SMOKETACULAR

SMOKETACULAR is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2014. Their best overall finish is 4th of 28 at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2013). They are ranked #2561 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,561

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1518

peak 1518 · rated over 8 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 15, 2013

latest May 2, 2014 · 1.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1098

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

13% of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 47%

overall standings

Best overall

672.6860 / 720

Master · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Perfect 180s

Current form

659.99 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 645.42 (+14.57)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.6172

Chicken · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Consistency

±26.69

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.50 · weakest Brisket (158.63)

Road miles

3,302

across 8 mapped stops · furthest 1,258 mi

Schedule strength

14%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1520)

Master avg

645.42 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

672.6860 career-best overall

93.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 672.6860 at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour — 93.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jul 19, 2013

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

JAESTAR BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

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

The weak link

−6.9 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.87 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 25% of the time against 25%.

Brisket avg 158.63
Chicken avg 165.50
2 calls 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 SMOKIN PHATTY'S in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

3 of 5 shared chicken entries lost

JAESTAR BBQ ahead 60% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, JAESTAR BBQ has out-cooked them in 3 of 5 shared chicken entries.

The long haul

3,302 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,302 miles across 8 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,258 miles to 7th Stagecoach BBQ Fest.

8 mapped stops
furthest 1,258 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
2014 ↗	Master	#1854 (119 pts)	#1940 (119 pts)	#2150 (79 pts)	#2052 (99 pts)	#1915 (119 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1098 (255 pts)	#1028 (300 pts)	#1293 (220 pts)	#904 (355 pts)	#1506 (150 pts)

Overall rank by season

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

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

SEXY Q/17TH ST BAR & GRILL

#2,568 of the rated field

1518 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1518

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 Sep 22, 2017

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TRAILHOUND SMOKERS

#2,560 of the rated field

1518 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1518

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 Apr 8, 2016

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BBQ PIT STOP

#2,557 of the rated field

1518 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1518

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen Jul 24, 2015

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Daddy & Me BBQ

#2,570 of the rated field

1518 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1520

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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Unprohibited BBQ

#2,552 of the rated field

1519 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1522

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen May 26, 2017

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TOMBSTONE BBQ

#2,567 of the rated field

1518 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1532

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 8 contests, alongside a 25% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Apr 3, 2015

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

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

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	2	1	176.6172	145.7144	165.50	top 38%
Pork Ribs	8	0	0	167.3828	150.2856	159.65	top 60%
Pork	8	2	1	173.7142	144.5712	161.64	top 53%
Brisket	8	2	0	173.1316	138.8572	158.63	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)	4	0	top 55%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 39%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
MO	4	top 39%
KS	1	top 41%
IL	1	top 73%
IA	1	top 14%
CA	1	top 90%

More numbers

Busiest season 2013 7 contests

Contests a season 4 across 2 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MO 4 of 8 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 8 a different one every time

Opponents faced 273 finished ahead 194 times, behind 147

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

20142 milestones

May 2 Peak power rating (1518) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
May 2 Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

20136 milestones

Mar 15 First tracked contest NKC MO State BBQ Championship
May 10 First call Platte City BBQ Cook-Off
May 10 First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.1426 Platte City BBQ Cook-Off
Jul 19 First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jul 19 Career-best overall score672.6860 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jul 19 Career-best single call (Chicken)176.6172 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.6	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Jul 19, 2013
+10.4	Platte City BBQ Cook-Off	May 10, 2013
+6	Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out	Sep 20, 2013
+4.6	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	May 2, 2014
+2.9	NKC MO State BBQ Championship	Mar 15, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.4	7th Stagecoach BBQ Fest	Apr 27, 2013
-4.6	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	Aug 2, 2013
-2.3	The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake	Apr 12, 2013

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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2014	1	0	0	0	0%	top 41%	90.4%	90.4%
2013	7	0	1	0	57%	top 48%	93.4%	89.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 2, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Overland Park, KS	12 / 29 (650.8112)	12 (166.2856)	20 (161.7256)	16 (159.9772)	12 (162.8228)
Sep 20, 2013	Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO	18 / 53 (657.5884)	6 (171.9884)	16 (167.3828)	24 (163.9428)	36 (154.2744)
Aug 2, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Rockford, IL	22 / 30 (657.7032)	20 (164.5600)	20 (162.3088)	28 (157.7028)	5 (173.1316)
Jul 19, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Des Moines, IA	4 / 28 (672.6860)	2 (176.6172)	22 (157.7716)	4 (172.0344)	9 (166.2628)
May 10, 2013	Platte City BBQ Cook-Off Platte City, MO	11 / 52 (661.1426)	18 (164.5714)	20 (164)	2 (173.7142)	29 (158.8570)
Apr 27, 2013	7th Stagecoach BBQ Fest Indio, CA	27 / 30 (579.4284)	30 (145.7144)	22 (150.2856)	30 (144.5712)	27 (138.8572)
Apr 12, 2013	The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Smithville, MO	28 / 48 (641.7136)	13 (167.9998)	32 (156.5714)	32 (161.1426)	30 (155.9998)
Mar 15, 2013	NKC MO State BBQ Championship N. Kansas City, MO	33 / 79 (642.2850)	14 (166.2856)	48 (157.1428)	35 (159.9998)	35 (158.8568)

SMOKETACULAR

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 (6 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

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)

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)