A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
STEELHORSE SMOKEHOUSE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1487
peak 1487 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-05-09
latest 2015-07-09
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
630.01
last 3 Master vs avg 630.01 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±3.36
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.76 · weakest Brisket (149.14)
Road miles
77
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 77 mi
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
630.01 / 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.
STEELHORSE SMOKEHOUSE 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 144 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.
#3791 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1504
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to STEELHORSE SMOKEHOUSE)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team STEELHORSE SMOKEHOUSE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3816 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1502
1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to STEELHORSE SMOKEHOUSE)
10 contests to 3: their number has had years to settle where STEELHORSE SMOKEHOUSE's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#3821 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Level with STEELHORSE SMOKEHOUSE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3806 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1487
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 9 contests, alongside a 33% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#3809 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1487
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3820 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
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 | 166.8456 | 162.2744 | 164.76 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2972 | 150.8344 | 158.84 | top 56% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9428 | 152.5256 | 157.28 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2972 | 146.2628 | 149.14 | top 80% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) | 2 | 61 | 0 | top 74% | 2015-07-09 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.2 yrs
2014-05-09 → 2015-07-09
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
SC
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 164.76 · weakest Brisket (149.14)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
630.01
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
148
63–152 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
77
3 mapped stops · furthest 77 mi
Schedule strength
1532
average field rating faced — tougher than 23% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Power rating
1487
peak 1487 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)
- Career-best overall score634.7428 Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)
- Peak power rating (1498) Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)
- 2015
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.8456 SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)
- Most recent contest SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.3 | SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) | 2015-07-09 |
| -5 | SC Festival of Discovery | 2014-07-10 |
| -2 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) | 2014-05-09 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 65% | 88.2% | 87.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-07-09 | SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Greenwood, SC | 69 / 90 (627.3372) | 38 (166.8456) | 76 (150.8344) | 75 (155.3600) | 66 (154.2972) |
| 2014-07-10 | SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 61 / 86 (627.9432) | 47 (162.2744) | 24 (166.2972) | 74 (152.5256) | 74 (146.8460) |
| 2014-05-09 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) 🏅 Waynesboro, GA | 25 / 42 (634.7428) | 23 (165.1544) | 24 (159.3828) | 18 (163.9428) | 34 (146.2628) |