High-water mark
683.4280
career-best overall
94.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 683.4280 at The Desoto Shrine Club 5th Annual 2013 BBQ Cookoff — 94.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-06-14
Ghost River Smoke-a-holi
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1536
peak 1536 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Best runs
3
straight top-10s
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-04-05
latest 2013-06-14
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 15%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
681.90
last 3 Master vs avg 681.90 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
and counting
Consistency
±1.17
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 172.38 · weakest Chicken (166.86)
Road miles
76
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 32 mi
Schedule strength
4%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1505)
Master avg
681.90 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
Announced themselves early
5th
at their very first contest
Finished 5 of 29 at their very first tracked contest, Third Annual Bull Moose BBQ Contest (2013-04-05).
- 2013-04-05
- 29-team field
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
KILLER HOGS has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
Ghost River Smoke-a-holi 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 62 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.
#2069 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1535
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2058 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1536
No shared contest yet.
Level with Ghost River Smoke-a-holi on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2062 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1536
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#2074 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1536
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2067 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 57%
- Peak
- 1536
No shared contest yet.
4 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Head-to-head#2061 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1536
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 7 contests, alongside a 43% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8568 | 162.8570 | 166.86 | top 46% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 173.1426 | 168.0000 | 170.67 | top 21% |
| Pork | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 174.8572 | 170.2858 | 172.38 | top 16% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 176.0000 | 164.5714 | 172.00 | top 22% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS | 2 | 0 | top 13% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 17% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 16% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 13% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.2 yrs
2013-04-05 → 2013-06-14
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Cooks most in
MS
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 172.38 · weakest Chicken (166.86)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
100%
3 of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight contests — and still running
Master average
681.90
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
82
82–11 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
76
3 mapped stops · furthest 32 mi
Schedule strength
1505
average field rating faced — tougher than 4% of rated contests
Power rating
1536
peak 1536 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Third Annual Bull Moose BBQ Contest
- First call Third Annual Bull Moose BBQ Contest
- First overall top-10 Third Annual Bull Moose BBQ Contest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score680.5716 Third Annual Bull Moose BBQ Contest
- First category win (Brisket) Mississippi Springfest
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176.0000 Mississippi Springfest
- Career-best overall score683.4280 The Desoto Shrine Club 5th Annual 2013 BBQ Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1536) The Desoto Shrine Club 5th Annual 2013 BBQ Cookoff
- Most recent contest The Desoto Shrine Club 5th Annual 2013 BBQ Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.3 | Mississippi Springfest | 2013-05-10 |
| +12 | The Desoto Shrine Club 5th Annual 2013 BBQ Cookoff | 2013-06-14 |
| +11.3 | Third Annual Bull Moose BBQ Contest | 2013-04-05 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 100% | top 15% | 94.9% | 94.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-06-14 | The Desoto Shrine Club 5th Annual 2013 BBQ Cookoff Hernando, MS | 5 / 40 (683.4280) | 13 (170.8568) | 4 (173.1426) | 6 (174.8572) | 22 (164.5714) |
| 2013-05-10 | Mississippi Springfest Ashland, MS | 4 / 29 (681.7142) | 20 (162.8570) | 6 (170.8572) | 2 (172.0000) | 1 (176.0000) |
| 2013-04-05 | Third Annual Bull Moose BBQ Contest Somerville, TN | 5 / 29 (680.5716) | 11 (166.8572) | 9 (168.0000) | 8 (170.2858) | 2 (175.4286) |