PALMETTO SMOKEHOUSE

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#1031

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1601

peak 1601 · rated over 11 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-08-23

latest 2014-11-14

Best ToY finish

#202

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

6 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 11 contests

Avg finish

top 22%

overall standings

Best overall

690.7884 / 720

Master · Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

676.14 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 674.18 (+1.96)

Walk rate

82%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

and counting

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Pork · Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash (SBBQA)

Consistency

±10.84

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 168.91 · weakest Pork Ribs (168.30)

Road miles

2,047

mi across 11 mapped stops · furthest 333 mi

Schedule strength

30%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)

State championships

1 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

674.18 / 720

11 Master contests · 2 GCs

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines (13 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.

Riding a hot streak

4 straight overall top-10s

Currently on a 4-contest overall top-10 run.

career best 4

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.

Pork ×1

Against the odds

23-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 77 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) (2014-05-09) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 23-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Killer B's BBQ.

On the rise

+86 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 86 points across 10 contests since 2014-03-14 — from 1515 up to 1601.

10 contests since 2014-03-14
now 1601

Giant slayer

42 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 42-team field at Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier).

2014-05-09

They almost always walk

82% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 9 of 11 contests

A top-10 category call in 82% of their 11 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

690.7884 career-best overall

95.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 690.7884 at Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) — 95.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
2014-05-09

State champions

1 state championships won

They've taken 1 state championship from 1 entries at contests carrying the title.

1 state-championship entries

Their season

2014 2 Grand Championships

2014 was the year it came together: 10 contests, 2 Grand Championships and 4 category wins, at an average finish in the top 22%.

10 contests
7 overall top-10s
4 category wins
average top 22%

A tough matchup

6–2 behind in the head-to-head

Killer B's BBQ ahead in 75% of their meetings

Killer B's BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 8 shared contests.

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of County Line Que in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

Brisket nemesis

6 of 8 shared brisket entries lost

Killer B's BBQ ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Killer B's BBQ has out-cooked them in 6 of 8 shared brisket entries.

The metronome

±1.51% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.51% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.6% of a perfect score
11 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.

PORK BARREL BBQ

#1032 of the rated field

1601 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 55
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1665

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to PALMETTO SMOKEHOUSE)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team PALMETTO SMOKEHOUSE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 52 contests
last seen 2021-09-16

⚔ Head-to-head

3 WOODYS BBQ

#1030 of the rated field

1601 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1605

No shared contest yet.

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 16 contests to 11.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2016-09-23

⚔ Head-to-head

MEAT SWEATS BBQ AB

#1034 of the rated field

1601 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1601

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 19 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2025-08-30

⚔ Head-to-head

BLAZING CATTLES BBQ

#1033 of the rated field

1601 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1601

No shared contest yet.

20 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 30% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2018-06-22

⚔ Head-to-head

Survivor-Que

#1029 of the rated field

1601 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 42
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1619

No shared contest yet.

Level with PALMETTO SMOKEHOUSE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 40 contests
last seen 2025-06-27

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKEY'S Q

#1028 of the rated field

1601 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 43
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1617

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 42 contests
last seen 2018-09-21

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Killer B's BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
MIDNIGHT BURN	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
County Line Que	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
Bald Hawg BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
CHECKERED PIG	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	11	4	0	0	173.7028	158.2284	168.49	top 36%
Pork Ribs	11	3	1	1	174.8572	164.5256	168.30	top 33%
Pork	11	7	2	3	180.0000 🔥	157.6456	168.48	top 30%
Brisket	11	5	1	2	175.4172	160.5144	168.91	top 30%

“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
SC	4	1	top 17%
GA	4	1	top 30%
NC	2	0	top 25%
TN	1	0	top 8%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	1	top 6%
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 20%
Large (40+)	7	1	top 26%

The story so far (19 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 1.2 yrs 2013-08-23 → 2014-11-14

Busiest season 2014 10 contests · 2 GCs

Contests a season 5.5 across 2 seasons in the data

Cooks most in SC 4 of 11 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 11 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 11 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls

