They almost always walk
63%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 5 of 8 contests
A top-10 category call in 63% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
Elkhorn BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1439
peak 1439 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2013-05-25
latest 2026-05-23
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
634.87 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 629.77 (+5.11)
Walk rate
63%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.16
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.83 · weakest Brisket (149.60)
Road miles
1
mi across 8 mapped stops
Schedule strength
21%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1529)
Purse competed for
$41K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
629.77 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (7 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 one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Northwest Smokehouse has finished one call ahead of Elkhorn BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
A tough matchup
6–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
The weak link
−13.2
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 13.23 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 25%.
- Brisket avg 149.60
- Chicken avg 162.83
- 0 calls in 8 entries
The comeback
4 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4 years, then back at BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay (2026-05-23).
- last seen 2022-05-28
- back 2026-05-23
Chicken nemesis
5 of 6
shared chicken entries lost
SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST ahead 83% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST has out-cooked them in 5 of 6 shared chicken entries.
The metronome
±2.24%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±2.24% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 87.5% of a perfect score
- 8 contests
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.
75 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5845 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1439
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#5846 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before Elkhorn BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5837 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1440
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5843 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1439
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#5841 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1439
No shared contest yet.
Level with Elkhorn BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5857 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1439
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Smokehouse | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG BITE BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| 503BACKYARDBBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| PEPPER PAPPY BBQ CO | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| J&C BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| DANCES WITH SMOKE BARBEQUE | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| SON OF SMOKE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| PIGGY D'S BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| JERIMIAH JOHNSON MOUNTAIN MAN BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BOOTIES BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 171.9772 | 154.7656 | 162.83 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 176.0000 | 143.4288 | 160.34 | top 68% |
| Pork | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.8456 | 147.9656 | 156.99 | top 77% |
| Brisket | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2860 | 137.1430 | 149.60 | top 86% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay | 8 | 13 | 0 | top 83% | 2026-05-23 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
13 yrs
2013-05-25 → 2026-05-23
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 8 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OR
8 of 8 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
8 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 162.83 · weakest Brisket (149.60)
Walk rate
63%
a top-10 call in 5 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 8 contests
Master average
629.77
out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
142
42–215 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1
8 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1529
average field rating faced — tougher than 21% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$41,000
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
4 yrs
2022-05-28 → 2026-05-23
Power rating
1439
peak 1439 · #5848 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
- Peak power rating (1484) BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
- 2014
- First call BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.0000 BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
- 2022
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.2744 BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
- Career-best overall score662.2744 BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
- 2026
- Most recent contest BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.4 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay | 2022-05-28 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.8 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay | 2013-05-25 |
| -12.9 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay | 2015-05-22 |
| -12.6 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay | 2014-05-24 |
| -9.4 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay | 2019-05-25 |
| -7.2 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay | 2026-05-23 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 88% | 87.3% | 87.3% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 48% | 92% | 92% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 69% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 97% | 87% | 87% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 94% | 87% | 87% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 84.9% | 84.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-23 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR | 29 / 33 (628.2856) | 31 (154.7656) | 31 (159.9544) | 10 (174.8456) | 31 (138.7200) |
| 2022-05-28 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR | 13 / 27 (662.2744) | 10 (169.7256) | 10 (171.4400) | 17 (165.7372) | 22 (155.3716) |
| 2019-05-25 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR | 31 / 34 (607.9544) | 27 (156.5600) | 32 (151.9772) | 29 (149.1544) | 29 (150.2628) |
| 2018-05-26 | *BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay(JUDGES FULL) North Bend, OR | 24 / 35 (643.3488) | 30 (156.5256) | 8 (171.4516) | 29 (153.0856) | 20 (162.2860) |
| 2017-05-27 | *BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay(JUDGES FULL) North Bend, OR | 29 / 37 (632.5024) | 12 (168.5712) | 33 (157.6684) | 32 (148.5712) | 29 (157.6916) |
| 2015-05-22 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay North Bend, OR | 37 / 38 (626.1828) | 3 (171.9772) | 36 (150.8112) | 37 (152.5600) | 37 (150.8344) |
| 2014-05-24 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay North Bend, OR | 29 / 31 (626.1600) | 28 (157.6684) | 3 (176.0000) | 30 (147.9656) | 30 (144.5260) |
| 2013-05-25 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay North Bend, OR | 31 / 31 (611.4286) | 16 (166.8570) | 31 (143.4288) | 22 (163.9998) | 31 (137.1430) |