BLOWIN' SMOKE LLC

BLOWIN' SMOKE LLC is a competition barbecue team with 14 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 35 at the Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown (2013), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1768 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Blowin Smoke, LLC.”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,768

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1549

peak 1558 · rated over 13 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Nov 15, 2013

latest Jul 7, 2016 · 2.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#579

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

6 podiums

Overall top-10s

21% of 14 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 40%

overall standings

Best overall

689.7028 / 720

Master · Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown

Perfect 180s

Current form

655.15 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 662.04 (-6.88)

Walk rate

71%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600

Pork Ribs · Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig

Consistency

±13.19

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 168.66 · weakest Brisket (162.21)

Road miles

2,226

across 14 mapped stops · furthest 388 mi

Schedule strength

32%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)

Master avg

662.04 / 720

13 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (9 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

1.6688 points from the title

Came within 1.6688 points of the Grand Championship at Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown (Nov 15, 2013).

They almost always walk

71% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 10 of 14 contests

A top-10 category call in 71% of their 14 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

689.7028 career-best overall

95.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 689.7028 at Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown — 95.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
Nov 15, 2013

A tough matchup

7–0 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 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.46 points below their pork, and turns into a call 8% of the time against 50%.

Brisket avg 162.21
Pork avg 168.66
1 call in 13 entries

A strong matchup

6–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 86% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PIG ON FIRE in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

5 of 8 shared pork entries lost

SMOKING BUTT HEADS ahead 63% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKING BUTT HEADS has out-cooked them in 5 of 8 shared pork entries.

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Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

MUTTLEY CREW BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±1.83% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.83% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.9% of a perfect score
14 contests

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
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2291 (70 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#928 (343 pts)	#1002 (333 pts)	#788 (463 pts)	#915 (393 pts)	#1108 (278 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#579 (648 pts)	#542 (723 pts)	#704 (538 pts)	#531 (723 pts)	#870 (393 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1085 (260 pts)	#1438 (175 pts)	#1333 (210 pts)	#1065 (285 pts)	#1116 (260 pts)

Overall rank by season

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SWEET ASH BBQ

#1,765 of the rated field

1549 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1552

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Sep 24, 2021

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TEAM SMOKERBUILDER

#1,771 of the rated field

1549 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1549

Careers of much the same size, 12 contests to 14, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Jul 7, 2017

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Big Mike's Smokehouse

#1,772 of the rated field

1549 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1549

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 11 contests, alongside a 27% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Aug 15, 2026

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SHAKIN NOT STIRRED

#1,775 of the rated field

1548 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1548

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

rated over 11 contests
last seen Oct 3, 2015

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BRISKETS-BONES & BREWS BBQ

#1,769 of the rated field

1549 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1549

3 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Apr 29, 2022

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BIG ROCK BBQ

#1,773 of the rated field

1549 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1549

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

rated over 16 contests
last seen Jun 1, 2019

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
QUEOLOGY	8	6	2	75%	⚔ compare
SMOKING BUTT HEADS	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
MIDNIGHT BURN	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
Backwoods BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
PIG ON FIRE	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
PICKIN' PORKERS	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
Bald Hawg BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN SKULLIES	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
Killer B's BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
BUBBAJACK'S	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
JB'S SMOKESHACK	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	13	4	0	1	175.4056	154.2628	166.66	top 43%
Pork Ribs	14	3	0	1	176.5600	149.6344	164.62	top 44%
Pork	14	7	2	3	174.2628	156.5144	168.66	top 28%
Brisket	13	1	0	1	174.2628	145.6456	162.21	top 51%

“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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	6	0	top 34%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 45%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
SC	9	top 35%
NC	2	top 22%
FL	1	top 88%
GA	1	top 75%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
SC Festival of Discovery	3	8	top 36%	Jul 7, 2016
Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig	2	8	top 32%	Sep 11, 2015
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	13	top 49%	Jun 12, 2015
Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES REGISTRATION WILL BEGIN ON 6/15/2014)	2	2	top 21%	Nov 14, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 7 contests

Contests a season 3.5 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in SC 10 of 14 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 8 4 of them more than once

