#4098 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
7 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where CAROLINA SMOKE WHISPERER's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headCAROLINA SMOKE WHISPERER
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1481
peak 1481 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2017-04-14
latest 2017-07-06
Best ToY finish
#1722
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 156.82 · weakest Brisket (143.34)
Road miles
87
mi across 2 mapped stops · furthest 87 mi
Master avg
611.19 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
CAROLINA SMOKE WHISPERER has 2 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 134 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.
#4072 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after CAROLINA SMOKE WHISPERER did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#4089 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
Level with CAROLINA SMOKE WHISPERER on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4067 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ 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 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#4071 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 2.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9540 | 155.3600 | 155.66 | top 86% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 146.7884 | 155.38 | top 76% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5372 | 153.0972 | 156.82 | top 84% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145.6684 | 141.0056 | 143.34 | top 93% |
“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 (12 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.2 yrs
2017-04-14 → 2017-07-06
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Cooks most in
SC
1 of 2 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 156.82 · weakest Brisket (143.34)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 2 contests
Master average
611.19
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
122
14–122 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
87
2 mapped stops · furthest 87 mi
Power rating
1481
peak 1481 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest 21st Annual Fire House BBQ Cook-Off
- Career-best overall score620.8800 21st Annual Fire House BBQ Cook-Off
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)163.9772 21st Annual Fire House BBQ Cook-Off
- Most recent contest SC Festival of Discovery(PALMETTO BBQ SERIES)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 86.2% | 84.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-06 | SC Festival of Discovery(PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) Greenwood, SC | 79 / 89 (601.5080) | 75 (155.9540) | 84 (146.7884) | 76 (153.0972) | 78 (145.6684) |
| 2017-04-14 | 21st Annual Fire House BBQ Cook-Off Kings Mountain, NC | 45 / 49 (620.8800) | 43 (155.3600) | 28 (163.9772) | 40 (160.5372) | 48 (141.0056) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1722 (120 pts) | #1802 (120 pts) | #1822 (120 pts) | #1799 (120 pts) | #1794 (120 pts) |