The heartbreaker
0.0232
points from the title
Came within 0.0232 points of the Grand Championship at Hartford Rib Off (Jun 14, 2019).
CHARTER SMOKE
CHARTER SMOKE is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 27 at the Hartford Rib Off (2019), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They finished #1392 in the 2019 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1504
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Oct 10, 2014
latest Jun 14, 2019 · 4.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 50%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.26
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.86 · weakest Brisket (144.16)
Road miles
16
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
16%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1522)
Purse competed for
$7,250
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Master avg
620.54 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1392 (137 pts) | #1455 (147 pts) | #1361 (167 pts) | #1409 (157 pts) | #1797 (92 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 165.1772 | 159.9884 | 162.86 | top 38% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 145.7372 | 153.70 | top 65% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 164.5944 | 151.4056 | 159.83 | top 49% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.2744 | 136.5488 | 144.16 | top 71% |
“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.
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CT
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
48
finished ahead 32 times, behind 22
Longest layoff
3.7 yrs
Oct 10, 2014 → Jun 15, 2018
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20197 milestones
- First overall podium Hartford Rib Off
- First Reserve Championship Hartford Rib Off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score331.3940 Hartford Rib Off
- Career-best overall score647.4172 Hartford Rib Off
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.1428 Hartford Rib Off
- Peak power rating (1504) Hartford Rib Off
- Most recent contest Hartford Rib Off
20143 milestones
- First tracked contest Indigenous Peoples Day BBQ Cook Off
- First call Indigenous Peoples Day BBQ Cook Off
- First overall top-10 Indigenous Peoples Day BBQ Cook Off
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2019 | Hartford Rib Off 🏅 Hartford, CT | 2 / 27 (331.3940) | 8 (163.4056) | 6 (169.1428) | 7 (164.5944) | 17 (150.2744) |
| Jun 15, 2018 | Hartford Rib Off (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) Hartford, CT | 13 / 16 (603.2684) | 7 (159.9884) | 15 (146.2172) | 13 (151.4056) | 11 (145.6572) |
| Oct 10, 2014 | Indigenous Peoples Day BBQ Cook Off Middletown, CT | 9 / 15 (610.9488) | 6 (165.1772) | 12 (145.7372) | 6 (163.4856) | 12 (136.5488) |