A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
SMOKE SLAYERS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1498
peak 1498 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-06-28
latest 2014-06-27
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
619.57
last 3 Master vs avg 619.57 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±1.38
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.05 · weakest Brisket (146.64)
Road miles
341
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 114 mi
Schedule strength
16%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1523)
Master avg
619.57 / 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.
SMOKE SLAYERS 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 123 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.
#3268 of the rated field
- Contests
- 24
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1565
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SMOKE SLAYERS)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SMOKE SLAYERS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3295 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3261 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1499
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 17% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#3285 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKE SLAYERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3288 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3287 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 166.8572 | 167.05 | top 17% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1430 | 150.8344 | 157.89 | top 46% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6800 | 140.0000 | 147.98 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.0972 | 145.1200 | 146.64 | top 66% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silicon Valley BBQ Championships | 2 | 21 | 0 | top 51% | 2014-06-27 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2013-06-28 → 2014-06-27
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
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 167.05 · weakest Brisket (146.64)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
619.57
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
110
68–86 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
341
3 mapped stops · furthest 114 mi
Schedule strength
1523
average field rating faced — tougher than 16% of rated contests
Power rating
1498
peak 1498 · #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 Silicon Valley BBQ Championships
- Career-best overall score621.0288 The Great American Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Chicken)167.4172 The Great American Cookoff
- 2014
- Peak power rating (1498) Silicon Valley BBQ Championships
- Most recent contest Silicon Valley BBQ Championships
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.9 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championships | 2014-06-27 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.6 | The Great American Cookoff | 2013-07-26 |
| -2 | 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 44% | 86.1% | 86.1% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 62% | 86.3% | 86% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-06-27 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championships Santa Clara, CA | 21 / 48 (619.9544) | 5 (166.8800) | 20 (157.6916) | 34 (150.2628) | 32 (145.1200) |
| 2013-07-26 | The Great American Cookoff Woodlake, CA | 35 / 53 (621.0288) | 13 (167.4172) | 39 (150.8344) | 40 (153.6800) | 36 (149.0972) |
| 2013-06-28 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championships Santa Clara, CA | 33 / 56 (617.7144) | 9 (166.8572) | 13 (165.1430) | 46 (140.0000) | 35 (145.7142) |