A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
ELKHAWG SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
ELKHAWG SMOKERS has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
SHADY RIVER SMOKERS
SHADY RIVER SMOKERS is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 8th of 12 at the Kentucky's Fort Harrod Beef Festival Grill-Off (COMPETITORS SERIES) (2019). They finished #2212 in the 2017 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1475
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 31 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Oct 20, 2017
latest Oct 18, 2019 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
17% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Best overall
655.3368 / 720
Competitor Series · Kentucky's Fort Harrod Beef Festival Grill-Off (COMPETITORS SERIES)
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
174.2628
Consistency
±1.87
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 164.90 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.12)
Road miles
331
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 33 mi
Schedule strength
77%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1599)
Purse competed for
$23K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
635.62 / 720
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #2507 (56 pts) | #2520 (56 pts) | #2522 (56 pts) | #2512 (56 pts) | #2509 (56 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #2548 (54 pts) | #2545 (54 pts) | #2536 (54 pts) | #1860 (94 pts) | #1925 (74 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to SHADY RIVER SMOKERS, each with one reason worth a look.
SHADY RIVER SMOKERS has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 148 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,392 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,381 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
They've been 1505 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,420 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
They turned up 5 years after SHADY RIVER SMOKERS did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Compare careers#4,396 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
Level with SHADY RIVER SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,410 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,422 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4056 | 158.2628 | 161.50 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6684 | 150.1944 | 152.12 | top 95% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 158.8456 | 161.49 | top 80% |
| Brisket | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 174.2628 | 159.3600 | 164.90 | top 50% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 67% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 89% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off | 3 | 26 | 0 | top 89% | Oct 18, 2019 |
More numbers
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KY
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Brisket
6 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Opponents faced
71
finished ahead 14 times, behind 90
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20195 milestones
- First overall top-10 Kentucky's Fort Harrod Beef Festival Grill-Off (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.3368 Kentucky's Fort Harrod Beef Festival Grill-Off (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- Career-best overall score655.3368 Kentucky's Fort Harrod Beef Festival Grill-Off (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- Career-best single call (Brisket)174.2628 Kentucky's Fort Harrod Beef Festival Grill-Off (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- Most recent contest Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off
20173 milestones
- First tracked contest Kentucky's Fort Harrod Beef Festival Grill-Off (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
- First call Kentucky's Fort Harrod Beef Festival Grill-Off (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
- Peak power rating (1490) Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.9 | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-off | Oct 20, 2017 |
| -8.5 | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off | Oct 19, 2018 |
| -6.6 | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off | Oct 18, 2019 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 77% | 91% | 89.8% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 90% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 92% | 88% | 88% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2019 | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Munfordville, KY | 27 / 31 (638.0912) | 25 (163.4056) | 30 (153.6684) | 29 (160.5028) | 27 (160.5144) |
| Oct 4, 2019 | Kentucky's Fort Harrod Beef Festival Grill-Off (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Harrodsburg, KY | 8 / 12 (655.3368) | — | — | — | 2 (174.2628) |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off Munfordville, KY | 26 / 29 (635.2228) | 25 (158.2628) | 27 (150.1944) | 17 (165.1200) | 21 (161.6456) |
| Jun 8, 2018 | Kentucky's Fort Harrod Beef Festival Grill-Off (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) Harrodsburg, KY | — | — | — | — | 5 (162.8000) |
| Oct 20, 2017 | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-off Munfordville, KY | 33 / 36 (633.5544) | 28 (162.8456) | 34 (152.5032) | 32 (158.8456) | 25 (159.3600) |
| Jun 9, 2017 | Kentucky's Fort Harrod Beef Festival Grill-Off (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) Harrodsburg, KY | — | — | — | — | 2 (170.8228) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.