RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE VA
Rating
1676
peak 1715
Contests
64
in the data
First seen
latest 2026-05-15
Best ToY finish
#39
Backyard 2024
Grand champs
3
4 reserve
Category wins
11
25 podiums
Overall top-10s
34
of 64 contests
Avg finish
top 32%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Current form
531.67 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 402.84 (+128.83)
Walk rate
77%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
6
best run (overall)
Consistency
±112.84
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.97 · weakest Brisket (164.42)
Road miles
12355
mi across 63 mapped stops · furthest 1096 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ has finished one call ahead of RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE 4 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE has landed one call behind them 4 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
D’Qued Barbeque has come out ahead in 13 of their 15 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of BIG DOG BBQ VA in 25 of their 28 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
Twin Valley Fire and Smoke is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 0.0116 points of the Grand Championship at BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) (2024-03-22).
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 45-team field at BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard).
📅 A June team
Something about June: average finish in the top 15% across 5 contests, versus top 32% the rest of the year.
Teams like this (closest power rating, VA first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 57 | 34 | 4 | 10 | 178.8572 | 157.0628 | 169.97 | top 31% |
| Pork Ribs | 57 | 34 | 6 | 9 | 180.0000 🔥 | 137.0284 | 167.05 | top 33% |
| Pork | 26 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 178.8572 | 154.2628 | 166.70 | top 37% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 161.7028 | 164.42 | top 78% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | 25 | 2 | top 35% |
| PA | 14 | 1 | top 20% |
| NC | 6 | 0 | top 26% |
| MD | 3 | 0 | top 27% |
| SC | 2 | 0 | top 44% |
| WV | 2 | 0 | top 30% |
| AL | 1 | 0 | top 44% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 51% |
| OK | 1 | 0 | top 79% |
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 13% |
| NJ | 1 | 0 | top 61% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 8 | 0 | top 56% |
| Medium (20–39) | 25 | 2 | top 34% |
| Large (40+) | 24 | 1 | top 20% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2023 (14 contests)
- Cooks mostly in VA (30 of 64 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (57 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Zom-B-Q(BBQ Wythe US) (2019-10-25)
- Wins it all in 5% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 402.84
- 2 perfect 180s 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 299.8512 | 299.85 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 671.8168 | 671.82 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 690.8804 | 470.96 |
| 2024 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 672.9828 | 371.05 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 518.2056 | 410.46 |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 506.8232 | 430.29 |
| 2021 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 501.0400 | 380.61 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 338.8000 | 329.82 |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 505.1088 | 371.66 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-15 | Speed & Feed BBQ Festival at Darlington Raceway Darlington, SC | 17 / 26 (671.8168) | 17 (163.9428) | 20 (167.3828) | 9 (173.1200) | 17 (167.3712) |
| 2025-08-22 | Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff Edinburg, VA | 10 / 16 (678.1944) | 8 (173.1200) | 6 (171.4172) | 7 (171.4172) | 14 (162.2400) |
| 2025-08-09 | Triple Crown BBQ (Day 2) Doswell, VA | 22 / 25 (671.9200) | 12 (173.7028) | 7 (175.4172) | 23 (161.0972) | 22 (161.7028) |
| 2025-08-08 | Triple Crown BBQ (Day 1) Doswell, VA | 14 / 25 (336.5484) | 11 (170.8456) | 15 (165.7028) | — | — |
| 2025-07-26 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) New Freedom, PA | 7 / 27 (343.9428) | 6 (174.2628) | 10 (169.6800) | — | — |
| 2025-07-25 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) New Freedom, PA | 4 / 30 (346.8228) | 16 (169.6684) | 1 (177.1544) | — | — |
| 2025-07-10 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 15 / 66 (690.8804) | 11 (174.8916) | 9 (176.5600) | 25 (171.4516) | 42 (167.9772) |
| 2025-03-22 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 3 / 43 (351.9656) | 12 (173.1084) | 1 (178.8572) | — | — |
| 2025-03-21 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 1 / 45 (347.4056) | 16 (167.4056) | 1 (180.0000) | — | — |
| 2025-03-21 | BBQ Gives Back (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Urbanna, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024-11-08 | Currituck Bulls and BBQ Powells Point, NC | 11 / 16 (672.9828) | 7 (173.1084) | 8 (167.3944) | 8 (169.6800) | 14 (162.8000) |
| 2024-10-04 | Poosa Q Montgomery, AL | 26 / 59 (341.0972) | 14 (174.8572) | 37 (166.2400) | — | — |
| 2024-08-10 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 2) Ashland, VA | 4 / 28 (341.1088) | 4 (171.4172) | 5 (169.6916) | 1 (178.8572) | — |
| 2024-08-09 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 1) Ashland, VA | 9 / 27 (341.6456) | 14 (168.5256) | 5 (173.1200) | 16 (160.5600) | — |
| 2024-07-27 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) New Freedom, PA | 5 / 32 (340.5028) | 8 (168.5372) | 4 (171.9656) | — | — |
| 2024-07-26 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) New Freedom, PA | 23 / 35 (329.6456) | 32 (157.6800) | 5 (171.9656) | — | — |
| 2024-05-25 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD SERIES INVITATIONAL Lebanon, TN | 24 / 47 (342.8116) | 11 (175.4288) | 39 (167.3828) | — | — |
| 2024-05-24 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN Lebanon, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024-05-04 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 Kannapolis, NC | 4 / 35 (340.4912) | 8 (171.9656) | 4 (168.5256) | — | — |
| 2024-05-03 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 Kannapolis, NC | 9 / 45 (338.7884) | 10 (170.2512) | 10 (168.5372) | — | — |
| 2024-03-23 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 7 / 42 (341.6456) | 10 (169.6684) | 8 (171.9772) | 21 (159.9772) | — |
| 2024-03-22 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 2 / 45 (350.8228) | 8 (170.8228) | 1 (180.0000) | 19 (164.5256) | — |
| 2024-03-22 | BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Chicken) Urbanna, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023-09-23 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) Ashland, VA | 7 / 20 (518.2056) | 13 (169.6800) | 3 (175.4056) | 5 (173.1200) | — |
| 2023-09-22 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) Ashland, VA | 15 / 24 (507.9084) | 20 (163.9312) | 8 (173.1200) | 13 (170.8572) | — |
| 2023-09-01 | Fire in the Foothills BBQ Festival King, NC | 4 / 21 (334.2056) | 3 (169.6684) | 3 (164.5372) | — | — |
| 2023-08-11 | Americamps BBQ Masters Throwdown (One Meat Chicken) Ashland, VA | — | 12 (168.5372) | — | — | — |
| 2023-07-29 | Smoke on the Rail (Day 2) New Freedom, PA | 4 / 40 (344.5256) | 9 (171.9656) | 4 (172.5600) | — | — |
| 2023-07-28 | Smoke on the Rail (Day 1) New Freedom, PA | 22 / 51 (329.6224) | 9 (170.8456) | 25 (158.7768) | — | — |
| 2023-06-16 | York County BBQ Festival Delta, PA | 5 / 29 (339.3828) | 5 (172.5484) | 12 (166.8344) | — | — |
| 2023-06-02 | Covington Cork & Pork Festival Covington, VA | 2 / 27 (514.2400) | 3 (172.5600) | 2 (174.2856) | 3 (167.3944) | — |
| 2023-05-19 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke Morgantown, PA | 1 / 37 (349.1200) | 1 (178.8572) | 6 (170.2628) | — | — |
| 2023-05-06 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 Kannapolis, NC | 7 / 23 (340.5140) | 1 (177.7028) | 10 (162.8112) | — | — |
| 2023-05-05 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 Kannapolis, NC | 2 / 35 (354.2744) | 2 (178.8572) | 5 (175.4172) | — | — |
| 2023-03-25 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 8 / 46 (504.5144) | 11 (167.3944) | 11 (166.2628) | 7 (170.8572) | — |
| 2023-03-24 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 13 / 53 (489.0400) | 2 (174.2628) | 18 (160.5144) | 19 (154.2628) | — |
| 2023-03-24 | BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Chicken) Urbanna, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022-09-24 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) Ashland, VA | 14 / 18 (492.4456) | 16 (164.5484) | 13 (168.5372) | 15 (159.3600) | — |
| 2022-09-23 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) Ashland, VA | 14 / 20 (505.0628) | 10 (171.9656) | 19 (161.1316) | 10 (171.9656) | — |
| 2022-06-17 | York County BBQ Festival Delta, PA | 6 / 34 (336.5144) | 8 (167.9772) | 5 (168.5372) | — | — |
| 2022-05-21 | Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 Mannington, WV | 4 / 13 (343.9428) | 4 (173.1200) | 4 (170.8228) | — | — |
| 2022-05-20 | Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 Mannington, WV | 4 / 14 (339.3600) | 6 (165.0856) | 1 (174.2744) | — | — |
| 2022-03-26 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 9 / 50 (506.8232) | 7 (172.5716) | 11 (166.8344) | 9 (167.4172) | — |
| 2022-03-25 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 14 / 53 (487.8632) | 13 (167.3944) | 17 (154.2172) | 11 (166.2516) | — |
| 2022-03-25 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) (One Meat Chicken) Urbanna, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021-11-12 | 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Backyard Shawnee, OK | 26 / 33 (329.0632) | 18 (168.5488) | 30 (160.5144) | — | — |
| 2021-11-11 | 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Ancillary Shawnee, OK | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021-09-25 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown at Americamps - Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) Ashland, VA | 15 / 18 (489.5888) | 15 (162.2516) | 10 (166.8228) | 16 (160.5144) | — |
| 2021-09-24 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown at Americamps - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) Ashland, VA | 6 / 19 (501.0400) | 4 (173.1200) | 14 (161.6572) | 7 (166.2628) | — |
| 2021-07-30 | Smoke in the Grove Spring Grove, PA | 11 / 54 (163.3828) | 15 (166.8344) | 23 (157.0744) | 17 (161.0972) | — |
| 2021-06-18 | York County BBQ Festival Delta, PA | 9 / 41 (333.6228) | 3 (173.1200) | 16 (160.5028) | — | — |
| 2021-05-14 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke Morgantown, PA | 2 / 46 (339.3944) | 1 (175.4172) | 8 (163.9772) | — | — |
| 2021-04-17 | Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 2 Hagerstown, MD | 12 / 34 (334.2056) | 14 (165.6800) | 8 (168.5256) | — | — |
| 2021-04-16 | Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1 Hagerstown, MD | 15 / 47 (326.2172) | 6 (171.9656) | 23 (154.2516) | — | — |
| 2021-03-27 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) Urbanna, VA | 16 / 40 (490.1944) | 8 (168.0000) | 11 (165.0972) | 18 (157.0972) | — |
| 2021-03-26 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) Urbanna, VA | 9 / 46 (499.3716) | 9 (165.1428) | 16 (163.9544) | 2 (170.2744) | — |
| 2020-11-13 | Second Annual KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Competition Mayetta, KS | 12 / 94 (338.8000) | 18 (167.9656) | 8 (170.8344) | — | — |
| 2020-08-07 | BBQ WYTHE US DAY 1 WYTHE, VA | 12 / 19 (314.1256) | 14 (157.0628) | 11 (157.0628) | — | — |
| 2020-07-24 | Smoke in the Grove Spring Grove, PA | 3 / 59 (336.5372) | 6 (169.6800) | 7 (166.8572) | 2 (171.4172) | — |
| 2019-10-25 | Zom-B-Q(BBQ Wythe US) Wytheville, VA | 1 / 20 (505.1088) | 2 (171.9772) | 4 (167.4172) | 2 (165.7144) | — |
| 2019-06-28 | York County BBQ Festival Delta, PA | 5 / 48 (330.2516) | 5 (163.9544) | 1 (166.2972) | — | — |
| 2019-04-26 | Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition Lanexa, VA | 6 / 32 (325.0628) | — | 23 (155.3828) | 3 (169.6800) | — |
| 2019-04-19 | Interstate BBQ Festival Hagerstown, MD | 7 / 54 (326.2172) | 1 (171.9772) | 20 (154.2400) | — | — |
| Fire In the Sky BBQ Lite'N Up Broadway (BACKYARD ONLY) Broadway Westville, NJ | 14 / 23 (299.8512) | 4 (162.8228) | 19 (137.0284) | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #718 (91 pts) | #800 (91 pts) | #862 (76 pts) | #608 (136 pts) | #744 (91 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #46 (970 pts) | #93 (600 pts) | #34 (1060 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #478 (402 pts) | #441 (527 pts) | #413 (592 pts) | #493 (402 pts) | #562 (317 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #39 (973 pts) | #79 (755 pts) | #31 (1025 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #12 (1235 pts) | #42 (1029 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | — | #1140 (106 pts) | — | — | — |
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #60 (753 pts) | #44 (841 pts) | — | — |
| 2021 ↗ | Backyard | — | #28 (995 pts) | #58 (611 pts) | — | — |
| 2020 ↗ | Backyard | — | #40 (262 pts) | #40 (267 pts) | — | — |