SMOKIN BARRELS

SMOKIN BARRELS is a competition barbecue team with 25 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 13th of 44 at the Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival (2016). They are ranked #5694 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Smokin' Barrels” and “Smokin' Barrels - VT”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,694

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1446

peak 1446 · rated over 21 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 25, 2013

latest Sep 20, 2025 · 12.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1089

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 25 contests

Avg finish

top 65%

overall standings

Best overall

666.8228 / 720

Master · Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

634.83 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 625.97 (+8.86)

Walk rate

40%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176

Chicken · Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival

Consistency

±21.41

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 157.17 · weakest Brisket (152.82)

Road miles

9,024

across 23 mapped stops · furthest 873 mi

Schedule strength

15%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1522)

Purse competed for

$4,800

listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

625.97 / 720

20 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

293.59 / 360

3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

Storylines (7 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

666.8228 career-best overall

92.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 666.8228 at Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival — 92.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 30, 2016

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 49%.

4 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 49%

A tough matchup

10–0 behind in the head-to-head

Priorville ahead in 100% of their meetings

Priorville has come out ahead in 10 of their 10 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.3 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.35 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 5% of the time against 22%.

Brisket avg 152.82
Pork Ribs avg 157.17
1 call in 20 entries

A strong matchup

7–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 78% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Big Pappa's Smokin' BBQ in 7 of their 9 shared contests.

The comeback

4.8 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 4.8 years, then back at Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Aug 20, 2022).

last seen Nov 10, 2017
back Aug 20, 2022

The long haul

9,024 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 9,024 miles across 23 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 873 miles to Delta Smoke BBQ Contest.

23 mapped stops
furthest 873 mi

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	#2212 (60 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#1683 (145 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2266 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1372 (200 pts)	#1640 (155 pts)	#1246 (250 pts)	#1668 (150 pts)	#1452 (195 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1089 (259 pts)	#1018 (304 pts)	#746 (444 pts)	#971 (324 pts)	#1083 (269 pts)

Overall rank by season

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The teams rated closest to SMOKIN BARRELS, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Smokin Genius

#5,696 of the rated field

1446 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 87%
Peak: 1504

They've been 1504 at their best, 58 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 23 contests
last seen Sep 26, 2026
on a 9-contest top-10 run

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UNCLE BUTCH BBQ

#5,680 of the rated field

1447 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1447

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

rated over 18 contests

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DESPERADO

#5,695 of the rated field

1446 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1446

Careers of much the same size, 18 contests to 25, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Jun 2, 2017

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KEN'S BURNT ENDS

#5,693 of the rated field

1446 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1501

18 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Aug 28, 2015

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TEAM HOGWEISER

#5,701 of the rated field

1446 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1446

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

rated over 27 contests
last seen Sep 8, 2022

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BoomBoomQue

#5,704 of the rated field

1446 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1446

Level with SMOKIN BARRELS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Aug 23, 2019

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BEHIND BBQ	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
RED VALLEY BBQ	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
KISS MY BBQ	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
THE 5TH ARTERY	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' AIN'T EASY	10	6	4	60%	⚔ compare
THREE DOGS BBQ	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
BUFFALO MEATHEADS	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
Priorville	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
Big Pappa's Smokin' BBQ	9	7	2	78%	⚔ compare
GOOD SMOKE BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
Sweet Heat BBQ	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
THE GOOD CUE CREW	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
TRANQUIL CARNIVORES	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
BLACK DAWG BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	23	4	0	1	176	132.5028	156.70	top 60%
Pork Ribs	23	5	1	2	172.5828	126.6400	157.17	top 53%
Pork	20	2	0	0	169.1200	136.5712	156.24	top 61%
Brisket	20	1	0	0	166.2516	125.0288	152.82	top 63%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 94%
Medium (20–39)	7	top 68%
Large (40+)	15	top 61%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NY	13	top 63%
IL	3	top 66%
MO	3	top 70%
VT	2	top 74%
AR	2	top 63%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)	3	14	top 66%	Aug 20, 2022
Oinktoberfest	3	35	top 68%	Sep 22, 2017
Crossborder Blues, Brews & Que	3	15	top 45%	Jun 19, 2015
Roc City Rib Fest	2	38	top 75%	May 28, 2016
Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	2	27	top 57%	Aug 21, 2015
Roc City Rib Fest	2	15	top 32%	May 23, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2013 6 contests

Contests a season 3.1 across 8 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NY 13 of 25 contests · 6 states in all

Contests visited 14 6 of them more than once

Opponents faced 538 finished ahead 412 times, behind 640

Longest layoff 4.8 yrs Nov 10, 2017 → Aug 20, 2022

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

20252 milestones

Sep 20 25th tracked contest Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)
Sep 20 Most recent contest Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)

20162 milestones

Sep 30 Career-best overall score666.8228 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
Sep 30 Career-best single call (Chicken)176 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival

20142 milestones

May 24 First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.5488 Roc City Rib Fest
Jun 13 10th tracked contest Crossborder Blues, Brews & Que

20132 milestones

May 25 Peak power rating (1493) Roc City Rib Fest
Jun 7 First category win (Pork Ribs) Podunk Pig Party

