The comeback
2.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at *Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off (2018-07-13).
- last seen 2016-06-03
- back 2018-07-13
Charlie's Smokehouse BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1473
peak 1473 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2015-06-05
latest 2019-09-27
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 82%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
625.83
last 4 Master vs avg 625.83 (+0.00)
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.38
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.27 · weakest Pork Ribs (151.24)
Road miles
857
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 327 mi
Schedule strength
58%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1574)
Purse competed for
$11K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
625.83 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
Charlie's Smokehouse BBQ has 4 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 149 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.
#4502 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4475 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1509 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4514 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Charlie's Smokehouse BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4501 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with Charlie's Smokehouse BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4497 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4515 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 148.5372 | 163.27 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5488 | 146.2400 | 151.24 | top 87% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5144 | 153.1544 | 156.67 | top 86% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.0972 | 143.3372 | 154.65 | top 78% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| NC | 3 | 0 | top 81% |
| OH | 1 | 0 | top 85% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 81% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 85% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hog Happenin' BBQ & Bike Fest | 2 | 18 | 0 | top 71% | 2016-06-03 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.3 yrs
2015-06-05 → 2019-09-27
Busiest season
2019
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
3 of 5 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.27 · weakest Pork Ribs (151.24)
Walk rate
20%
a top-10 call in 1 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
625.83
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
118
23–110 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
857
5 mapped stops · furthest 327 mi
Schedule strength
1574
average field rating faced — tougher than 58% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$10,500
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
2016-06-03 → 2018-07-13
Power rating
1473
peak 1473 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash
- 2015
- Career-best overall score641.0060 Hog Happenin' BBQ & Bike Fest
- Peak power rating (1494) Hog Happenin' BBQ & Bike Fest
- 2016
- First call Hog Happenin' BBQ & Bike Fest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.2628 Hog Happenin' BBQ & Bike Fest
- 2019
- Most recent contest Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.6 | Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge | 2019-09-27 |
| -8 | *Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off | 2018-07-13 |
| -5.8 | Hog Happenin' BBQ & Bike Fest | 2015-06-05 |
| -4 | Hog Happenin' BBQ & Bike Fest | 2016-06-03 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 82.4% | 82.4% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 87.6% | 87.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 69% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 89% | 89% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-27 | Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge 🏅 Newton, NC | 37 / 37 (592.9256) | 36 (148.5372) | 37 (146.2400) | 35 (154.8112) | 37 (143.3372) |
| 2018-07-13 | *Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off Kettering, OH | 34 / 40 (630.7548) | 21 (166.2744) | 35 (153.0860) | 37 (153.1544) | 31 (158.2400) |
| 2016-06-03 | Hog Happenin' BBQ & Bike Fest Lincolnton, NC | 18 / 26 (638.6516) | 9 (170.2628) | 23 (149.0744) | 23 (158.2172) | 12 (161.0972) |
| 2015-06-05 | Hog Happenin' BBQ & Bike Fest Lincolnton, NC | 25 / 34 (641.0060) | 17 (168.0228) | 24 (156.5488) | 23 (160.5144) | 30 (155.9200) |
| 2014-07-25 | Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash Cleveland, TN | — | — | — | — | — |