Halfracks Smoke Shack AK
Rating
1507
peak 1513
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2023-06-30
latest 2024-05-31
Best ToY finish
#668
Master 2023
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
1
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 47%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
and counting
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 176.01 · weakest Pork Ribs (166.55)
Road miles
0
mi across 2 mapped stops
Storylines
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 1.1312 points of the Grand Championship at Kenai River BBQ Competition (2023-06-30).
🐣 Announced themselves early
Finished 2 of 9 at their very first tracked contest, Kenai River BBQ Competition (2023-06-30).
Teams like this (closest power rating, AK first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 166.2400 | 168.83 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 168.5600 | 164.5372 | 166.55 | top 52% |
| Pork | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 176.0000 | 163.4056 | 169.70 | top 61% |
| Brisket | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 176.5716 | 175.4400 | 176.01 | top 27% |
“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
- Busiest season: 2024 (1 contest)
- Cooks mostly in AK (2 of 2 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (2 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 681.09
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 669.6228 | 669.62 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 692.5488 | 692.55 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-31 | Kenai River BBQ Competition Soldotna, AK | 5 / 7 (669.6228) | 5 (166.2400) | 5 (164.5372) | 7 (163.4056) | 3 (175.4400) |
| 2023-06-30 | Kenai River BBQ Competition Soldotna, AK | 2 / 9 (692.5488) | 4 (171.4172) | 3 (168.5600) | 2 (176.0000) | 1 (176.5716) |
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #807 (157 pts) | #873 (157 pts) | #908 (157 pts) | #889 (137 pts) | #755 (207 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #668 (234 pts) | #824 (184 pts) | #849 (209 pts) | #702 (234 pts) | #666 (259 pts) |