CRAZY SMOKE

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#2710

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1513

peak 1518 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-18

latest 2013-09-14

Best ToY finish

#481

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 6 contests

Avg finish

top 45%

overall standings

Best overall

658.8564 / 720

Master · Smokin @ the Ballpark BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

640.36 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 642.01 (-1.65)

Walk rate

83%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.8570

Brisket · Smokin @ the Ballpark BBQ Festival

Consistency

±13.71

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 162.87 · weakest Pork (155.72)

Road miles

491

mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 118 mi

Schedule strength

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1509)

Master avg

642.01 / 720

6 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (3 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

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead in 100% of their meetings

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.1 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.15 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 17% of the time against 33%.

Pork avg 155.72
Chicken avg 162.87
1 calls in 6 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BOAR-N-Q in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

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.

118 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

THUNDERDOME BBQ

#2697 of the rated field

1513 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1514

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2015-10-09

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Backyard BBQ Boys

#2695 of the rated field

1513 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1515

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 7 years after CRAZY SMOKE did, first appearing in 2020.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2026-03-06

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CAPTAIN JACK'S BBQ CREW

#2690 of the rated field

1513 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1515

No shared contest yet.

Level with CRAZY SMOKE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2018-03-02

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TR's Up In Smoke

#2694 of the rated field

1513 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1523

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.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2016-09-23

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Smok'n Louie

#2704 of the rated field

1513 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1515

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.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2015-08-07

⚔ Head-to-head

Ruthless Hogs BBQ

#2720 of the rated field

1513 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1524

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.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
QUE AND A HALF MEN	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Rogue Hog BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
CAN U SMELL MY PITS BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	6	2	0	172.0344	156.5828	162.87	top 46%
Pork Ribs	6	2	1	172.0000	150.8344	160.86	top 46%
Pork	6	1	0	162.2856	145.1316	155.72	top 63%
Brisket	6	3	1	174.8570	153.1428	162.56	top 35%

“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	Avg finish
MA	2	top 47%
RI	1	top 41%
NY	1	top 44%
ME	1	top 46%
NH	1	top 43%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	4	0	top 41%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 53%

The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 0.3 yrs 2013-05-18 → 2013-09-14

Busiest season 2013 6 contests

Cooks most in MA 2 of 6 contests · 5 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 6 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 6 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 162.87 · weakest Pork (155.72)

Walk rate 83% a top-10 call in 5 of 6 contests

Overall top-10 rate 17% 1 of 6 contests

Master average 642.01 out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 138 116–91 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 491 6 mapped stops · furthest 118 mi

Schedule strength 1509 average field rating faced — tougher than 7% of rated contests

Power rating 1513 peak 1518 · #2710 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
May 18 First tracked contest The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival
May 18 First call The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival
May 18 First overall top-10 The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival
May 18 First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.2856 The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival
Jun 21 Career-best overall score658.8564 Smokin @ the Ballpark BBQ Festival
Jun 21 Career-best single call (Brisket)174.8570 Smokin @ the Ballpark BBQ Festival
Jul 20 Peak power rating (1518) Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships
Sep 14 Most recent contest Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+7.3	The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival	2013-05-18
+3.3	Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships	2013-07-20
+2.6	Rock'n Ribfest NH State BBQ Competition	2013-06-14
+2.5	Troy Pig Out	2013-07-13
+2	Smokin @ the Ballpark BBQ Festival	2013-06-21

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-4.6	Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest	2013-09-14

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)
2013	6	0	1	0	83%	top 45%	91.5%	89.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2013-09-14	Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest Harvard, MA	27 / 42 (622.9256)	32 (157.1656)	33 (150.8344)	17 (161.2344)	25 (153.6912)
2013-07-20	Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships Kingston, RI	19 / 46 (645.1432)	4 (172.0344)	33 (154.2972)	33 (153.6800)	15 (165.1316)
2013-07-13	Troy Pig Out Troy, NY	14 / 32 (624.0116)	19 (156.5828)	7 (161.7372)	25 (145.1316)	8 (160.5600)
2013-06-21	Smokin @ the Ballpark BBQ Festival Old Orchard Beach, ME	13 / 28 (658.8564)	20 (159.4284)	12 (165.1428)	19 (159.4282)	3 (174.8570)
2013-06-14	Rock'n Ribfest NH State BBQ Competition Merrimack, NH	15 / 35 (650.8574)	7 (169.1428)	19 (161.1430)	30 (152.5716)	7 (168.0000)
2013-05-18	The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival Lexington, MA	9 / 31 (650.2856)	12 (162.8572)	2 (172.0000)	10 (162.2856)	19 (153.1428)

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

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2013 ↗	Master	#481 (644 pts)	#422 (739 pts)	#415 (764 pts)	#656 (509 pts)	#379 (819 pts)