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
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1475
peak 1475 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2017-10-20
latest 2019-10-18
Best ToY finish
#2212
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Best overall
655.3368
Competitor Series · Kentucky's Fort Harrod Beef Festival Grill-Off (COMPETITORS SERIES)
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
635.62
last 3 Master vs avg 635.62 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
174.2628
Consistency
±1.87
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 164.90 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.12)
Road miles
331
mi 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 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
635.62 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
SHADY RIVER SMOKERS has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 149 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4348 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1505 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4350 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4386 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2017.
⚔ Head-to-head#4379 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Level with SHADY RIVER SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4387 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4388 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy 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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 67% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 89% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring 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% | 2019-10-18 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2017-10-20 → 2019-10-18
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KY
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Brisket
6 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 164.90 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.12)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 3 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
17%
1 of 6 contests
Master average
635.62
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
71
14–90 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
331
6 mapped stops · furthest 33 mi
Schedule strength
1599
average field rating faced — tougher than 77% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$23,000
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Power rating
1475
peak 1475 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- 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
- 2019
- First overall top-10 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
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.9 | *Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-off | 2017-10-20 |
| -8.5 | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off | 2018-10-19 |
| -6.7 | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off | 2019-10-18 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
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% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-10-18 | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Munfordville, KY | 27 / 31 (638.0912) | 25 (163.4056) | 30 (153.6684) | 29 (160.5028) | 27 (160.5144) |
| 2019-10-04 | Kentucky's Fort Harrod Beef Festival Grill-Off (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Harrodsburg, KY | 8 / 12 (655.3368) | — | — | — | 2 (174.2628) |
| 2018-10-19 | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off Munfordville, KY | 26 / 29 (635.2228) | 25 (158.2628) | 27 (150.1944) | 17 (165.1200) | 21 (161.6456) |
| 2018-06-08 | *Kentucky's Fort Harrod Beef Festival Grill-Off (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) Harrodsburg, KY | — | — | — | — | 5 (162.8000) |
| 2017-10-20 | *Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-off Munfordville, KY | 33 / 36 (633.5544) | 28 (162.8456) | 34 (152.5032) | 32 (158.8456) | 25 (159.3600) |
| 2017-06-09 | *Kentucky's Fort Harrod Beef Festival Grill-Off (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) Harrodsburg, KY | — | — | — | — | 2 (170.8228) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |