The comeback
2.5 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.5 years, then back at Shelby Forest Spring Fest Smokin' In the Forest (2016-04-15).
- last seen 2013-10-25
- back 2016-04-15
SOUTHSIDE SMOKERS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1483
peak 1483 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2013-10-25
latest 2018-09-28
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
633.14
last 4 Master vs avg 633.14 (+0.00)
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.00
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.84 · weakest Brisket (150.22)
Road miles
3,481
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 1873 mi
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)
Master avg
633.14 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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 long haul
3,481
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,481 miles across 5 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,873 miles to *2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off.
- 5 mapped stops
- furthest 1,873 mi
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.
SOUTHSIDE SMOKERS 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 119 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.
#4015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
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#4010 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
Level with SOUTHSIDE SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after SOUTHSIDE SMOKERS did, first appearing in 2018.
⚔ Head-to-head#4002 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
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#4001 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
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#3995 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
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 | 1 | 177.7028 | 160.0000 | 165.84 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 134.2056 | 154.82 | top 72% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 157.6800 | 162.26 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5140 | 145.0628 | 150.22 | top 87% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 2 | 0 | top 69% |
| TN | 2 | 0 | top 93% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 77% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Smoke On the Trails | 2 | 45 | 0 | top 69% | 2018-09-28 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.9 yrs
2013-10-25 → 2018-09-28
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
2 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 165.84 · weakest Brisket (150.22)
Walk rate
20%
a top-10 call in 1 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
633.14
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
214
50–191 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
3,481
5 mapped stops · furthest 1,873 mi
Schedule strength
1562
average field rating faced — tougher than 48% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2.5 yrs
2013-10-25 → 2016-04-15
Power rating
1483
peak 1483 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
- 2016
- Peak power rating (1488) Shelby Forest Spring Fest Smokin' In the Forest
- 2017
- First call *Smoke On the Trails
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7028 *Smoke On the Trails
- 2018
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.4112 *Smoke On the Trails
- Career-best overall score652.4112 *Smoke On the Trails
- Most recent contest *Smoke On the Trails
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12 | Shelby Forest Spring Fest Smokin' In the Forest | 2016-04-15 |
| -3.1 | *Smoke On the Trails | 2017-09-29 |
| -2.3 | *Smoke On the Trails | 2018-09-28 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 70% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 87.7% | 87.7% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 84.3% | 84.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-28 | *Smoke On the Trails Gardner, KS | 46 / 68 (652.4112) | 50 (164.5372) | 13 (173.7028) | 39 (163.9656) | 60 (150.2056) |
| 2018-07-13 | *2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off Clayton, CA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-09-29 | *Smoke On the Trails Gardner, KS | 45 / 64 (642.1372) | 3 (177.7028) | 56 (150.2404) | 49 (157.6800) | 49 (156.5140) |
| 2016-04-15 | Shelby Forest Spring Fest Smokin' In the Forest Millington, TN | 15 / 16 (631.3376) | 13 (161.1200) | 13 (161.1432) | 15 (159.9656) | 15 (149.1088) |
| 2013-10-25 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN | 89 / 97 (606.6856) | 67 (160.0000) | 97 (134.2056) | 28 (167.4172) | 86 (145.0628) |