A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
JD's Cooking
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1473
peak 1473 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2016-06-03
latest 2017-04-14
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 82%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
631.15
last 4 Master vs avg 631.15 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.86
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 159.82 · weakest Chicken (155.39)
Road miles
56
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
60%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1575)
Master avg
631.15 / 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.
JD's Cooking 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 150 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.
#4469 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4502 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after JD's Cooking did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ 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#4501 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with JD's Cooking 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.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#4482 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 147.9312 | 155.39 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4060 | 150.2744 | 159.56 | top 67% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 150.7884 | 159.82 | top 81% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 151.9316 | 156.39 | top 76% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 76% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 88% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.9 yrs
2016-06-03 → 2017-04-14
Busiest season
2016
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 159.82 · weakest Chicken (155.39)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
631.15
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
111
25–133 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
56
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1575
average field rating faced — tougher than 60% of rated contests
Power rating
1473
peak 1473 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Hog Happenin' BBQ & Bike Fest
- Career-best overall score639.3032 Hog Happenin' BBQ & Bike Fest
- Peak power rating (1497) Hog Happenin' BBQ & Bike Fest
- 2017
- Career-best single call (Brisket)167.4172 21st Annual Fire House BBQ Cook-Off
- Most recent contest 21st Annual Fire House BBQ Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.4 | Hog Happnin' | 2016-11-04 |
| -7.7 | 21st Annual Fire House BBQ Cook-Off | 2017-04-14 |
| -7.2 | Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge | 2016-09-23 |
| -3 | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 87.3% | 87.3% |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 88.8% | 87.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-04-14 | 21st Annual Fire House BBQ Cook-Off Kings Mountain, NC | 42 / 49 (628.4684) | 46 (149.6684) | 40 (150.2744) | 39 (161.1084) | 17 (167.4172) |
| 2016-11-04 | Hog Happnin' Shelby, NC | 51 / 56 (626.6856) | 43 (159.9656) | 37 (161.6800) | 55 (150.7884) | 52 (154.2516) |
| 2016-09-23 | Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge Newton, NC | 27 / 31 (630.1372) | 30 (147.9312) | 23 (162.8688) | 21 (167.4056) | 29 (151.9316) |
| 2016-06-03 | Hog Happenin' BBQ & Bike Fest Lincolnton, NC | 17 / 26 (639.3032) | 16 (163.9772) | 12 (163.4060) | 20 (159.9772) | 22 (151.9428) |