KC AND THE SMOKESHACK BAND

KC AND THE SMOKESHACK BAND is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 4th of 41 at the Fatboys Classic-Canadian BBQ Championship (2016). They are ranked #2091 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,091

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1535

peak 1542 · rated over 9 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 7, 2013

latest Aug 12, 2016 · 3.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#950

Master 2016 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

33% of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 40%

overall standings

Best overall

649.6456 / 720

Master · Roc City Rib Fest

Perfect 180s

Current form

640.21 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 641.68 (-1.47)

Walk rate

89%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Chicken · Roc City Rib Fest

Consistency

±4.43

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.15 · weakest Pork (156.63)

Road miles

1,106

across 9 mapped stops · furthest 204 mi

Schedule strength

16%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1523)

Master avg

641.68 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

89% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 8 of 9 contests

A top-10 category call in 89% of their 9 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

A tough matchup

6–1 behind in the head-to-head

Priorville ahead in 86% of their meetings

Priorville has come out ahead in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.5 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.52 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 11% of the time against 44%.

Pork avg 156.63
Chicken avg 166.15
1 call in 9 entries

A strong matchup

7–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 88% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BEHIND BBQ in 7 of their 8 shared contests.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

LOCKED-N-LOADED BAR-B-Q TEAM has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±0.62% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±0.62% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 89.1% of a perfect score
9 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	#950 (348 pts)	#1396 (213 pts)	#872 (443 pts)	#1240 (263 pts)	#1076 (313 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1296 (205 pts)	#969 (350 pts)	#1715 (135 pts)	#1048 (320 pts)	#1699 (130 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1947 (100 pts)	#1103 (300 pts)	#2161 (75 pts)	#2172 (75 pts)	#2148 (75 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1109 (250 pts)	#829 (390 pts)	#968 (320 pts)	#1560 (150 pts)	#1267 (215 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to KC AND THE SMOKESHACK BAND, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Okie Folks Barbecue

#2,083 of the rated field

1536 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1536

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 Oct 15, 2026

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Drunkin Brothers BBQ

#2,088 of the rated field

1535 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1535

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Jan 22, 2026

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302SMOKE

#2,086 of the rated field

1536 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1539

Level with KC AND THE SMOKESHACK BAND on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Oct 18, 2019

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Smokin Q BBQ

#2,094 of the rated field

1535 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1535

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Apr 26, 2019

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IOWA BONEHEAD BBQ

#2,093 of the rated field

1535 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1538

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Jun 1, 2018

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LUSCIOUS LOINS

#2,096 of the rated field

1535 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1539

They turned up 6 years after KC AND THE SMOKESHACK BAND did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Jul 11, 2025

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
BEHIND BBQ	8	7	1	88%	⚔ compare
THE GOOD CUE CREW	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' AIN'T EASY	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
RED VALLEY BBQ	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
THREE DOGS BBQ	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
Priorville	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
Sweet Heat BBQ	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
TRANQUIL CARNIVORES	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN BARRELS	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
KISS MY BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
GOOD SMOKE BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
THE 5TH ARTERY	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
REBEL YELL BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	4	1	3	179.4400	154.2284	166.15	top 31%
Pork Ribs	9	3	2	3	174.3200	150.2288	161.96	top 42%
Pork	9	1	0	1	168.0228	140.5710	156.63	top 56%
Brisket	9	2	0	0	166.8800	148	156.94	top 49%

“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)	2	0	top 56%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 35%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
NY	8	0	top 43%
CA	1	0	top 10%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Roc City Rib Fest	2	20	0	top 46%	May 23, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 3 contests

Contests a season 2.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NY 8 of 9 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 8 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 230 finished ahead 287 times, behind 160

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

20162 milestones

Aug 6 Peak power rating (1542) Fatboys Classic-Canadian BBQ Championship
Aug 12 Most recent contest Salamanca Rock'in Ribfest

20144 milestones

May 24 First category win (Chicken) Roc City Rib Fest
May 24 First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.6456 Roc City Rib Fest
May 24 Career-best overall score649.6456 Roc City Rib Fest
May 24 Career-best single call (Chicken)179.4400 Roc City Rib Fest

20133 milestones

Jun 7 First tracked contest Podunk Pig Party
Jun 7 First call Podunk Pig Party
Jun 7 First overall top-10 Podunk Pig Party

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.2	Fatboys Classic-Canadian BBQ Championship	Aug 6, 2016
+10.3	Crossborder Blues, Brews & Que	Jun 19, 2015
+8.9	Roc City Rib Fest	May 24, 2014
+8.2	Oinktoberfest	Sep 20, 2013
+6.6	Hudson Valley Ribfest	Aug 14, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-6.5	Salamanca Rock'in Ribfest	Aug 12, 2016
-5.8	Roc City Rib Fest	May 28, 2016
-5	Roc City Rib Fest	May 23, 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	3	1	1	67%	top 50%	89.1%	88.7%
2015	3	1	1	100%	top 39%	89.6%	89%
2014	1	0	1	100%	top 23%	90.2%	90.2%
2013	2	1	0	100%	top 33%	89.5%	89.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 12, 2016	Salamanca Rock'in Ribfest Salamanca, NY	20 / 28 (641.6112)	21 (154.7884)	16 (161.1200)	19 (158.8228)	9 (166.8800)
Aug 6, 2016	Fatboys Classic-Canadian BBQ Championship Ottawa, CA	4 / 41 (633.2344)	21 (154.2284)	1 (171.4744)	13 (156.0916)	16 (151.4400)
May 28, 2016	Roc City Rib Fest Rochester, NY	35 / 50 (641.6116)	25 (165.7372)	34 (159.3944)	47 (153.6572)	23 (162.8228)
Aug 14, 2015	Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY	17 / 57 (639.4172)	22 (161.7028)	1 (174.3200)	28 (155.3944)	37 (148)
Jun 19, 2015	Crossborder Blues, Brews & Que Wilson, NY	9 / 47 (645.1888)	14 (165.1544)	22 (158.2972)	2 (168.0228)	23 (153.7144)
May 23, 2015	Roc City Rib Fest Rochester, NY	39 / 57 (637.6344)	3 (174.2856)	52 (150.2288)	34 (161.1656)	43 (151.9544)
May 24, 2014	Roc City Rib Fest Rochester, NY	20 / 86 (649.6456)	1 (179.4400)	49 (154.8456)	43 (158.8228)	49 (156.5372)
Sep 20, 2013	Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY	18 / 71 (644.4800)	8 (168.5828)	29 (157.1088)	36 (157.0856)	23 (161.7028)
Jun 7, 2013	Podunk Pig Party Springwater, NY	8 / 20 (642.2852)	3 (171.4286)	2 (170.8572)	19 (140.5710)	9 (159.4284)

KC AND THE SMOKESHACK BAND

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)

They almost always walk

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

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)