A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BUFFALO'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BUFFALO'S BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Horizon Smokers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1481
peak 1481 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-05-31
latest 2017-03-31
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 72%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
591.67
last 4 Master vs avg 591.67 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±64.55
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 158.96 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.38)
Road miles
64
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 48 mi
Schedule strength
36%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1547)
Master avg
591.67 / 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 comeback
1.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.8 years, then back at Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon (2015-04-03).
- last seen 2013-05-31
- back 2015-04-03
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.
Horizon Smokers 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 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.
#4067 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
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#4061 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
Level with Horizon Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4065 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
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#4058 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
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#4046 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Horizon Smokers did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#4057 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1481
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 | 164.6172 | 144.5716 | 157.44 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.9028 | 151.9544 | 156.38 | top 63% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6684 | 149.0628 | 158.96 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2632 | 150.8344 | 157.98 | top 58% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 63% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon | 3 | 21 | 0 | top 76% | 2017-03-31 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.8 yrs
2013-05-31 → 2017-03-31
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OK
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 158.96 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.38)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
591.67
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
95
36–102 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
64
4 mapped stops · furthest 48 mi
Schedule strength
1547
average field rating faced — tougher than 36% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.8 yrs
2013-05-31 → 2015-04-03
Power rating
1481
peak 1481 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Okfuskee Volunteer Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff
- Career-best overall score632.5718 Okfuskee Volunteer Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1498) Okfuskee Volunteer Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff
- 2017
- Career-best single call (Pork)169.6684 Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon
- Most recent contest Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.2 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon | 2016-04-01 |
| -1.8 | Okfuskee Volunteer Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff | 2013-05-31 |
| -1.5 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon | 2017-03-31 |
| -1.1 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon | 2015-04-03 |
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 68% | 87.2% | 87.2% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 66.7% | 66.7% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 87% | 87% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-03-31 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon Stillwater, OK | 25 / 37 (627.8744) | 37 (144.5716) | 28 (151.9544) | 12 (169.6684) | 23 (161.6800) |
| 2016-04-01 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon Stillwater, OK | 44 / 44 (479.9432) | 17 (164.6172) | — | 41 (149.0628) | 16 (166.2632) |
| 2015-04-03 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon Stillwater, OK | 21 / 34 (626.2856) | 17 (158.8572) | 16 (162.9028) | 29 (153.6912) | 28 (150.8344) |
| 2013-05-31 | Okfuskee Volunteer Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff Okemah, OK | 16 / 27 (632.5718) | 14 (161.7144) | 18 (154.2860) | 12 (163.4284) | 14 (153.1430) |