SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS PA

Power ranking

#287

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1651

peak 1653

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-02-08

latest 2022-06-17

Best ToY finish

#20

Master 2018

Grand champs

2 reserve

Category wins

20 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 38 contests

Avg finish

top 28%

overall standings

Best overall

699.3600

Country Roads BBQ Clash Day 2

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

676.37 ▲

last 5 vs career avg 675.35 (+1.02)

Walk rate

76%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Chicken · Country Roads BBQ Clash Day 2

Consistency

±10.95

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 169.53 · weakest Brisket (167.09)

Road miles

7622

mi across 38 mapped stops · furthest 974 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

BIG RAZ BBQ has finished one call ahead of SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has landed one call behind them 3 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ has come out ahead in 16 of their 20 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ in 15 of their 18 shared contests.

🏕️ Happy hunting ground

York County BBQ Festival is their spot: an average finish in the top 14% across 3 visits.

💔 The heartbreaker

Came within 2.3084 points of the Grand Championship at Country Roads BBQ Clash Day 2 (2021-07-17).

📅 A October team

Something about October: average finish in the top 19% across 3 contests, versus top 28% the rest of the year.

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	37	8	2	3	180.0000 🔥	155.3484	169.23	top 40%
Pork Ribs	38	18	4	7	178.2972	158.8000	169.36	top 32%
Pork	37	23	0	4	178.8572	158.8116	169.53	top 32%
Brisket	37	13	2	6	177.7028	151.3140	167.09	top 38%

“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
PA	9	0	top 25%
NJ	7	0	top 26%
VA	6	0	top 35%
KS	2	0	top 49%
WV	2	0	top 29%
NY	2	0	top 23%
MA	2	0	top 27%
NH	1	0	top 56%
OH	1	0	top 22%
DE	1	0	top 13%
ON	1	1	top 4%
MD	1	0	top 30%
AR	1	0	top 15%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	3	0	top 32%
Medium (20–39)	15	1	top 29%
Large (40+)	19	0	top 26%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2019 (16 contests)
Cooks mostly in PA (9 of 38 contests)
Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (38 entries)
First Grand Championship in the data: Summer Daze BBQ Classic (2019-08-23)
Wins it all in 3% of contests
All-time average overall score: 675.35
1 perfect 180 on the books 🔥

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

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
2022	3	0	0	689.6572	681.27
2021	14	0	3	699.3600	675.02
2020	5	0	1	688.4800	680.03
2019	16	1	4	687.3944	673.05

