#3954 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headHocus Smokus BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1484
peak 1484 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2018-04-06
latest 2024-07-19
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.84 · weakest Brisket (140.19)
Road miles
65
mi across 2 mapped stops · furthest 65 mi
Purse competed for
$8K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
613.59 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
Hocus Smokus BBQ has 2 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 136 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.
#3972 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
Level with Hocus Smokus BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before Hocus Smokus BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3935 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#3944 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Hocus Smokus BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3942 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Hocus Smokus BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 170.8344 | 162.8456 | 166.84 | top 35% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.1316 | 137.7372 | 149.43 | top 77% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 159.4060 | 154.8456 | 157.13 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 145.0400 | 135.3372 | 140.19 | top 87% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| PA | 1 | 0 | top 70% |
| NY | 1 | 0 | top 92% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 70% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 92% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6.3 yrs
2018-04-06 → 2024-07-19
Busiest season
2024
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
PA
1 of 2 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 166.84 · weakest Brisket (140.19)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 1 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
50%
1 of 2 contests
Master average
613.59
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
44
6–38 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
65
2 mapped stops · furthest 65 mi
Purse competed for
$8,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
6.3 yrs
2018-04-06 → 2024-07-19
Power rating
1484
peak 1484 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest NYC BBQ Cookoff
- 2024
- First call Steel City Smokeout
- First overall top-10 Steel City Smokeout
- Career-best overall score636.4120 Steel City Smokeout
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8344 Steel City Smokeout
- Most recent contest Steel City Smokeout
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 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 70% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 82.1% | 82.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-19 | Steel City Smokeout 🏅 Bethlehem, PA | 7 / 10 (636.4120) | 2 (170.8344) | 6 (161.1316) | 8 (159.4060) | 8 (145.0400) |
| 2018-04-06 | NYC BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY | 33 / 36 (590.7656) | 18 (162.8456) | 34 (137.7372) | 23 (154.8456) | 34 (135.3372) |