A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
CAROLINA BBQ SHACK
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1466
peak 1466 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2019-07-12
latest 2022-07-07
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 95%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
469.00
last 3 Master vs avg 469.00 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±35.70
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 158.89 · weakest Pork Ribs (70.90)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
54%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1569)
Purse competed for
$70K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
469.00 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at SC Festival of Discovery (2021-07-09).
- last seen 2019-07-12
- back 2021-07-09
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
Smell My Smoke BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
CAROLINA BBQ SHACK 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 137 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.
#4800 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4830 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
Level with CAROLINA BBQ SHACK on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4832 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before CAROLINA BBQ SHACK's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4814 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before CAROLINA BBQ SHACK's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4818 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before CAROLINA BBQ SHACK's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4822 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 6 years before CAROLINA BBQ SHACK'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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.6172 | 149.1544 | 158.89 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 131.4056 | 20.0000 | 70.90 | top 97% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6912 | 150.2628 | 153.32 | top 88% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.0000 | 130.3200 | 138.86 | top 89% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC Festival of Discovery | 2 | 77 | 0 | top 96% | 2021-07-09 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2019-07-12 → 2022-07-07
Busiest season
2022
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
SC
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 158.89 · weakest Pork Ribs (70.90)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
469.00
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
161
13–249 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1569
average field rating faced — tougher than 54% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$69,850
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2019-07-12 → 2021-07-09
Power rating
1466
peak 1466 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest SC Festival of Discovery
- Peak power rating (1488) SC Festival of Discovery
- 2021
- Career-best overall score517.9084 SC Festival of Discovery
- Career-best single call (Chicken)168.6172 SC Festival of Discovery
- 2022
- Most recent contest South Carolina Festival of Discovery
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.7 | SC Festival of Discovery | 2021-07-09 |
| -11.6 | SC Festival of Discovery | 2019-07-12 |
| -10.5 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery | 2022-07-07 |
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% | top 93% | 63.3% | 63.3% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 71.9% | 71.9% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 60.2% | 60.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-07 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 86 / 92 (455.4288) | 82 (149.1544) | 92 (20.0000) | 86 (152.0000) | 84 (134.2744) |
| 2021-07-09 | SC Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 77 / 81 (517.9084) | 37 (168.6172) | 79 (61.2800) | 66 (157.6912) | 77 (130.3200) |
| 2019-07-12 | SC Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 80 / 83 (433.6684) | — | 78 (131.4056) | 73 (150.2628) | 66 (152.0000) |