A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Under the Radar ahead in 100% of their meetings
Under the Radar has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
SHARPIE SMOKERS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1478
peak 1478 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-06-27
latest 2016-06-24
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
644.24
last 3 Master vs avg 644.24 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.68
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.78 · weakest Chicken (151.15)
Road miles
35
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)
Master avg
644.24 / 720
3 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.
SHARPIE 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 148 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.
#4234 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4209 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after SHARPIE SMOKERS did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4210 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with SHARPIE SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4222 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4221 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4229 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8344 | 135.8056 | 151.15 | top 90% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0000 | 146.7888 | 160.74 | top 65% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0000 | 167.3828 | 167.78 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2632 | 161.7372 | 164.57 | top 62% |
“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.
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2014-06-27 → 2016-06-24
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TN
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 167.78 · weakest Chicken (151.15)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
644.24
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
71
20–85 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
35
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1552
average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests
Power rating
1478
peak 1478 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Blount County BBQ Bash
- Career-best single call (Pork)168.0000 Blount County BBQ Bash
- Peak power rating (1492) Blount County BBQ Bash
- 2016
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.4804 Big BBQ Bash
- Career-best overall score660.4804 Big BBQ Bash
- Most recent contest Big BBQ Bash
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.5 | Blount County BBQ Bash | 2015-06-26 |
| -8.5 | Blount County BBQ Bash | 2014-06-27 |
| -5.1 | Big BBQ Bash | 2016-06-24 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 91.7% | 91.7% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 88% | 88% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-24 | Big BBQ Bash Maryville, TN | 24 / 31 (660.4804) | 28 (158.8344) | 19 (167.4172) | 17 (167.9656) | 18 (166.2632) |
| 2015-06-26 | Blount County BBQ Bash Maryville, TN | 32 / 38 (638.6860) | 30 (158.8000) | 36 (146.7888) | 17 (167.3828) | 23 (165.7144) |
| 2014-06-27 | Blount County BBQ Bash Maryville, TN | 32 / 39 (633.5428) | 39 (135.8056) | 15 (168.0000) | 15 (168.0000) | 26 (161.7372) |