—2 milestones

First tracked contest Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
First call Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.5	Roc City Rib Fest	May 24, 2014
+9.6	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival	Sep 30, 2016
+8.1	Crossborder Blues, Brews & Que	Jun 13, 2014
+4.7	Roc City Rib Fest	May 23, 2015
+4.5	Crossborder Blues, Brews & Que	Jun 19, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.1	Brockport BBQ - Music Festival	Jun 21, 2013
-12.1	22nd Annual Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	Aug 22, 2014
-11.3	Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)	Aug 20, 2022
-10.6	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest	Jun 9, 2017
-10.2	Podunk Pig Party	Jun 7, 2013

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
—	2	0	50%	top 53%	85.1%	82.7%
2025	1	0	0%	top 76%	90.6%	90.6%
2022	1	0	0%	top 90%	79.3%	79.3%
2017	3	0	33%	top 82%	86%	84.8%
2016	3	0	33%	top 53%	92.6%	90.3%
2015	5	0	60%	top 58%	90%	87.6%
2014	4	0	50%	top 49%	91.2%	88%
2013	6	1	33%	top 77%	86.8%	84.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 20, 2025	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Braintree, VT	19 / 25 (652.3540)	25 (154.8000)	21 (163.9428)	14 (167.3828)	13 (166.2284)
Aug 20, 2022	Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL	37 / 41 (285.4168)	15 (158.7768)	40 (126.6400)	—	—
Nov 10, 2017	Brew B Q Nashville, TN	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 22, 2017	Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY	36 / 53 (619.2684)	53 (139.9540)	9 (166.2628)	25 (157.6916)	28 (155.3600)
Jun 9, 2017	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Wynne, AR	43 / 45 (602.1716)	39 (157.7256)	17 (170.2972)	44 (149.1200)	45 (125.0288)
Sep 30, 2016	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR	13 / 44 (666.8228)	2 (176)	36 (156.5372)	17 (168.5600)	21 (165.7256)
Jul 22, 2016	BBQ Fest Cooking Contest Dyersburg, TN	—	—	—	—	—
May 28, 2016	Roc City Rib Fest Rochester, NY	38 / 50 (633.5544)	23 (166.2628)	44 (154.2516)	19 (165.0972)	43 (147.9428)
Aug 21, 2015	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO	27 / 58 (631.3944)	48 (149.7028)	34 (159.9772)	33 (157.1428)	17 (164.5716)
Jul 25, 2015	Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ Windsor, VT	25 / 35 (642.7544)	20 (165.6800)	28 (156.5716)	29 (158.2400)	19 (162.2628)
Jun 19, 2015	Crossborder Blues, Brews & Que Wilson, NY	21 / 47 (628.9944)	24 (159.3944)	9 (162.8572)	11 (164.5256)	40 (142.2172)
May 23, 2015	Roc City Rib Fest Rochester, NY	27 / 57 (647.9428)	42 (159.9540)	3 (172.5828)	31 (161.7144)	42 (153.6916)
May 15, 2015	Salt City BBQ Festival Syracuse, NY	17 / 21 (600.9260)	7 (164.5600)	19 (138.1832)	19 (141.0856)	10 (157.0972)
Sep 20, 2014	Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY	35 / 66 (622.7316)	39 (157.1428)	23 (160.5600)	56 (148.5028)	28 (156.5260)
Aug 22, 2014	22nd Annual Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO	49 / 52 (600.5372)	46 (147.9656)	22 (162.9144)	51 (143.4056)	45 (146.2516)
Jun 13, 2014	Crossborder Blues, Brews & Que Wilson, NY	15 / 47 (654.1944)	13 (167.4400)	18 (163.9888)	7 (169.1200)	28 (153.6456)
May 24, 2014	Roc City Rib Fest Rochester, NY	15 / 86 (656.5488)	24 (164.0228)	9 (167.9772)	46 (158.2972)	16 (166.2516)
Sep 20, 2013	Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY	59 / 71 (596.3768)	43 (155.3712)	64 (134.2400)	28 (160.5600)	57 (146.2056)
Aug 23, 2013	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO	38 / 56 (624.6284)	26 (162.3200)	38 (156.5600)	47 (152.5712)	36 (153.1772)
Jun 21, 2013	Brockport BBQ - Music Festival Brockport, NY	17 / 18 (606.2864)	18 (143.4294)	15 (152.5716)	11 (156.5712)	11 (153.7142)
Jun 14, 2013	Crossborder Blues, Brews & Que Wilson, NY	18 / 31 (623.4288)	10 (160)	20 (150.8572)	9 (161.7144)	24 (150.8572)
Jun 7, 2013	Podunk Pig Party Springwater, NY	17 / 20 (611.4280)	15 (156.5712)	1 (171.4286)	20 (136.5712)	15 (146.8570)
May 25, 2013	Roc City Rib Fest Rochester, NY	59 / 80 (597.1424)	64 (149.1428)	20 (158.2858)	61 (146.8568)	58 (142.8570)
—	Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL	14 / 39 (306.2744)	10 (155.4172)	21 (150.8572)	—	—
—	Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL	27 / 38 (289.0856)	34 (132.5028)	16 (156.5828)	—	—

SMOKIN BARRELS

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

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Backyard avg

Storylines (7 found in their record)

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

The long haul

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, averaged over 5 contests — 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)