OMAHA'S BLOWIN' SMOKE

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

Power ranking

#4238

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1478

peak 1513 · rated over 29 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-10

latest 2025-07-11

Best ToY finish

#838

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 29 contests

Avg finish

top 62%

overall standings

Best overall

673.1200 / 720

Master · Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show

Perfect 180s

Current form

638.14 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 646.52 (-8.38)

Walk rate

38%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7372

Pork Ribs · 22nd Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska

Consistency

±12.36

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 163.13 · weakest Brisket (158.30)

Road miles

1,439

mi across 29 mapped stops · furthest 134 mi

Schedule strength

53%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1568)

Purse competed for

$42K

listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 5 state-championship entries

Master avg

646.52 / 720

29 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (11 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

673.1200 career-best overall

93.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 673.1200 at Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show — 93.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
2014-09-26

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

PORK PATROL BBQ has finished one call ahead of OMAHA'S BLOWIN' SMOKE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 43%.

4 contests
1 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 43%

A tough matchup

22–1 behind in the head-to-head

WHEN PIGS DIE ahead in 96% of their meetings

WHEN PIGS DIE has come out ahead in 22 of their 23 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.8 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.83 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 10% of the time against 10%.

Brisket avg 158.30
Chicken avg 163.13
3 calls in 29 entries

A strong matchup

10–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BLAIR'S BIGFOOT BBQ in 10 of their 12 shared contests.

The comeback

4.1 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 4.1 years, then back at Goose's 1st Annual Pitmaster Showdown (2025-07-11).

last seen 2021-05-28
back 2025-07-11

Chicken nemesis

17 of 23 shared chicken entries lost

WHEN PIGS DIE ahead 74% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, WHEN PIGS DIE has out-cooked them in 17 of 23 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

2FishQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A June team

Top 48% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 48% across 3 contests, versus top 62% the rest of the year.

3 June contests
top 62% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.72% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.72% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 89.8% of a perfect score
29 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.

135 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

WHEAT STATE SMOKERS

#4246 of the rated field

1477 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1477

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to OMAHA'S BLOWIN' SMOKE)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team OMAHA'S BLOWIN' SMOKE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2014-08-22

⚔ Head-to-head

COOKS N HOOKS

#4259 of the rated field

1477 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1477

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 22 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 22 contests
last seen 2026-07-11

⚔ Head-to-head

Angry Cock BBQ

#4260 of the rated field

1477 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1477

No shared contest yet.

Fewer contests behind them than OMAHA'S BLOWIN' SMOKE has cooked, 19 to 29, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

⚔ Head-to-head

MYERS MEATS

#4220 of the rated field

1478 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1515

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before OMAHA'S BLOWIN' SMOKE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 17 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

B Team BBQ MO

#4262 of the rated field

1477 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1477

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 17 contests, alongside a 35% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

⚔ Head-to-head

POPS' SMOKIN' BBQ

#4247 of the rated field

1477 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 62
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1521

No shared contest yet.

Level with OMAHA'S BLOWIN' SMOKE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 62 contests
last seen 2020-08-07

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
WHEN PIGS DIE	23	1	22	4%	⚔ compare
HELPING U BBQ	22	3	19	14%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ	19	5	14	26%	⚔ compare
WOODWARD BARBEQUE	16	1	15	6%	⚔ compare
KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ	15	8	7	53%	⚔ compare
ELWOOD BBQ	15	7	8	47%	⚔ compare
HOT GRILL ON GRILL ACTION	15	5	10	33%	⚔ compare
SPITFIRE	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
PORKY BUTTS BBQ	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
DIRT ROAD BBQ	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
BLAIR'S BIGFOOT BBQ	12	10	2	83%	⚔ compare
SPICE YOUR LIFE RUB YOUR MEAT	12	8	4	67%	⚔ compare
TEAM BREW & QUE	12	5	7	42%	⚔ compare
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
TATTOO BOB'S BAR-B-Q	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	29	3	0	0	172.5828	143.9428	163.13	top 59%
Pork Ribs	29	4	1	1	177.7372	146.2858	162.46	top 56%
Pork	29	5	0	0	172.5600	146.7888	162.62	top 58%
Brisket	29	3	0	0	174.2856	138.2172	158.30	top 62%

“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
NE	21	top 61%
IA	7	top 64%
KS	1	top 64%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	16	0	top 65%
Large (40+)	13	0	top 58%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
BBQ in the Bluffs	3	25	top 73%	2017-05-12
Q for a Cause	2	13	top 56%	2019-04-26
Smokin' in the Junction	2	18	top 55%	2015-05-23
Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show	2	9	top 36%	2014-09-26

