A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Alex's Place
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1480
peak 1480 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-05-25
latest 2014-05-24
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 74%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
605.04
last 3 Master vs avg 605.04 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.58
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 154.66 · weakest Brisket (148.72)
Road miles
108
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 36 mi
Schedule strength
5%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1507)
Master avg
605.04 / 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 RACK RUBBIN BBQ 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.
Alex's Place 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 150 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.
#4146 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Alex's Place)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Alex's Place has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4116 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4113 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after Alex's Place did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Level with Alex's Place on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ 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 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4126 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
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 | 166.3200 | 141.1424 | 154.66 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 141.1430 | 149.88 | top 62% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4288 | 143.4056 | 151.78 | top 63% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2512 | 140.0000 | 148.72 | top 70% |
“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
1 yrs
2013-05-25 → 2014-05-24
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NY
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 154.66 · weakest Brisket (148.72)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
605.04
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
147
62–171 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
108
3 mapped stops · furthest 36 mi
Schedule strength
1507
average field rating faced — tougher than 5% of rated contests
Power rating
1480
peak 1480 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Roc City Rib Fest
- Peak power rating (1489) Roc City Rib Fest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.3200 Oinktoberfest
- 2014
- Career-best overall score620.9256 Roc City Rib Fest
- Most recent contest Roc City Rib Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11 | Roc City Rib Fest | 2013-05-25 |
| -4.8 | Oinktoberfest | 2013-09-20 |
| -4.4 | Roc City Rib Fest | 2014-05-24 |
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 69% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 84.5% | 82.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-24 | Roc City Rib Fest Rochester, NY | 59 / 86 (620.9256) | 54 (156.5256) | 21 (163.9772) | 70 (148.5028) | 63 (151.9200) |
| 2013-09-20 | Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY | 48 / 71 (608.4908) | 15 (166.3200) | 53 (144.5140) | 64 (143.4056) | 40 (154.2512) |
| 2013-05-25 | Roc City Rib Fest Rochester, NY | 68 / 80 (585.7142) | 73 (141.1424) | 70 (141.1430) | 14 (163.4288) | 65 (140.0000) |