The comeback
1.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.8 years, then back at Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) (Jun 9, 2023).
- last seen Sep 3, 2021
- back Jun 9, 2023
Harrison Reese
Harrison Reese is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2021. Their best overall finish is 13th of 105 at the Smoke in the Spring (2021).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1514
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Apr 9, 2021
latest Apr 9, 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 12%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Road miles
860
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 450 mi
Purse competed for
$39K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 6 state-championship entries
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Harrison Reese, each with one reason worth a look.
Harrison Reese has 1 rated contest, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 120 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,691 of the rated field
- Contests
- 23
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1528
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Harrison Reese)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Harrison Reese has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,699 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,679 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
Level with Harrison Reese on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,694 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1513
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 7 contests, alongside a 14% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#2,673 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,681 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1521
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 5 years before Harrison Reese's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|
“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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2021
4 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
WI
3 of 6 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
1
a different one every time
Opponents faced
130
finished ahead 105 times, behind 24
Longest layoff
1.8 yrs
Sep 3, 2021 → Jun 9, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest Minnesota in May
20213 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke in the Spring
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score164.6172 Smoke in the Spring
- Career-best overall score164.6172 Smoke in the Spring
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 12% | 91.5% | 91.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2024 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jun 9, 2023 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 3, 2021 | Smokin' in the Bogs 🏅 Warrens, WI | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jun 11, 2021 | Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1 🏅 West Salem, WI | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 7, 2021 | Minnesota in May 🏅 Cambridge, MN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 9, 2021 | Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS | 13 / 105 (164.6172) | — | — | — | — |