Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork ribs.
- Pork Ribs ×1
Superior Smoke
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1511
peak 1513 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2022-04-29
latest 2024-10-25
Best ToY finish
#918
Master 2022
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 51%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
674.58
last 3 Master vs avg 674.58 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.93
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 171.42 · weakest Brisket (163.39)
Road miles
162
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 74 mi
Schedule strength
71%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1589)
Purse competed for
$22K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
674.58 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
High-water mark
682.8000
career-best overall
94.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 682.8000 at Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff — 94.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2023-04-28
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ has come out ahead 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.
Superior Smoke 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 97 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.
#2813 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1535
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2797 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Level with Superior Smoke on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2795 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2816 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2799 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1517
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 10 years before Superior Smoke's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2792 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before Superior Smoke's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 161.0972 | 168.54 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 180.0000 🔥 | 166.8572 | 171.42 | top 38% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 168.5256 | 171.22 | top 35% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 159.4172 | 163.39 | top 64% |
“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 (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.5 yrs
2022-04-29 → 2024-10-25
Busiest season
2024
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MS
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 171.42 · weakest Brisket (163.39)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
674.58
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Perfect 180s
1
every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced
64
40–41 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
162
3 mapped stops · furthest 74 mi
Schedule strength
1589
average field rating faced — tougher than 71% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$22,440
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.5 yrs
2023-04-28 → 2024-10-25
Power rating
1511
peak 1513 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
- First call Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
- First overall top-10 Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.9084 Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
- 2023
- Career-best overall score682.8000 Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1513) Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff
- 2024
- First category win (Pork Ribs) VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition
- First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition
- Most recent contest VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.3 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival | 2022-04-29 |
| +3.8 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff | 2023-04-28 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.5 | VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition | 2024-10-25 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 68% | 92.9% | 92.9% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 54% | 94.8% | 94.8% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 32% | 93.3% | 93.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-25 | VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition 🏅 Vidalia, LA | 21 / 31 (669.0400) | 25 (161.0972) | 1 (180.0000) | 19 (168.5256) | 24 (159.4172) |
| 2023-04-28 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Brandon, MS | 15 / 28 (682.8000) | 15 (172.5600) | 23 (166.8572) | 7 (173.1200) | 15 (170.2628) |
| 2022-04-29 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival 🏅 Brookhaven, MS | 8 / 25 (671.9084) | 6 (171.9656) | 7 (167.4172) | 5 (172.0228) | 15 (160.5028) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #918 (145 pts) | #913 (165 pts) | #996 (155 pts) | #890 (175 pts) | #1175 (100 pts) |