High-water mark
675.4632
career-best overall
93.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 675.4632 at When Pigs Fly South — 93.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-11-15
Smokin' Hooligans
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1532
peak 1532 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
2013-11-15
latest 2024-01-26
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 11 contests
Avg finish
top 40%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
572.90
last 4 Backyard vs avg 572.90 (+0.00)
Walk rate
45%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±138.28
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 164.48 · weakest Chicken (160.77)
Road miles
17
mi across 11 mapped stops
Schedule strength
27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)
Purse competed for
$100K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
638.71 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
572.90 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (7 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.
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
HOT WACHULA'S has finished one call ahead of Smokin' Hooligans 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
Barely Sober BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Barely Sober BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
A strong matchup
5–2
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 71% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Gourmet Rednecks in 5 of their 7 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Lakeland Pig Festival (2022-01-28).
- last seen 2020-01-24
- back 2022-01-28
Boom or bust
±45.45%
swing around their own average
Their overall swings ±45.45% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.
- averages 129.0% of a perfect score
- best 182.8%
A January team
Top 25%
average finish in January
Something about January: average finish in the top 25% across 4 contests, versus top 40% the rest of the year.
- 4 January contests
- top 40% the rest of the year
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.
75 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2158 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1539
3–1 in 4 shared contests (75% to Smokin' Hooligans)
These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — Smokin' Hooligans ahead 3–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#2165 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1536
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 15 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2162 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1538
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 10 years before Smokin' Hooligans's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2166 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1532
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin' Hooligans on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2164 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1532
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#2169 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 56%
- Peak
- 1558
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 9 contests, alongside a 56% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gourmet Rednecks | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| The Rusty Pig | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| GOOD AS ANY BBQ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| SWAMP BOYS | 6 | 3 | 2 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| HOT WACHULA'S | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Evans Ranch BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Two Crackers Cooking | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| 2nd Hand Smoke | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Sons of Hamarchy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| 92 BB Crew | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Accutech BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Barely Sober BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 173.1544 | 132.4228 | 160.77 | top 43% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 153.1200 | 162.66 | top 46% |
| Pork | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 172.5828 | 145.0744 | 161.19 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 172.5600 | 153.0740 | 164.48 | top 31% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 67% |
| Large (40+) | 6 | 0 | top 35% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 4 | 9 | 0 | top 25% | 2024-01-26 |
| When Pigs Fly South | 2 | 24 | 0 | top 80% | 2016-12-02 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
10.2 yrs
2013-11-15 → 2024-01-26
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 9 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
FL
11 of 11 contests
Contests visited
3
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
7 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 164.48 · weakest Chicken (160.77)
Walk rate
45%
a top-10 call in 5 of 11 contests
Overall top-10 rate
18%
2 of 11 contests
Master average
638.71
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
572.90
out of 360 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
351
379–175 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
17
11 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1537
average field rating faced — tougher than 27% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$99,960
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2020-01-24 → 2022-01-28
Power rating
1532
peak 1532 · #2172 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest When Pigs Fly South
- First call When Pigs Fly South
- First overall top-10 When Pigs Fly South
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score675.4632 When Pigs Fly South
- Career-best overall score675.4632 When Pigs Fly South
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1544 When Pigs Fly South
- 2022
- 10th tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
- 2024
- Peak power rating (1532) Lakeland Pig Festival
- Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.8 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2019-01-25 |
| +11.6 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2022-01-28 |
| +11.2 | When Pigs Fly South | 2013-11-15 |
| +8.4 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2024-01-26 |
| +4.3 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2020-01-24 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.8 | When Pigs Fly South | 2014-11-07 |
| -4.1 | When Pigs Fly South | 2016-12-02 |
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 | 0 | 100% | top 28% | 92.7% | 92.7% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 18% | 182.5% | 182.5% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 38% | 178.6% | 178.6% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 16% | 182.8% | 182.8% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 89.1% | 89.1% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 83.2% | 83.2% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 18% | 93.8% | 93.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-26 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 17 / 61 (333.6112) | 19 (166.2284) | 20 (167.3828) | 26 (163.4400) | 3 (172.5600) |
| 2022-01-28 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 11 / 60 (657.0172) | 5 (169.6800) | 12 (167.3944) | 30 (154.7656) | 10 (165.1772) |
| 2020-01-24 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 20 / 53 (642.8000) | 44 (148.5028) | 37 (154.2744) | 3 (171.4400) | 5 (168.5828) |
| 2019-01-25 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 9 / 58 (658.1600) | 3 (173.1316) | 41 (153.1200) | 19 (162.7884) | 5 (169.1200) |
| 2017-01-27 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-12-02 | When Pigs Fly South Lakeland, FL | 24 / 36 (641.5660) | 23 (162.2516) | 28 (157.0972) | 29 (158.2512) | 20 (163.9660) |
| 2016-01-29 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015-01-30 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014-11-07 | When Pigs Fly South Lakeland, FL | 39 / 42 (599.0968) | 42 (132.4228) | 11 (168.5256) | 42 (145.0744) | 30 (153.0740) |
| 2014-01-23 | The Tiger Town Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013-11-15 | When Pigs Fly South Lakeland, FL | 9 / 49 (675.4632) | 3 (173.1544) | 11 (170.8572) | 6 (172.5828) | 25 (158.8688) |