SMOKING STACKS

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

Rating

1508

peak 1523 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-10

latest 2013-09-13

Best ToY finish

#746

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 48%

overall standings

Best overall

674.8570 / 720

Master · Boss Hog Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)

Perfect 180s

Current form

656.09

last 4 Master vs avg 656.09 (+0.00)

Walk rate

75%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

174.2858

Pork · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Consistency

±17.09

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 169.70 · weakest Brisket (158.84)

Road miles

572

mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 352 mi

Schedule strength

16%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1522)

Master avg

656.09 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (2 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.

High-water mark

674.8570 career-best overall

93.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 674.8570 at Boss Hog Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) — 93.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
2013-05-10

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

Killer B's BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Killer B's BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared 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.

SMOKING STACKS has 4 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 109 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.

UP IN SMOKE BBQ & CATERING

#2877 of the rated field

1508 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1516

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to SMOKING STACKS)

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2018-09-28

⚔ Head-to-head

The Bearded Bandits

#2892 of the rated field

1508 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1520

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2025-10-03

⚔ Head-to-head

THIN, BEAUTIFUL, BLUE SMOKE

#2879 of the rated field

1508 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1520

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2017-10-13

⚔ Head-to-head

CORNERSTONE BBQ

#2875 of the rated field

1508 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1518

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2016-08-06

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JAC JAC'S SMOKESTACK

#2888 of the rated field

1508 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1520

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2016-03-11

⚔ Head-to-head

TWSS BBQ

#2882 of the rated field

1508 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1508

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2013-09-27

⚔ Head-to-head

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	0	0	0	168.0000	142.8116	160.13	top 68%
Pork Ribs	4	2	0	1	174.2858	158.8916	167.43	top 35%
Pork	4	3	1	1	174.2858	166.2400	169.70	top 27%
Brisket	4	1	0	0	169.7142	152.5714	158.84	top 61%

“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	Avg finish
SC	2	top 46%
TN	1	top 83%
GA	1	top 15%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 53%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 43%

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 0.3 yrs 2013-05-10 → 2013-09-13

Busiest season 2013 4 contests

Cooks most in SC 2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 4 0 of them cooked more than once

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

Strongest meat Pork averages 169.70 · weakest Brisket (158.84)

Walk rate 75% a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests

Overall top-10 rate 50% 2 of 4 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 656.09 out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 112 71–60 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 572 4 mapped stops · furthest 352 mi

Schedule strength 1522 average field rating faced — tougher than 16% of rated contests

Power rating 1508 peak 1523 · #null of 6,413 rated

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

2013
May 10 First tracked contest Boss Hog Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)
May 10 First call Boss Hog Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)
May 10 First overall top-10 Boss Hog Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)
May 10 First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.8570 Boss Hog Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)
May 10 Career-best overall score674.8570 Boss Hog Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)
May 31 First category win (Pork) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
May 31 Career-best single call (Pork)174.2858 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
May 31 Peak power rating (1523) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Sep 13 Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.7	Boss Hog Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)	2013-05-10
+10.7	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2013-05-31

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.8	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	2013-09-13
-6.5	Sooie't Relief BBQ Benefit	2013-08-23

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)
2013	4	0	2	1	75%	top 48%	93.7%	91.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2013-09-13	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Hendersonville, TN	25 / 30 (657.5656)	18 (167.4056)	14 (169.6800)	18 (166.2400)	27 (154.2400)
2013-08-23	Sooie't Relief BBQ Benefit Greer, SC	29 / 41 (628.5260)	41 (142.8116)	28 (158.8916)	10 (167.9772)	24 (158.8456)
2013-05-31	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour N. Charleston, SC	6 / 27 (663.4284)	19 (162.2854)	2 (174.2858)	1 (174.2858)	20 (152.5714)
2013-05-10	Boss Hog Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) Waynesboro, GA	6 / 41 (674.8570)	17 (168.0000)	8 (166.8572)	8 (170.2856)	9 (169.7142)

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
2013 ↗	Master	#746 (414 pts)	#1145 (254 pts)	#691 (479 pts)	#574 (579 pts)	#1004 (299 pts)