The comeback
8.5 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 8.5 years, then back at Smokin' For Garrett (2021-10-22).
- last seen 2013-05-04
- back 2021-10-22
HORSESHOE BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1489
peak 1489 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-05-04
latest 2021-10-22
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.84 · weakest Brisket (144.57)
Road miles
522
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 278 mi
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
578.86 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
492.59 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (1 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
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.
HORSESHOE BBQ 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 157 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.
#3666 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3651 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with HORSESHOE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3654 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3698 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3697 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3661 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1772 | 158.2856 | 159.73 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5944 | 125.1440 | 147.05 | top 77% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 150.8570 | 160.84 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144.5714 | 144.5714 | 144.57 | top 84% |
“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 (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
8.5 yrs
2013-05-04 → 2021-10-22
Busiest season
2022
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IN
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 160.84 · weakest Brisket (144.57)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
578.86
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Backyard average
492.59
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
78
23–56 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
522
3 mapped stops · furthest 278 mi
Purse competed for
$10,000
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
8.5 yrs
2013-05-04 → 2021-10-22
Power rating
1489
peak 1489 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Smokin' on the Water
- Career-best overall score578.8580 Smokin' on the Water
- 2021
- First call Smokin' For Garrett
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score492.5944 Smokin' For Garrett
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.8228 Smokin' For Garrett
- 2022
- Most recent contest All American BBQ Throwdown - One Meat Ribs
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 48% | 136.8% | 136.8% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 80.4% | 80.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-05 | All American BBQ Throwdown - One Meat Ribs Westland, MI | — | — | 37 (155.4060) | — | — |
| 2021-10-22 | Smokin' For Garrett 🏅 Boonville, IN | 13 / 27 (492.5944) | 13 (161.1772) | 12 (160.5944) | 6 (170.8228) | — |
| 2013-05-04 | Smokin' on the Water Liberty, IN | 33 / 37 (578.8580) | 20 (158.2856) | 36 (125.1440) | 30 (150.8570) | 31 (144.5714) |