Riding a hot streak
4
straight overall top-10s
Currently on a 4-contest overall top-10 run.
- career best 4
HECTOR'S SMOKE HOUSE
HECTOR'S SMOKE HOUSE is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2018. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival (2016). They finished #1417 in the 2018 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1538
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jan 31, 2015
latest Feb 3, 2018 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
1
0 reserve · wins it all 25% of the time
Category wins
2
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
100% of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
4
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 21%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.81
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.00 · weakest Pork (160.27)
Road miles
0
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
4%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1504)
Master avg
652.69 / 720
4 Master contests · 1 GC
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1417 (146 pts) | #1450 (156 pts) | #1432 (166 pts) | #1845 (96 pts) | #1420 (166 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 165.7260 | 158.8688 | 163.57 | top 26% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 175.4628 | 157.0740 | 166.00 | top 24% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 179.4400 | 151.4284 | 160.27 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 170.2856 | 155.4400 | 162.85 | top 23% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 33% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 1 | top 17% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 19% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne Barbecue Festival | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 32% | Feb 3, 2018 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AU
1 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
First title
Feb 5, 2016
The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival
Opponents faced
80
finished ahead 96 times, behind 18
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Jan 31, 2015 → Feb 5, 2016
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20182 milestones
- Peak power rating (1538) Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- Most recent contest Melbourne Barbecue Festival
20168 milestones
- First category win (Pork Ribs) The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival
- First overall podium The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival
- First Grand Championship The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival
- First multi-meat day The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.2116 The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival
- Biggest field won (34 teams) The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score669.2116 The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)179.4400 The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival
20153 milestones
- First tracked contest Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First call Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First overall top-10 Melbourne Barbecue Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.8 | The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival | Feb 5, 2016 |
| +10 | Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival | Feb 4, 2017 |
| +6.8 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival | Jan 31, 2015 |
| +5.8 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival | Feb 3, 2018 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 31% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 19% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 100% | top 3% | 92.9% | 92.9% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 33% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 2018 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourn | 8 / 26 (651.3604) | 7 (164.5600) | 6 (165.1660) | 16 (157.6572) | 6 (163.9772) |
| Feb 4, 2017 | Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourne | 8 / 43 (654.2632) | 10 (165.1200) | 5 (166.3088) | 34 (152.5488) | 2 (170.2856) |
| Feb 5, 2016 | The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival Melbourne, Australia | 1 / 34 (669.2116) | 12 (158.8688) | 1 (175.4628) | 1 (179.4400) | 13 (155.4400) |
| Jan 31, 2015 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourne, Victoria | 5 / 15 (635.9312) | 3 (165.7260) | 9 (157.0740) | 12 (151.4284) | 4 (161.7028) |