SMOKIN' S'WINE

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

Power ranking

#4651

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1469

peak 1514 · rated over 16 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-07-12

latest 2017-08-18

Best ToY finish

#944

Master 2017

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 16 contests

Avg finish

top 64%

overall standings

Best overall

671.8628 / 720

Master · Atlanta BBQ Classic (At Atlanta Motor Speedway)

Perfect 180s

Current form

640.64 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 635.49 (+5.16)

Walk rate

31%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4056

Pork · WNC BBQ Festival(Smokin in the Valley)

Consistency

±21.79

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 161.51 · weakest Chicken (156.10)

Road miles

5,470

mi across 16 mapped stops · furthest 1565 mi

Schedule strength

46%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)

Master avg

635.49 / 720

16 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (8 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.

High-water mark

671.8628 career-best overall

93.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 671.8628 at Atlanta BBQ Classic (At Atlanta Motor Speedway) — 93.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
2017-04-22

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 50%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 50%

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

THE BBQ GURU ahead in 100% of their meetings

THE BBQ GURU has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.4 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.41 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 25%.

Chicken avg 156.10
Pork avg 161.51
0 calls in 16 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Fire Ants BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

5 of 6 shared pork entries lost

ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE ahead 83% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE has out-cooked them in 5 of 6 shared pork entries.

A July team

Top 55% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 55% across 5 contests, versus top 64% the rest of the year.

5 July contests
top 64% the rest of the year

The long haul

5,470 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,470 miles across 16 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,565 miles to City of Show Low's 5th Annual BBQ Throwdown.

16 mapped stops
furthest 1,565 mi

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.

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

Stammtischgriller

#4629 of the rated field

1470 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1470

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 16 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2026-05-02

⚔ Head-to-head

COME AND TAKE IT BBQ

#4668 of the rated field

1469 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1500

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 17 contests to 16, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2018-05-25

⚔ Head-to-head

BULLY BBQ

#4659 of the rated field

1469 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1514

No shared contest yet.

14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 7% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2025-02-21

⚔ Head-to-head

MARKO'S SMOKIN' BBQ

#4665 of the rated field

1469 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1469

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2019-07-13

⚔ Head-to-head

SWEET & SASSY

#4640 of the rated field

1469 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1469

No shared contest yet.

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 2021-05-01

⚔ Head-to-head

THE PORKCHOP MAFIA

#4646 of the rated field

1469 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1469

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2018-05-04

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
B' FOR CHICKEN	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
SHADY CREW	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
THE BBQ GURU	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
PIGHEADED BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Bald Hawg BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKING BUTT HEADS	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
WHO CARES BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
PICKIN' PORKERS	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
MIDNIGHT BURN	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Killer B's BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Palm tree smokehouse	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
SLOWER LOWER BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	16	0	174.2972	137.6568	156.10	top 72%
Pork Ribs	16	1	167.9772	142.8000	157.25	top 69%
Pork	16	4	175.4056	145.7256	161.51	top 53%
Brisket	16	2	173.1200	150.2400	160.63	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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NC	6	top 77%
NJ	4	top 43%
GA	2	top 58%
PA	2	top 58%
SC	1	top 73%
AZ	1	top 92%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	6	0	top 77%
Large (40+)	10	0	top 57%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	3	19	top 85%	2017-08-18
New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	3	11	top 41%	2015-07-10
New Holland Summer Fest	2	32	top 58%	2014-08-22

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4.1 yrs 2013-07-12 → 2017-08-18

Busiest season 2017 5 contests

Contests a season 3.2 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NC 6 of 16 contests · 6 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 11 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 16 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 161.51 · weakest Chicken (156.10)

Walk rate 31% a top-10 call in 5 of 16 contests

Overall top-10 rate 6% 1 of 16 contests

Master average 635.49 out of 720 · 16 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 547 341–525 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 5,470 16 mapped stops · furthest 1,565 mi

Schedule strength 1560 average field rating faced — tougher than 46% of rated contests

