Smoking A's CA
Rating
1501
peak 1507
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2024-04-26
latest 2024-06-14
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 48%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.13 · weakest Brisket (158.29)
Road miles
39
mi across 2 mapped stops
Teams like this (closest power rating, CA first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8456 | 166.8456 | 166.85 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 167.4172 | 166.8460 | 167.13 | top 29% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9544 | 159.9544 | 159.95 | top 88% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2856 | 158.2856 | 158.29 | top 72% |
“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
- Busiest season: 2024 (2 contests)
- Cooks mostly in CA (2 of 2 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (2 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 490.81
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 651.9316 | 490.81 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-14 | CBCA Clayton BBQ and Brews Festival (MASTERS) Clayton, CA | 18 / 25 (651.9316) | 16 (166.8456) | 13 (166.8460) | 22 (159.9544) | 18 (158.2856) |
| 2024-04-26 | Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship Lodi, CA | 8 / 34 (329.6916) | — | 2 (167.4172) | — | — |