Opponents faced 372 finished ahead 420 times, behind 269

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

20161 milestone

Jul 7 Most recent contest SC Festival of Discovery

20153 milestones

Jun 12 10th tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Sep 11 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5600 Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig
Sep 11 Peak power rating (1558) Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig

20138 milestones

Sep 20 First tracked contest Anne Springs Close Greenway BBQ & Bluegrass Festival (Competitor's Series)
Sep 20 First call Anne Springs Close Greenway BBQ & Bluegrass Festival (Competitor's Series)
Sep 20 First category win (Pork) Anne Springs Close Greenway BBQ & Bluegrass Festival (Competitor's Series)
Nov 15 First overall top-10 Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown
Nov 15 First overall podium Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown
Nov 15 First Reserve Championship Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown
Nov 15 First overall past 90% of a perfect score689.7028 Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown
Nov 15 Career-best overall score689.7028 Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.7	Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown	Nov 15, 2013
+13.6	SC Festival of Discovery	Jul 10, 2014
+10.9	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge	May 9, 2014
+8.5	Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig	Sep 19, 2014
+8.4	17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off	Apr 18, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.7	World Food Championships	Nov 3, 2015
-6.7	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Bluegrass Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)	May 23, 2014
-0.8	SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)	Jul 9, 2015
-0.5	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Jun 12, 2015

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	1	0	0	0%	top 48%	90.4%	90.4%
2015	4	0	0	50%	top 58%	93%	91.1%
2014	7	2	0	86%	top 33%	93.7%	92.1%
2013	2	1	2	100%	top 6%	95.8%	95.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 7, 2016	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	39 / 82 (650.6860)	32 (166.8344)	73 (149.6344)	25 (166.2400)	23 (167.9772)
Nov 3, 2015	World Food Championships Kissimmee, FL	51 / 58 (648.3996)	41 (166.2400)	15 (171.9884)	44 (164.5256)	56 (145.6456)
Sep 11, 2015	Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig Fort Mill, SC	12 / 29 (669.5428)	21 (162.8000)	4 (176.5600)	7 (170.8228)	23 (159.3600)
Jul 9, 2015	SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Greenwood, SC	46 / 90 (653.5200)	60 (161.0972)	34 (165.0972)	28 (167.3828)	52 (159.9428)
Jun 12, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour N. Charleston, SC	15 / 29 (653.6228)	9 (169.1316)	18 (160.5600)	13 (163.9428)	17 (159.9884)
Nov 14, 2014	Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES REGISTRATION WILL BEGIN ON 6/15/2014) Charleston, SC	11 / 30 (653.0400)	21 (154.2628)	11 (167.3944)	2 (171.4172)	15 (159.9656)
Sep 19, 2014	Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig Fort Mill, SC	8 / 35 (673.6116)	15 (166.2744)	3 (174.2744)	11 (168.5372)	16 (164.5256)
Jul 10, 2014	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	8 / 86 (674.7772)	21 (170.2628)	23 (166.8572)	5 (172.5600)	26 (165.0972)
Jun 6, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour N. Charleston, SC	13 / 28 (665.0628)	2 (175.4056)	22 (159.9772)	4 (170.8228)	23 (158.8572)
May 23, 2014	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Bluegrass Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Evans, GA	49 / 65 (639.2348)	39 (164.5372)	50 (155.9316)	52 (156.5144)	36 (162.2516)
May 9, 2014	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC	13 / 80 (670.1828)	6 (173.1316)	35 (162.8228)	17 (170.2628)	33 (163.9656)
Apr 18, 2014	17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off Kings Mountain, NC	15 / 55 (665.0856)	27 (166.2628)	29 (161.6800)	8 (170.2972)	16 (166.8456)
Nov 15, 2013	Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown Charleston, SC	2 / 35 (689.7028)	6 (170.2972)	4 (171.4400)	1 (173.7028)	2 (174.2628)
Sep 20, 2013	Anne Springs Close Greenway BBQ & Bluegrass Festival (Competitor's Series) Fort Mills, SC	—	—	12 (160.5028)	1 (174.2628)	—

BLOWIN' SMOKE LLC

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

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)

The heartbreaker

They almost always walk

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The metronome

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

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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)