High-water mark
678.1940
career-best overall
94.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.1940 at La Classique What the Pork? — 94.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2025-08-01
Smokin' Boys & Hot Grills
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1475
peak 1475 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2022-04-22
latest 2025-08-01
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
657.38
last 5 Master vs avg 657.38 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.46
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.84 · weakest Chicken (162.24)
Road miles
2,553
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 2174 mi
Schedule strength
46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)
Purse competed for
$22K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
657.38 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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.
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BOGGS HOG BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BOGGS HOG BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The weak link
−4.6
points behind their best meat
Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.60 points below their pork, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 33%.
- Chicken avg 162.24
- Pork avg 166.84
- 1 calls in 5 entries
The comeback
7.4 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 7.4 years, then back at New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (2022-04-22).
- last seen 2014-11-13
- back 2022-04-22
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.
147 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4369 of the rated field
- Contests
- 46
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 4%
- Peak
- 1528
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Smokin' Boys & Hot Grills)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smokin' Boys & Hot Grills has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4402 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4386 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2017, 5 years before Smokin' Boys & Hot Grills's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4394 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin' Boys & Hot Grills on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4387 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4388 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 175.4172 | 147.3600 | 162.24 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 158.2628 | 163.40 | top 75% |
| Pork | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.1544 | 161.6912 | 166.84 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 147.9428 | 162.26 | top 65% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NJ | 4 | 0 | top 75% |
| QC | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 66% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 85% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) | 2 | 16 | 0 | top 66% | 2024-04-20 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.3 yrs
2022-04-22 → 2025-08-01
Busiest season
2024
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NJ
4 of 6 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
6 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 166.84 · weakest Chicken (162.24)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 4 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
17%
1 of 6 contests
Master average
657.38
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
111
41–176 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,553
6 mapped stops · furthest 2,174 mi
Schedule strength
1560
average field rating faced — tougher than 46% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$22,000
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
7.4 yrs
2014-11-13 → 2022-04-22
Power rating
1475
peak 1475 · #4379 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest World Food Championships - World Barbecue Championships (Competitiors Series)
- 2022
- Peak power rating (1489) New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
- First call New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.4460 New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
- 2025
- First overall top-10 La Classique What the Pork?
- Career-best overall score678.1940 La Classique What the Pork?
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4172 La Classique What the Pork?
- Most recent contest La Classique What the Pork?
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.1 | La Classique What the Pork? | 2025-08-01 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.5 | New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | 2022-04-22 |
| -6.9 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) | 2024-04-19 |
| -6 | New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | 2022-04-23 |
| -3 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) | 2024-04-20 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 94.2% | 94.2% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 66% | 93.5% | 92.5% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 85% | 91.2% | 88.6% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-01 | La Classique What the Pork? Sainte-Perpetue, QC | 9 / 18 (678.1940) | 3 (175.4172) | 10 (167.9656) | 12 (165.1084) | 10 (169.7028) |
| 2024-04-20 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 16 / 27 (673.0860) | 18 (167.3944) | 17 (167.9772) | 6 (170.2744) | 13 (167.4400) |
| 2024-04-19 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 21 / 29 (659.3144) | 27 (162.2400) | 23 (162.8000) | 6 (173.1544) | 24 (161.1200) |
| 2022-04-23 | New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 31 / 41 (656.4460) | 39 (158.8116) | 34 (159.3944) | 27 (164.5372) | 5 (173.7028) |
| 2022-04-22 | New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 45 / 48 (619.8400) | 46 (147.3600) | 41 (158.2628) | 26 (166.2744) | 45 (147.9428) |
| 2014-11-13 | World Food Championships - World Barbecue Championships (Competitiors Series) Las Vegas, NV | — | — | 36 (163.9772) | 33 (161.6912) | 41 (153.6684) |