The heartbreaker
0.4572
points from the title
Came within 0.4572 points of the Grand Championship at Smoke in the North (Aug 2, 2014).
GHOST BARBECUE
GHOST BARBECUE is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 15 at the Smoke in the North (2014), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They finished #1202 in the 2014 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1518
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Aug 2, 2014
latest Aug 1, 2015 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 2 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 26%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 173.73 · weakest Pork (158.26)
Road miles
3
across 2 mapped stops
Master avg
660.60 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 176.0116 | 171.4400 | 173.73 | top 11% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 170.8800 | 168.0688 | 169.47 | top 25% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 147.9656 | 158.26 | top 59% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.0228 | 154.2512 | 159.14 | top 62% |
“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.
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20152 milestones
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.0116 Smoke in the North
- Most recent contest Smoke in the North
20147 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke in the North
- First call Smoke in the North
- First overall top-10 Smoke in the North
- First overall podium Smoke in the North
- First Reserve Championship Smoke in the North
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.9028 Smoke in the North
- Career-best overall score674.9028 Smoke in the North
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2015 | Smoke in the North Gunnilse/Gothenburg | 10 / 26 (646.2972) | 2 (176.0116) | 8 (168.0688) | 24 (147.9656) | 20 (154.2512) |
| Aug 2, 2014 | Smoke in the North Olofstorp Sweden, EU | 2 / 15 (674.9028) | 2 (171.4400) | 3 (170.8800) | 4 (168.5600) | 7 (164.0228) |