HORN'S SMOKESHACK

HORN'S SMOKESHACK is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2018. Their best overall finish is 35th of 35 at the Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival (2018). They finished #1524 in the 2018 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1465

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 12, 2018

latest Nov 9, 2018

Best ToY finish

#1524

Master 2018 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 97%

overall standings

Best overall

602.0912 / 720

Master · Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

166.8228

Pork · Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel A)

Consistency

±6.45

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 156.81 · weakest Brisket (140.67)

Road miles

267

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 127 mi

Schedule strength

97%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1656)

Master avg

596.14 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (2 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

MUTTLEY CREW BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

MUTTLEY CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

They cook the hard rooms

1656 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 97% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1656 power rating — a tougher draw than 97% of every rated contest in the data.

4 rated contests

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018 ↗	Master	#1524 (120 pts)	#1598 (120 pts)	#1614 (120 pts)	#1610 (120 pts)	#1586 (120 pts)

By meat

Category	Entries	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	155.9316	136.5028	148.53	top 96%
Pork Ribs	4	154.2972	141.7028	150.13	top 92%
Pork	4	166.8228	150.8000	156.81	top 81%
Brisket	4	152.5716	124.4800	140.67	top 98%

“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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 96%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 97%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel A)	2	43	0	top 97%	Nov 9, 2018

More numbers

Most contests held in NC 4 of 4 contests

Contests visited 3 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 103 finished ahead 6 times, behind 164

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

20185 milestones

Oct 12 First tracked contest Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down
Oct 12 Peak power rating (1489) Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down
Oct 19 Career-best overall score602.0912 Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival
Nov 9 Career-best single call (Pork)166.8228 Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel A)
Nov 9 Most recent contest Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel A)

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

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down	Oct 12, 2018
-10.8	Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival	Oct 19, 2018
-7.2	Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel A)	Nov 9, 2018
-5.9	Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B)	Nov 9, 2018

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Nov 9, 2018	Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel A) Concord, NC	54 / 56 (601.5316)	50 (155.9316)	52 (154.2972)	30 (166.8228)	56 (124.4800)
Nov 9, 2018	Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B) Concord, NC	43 / 44 (594.8116)	44 (148.5716)	43 (141.7028)	43 (151.9656)	42 (152.5716)
Oct 19, 2018	Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival Lenoir, NC	35 / 35 (602.0912)	34 (153.0972)	31 (154.2284)	32 (150.8000)	35 (143.9656)
Oct 12, 2018	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC	36 / 39 (586.1256)	38 (136.5028)	34 (150.2856)	31 (157.6572)	37 (141.6800)