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2022-06-17	York County BBQ Festival Delta, PA	4 / 34 (681.0744)	11 (170.2744)	5 (169.6916)	3 (172.5484)	12 (168.5600)
2022-04-23	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ	6 / 41 (689.6572)	4 (178.2972)	18 (167.9772)	7 (173.7144)	13 (169.6684)
2022-04-22	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ	17 / 48 (673.0744)	14 (170.8572)	12 (169.7028)	34 (163.3944)	14 (169.1200)
2021-10-08	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship Harrisburg, PA	9 / 27 (662.6624)	11 (167.3712)	6 (166.8228)	9 (166.8228)	12 (161.6456)
2021-09-16	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS	140 / 185 (671.9540)	51 (173.7028)	91 (170.8456)	172 (161.1656)	131 (166.2400)
2021-09-16	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS	107 / 467 (675.3600)	186 (167.9772)	150 (169.1316)	38 (174.8800)	253 (163.3712)
2021-08-27	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	5 / 44 (681.6228)	23 (161.6800)	3 (172.5600)	4 (174.2744)	2 (173.1084)
2021-07-17	Country Roads BBQ Clash Day 2 Morgantown, WV	2 / 15 (699.3600)	1 (180.0000)	8 (170.8228)	6 (171.9772)	1 (176.5600)
2021-07-16	Country Roads BBQ Clash Day 1 Morgantown, WV	8 / 18 (681.0056)	1 (177.7028)	8 (171.9772)	6 (171.9772)	14 (159.3484)
2021-06-18	York County BBQ Festival Delta, PA	7 / 41 (680.4456)	22 (167.3828)	7 (169.6916)	5 (172.5600)	8 (170.8112)
2021-06-12	Granite State BBQ Championship Hancock, NH	18 / 32 (656.4228)	24 (159.4056)	9 (167.9888)	5 (170.8228)	26 (158.2056)
2021-05-14	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke Morgantown, PA	13 / 46 (651.8628)	11 (166.8572)	26 (158.8000)	20 (162.8228)	17 (163.3828)
2021-04-24	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ	14 / 40 (671.3372)	22 (167.4172)	18 (167.4172)	5 (173.1200)	18 (163.3828)
2021-04-23	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ	10 / 40 (676.4684)	22 (165.6684)	17 (166.8344)	3 (175.4400)	10 (168.5256)
2021-04-23	New Jersey KnoQ-out - One Meat Rib Contest Jackson, NJ	—	—	13 (163.9428)	—	—
2021-03-27	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) Urbanna, VA	8 / 40 (687.3600)	11 (172.0000)	30 (163.9544)	5 (174.8456)	3 (176.5600)
2021-03-26	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) Urbanna, VA	14 / 46 (679.3372)	31 (164.5600)	11 (171.9772)	11 (173.1200)	18 (169.6800)
2020-09-18	Smokin in the Hills Hillsboro, OH	9 / 41 (682.2168)	12 (172.5484)	19 (166.2856)	11 (169.6800)	3 (173.7028)
2020-07-31	New Jersey KnoQ-out: DAY 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ	3 / 28 (686.7772)	16 (168.5372)	1 (177.1544)	20 (163.3828)	3 (177.7028)
2020-07-31	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ	8 / 35 (671.8972)	10 (171.9656)	22 (162.2400)	12 (167.4288)	8 (170.2628)
2020-07-30	"Last Chance" KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ	7 / 18 (670.7656)	13 (168.5600)	3 (170.2744)	8 (167.9884)	11 (163.9428)
2020-06-26	York County BBQ Festival Delta, PA	7 / 53 (688.4800)	31 (166.2400)	5 (174.8572)	5 (174.2744)	7 (173.1084)
2019-10-18	Boo-B-Que Rehoboth Beach, DE	8 / 63 (672.4228)	29 (165.0856)	5 (170.2628)	9 (170.8228)	17 (166.2516)
2019-10-04	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship Harrisburg, PA	4 / 36 (669.0512)	31 (155.3484)	20 (163.3944)	5 (173.7256)	1 (176.5828)
2019-09-21	Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY	3 / 43 (681.1084)	5 (169.6800)	1 (176.5828)	11 (167.4172)	11 (167.4284)
2019-08-23	Summer Daze BBQ Classic Niagara Falls, ON	1 / 23 (680.5488)	8 (167.4172)	1 (175.4400)	4 (166.2744)	4 (171.4172)
2019-07-20	Ribs and Rhythm & Blues Auburn, NY	13 / 34 (659.8052)	14 (167.4056)	6 (173.7028)	9 (167.3828)	26 (151.3140)
2019-06-21	Ayr Charity BBQ Ayr Ontario, N0B 1E0	2 / 23 (678.2400)	2 (177.7028)	1 (174.8572)	10 (166.8572)	12 (158.8228)
2019-05-25	Gettysburg BBQ Festival Day 2 Gettysburg, PA	14 / 32 (687.3944)	15 (171.4056)	17 (167.3944)	3 (178.8572)	16 (169.7372)
2019-05-24	Gettysburg BBQ Festival Day 1 Gettysburg, PA	18 / 33 (667.8972)	17 (168.5600)	11 (168.5372)	27 (162.8344)	17 (167.9656)
2019-05-18	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY 2) CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Plymouth, MA	8 / 28 (662.7428)	11 (168.5488)	21 (162.2744)	3 (173.7256)	17 (158.1940)
2019-05-17	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY 1) CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Plymouth, MA	7 / 27 (664.4800)	14 (166.2628)	11 (162.8228)	9 (166.2400)	4 (169.1544)
2019-05-04	BBQ Jamboree (Day 2) Fredericksburg, VA	18 / 33 (672.9944)	19 (169.6916)	5 (175.4172)	28 (161.6456)	19 (166.2400)
2019-05-03	BBQ Jamboree (Day 1) Fredericksburg, VA	9 / 34 (680.4456)	13 (170.8344)	7 (170.8228)	8 (171.4172)	16 (167.3712)
2019-04-19	Interstate BBQ Festival Hagerstown, MD	16 / 54 (671.4056)	11 (172.0000)	2 (178.2972)	26 (166.2628)	44 (154.8456)
2019-03-23	BBQ Gives Back-IV (DAY 2) Urbanna, VA	7 / 52 (685.0860)	5 (175.4172)	23 (166.8344)	8 (171.9772)	9 (170.8572)
2019-03-22	BBQ Gives Back-III (Day 1) Urbanna, VA	42 / 63 (647.8172)	41 (163.9428)	14 (166.2400)	51 (158.8116)	43 (158.8228)
2019-02-08	KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship Little Rock, AR	14 / 92 (687.3256)	30 (173.1200)	19 (171.9772)	21 (171.9656)	37 (170.2628)

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
2022 ↗	Master	#447 (484 pts)	#493 (454 pts)	#575 (404 pts)	#489 (459 pts)	#571 (359 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#95 (1505 pts)	#126 (1272 pts)	#106 (1410 pts)	#56 (1762 pts)	#85 (1555 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#130 (841 pts)	#235 (521 pts)	#127 (846 pts)	#181 (656 pts)	#116 (896 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#94 (1854 pts)	#156 (1461 pts)	#47 (2047 pts)	#96 (1708 pts)	#146 (1477 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#20 (2527 pts)	#36 (2176 pts)	#13 (2376 pts)	#19 (2348 pts)	#33 (2197 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#27 (2485 pts)	#23 (2325 pts)	#70 (1968 pts)	#11 (2453 pts)	#122 (1720 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#233 (1392 pts)	#120 (1722 pts)	#306 (1167 pts)	#194 (1457 pts)	#229 (1392 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#343 (1096 pts)	#377 (991 pts)	#387 (951 pts)	#401 (926 pts)	#248 (1311 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#507 (750 pts)	#532 (730 pts)	#549 (710 pts)	#484 (800 pts)	#445 (860 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#362 (847 pts)	#387 (802 pts)	#369 (832 pts)	#366 (847 pts)	#294 (1032 pts)