A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
HIGH DESERT HOLY SMOKE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
HIGH DESERT HOLY SMOKE BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Little Texas BBQ
Little Texas BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 21st of 26 at the Bliss Brews & Que (2013). They finished #2658 in the 2014 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1471
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jul 5, 2013
latest Jul 3, 2015 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±66.56
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 156.13 · weakest Pork Ribs (119.55)
Road miles
1,103
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 621 mi
Schedule strength
18%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1525)
Purse competed for
$8,000
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
572.64 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2658 (63 pts) | #2670 (63 pts) | #2674 (63 pts) | #2084 (93 pts) | #2075 (88 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Little Texas BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Little Texas BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 139 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,586 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to Little Texas BBQ)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — Brooks House of BBQ ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,588 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,587 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
They've been 1507 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,596 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
Level with Little Texas BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,615 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,609 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1200 | 146.2856 | 153.98 | top 75% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.5372 | 20 | 119.55 | top 74% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7028 | 150.8570 | 156.13 | top 61% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1656 | 127.3600 | 142.98 | top 79% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 76% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 82% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship | 2 | 27 | 0 | top 68% | Jul 3, 2015 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NM
3 of 5 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
94
finished ahead 32 times, behind 114
Longest layoff
9.9 yrs
Jul 3, 2015 → May 30, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 1)
20141 milestone
- Career-best overall score619.3484 Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship
20134 milestones
- First tracked contest Rio Rancho NM 10th Annual 2013 Pork & Brew State BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1486) Rio Rancho NM 10th Annual 2013 Pork & Brew State BBQ Championship
- First call Bliss Brews & Que
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)164.5372 Bliss Brews & Que
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.5 | Rio Rancho NM 10th Annual 2013 Pork & Brew State BBQ Championship | Jul 5, 2013 |
| -8.8 | Bliss Brews & Que | Oct 11, 2013 |
| -3.6 | Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship | Jul 4, 2014 |
| -2.1 | Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship | Jul 3, 2015 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 66% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 86% | 86% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 89% | 84.1% | 73.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2025 | Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 1) 🏅 Norco, CA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 3, 2015 | Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship 🏅 Rio Rancho, NM | 29 / 44 (607.9544) | 29 (153.1200) | 34 (152.5600) | 22 (159.4400) | 38 (142.8344) |
| Jul 4, 2014 | Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship 🏅 Rio Rancho, NM | 27 / 38 (619.3484) | 30 (155.3828) | 37 (141.0972) | 19 (161.7028) | 20 (161.1656) |
| Oct 11, 2013 | Bliss Brews & Que Fort Bliss, TX | 21 / 26 (605.5428) | 17 (161.1200) | 6 (164.5372) | 19 (152.5256) | 26 (127.3600) |
| Jul 5, 2013 | Rio Rancho NM 10th Annual 2013 Pork & Brew State BBQ Championship Rio Rancho, NM | 41 / 42 (457.7140) | 38 (146.2856) | 42 (20) | 29 (150.8570) | 33 (140.5714) |