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 12.2 yrs 2013-05-10 → 2025-07-11

Busiest season 2013 6 contests

Contests a season 3.2 across 9 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NE 21 of 29 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 24 4 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 29 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 163.13 · weakest Brisket (158.30)

Walk rate 38% a top-10 call in 11 of 29 contests

Overall top-10 rate 7% 2 of 29 contests

Master average 646.52 out of 720 · 29 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 481 453–691 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,439 29 mapped stops · furthest 134 mi

Schedule strength 1568 average field rating faced — tougher than 53% of rated contests

Purse competed for $41,810 listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 5 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 4.1 yrs 2021-05-28 → 2025-07-11

Power rating 1478 peak 1513 · #4238 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
May 10 First tracked contest BBQ in the Bluffs
May 25 First call Smokin' In The Junction
May 25 First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.7140 Smokin' In The Junction
2014
Aug 15 First category win (Pork Ribs) 22nd Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska
Aug 15 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7372 22nd Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska
Sep 26 First overall top-10 Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show
Sep 26 10th tracked contest Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show
Sep 26 Career-best overall score673.1200 Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show
2015
Jun 26 Peak power rating (1513) 3rd Annual Ribstock MBA BBQ Festival
2019
Apr 26 25th tracked contest Q for a Cause
2025
Jul 11 Most recent contest Goose's 1st Annual Pitmaster Showdown

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.9	Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show	2014-09-26
+11.6	3rd Annual Ribstock MBA BBQ Festival	2015-06-26
+10.8	Q for a Cause	2018-04-20
+6.8	22nd Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska	2014-08-15
+2.9	Smokin' in the Junction	2015-05-23

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.3	Goose's 1st Annual Pitmaster Showdown	2025-07-11
-8.2	BBQ in the Bluffs	2013-05-10
-7.9	4th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition	2015-05-29
-7.5	8th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition	2019-05-31
-5.3	Q for a Cause	2019-04-26

