SMOKE-N-SUDS

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

Power ranking

#5769

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1442

peak 1442 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-08-23

latest 2016-08-05

Best ToY finish

#1063

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 77%

overall standings

Best overall

646.7432 / 720

Master · Blue Springs Barbeque Blaze-Off

Perfect 180s

Current form

627.28 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 627.78 (-0.51)

Walk rate

10%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

168.5372

Pork Ribs · Hermann BBQ & Brats Festival

Consistency

±12.62

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 157.56 · weakest Brisket (155.56)

Road miles

1,496

mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 238 mi

Schedule strength

29%

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

Master avg

627.78 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (4 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.

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

BRICKHEAD BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

BRICKHEAD BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The comeback

1.7 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at Freedom Feast BBQ Cook-Off (2016-06-24).

last seen 2014-09-26
back 2016-06-24

Pork Ribs nemesis

4 of 5 shared pork ribs entries lost

BRICKHEAD BBQ ahead 80% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BRICKHEAD BBQ has out-cooked them in 4 of 5 shared pork ribs entries.

The metronome

±1.75% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.75% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 87.2% of a perfect score
10 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.

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

Smoking Our Butts Off

#5774 of the rated field

1442 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1442

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2026-06-26

⚔ Head-to-head

BILLY MAC BBQ

#5761 of the rated field

1442 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1442

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 12 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2024-05-31

⚔ Head-to-head

Q-CHIPS

#5778 of the rated field

1442 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1442

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2021-09-16

⚔ Head-to-head

BACKYARD BURNERS

#5760 of the rated field

1442 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1442

No shared contest yet.

Level with SMOKE-N-SUDS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2016-06-10

⚔ Head-to-head

Yankee Twang BBQ Co.

#5783 of the rated field

1442 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1442

No shared contest yet.

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 2026-05-01

⚔ Head-to-head

Que Lis Bbq

#5780 of the rated field

1442 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1442

No shared contest yet.

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 2026-04-17

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BRICKHEAD BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	0	164.5716	149.6344	157.27	top 75%
Pork Ribs	10	1	168.5372	142.2516	157.56	top 66%
Pork	10	0	165.1200	146.8228	157.39	top 72%
Brisket	10	0	166.8572	141.6456	155.56	top 65%

“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
MO	8	0	top 75%
AR	2	0	top 84%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	4	0	top 85%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 72%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Laurie Hillbilly BBQ	2	42	0	top 88%	2016-08-05

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3 yrs 2013-08-23 → 2016-08-05

Busiest season 2014 4 contests

Contests a season 3.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MO 8 of 10 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 9 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 10 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 157.56 · weakest Brisket (155.56)

Walk rate 10% a top-10 call in 1 of 10 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 10 contests

Master average 627.78 out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 339 119–333 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,496 10 mapped stops · furthest 238 mi

Schedule strength 1540 average field rating faced — tougher than 29% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1.7 yrs 2014-09-26 → 2016-06-24

Power rating 1442 peak 1442 · #5769 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Aug 23 First tracked contest Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
Sep 6 Career-best overall score646.7432 Blue Springs Barbeque Blaze-Off
Sep 6 Peak power rating (1498) Blue Springs Barbeque Blaze-Off
Sep 27 First call Hermann BBQ & Brats Festival
Sep 27 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)168.5372 Hermann BBQ & Brats Festival
2016
Aug 5 10th tracked contest Laurie Hillbilly BBQ
Aug 5 Most recent contest Laurie Hillbilly BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+0.3	Blue Springs Barbeque Blaze-Off	2013-09-06

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.9	Hermann Bar-BQ and Brats Festival	2014-09-26
-10.7	13th Annual Bordertown Bash	2013-10-19
-10.6	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ	2014-08-01
-7.8	Hermann BBQ & Brats Festival	2013-09-27
-6.8	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ	2016-08-05

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	2	0%	top 78%	89.5%	88.5%
2014	4	0%	top 83%	87.2%	86.4%
2013	4	25%	top 71%	89.8%	87.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-08-05	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ Laurie, MO	42 / 50 (644.3656)	36 (162.8000)	44 (158.2400)	38 (160.4912)	32 (162.8344)
2016-06-24	Freedom Feast BBQ Cook-Off Willard, MO	35 / 49 (630.7312)	41 (155.9428)	27 (162.8456)	34 (156.5600)	36 (155.3828)
2014-09-26	Hermann Bar-BQ and Brats Festival Hermann, MO	35 / 37 (615.1884)	29 (159.3828)	35 (151.3600)	35 (150.7656)	32 (153.6800)
2014-08-22	22nd Annual Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO	38 / 52 (622.2172)	37 (154.8228)	49 (142.2516)	32 (158.2856)	12 (166.8572)
2014-08-01	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ Laurie, MO	43 / 47 (623.8856)	36 (161.1200)	46 (146.8344)	24 (165.1084)	42 (150.8228)
2014-07-11	13th Annual Bordertown Bash Fort Smith, AR	25 / 35 (627.8056)	27 (159.3944)	12 (168.5256)	32 (146.8228)	22 (153.0628)
2013-10-19	13th Annual Bordertown Bash Fort Smith, AR	24 / 25 (601.4628)	25 (150.2516)	20 (152.4684)	18 (157.0972)	22 (141.6456)
2013-09-27	Hermann BBQ & Brats Festival Hermann, MO	30 / 39 (631.2460)	35 (149.6344)	9 (168.5372)	18 (165.1200)	32 (147.9544)
2013-09-06	Blue Springs Barbeque Blaze-Off Blue Springs, MO	38 / 72 (646.7432)	30 (164.5716)	29 (164.5488)	59 (158.8000)	38 (158.8228)
2013-08-23	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO	33 / 56 (634.1828)	34 (154.8228)	30 (159.9888)	41 (154.8456)	16 (164.5256)

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
2016 ↗	Master	#1775 (120 pts)	#1883 (120 pts)	#1884 (120 pts)	#1872 (120 pts)	#1839 (120 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1117 (269 pts)	#1194 (269 pts)	#1017 (334 pts)	#1179 (274 pts)	#956 (349 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1063 (269 pts)	#1126 (264 pts)	#855 (374 pts)	#952 (334 pts)	#945 (324 pts)