Hoagie Smokes BBQ

Hoagie Smokes BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2020. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Smoke on the Dragon BBQ-N-Brew (2019).

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1529

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 26, 2018

latest Feb 15, 2020 · 1.7 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 25% of the time

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

50% of 4 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s, still running

Avg finish

top 34%

overall standings

Best overall

695.4860 / 720

Master · Smoke on the Dragon BBQ-N-Brew

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

75%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5828

Chicken · Albany Bacon Championship

Consistency

±16.13

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 170.14 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.56)

Road miles

137

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 61 mi

Schedule strength

23%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)

Purse competed for

$24K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅

won from 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

672.39 / 720

4 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (7 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Against the odds

33-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 67 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Smoke on the Dragon BBQ-N-Brew (Jul 5, 2019) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 33-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, BAD BONES BBQ.

On the rise

+25 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 25 points across 3 contests since May 25, 2019 — from 1504 up to 1529.

3 contests since May 25, 2019
now 1529

A multi-meat day

1 contest with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Smoke on the Dragon BBQ-N-Brew (Jul 5, 2019).

Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 1st

High-water mark

695.4860 career-best overall

96.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 695.4860 at Smoke on the Dragon BBQ-N-Brew — 96.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jul 5, 2019

State champions

1 state championship won

They've taken 1 state championship from 3 entries at contests carrying the title.

3 state-championship entries

A tough matchup

3–1 behind in the head-to-head

Smoke324 ahead in 75% of their meetings

Smoke324 has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SLO.MO.QUE in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	2	1	2	176.5828	157.6916	168.56	top 30%
Pork Ribs	4	2	1	1	175.4516	158.2744	165.56	top 45%
Pork	4	2	1	1	172	163.9656	168.13	top 36%
Brisket	4	3	0	0	174.8800	164.5140	170.14	top 33%

“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)	2	1	top 19%
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 49%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay	2	17	0	top 49%	May 25, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 2 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 1.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in OR 4 of 4 contests

Contests visited 3 1 of them more than once

First title Jul 5, 2019 Smoke on the Dragon BBQ-N-Brew

Opponents faced 60 finished ahead 60 times, behind 36

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20203 milestones

Feb 15 Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5828 Albany Bacon Championship
Feb 15 Peak power rating (1529) Albany Bacon Championship
Feb 15 Most recent contest Albany Bacon Championship

20198 milestones

May 25 First call BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
Jul 5 First category win (Pork Ribs) Smoke on the Dragon BBQ-N-Brew
Jul 5 First overall top-10 Smoke on the Dragon BBQ-N-Brew
Jul 5 First overall podium Smoke on the Dragon BBQ-N-Brew
Jul 5 First Grand Championship Smoke on the Dragon BBQ-N-Brew
Jul 5 First state championship Smoke on the Dragon BBQ-N-Brew
Jul 5 First multi-meat day Smoke on the Dragon BBQ-N-Brew
Jul 5 Career-best overall score695.4860 Smoke on the Dragon BBQ-N-Brew

20182 milestones

May 26 First tracked contest BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay (JUDGES FULL)
May 26 First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.6852 BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay (JUDGES FULL)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+17.4	Smoke on the Dragon BBQ-N-Brew	Jul 5, 2019
+7.8	Albany Bacon Championship	Feb 15, 2020
+1.9	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay	May 25, 2019
+1.8	BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay (JUDGES FULL)	May 26, 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)
2020	1	0	1	1	100%	top 31%	94.4%	94.4%
2019	2	1	1	2	100%	top 28%	96.6%	93.9%
2018	1	0	0	0	0%	top 49%	91.5%	91.5%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Feb 15, 2020	Albany Bacon Championship 🏅 Albany, OR	5 / 16 (679.4284)	1 (176.5828)	9 (165.1316)	7 (168.5484)	5 (169.1656)
Jul 5, 2019	Smoke on the Dragon BBQ-N-Brew 🏅 Dallas, OR	1 / 16 (695.4860)	2 (173.1544)	1 (175.4516)	1 (172)	4 (174.8800)
May 25, 2019	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR	17 / 34 (655.9772)	24 (157.6916)	24 (158.2744)	13 (168.0228)	9 (171.9884)
May 26, 2018	BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay (JUDGES FULL) North Bend, OR	17 / 35 (658.6852)	11 (166.8228)	17 (163.3828)	19 (163.9656)	17 (164.5140)

Hoagie Smokes BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (7 found in their record)

Against the odds

On the rise

A multi-meat day

High-water mark

State champions

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)