Strongest meat Brisket averages 168.91 · weakest Pork Ribs (168.30)

Walk rate 82% a top-10 call in 9 of 11 contests

Overall top-10 rate 73% 8 of 11 contests

Wins it all 18% 2 Grand Championships · 0 reserve

First title 2014-05-09 Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)

Best top-10 run 4 straight contests — and still running

Master average 674.18 out of 720 · 11 contests · 2 GCs

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 366 400–116 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,047 11 mapped stops · furthest 333 mi

Schedule strength 1541 average field rating faced — tougher than 30% of rated contests

State championships 1 from 1 state-championship entries

Power rating 1601 peak 1601 · #1031 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2013
Aug 23 First tracked contest Sooie't Relief BBQ Benefit
Aug 23 First call Sooie't Relief BBQ Benefit
Aug 23 First overall top-10 Sooie't Relief BBQ Benefit
Aug 23 First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.6456 Sooie't Relief BBQ Benefit
2014
Mar 28 First category win (Pork) Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash (SBBQA)
Mar 28 First perfect 180 (Pork) Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash (SBBQA)
May 9 First overall podium Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)
May 9 First Grand Championship Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)
May 9 First state championship Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)
May 9 Biggest field won (42 teams) Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)
May 9 Career-best overall score690.7884 Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)
Oct 24 10th tracked contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
Nov 14 Peak power rating (1601) Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES REGISTRATION WILL BEGIN ON 6/15/2014)
Nov 14 Most recent contest Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES REGISTRATION WILL BEGIN ON 6/15/2014)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.2	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)	2014-10-24
+14.9	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)	2014-05-09
+13.5	Low Country Hog Fest	2014-08-29
+13.2	17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off	2014-04-18
+11.7	Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash (SBBQA)	2014-03-28

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-1.1	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Bluegrass Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)	2014-05-23

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)
2014	10	2	7	4	80%	top 22%	95.9%	93.7%
2013	1	0	1	0	100%	top 22%	93%	93%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2014-11-14	Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES REGISTRATION WILL BEGIN ON 6/15/2014) Charleston, SC	6 / 30 (673.0172)	4 (173.1428)	12 (166.2400)	1 (173.1200)	14 (160.5144)
2014-10-24	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN	7 / 92 (688.5944)	18 (173.1544)	53 (166.2972)	8 (175.4056)	19 (173.7372)
2014-09-19	Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig Fort Mill, SC	7 / 35 (674.6968)	5 (170.8228)	11 (167.9656)	24 (160.4912)	1 (175.4172)
2014-08-29	Low Country Hog Fest Charleston, SC	1 / 17 (678.8228)	5 (171.4284)	5 (166.2972)	5 (167.3828)	2 (173.7144)
2014-06-13	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC	28 / 73 (665.5764)	27 (168.5140)	15 (170.9144)	49 (162.2284)	39 (163.9196)
2014-05-23	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Bluegrass Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Evans, GA	36 / 65 (651.7940)	35 (165.0856)	22 (166.8228)	50 (157.6456)	38 (162.2400)
2014-05-09	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	1 / 42 (690.7884)	4 (173.7028)	1 (174.8572)	5 (168.5256)	5 (173.7028)
2014-04-18	17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off Kings Mountain, NC	6 / 55 (678.2056)	28 (166.2400)	7 (171.4172)	3 (172.5600)	15 (167.9884)
2014-03-28	Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash (SBBQA) Ashburn, GA	7 / 35 (681.6000)	14 (170.8228)	14 (168.5372)	1 (180.0000)	24 (162.2400)
2014-03-14	Flames on the Flint (SBBQA) Bainbridge, GA	19 / 43 (663.2912)	35 (158.2284)	26 (164.5256)	18 (166.8228)	6 (173.7144)
2013-08-23	Sooie't Relief BBQ Benefit Greer, SC	9 / 41 (669.6456)	20 (162.2628)	12 (167.4172)	7 (169.1084)	6 (170.8572)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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
2014 ↗	Master	#202 (1497 pts)	#283 (1182 pts)	#254 (1287 pts)	#174 (1492 pts)	#250 (1352 pts)