The heartbreaker
2.2860
points from the title
Came within 2.2860 points of the Grand Championship at Smoke in the Grove (2021-07-30).
YORK COUNTY SHERIFF
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1533
peak 1533 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2019-07-26
latest 2021-07-30
Grand champs
1
1 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 3%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
and counting
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.53
Road miles
0
mi across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$23K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
1 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Storylines (5 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.
Giant slayer
53
teams beaten in one weekend
Took the Grand Championship over a 53-team field at Smoke in the Grove.
- 2019-07-26
Happy hunting ground
1×
Grand Championships here
Smoke in the Grove is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.
- 2 visits
- best finish 1st
- average top 3%
State champions
1
state championships won
They've taken 1 state championship from 2 entries at contests carrying the title.
- 2 state-championship entries
Announced themselves early
1st
at their very first contest
Finished 1 of 53 at their very first tracked contest, Smoke in the Grove (2019-07-26).
- 2019-07-26
- 53-team field
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.
YORK COUNTY SHERIFF 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 90 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.
#2124 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1533
No shared contest yet.
6 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where YORK COUNTY SHERIFF's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#2143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1533
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#2133 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1533
No shared contest yet.
Level with YORK COUNTY SHERIFF on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2135 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1533
No shared contest yet.
3 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Head-to-head#2139 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 63%
- Peak
- 1533
No shared contest yet.
8 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where YORK COUNTY SHERIFF's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#2125 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1533
No shared contest yet.
7 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where YORK COUNTY SHERIFF's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 169.6800 | 167.3828 | 168.53 | top 3% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke in the Grove | 2 | 1 | 1 | top 3% | 2021-07-30 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2019-07-26 → 2021-07-30
Busiest season
2021
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
PA
2 of 2 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
2 entries · 1 win · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 168.53
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 2 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
100%
2 of 2 contests
Wins it all
50%
1 Grand Championship · 1 reserve
First title
2019-07-26
Smoke in the Grove
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests — and still running
Opponents faced
148
174–3 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$23,300
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
1
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2019-07-26 → 2021-07-30
Power rating
1533
peak 1533 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Smoke in the Grove
- First call Smoke in the Grove
- First overall top-10 Smoke in the Grove
- First overall podium Smoke in the Grove
- First Grand Championship Smoke in the Grove
- First state championship Smoke in the Grove
- Biggest field won (53 teams) Smoke in the Grove
- Career-best overall score337.0628 Smoke in the Grove
- 2021
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Smoke in the Grove
- First Reserve Championship Smoke in the Grove
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.6800 Smoke in the Grove
- Most recent contest Smoke in the Grove
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 4% | — | — |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 2% | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-30 | Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA | 2 / 54 (334.2284) | — | 1 (169.6800) | — | — |
| 2019-07-26 | Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA | 1 / 53 (337.0628) | — | 2 (167.3828) | — | — |