A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Patapsco Valley Smokers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1479
peak 1479 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-04-19
latest 2014-05-09
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
598.85
last 3 Master vs avg 598.85 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.61
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 157.72 · weakest Brisket (143.43)
Road miles
185
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 62 mi
Schedule strength
7%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1510)
Master avg
598.85 / 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.
Patapsco Valley Smokers 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 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.
#4148 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Patapsco Valley Smokers)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Patapsco Valley Smokers has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#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 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Level with Patapsco Valley Smokers 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 Patapsco Valley Smokers 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 3.
⚔ 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-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2972 | 157.1544 | 157.72 | top 46% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9428 | 139.9998 | 147.81 | top 69% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4628 | 142.8568 | 149.89 | top 65% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148.0228 | 138.8456 | 143.43 | top 80% |
“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
1.1 yrs
2013-04-19 → 2014-05-09
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MD
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 157.72 · weakest Brisket (143.43)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
598.85
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
172
45–161 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
185
3 mapped stops · furthest 62 mi
Schedule strength
1510
average field rating faced — tougher than 7% of rated contests
Power rating
1479
peak 1479 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival
- Peak power rating (1488) Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival
- 2014
- Career-best overall score608.0800 Pork In The Park BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)159.4628 Pork In The Park BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Pork In The Park BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12 | Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival | 2013-04-19 |
| -5.5 | 12th Annual Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2013-08-09 |
| -3.2 | Pork In The Park BBQ Festival | 2014-05-09 |
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 65% | 84.5% | 84.5% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 84% | 82.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-09 | Pork In The Park BBQ Festival Salisbury, MD | 28 / 43 (608.0800) | 20 (158.2972) | 23 (151.4744) | 14 (159.4628) | 38 (138.8456) |
| 2013-08-09 | 12th Annual Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | 43 / 60 (604.4800) | 27 (157.1544) | 39 (151.9428) | 46 (147.3600) | 42 (148.0228) |
| 2013-04-19 | Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival Salisbury, MD | 93 / 106 (583.9994) | 50 (157.7144) | 94 (139.9998) | 91 (142.8568) | 87 (143.4284) |