Elemental Smoke Amazing Catering
Elemental Smoke Amazing Catering is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 18th of 35 at the Wild West BBQ Cook-Off (2021). They finished #809 in the 2020 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1483
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Sep 5, 2020
latest Jun 16, 2022 · 1.8 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.48
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.42 · weakest Brisket (147.80)
Road miles
469
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 151 mi
Schedule strength
66%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1583)
Purse competed for
$29K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
624.30 / 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1309 (60 pts) | #1325 (65 pts) | #1404 (60 pts) | #1348 (60 pts) | #1333 (60 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1096 (95 pts) | #920 (135 pts) | #1218 (85 pts) | #1231 (70 pts) | #884 (145 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #809 (79 pts) | #788 (104 pts) | #866 (79 pts) | #843 (84 pts) | #854 (74 pts) |
Overall rank by season
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7372 | 165.7144 | 167.42 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1200 | 145.1084 | 151.79 | top 79% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8228 | 154.2400 | 157.29 | top 81% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8800 | 130.8460 | 147.80 | 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
CO
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
73
finished ahead 21 times, behind 67
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
May 7, 2021 → Jun 16, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest Frisco BBQ Challenge
20215 milestones
- First call Wild West BBQ Cook-Off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.5372 Wild West BBQ Cook-Off
- Career-best overall score652.5372 Wild West BBQ Cook-Off
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.7372 Wild West BBQ Cook-Off
- Peak power rating (1493) Wild West BBQ Cook-Off
20201 milestone
- First tracked contest S.T.A.R Brews & Q
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2022 | Frisco BBQ Challenge 🏅 Frisco, CO | 34 / 37 (619.8856) | 24 (166.8228) | 32 (153.1428) | 32 (154.2400) | 32 (145.6800) |
| May 7, 2021 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO | 18 / 35 (652.5372) | 10 (169.7372) | 20 (157.1200) | 23 (158.8000) | 9 (166.8800) |
| Sep 5, 2020 | S.T.A.R Brews & Q 🏅 Lake City, CO | 18 / 19 (600.4916) | 13 (165.7144) | 18 (145.1084) | 17 (158.8228) | 19 (130.8460) |