A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
ELJEFE SMOKE ahead in 100% of their meetings
ELJEFE SMOKE has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Pork N' Bastards
Pork N' Bastards is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 14th of 15 at the I Love Barbecue & Music Festival (2021). They finished #738 in the 2023 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1458
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 3, 2021
latest Sep 23, 2023 · 2.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 95%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.10
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 156.85 · weakest Brisket (143.51)
Road miles
541
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 189 mi
Schedule strength
61%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1577)
Purse competed for
$18K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
607.49 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #738 (198 pts) | #789 (203 pts) | #868 (198 pts) | #756 (203 pts) | #787 (198 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 147.4400 | 153.71 | top 88% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 160.5484 | 144.5828 | 153.41 | top 86% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.6172 | 146.8456 | 156.85 | top 85% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.7772 | 137.0628 | 143.51 | top 97% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 97% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 93% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 97% | Sep 1, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NY
2 of 4 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
73
finished ahead 7 times, behind 107
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
Sep 3, 2021 → Apr 15, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20233 milestones
- Career-best overall score634.7200 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)168 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)
- Most recent contest Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)
20213 milestones
- First tracked contest I Love Barbecue & Music Festival
- First call I Love Barbecue & Music Festival
- Peak power rating (1490) I Love Barbecue & Music Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.9 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) | Sep 23, 2023 |
| -10.7 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | Apr 15, 2023 |
| -10.4 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | Sep 1, 2023 |
| -10.1 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | Sep 3, 2021 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 88.2% | 85% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 93% | 82.5% | 82.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2023 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Southwick, MA | 39 / 42 (634.7200) | 24 (168) | 39 (155.9656) | 36 (159.9772) | 41 (150.7772) |
| Sep 1, 2023 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY | 18 / 18 (585.6456) | 18 (147.4400) | 18 (144.5828) | 17 (155.9656) | 18 (137.6572) |
| Apr 15, 2023 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Bristol, CT | 40 / 43 (615.4060) | 41 (149.6800) | 36 (152.5600) | 29 (164.6172) | 41 (148.5488) |
| Sep 3, 2021 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival 🏅 Lake Placid, NY | 14 / 15 (594.1712) | 15 (149.7144) | 10 (160.5484) | 14 (146.8456) | 14 (137.0628) |