A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
ABLE ACRES BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
ABLE ACRES BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
SMOKE & HONEY BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1480
peak 1480 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-05-17
latest 2013-09-20
Best ToY finish
#2625
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 73%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
620.90
last 3 Master vs avg 620.90 (-0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.24
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.56 · weakest Pork (152.17)
Road miles
217
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 120 mi
Schedule strength
8%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1511)
Master avg
620.90 / 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.
SMOKE & HONEY BBQ 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 136 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.
#4098 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4116 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after SMOKE & HONEY BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4089 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKE & HONEY BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4113 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4077 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4119 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
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 | 170.8570 | 154.8228 | 160.56 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5714 | 143.4172 | 152.76 | top 73% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9428 | 149.1428 | 152.17 | top 88% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7142 | 148.0000 | 155.41 | top 60% |
“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.
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.3 yrs
2013-05-17 → 2013-09-20
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Cooks most in
IN
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
Chicken
averages 160.56 · weakest Pork (152.17)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
620.90
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
78
25–65 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
217
3 mapped stops · furthest 120 mi
Schedule strength
1511
average field rating faced — tougher than 8% of rated contests
Power rating
1480
peak 1480 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Buckeye State BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1493) Buckeye State BBQ Championship
- First call Smoke on the Square: In Memory of David Harness
- Career-best overall score639.9996 Smoke on the Square: In Memory of David Harness
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8570 Smoke on the Square: In Memory of David Harness
- Most recent contest Marshall County
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.9 | Marshall County | 2013-09-20 |
| -7.4 | Buckeye State BBQ Championship | 2013-05-17 |
| -1.3 | Smoke on the Square: In Memory of David Harness | 2013-06-28 |
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 73% | 88.9% | 86.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-09-20 | Marshall County Plymouth, IN | 24 / 27 (602.7084) | 24 (154.8228) | 26 (143.4172) | 21 (155.9428) | 22 (148.5256) |
| 2013-06-28 | Smoke on the Square: In Memory of David Harness Franklin, IN | 18 / 32 (639.9996) | 7 (170.8570) | 27 (150.2856) | 30 (149.1428) | 4 (169.7142) |
| 2013-05-17 | Buckeye State BBQ Championship West Chester, OH | 26 / 35 (619.9996) | 27 (155.9998) | 13 (164.5714) | 32 (151.4284) | 30 (148.0000) |
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 | #2625 (57 pts) | #2641 (57 pts) | #2701 (52 pts) | #2436 (72 pts) | #2496 (67 pts) |