#4015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headElemental Smoke Amazing Catering
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1483
peak 1483 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2020-09-05
latest 2022-06-16
Best ToY finish
#809
Master 2020
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
624.30
last 3 Master vs avg 624.30 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.48
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.42 · weakest Brisket (147.80)
Road miles
469
mi 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
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
624.30 / 720
3 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.
Elemental Smoke Amazing Catering has 3 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 122 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.
#4010 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2015, 5 years before Elemental Smoke Amazing Catering's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3990 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with Elemental Smoke Amazing Catering on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4002 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Elemental Smoke Amazing Catering's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4001 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Elemental Smoke Amazing Catering's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3995 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Elemental Smoke Amazing Catering's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy 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.
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 95% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 72% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.8 yrs
2020-09-05 → 2022-06-16
Busiest season
2022
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CO
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 167.42 · weakest Brisket (147.80)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
624.30
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
73
21–67 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
469
3 mapped stops · furthest 151 mi
Schedule strength
1583
average field rating faced — tougher than 66% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$28,550
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2021-05-07 → 2022-06-16
Power rating
1483
peak 1483 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2020
- First tracked contest S.T.A.R Brews & Q
- 2021
- 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
- 2022
- Most recent contest Frisco BBQ Challenge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.5 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off | 2021-05-07 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.5 | Frisco BBQ Challenge | 2022-06-16 |
| -9.2 | S.T.A.R Brews & Q | 2020-09-05 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 86.1% | 86.1% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 51% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 83.4% | 83.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-06-16 | Frisco BBQ Challenge 🏅 Frisco, CO | 34 / 37 (619.8856) | 24 (166.8228) | 32 (153.1428) | 32 (154.2400) | 32 (145.6800) |
| 2021-05-07 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO | 18 / 35 (652.5372) | 10 (169.7372) | 20 (157.1200) | 23 (158.8000) | 9 (166.8800) |
| 2020-09-05 | 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) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |