KISS OF SMOKE BBQ

KISS OF SMOKE BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 7th of 31 at the Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash (2013). They are ranked #4183 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,183

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1479

peak 1502 · rated over 8 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Feb 15, 2013

latest Sep 29, 2017 · 4.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1010

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

13% of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 66%

overall standings

Best overall

675.4284 / 720

Master · Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash

Perfect 180s

Current form

654.66 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 634.95 (+19.71)

Walk rate

63%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.0344

Pork Ribs · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Consistency

±51.30

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 165.28 · weakest Chicken (145.27)

Road miles

1,519

across 8 mapped stops · furthest 1,248 mi

Schedule strength

30%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1540)

Master avg

634.95 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (9 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

They almost always walk

63% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 5 of 8 contests

A top-10 category call in 63% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

675.4284 career-best overall

93.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 675.4284 at Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash — 93.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
Feb 16, 2013

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

MONSOON BBQ has finished one call ahead of KISS OF SMOKE BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

7–1 behind in the head-to-head

LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ ahead in 88% of their meetings

LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−20.0 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 20.01 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 25%.

Chicken avg 145.27
Pork Ribs avg 165.28
1 call in 8 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of OLD SCHOOL BBQ ARIZONA in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

5 of 8 shared pork ribs entries lost

LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ ahead 63% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ has out-cooked them in 5 of 8 shared pork ribs entries.

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Boom or bust

±7.13% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±7.13% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 88.2% of a perfect score
best 93.8%

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked Sam's Club National BBQ Tour every year from 2013 to 2017 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 15th

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
2017 ↗	Master	#1617 (144 pts)	#1423 (199 pts)	#1336 (229 pts)	#1908 (119 pts)	#1571 (169 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2910 (55 pts)	#2916 (55 pts)	#2319 (65 pts)	#2185 (85 pts)	#2921 (55 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1961 (94 pts)	#2134 (74 pts)	#1222 (254 pts)	#2186 (69 pts)	#1715 (129 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1920 (105 pts)	#2780 (55 pts)	#2081 (90 pts)	#1859 (130 pts)	#1664 (150 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1010 (285 pts)	#996 (315 pts)	#985 (315 pts)	#1138 (260 pts)	#610 (530 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to KISS OF SMOKE BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

VOODOO ZOMBQUE

#4,200 of the rated field

1479 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1479

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to KISS OF SMOKE BBQ)

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

rated over 13 contests
last seen May 22, 2015

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Parrothead BBQ

#4,199 of the rated field

1479 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1479

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Jun 21, 2024

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BLACK'S BBQ CO.

#4,172 of the rated field

1480 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1480

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Oct 11, 2019

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BURNT BUTTS-N-BUNS

#4,179 of the rated field

1479 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1479

Level with KISS OF SMOKE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Aug 23, 2019

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Ginuswine

#4,181 of the rated field

1479 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1479

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen Jun 10, 2016

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Backyard Kuisine

#4,186 of the rated field

1479 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1479

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Mar 31, 2017

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Bad Boyz BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
Your Behind BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
Karnivorous	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
COW TIPPIN BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
KNIFE PORK AND SPOON	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Rhythm n QUE	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
AFRO SMOKE BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
EMERALD BUFFALO	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
CLOUD OF SMOKE BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
STEEL CITY BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
I.A.B. 30 BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	1	0	173.7028	20	145.27	top 69%
Pork Ribs	8	2	1	176.0344	156.5714	165.28	top 48%
Pork	8	1	0	168.0344	149.7142	161.27	top 66%
Brisket	8	5	1	173.7144	150.8228	163.13	top 43%

“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.

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	5	15	0	top 72%	Mar 17, 2017
Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash	2	7	0	top 49%	Feb 16, 2013

More numbers

Busiest season 2013 3 contests

Contests a season 1.6 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AZ 8 of 8 contests

Contests visited 3 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 114 finished ahead 84 times, behind 152

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

20171 milestone

Sep 29 Most recent contest Rim County BBQ Classic and Testicle Festival

20151 milestone

Mar 20 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.0344 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

20136 milestones

Feb 15 First tracked contest Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash
Feb 15 First call Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash
Feb 16 First overall top-10 Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash
Feb 16 First overall past 90% of a perfect score675.4284 Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash
Feb 16 Career-best overall score675.4284 Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash
Feb 16 Peak power rating (1502) Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.1	Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash	Feb 16, 2013
+2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Mar 21, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.9	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Mar 22, 2013
-7.9	Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash	Feb 15, 2013
-7.2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Mar 18, 2016
-0.9	Rim County BBQ Classic and Testicle Festival	Sep 29, 2017
-0.6	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Mar 17, 2017

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	2	0	0%	top 68%	92%	90.7%
2016	1	0	0%	top 83%	90.4%	90.4%
2015	1	0	100%	top 59%	92.7%	92.7%
2014	1	0	100%	top 50%	90.1%	90.1%
2013	3	1	100%	top 66%	93.8%	83.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 29, 2017	Rim County BBQ Classic and Testicle Festival Payson, AZ	24 / 36 (643.3600)	22 (161.1200)	12 (169.1544)	24 (162.2628)	30 (150.8228)
Mar 17, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tucson, AZ	20 / 29 (662.7200)	11 (173.7028)	15 (167.4172)	26 (155.9200)	14 (165.6800)
Mar 18, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tucson, AZ	25 / 30 (650.7888)	27 (163.3828)	23 (163.3944)	19 (168.0344)	26 (155.9772)
Mar 20, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tucson, AZ	17 / 29 (667.3944)	21 (164.5600)	2 (176.0344)	22 (160.5600)	10 (166.2400)
Mar 21, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tucson, AZ	15 / 30 (649.0172)	25 (158.2284)	18 (160.5372)	10 (165.0972)	8 (165.1544)
Mar 22, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tucson, AZ	30 / 30 (504.5716)	30 (20)	18 (156.5714)	17 (162.2858)	7 (165.7144)
Feb 16, 2013	Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash Mesa, AZ	7 / 31 (675.4284)	4 (171.4284)	19 (164)	14 (166.2856)	3 (173.7144)
Feb 15, 2013	Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash Mesa, AZ	22 / 29 (626.2854)	27 (149.7142)	9 (165.1428)	28 (149.7142)	9 (161.7142)

KISS OF SMOKE BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (9 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Pork Ribs nemesis

Boom or bust

A standing appointment

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)