High-water mark
670.8116
career-best overall
93.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 670.8116 at *Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival — 93.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2018-06-15
HARLAN COUNTY COAL BURNERS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1497
peak 1497 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2014-05-16
latest 2018-06-15
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 67%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 170.30 · weakest Chicken (155.65)
Road miles
76
mi across 2 mapped stops · furthest 76 mi
Master avg
653.62 / 720
2 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.
HARLAN COUNTY COAL BURNERS 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 121 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.
#3350 of the rated field
- Contests
- 50
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 16%
- Peak
- 1565
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to HARLAN COUNTY COAL BURNERS)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team HARLAN COUNTY COAL BURNERS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3340 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#3323 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1497
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after HARLAN COUNTY COAL BURNERS did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3329 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Level with HARLAN COUNTY COAL BURNERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3342 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#3343 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 4 years before HARLAN COUNTY COAL BURNERS'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 | 167.9772 | 143.3256 | 155.65 | top 79% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5372 | 160.5604 | 162.55 | top 75% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 165.7372 | 170.30 | top 33% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 157.6800 | 165.12 | top 50% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KY | 1 | 0 | top 53% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 80% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 53% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 80% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.1 yrs
2014-05-16 → 2018-06-15
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KY
1 of 2 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 170.30 · weakest Chicken (155.65)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 2 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 2 contests
Master average
653.62
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
82
27–61 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
76
2 mapped stops · furthest 76 mi
Longest layoff
4.1 yrs
2014-05-16 → 2018-06-15
Power rating
1497
peak 1497 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass
- First call Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.8572 Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass
- 2018
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.8116 *Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival
- Career-best overall score670.8116 *Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival
- Most recent contest *Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 53% | 93.2% | 93.2% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 80% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-15 | *Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival Barbourville, KY | 18 / 34 (670.8116) | 21 (167.9772) | 24 (164.5372) | 18 (165.7372) | 9 (172.5600) |
| 2014-05-16 | Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN | 45 / 56 (636.4232) | 54 (143.3256) | 44 (160.5604) | 7 (174.8572) | 41 (157.6800) |