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	1	0	0	0%	top 100%	86.8%	86.8%
2021	1	0	0	0%	top 85%	90.2%	90.2%
2019	3	0	0	0%	top 76%	90.2%	88.7%
2018	3	0	0	67%	top 53%	92.8%	91%
2017	3	0	0	33%	top 65%	91.2%	90.2%
2016	4	0	0	50%	top 65%	91.3%	89.6%
2015	4	1	0	50%	top 57%	92.1%	89.6%
2014	4	1	1	75%	top 43%	93.5%	91.3%
2013	6	0	0	17%	top 61%	90.8%	89.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025-07-11	Goose's 1st Annual Pitmaster Showdown 🏅 Papillion, NE	24 / 24 (624.9144)	20 (165.0856)	17 (167.3828)	24 (147.9316)	24 (144.5144)
2021-05-28	9th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition 🏅 Valley, NE	39 / 46 (649.6344)	43 (153.7028)	38 (159.9772)	33 (163.9772)	17 (171.9772)
2019-08-09	GOBS Que 🏅 Arlington, NE	19 / 29 (636.3084)	15 (163.9428)	27 (147.8972)	11 (168.5256)	19 (155.9428)
2019-05-31	8th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition 🏅 Valley, NE	32 / 39 (630.1944)	29 (158.8572)	17 (168.0000)	20 (165.1200)	39 (138.2172)
2019-04-26	Q for a Cause 🏅 Papillion, NE	26 / 32 (649.6460)	21 (164.5716)	25 (160.5828)	17 (169.1316)	27 (155.3600)
2018-08-10	26th Annual State BBQ Championship of Nebraska Arlington, NE	20 / 30 (649.0516)	20 (162.2516)	21 (163.4400)	16 (166.8228)	22 (156.5372)
2018-05-18	7th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition Valley, NE	26 / 42 (649.5888)	35 (158.8456)	23 (159.9544)	33 (158.8116)	9 (171.9772)
2018-04-20	Q for a Cause Papillion, NE	13 / 41 (667.9316)	23 (167.4172)	8 (169.1200)	24 (165.1316)	16 (166.2628)
2017-08-04	Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -1 Omaha, NE	38 / 54 (647.8740)	37 (161.1428)	42 (157.6684)	46 (154.7772)	6 (174.2856)
2017-05-19	6th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition Valley, NE	28 / 47 (643.8972)	44 (154.8000)	17 (167.4172)	28 (162.2744)	28 (159.4056)
2017-05-12	BBQ in the Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA	25 / 39 (656.5600)	17 (170.2972)	25 (163.4400)	19 (169.1200)	35 (153.7028)
2016-08-05	24th Annual State BBQ Championship of Nebraska Omaha, NE	47 / 70 (634.7088)	42 (162.2628)	51 (157.6800)	66 (146.7888)	21 (167.9772)
2016-07-29	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Des Moines, IA	18 / 28 (657.6684)	4 (172.5828)	21 (159.9772)	16 (167.4056)	24 (157.7028)
2016-05-20	5th Annual Valley Veteran's BBQ Competition Valley, NE	22 / 42 (646.1828)	33 (158.7884)	22 (163.4172)	5 (172.5600)	33 (151.4172)
2016-05-13	BBQ in the Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA	25 / 33 (641.6116)	13 (167.9772)	27 (157.1088)	23 (161.1428)	23 (155.3828)
2015-08-14	23rd Annual State BBQ Championship of Nebraska Omaha, NE	31 / 42 (641.5544)	8 (170.8228)	36 (157.0628)	34 (160.5488)	35 (153.1200)
2015-06-26	3rd Annual Ribstock MBA BBQ Festival Omaha, NE	9 / 34 (662.9260)	20 (161.1428)	10 (169.7144)	8 (168.0344)	15 (164.0344)
2015-05-29	4th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition Valley, NE	22 / 28 (619.8860)	28 (143.9428)	14 (161.1888)	12 (166.8228)	24 (147.9316)
2015-05-23	Smokin' in the Junction West Des Moines, IA	18 / 37 (655.9200)	21 (165.1428)	11 (169.7144)	29 (157.0856)	15 (163.9772)
2014-09-26	Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show Omaha, NE	9 / 47 (673.1200)	10 (169.1428)	19 (164.0000)	10 (169.1200)	5 (170.8572)
2014-08-15	22nd Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska LaPlatte, NE	14 / 38 (655.9544)	16 (166.2744)	1 (177.7372)	10 (166.8800)	34 (145.0628)
2014-06-27	2nd Annual Ribstock MBA BBQ Festival Omaha, NE	16 / 30 (647.3372)	21 (161.0856)	12 (165.0972)	20 (162.2744)	17 (158.8800)
2014-05-24	Smokin' in the Junction West Des Moines, IA	19 / 31 (653.0516)	13 (167.9656)	27 (150.2288)	7 (172.0228)	17 (162.8344)
2013-09-27	Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show Omaha, NE	30 / 56 (646.2168)	37 (161.7372)	44 (154.2284)	23 (164.0228)	20 (166.2284)
2013-08-16	21st Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska LaPlatte, NE	24 / 43 (652.5480)	14 (169.7028)	13 (170.8456)	34 (159.4284)	35 (152.5712)
2013-08-09	Cass County Weeping Water, NE	26 / 44 (636.5712)	23 (164.5484)	27 (157.7372)	28 (156.0228)	28 (158.2628)
2013-06-07	Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS	44 / 69 (641.7138)	32 (162.2856)	13 (170.8570)	62 (150.2856)	45 (158.2856)
2013-05-25	Smokin' In The Junction West Des Moines, IA	20 / 36 (653.7140)	23 (162.2856)	4 (173.7144)	22 (165.7142)	30 (151.9998)
2013-05-10	BBQ in the Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA	25 / 32 (622.8568)	18 (162.2858)	27 (146.2858)	20 (158.2856)	18 (155.9996)

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
2021 ↗	Master	#1236 (60 pts)	#1286 (60 pts)	#1309 (60 pts)	#1262 (60 pts)	#1098 (100 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1792 (84 pts)	#1777 (104 pts)	#2553 (54 pts)	#1559 (124 pts)	#1850 (84 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1524 (120 pts)	#1949 (70 pts)	#1466 (155 pts)	#1997 (65 pts)	#1776 (105 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1722 (120 pts)	#1617 (160 pts)	#1822 (120 pts)	#1644 (150 pts)	#1285 (235 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1109 (281 pts)	#856 (441 pts)	#1221 (266 pts)	#929 (411 pts)	#1203 (266 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1083 (272 pts)	#1094 (292 pts)	#1096 (302 pts)	#1025 (332 pts)	#1283 (227 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1438 (186 pts)	#1491 (191 pts)	#1532 (176 pts)	#1297 (241 pts)	#1460 (191 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#838 (362 pts)	#824 (392 pts)	#611 (547 pts)	#849 (387 pts)	#799 (397 pts)