead in 100% of their meetings
Smokey and the Pirate has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
MEAT HUSTLE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1489
peak 1489 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-06-28
latest 2014-09-05
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
616.30
last 3 Master vs avg 616.30 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.33
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.52 · weakest Pork Ribs (149.49)
Road miles
153
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 66 mi
Schedule strength
13%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1519)
Master avg
616.30 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
MEAT HUSTLE 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.
#3712 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3666 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with MEAT HUSTLE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3698 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3697 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3683 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3677 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 156.5714 | 161.52 | top 48% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8572 | 144.4572 | 149.49 | top 74% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 164.5600 | 138.2856 | 151.03 | top 61% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7142 | 151.9544 | 154.27 | top 52% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 64% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 68% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.2 yrs
2013-06-28 → 2014-09-05
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 161.52 · weakest Pork Ribs (149.49)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
616.30
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
83
36–68 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
153
3 mapped stops · furthest 66 mi
Schedule strength
1519
average field rating faced — tougher than 13% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2013-07-20 → 2014-09-05
Power rating
1489
peak 1489 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Silicon Valley BBQ Championships
- First call Smokin' For Gold
- Career-best overall score639.4288 Smokin' For Gold
- Peak power rating (1498) Smokin' For Gold
- 2014
- Career-best single call (Chicken)165.1200 Smoke on the River
- Most recent contest Smoke on the River
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.2 | Smokin' For Gold | 2013-07-20 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.2 | Smoke on the River | 2014-09-05 |
| -4.9 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championships | 2013-06-28 |
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 | 100% | top 85% | 85% | 85% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 56% | 88.8% | 85.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-09-05 | Smoke on the River Sacramento, CA | 22 / 26 (611.7716) | 10 (165.1200) | 23 (144.4572) | 22 (150.2400) | 15 (151.9544) |
| 2013-07-20 | Smokin' For Gold Placerville, CA | 11 / 25 (639.4288) | 12 (162.8572) | 14 (158.8572) | 3 (164.5600) | 14 (153.1544) |
| 2013-06-28 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championships Santa Clara, CA | 38 / 56 (597.7138) | 32 (156.5714) | 44 (145.1426) | 49 (138.2856) | 24 (157.7142) |