A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
HORNS BBQ CO.
HORNS BBQ CO. is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 53rd of 83 at the SC Festival of Discovery (2019).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1474
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jul 6, 2017
latest Jul 7, 2022 · 5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±81.23
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 161.70 · weakest Chicken (151.66)
Road miles
1
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
56%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1571)
Purse competed for
$45K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
583.23 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8456 | 145.0856 | 151.66 | top 85% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 155.4172 | 161.70 | top 61% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2056 | 154.2284 | 156.23 | top 80% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5028 | 143.9200 | 154.07 | top 70% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC Festival of Discovery | 3 | 53 | 0 | top 81% | Jul 12, 2019 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
SC
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
184
finished ahead 67 times, behind 282
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Jul 12, 2019 → Jul 7, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest South Carolina Festival of Discovery
20192 milestones
- Career-best overall score646.7312 SC Festival of Discovery
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)168.5600 SC Festival of Discovery
20172 milestones
- First tracked contest SC Festival of Discovery (PALMETTO BBQ SERIES)
- Peak power rating (1493) SC Festival of Discovery (PALMETTO BBQ SERIES)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.4 | SC Festival Of Discovery | Jul 12, 2018 |
| -6.8 | SC Festival of Discovery (PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) | Jul 6, 2017 |
| -6.5 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery | Jul 7, 2022 |
| -0.4 | SC Festival of Discovery | Jul 12, 2019 |
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)
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 80% | 86.8% | 86.8% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 64% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 61.6% | 61.6% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 85.8% | 85.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2022 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 74 / 92 (624.8684) | 81 (153.0856) | 64 (161.1088) | 78 (158.2056) | 74 (152.4684) |
| Jul 12, 2019 | SC Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 53 / 83 (646.7312) | 48 (162.8456) | 28 (168.5600) | 68 (154.8228) | 46 (160.5028) |
| Jul 12, 2018 | SC Festival Of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 87 / 89 (443.7712) | 84 (145.6228) | — | 72 (154.2284) | 76 (143.9200) |
| Jul 6, 2017 | SC Festival of Discovery (PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) Greenwood, SC | 72 / 89 (617.5656) | 87 (145.0856) | 71 (155.4172) | 63 (157.6684) | 51 (159.3944) |