High-water mark
671.8972
career-best overall
93.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 671.8972 at Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) — 93.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-08-02
CRAGGY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1496
peak 1496 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-06-07
latest 2013-08-02
Best ToY finish
#1121
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 58%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
646.44
last 3 Master vs avg 646.44 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.15
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 163.80 · weakest Pork (156.18)
Road miles
99
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 63 mi
Schedule strength
11%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1516)
Master avg
646.44 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
CRAGGY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 121 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3354 of the rated field
- Contests
- 50
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1560
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to CRAGGY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team CRAGGY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3366 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3363 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1496
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after CRAGGY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3369 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Level with CRAGGY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3342 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3365 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1496
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5256 | 158.2856 | 163.60 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1316 | 152.0000 | 162.85 | top 45% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9998 | 143.4282 | 156.18 | top 75% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 146.2856 | 163.80 | top 43% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NC | 2 | 0 | top 66% |
| GA | 1 | 0 | top 41% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 62% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 56% |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.2 yrs
2013-06-07 → 2013-08-02
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Cooks most in
NC
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 163.80 · weakest Pork (156.18)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
646.44
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
155
74–107 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
99
3 mapped stops · furthest 63 mi
Schedule strength
1516
average field rating faced — tougher than 11% of rated contests
Power rating
1496
peak 1496 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Peak power rating (1497) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.8972 Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)
- Career-best overall score671.8972 Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)
- Career-best single call (Brisket)173.1200 Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)
- Most recent contest Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5 | Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) | 2013-08-02 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.9 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | 2013-06-14 |
| -3 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2013-06-07 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 58% | 93.3% | 89.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-08-02 | Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) Dillard, GA | 25 / 61 (671.8972) | 31 (168.5256) | 23 (169.1316) | 50 (161.1200) | 18 (173.1200) |
| 2013-06-14 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC | 69 / 97 (625.7138) | 59 (158.2856) | 76 (152.0000) | 95 (143.4282) | 15 (172.0000) |
| 2013-06-07 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Asheville, NC | 16 / 26 (641.7142) | 9 (164.0000) | 5 (167.4288) | 12 (163.9998) | 22 (146.2856) |
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 | #1121 (246 pts) | #1071 (286 pts) | #933 (336 pts) | #1126 (266 pts) | #994 (301 pts) |