Power rating 1469 peak 1514 · #4651 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Jul 12 First tracked contest New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
Jul 12 First call New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
2014
Aug 22 Peak power rating (1514) New Holland Summer Fest
2015
Jun 5 First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.9544 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
2016
Aug 19 10th tracked contest Classic City BBQ Fest (GBC Qualifier)
2017
Apr 22 First overall top-10 Atlanta BBQ Classic (At Atlanta Motor Speedway)
Apr 22 Career-best overall score671.8628 Atlanta BBQ Classic (At Atlanta Motor Speedway)
Jul 21 Career-best single call (Pork)175.4056 WNC BBQ Festival(Smokin in the Valley)
Aug 18 Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.5	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	2014-07-11
+7	Atlanta BBQ Classic (At Atlanta Motor Speedway)	2017-04-22
+6.7	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	2013-07-12
+4.1	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival	2016-06-10
+2.1	New Holland Summer Fest	2014-08-22

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.7	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2016-06-03
-10.1	City of Show Low's 5th Annual BBQ Throwdown	2017-05-05
-7.8	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	2015-07-10
-7.6	New Holland Summer Fest	2013-08-23
-6.8	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2017-08-18

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	5	1	40%	top 76%	93.3%	89%
2016	4	0	0%	top 75%	93.1%	89.6%
2015	2	0	50%	top 69%	92.8%	88.4%
2014	2	0	50%	top 31%	88.4%	87.8%
2013	3	0	33%	top 50%	86%	85.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-08-18	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Asheville, NC	27 / 29 (635.3256)	28 (158.8228)	29 (152.0000)	15 (165.1200)	24 (159.3828)
2017-07-21	WNC BBQ Festival(Smokin in the Valley) Maggie Valley, NC	38 / 47 (655.8512)	45 (154.7656)	32 (165.1772)	7 (175.4056)	36 (160.5028)
2017-07-06	SC Festival of Discovery(PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) Greenwood, SC	65 / 89 (628.9256)	76 (155.3484)	82 (147.3488)	26 (169.6800)	56 (156.5484)
2017-05-05	City of Show Low's 5th Annual BBQ Throwdown Show Low, AZ	33 / 36 (611.2460)	36 (139.3716)	27 (162.8000)	26 (158.8344)	28 (150.2400)
2017-04-22	Atlanta BBQ Classic (At Atlanta Motor Speedway) Hampton, GA	9 / 23 (671.8628)	17 (161.6456)	10 (167.4172)	10 (169.6800)	4 (173.1200)
2016-11-04	Hog Happnin' Shelby, NC	43 / 56 (645.5888)	47 (157.0744)	42 (159.9544)	25 (169.1428)	45 (159.4172)
2016-08-19	Classic City BBQ Fest (GBC Qualifier) Athens, GA	30 / 39 (650.1376)	38 (149.0516)	23 (167.9772)	33 (162.2400)	13 (170.8688)
2016-06-10	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC	36 / 76 (670.2176)	12 (174.2972)	40 (165.1316)	40 (165.6916)	37 (165.0972)
2016-06-03	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Asheville, NC	27 / 27 (615.8856)	27 (154.2856)	26 (157.6800)	27 (152.5256)	26 (151.3944)
2015-07-10	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	49 / 65 (604.4228)	40 (157.1200)	59 (142.8000)	49 (151.3600)	29 (153.1428)
2015-06-05	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Asheville, NC	19 / 30 (667.9544)	11 (171.4172)	23 (160.5372)	8 (171.9772)	21 (164.0228)
2014-08-22	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	32 / 70 (627.8628)	44 (155.3828)	55 (149.6572)	27 (159.3828)	13 (163.4400)
2014-07-11	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	11 / 65 (636.4684)	29 (157.0856)	21 (158.7884)	31 (154.8456)	4 (165.7488)
2013-10-05	DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship Atlantic City, NJ	42 / 85 (619.3712)	29 (161.7028)	49 (151.9656)	58 (148.5600)	23 (157.1428)
2013-08-23	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	50 / 71 (611.8740)	53 (152.5028)	46 (152.5028)	60 (145.7256)	15 (161.1428)
2013-07-12	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	20 / 65 (614.7880)	59 (137.6568)	22 (154.3200)	6 (163.9884)	11 (158.8228)

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
2017 ↗	Master	#944 (367 pts)	#1090 (322 pts)	#1017 (357 pts)	#788 (512 pts)	#880 (437 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1251 (232 pts)	#1129 (297 pts)	#1305 (242 pts)	#1368 (232 pts)	#1128 (292 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1549 (145 pts)	#1456 (185 pts)	#1758 (125 pts)	#1406 (210 pts)	#1677 (135 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1290 (220 pts)	#1666 (150 pts)	#1559 (170 pts)	#1668 (150 pts)	#933 (360 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1109 (250 pts)	#1237 (225 pts)	#1221 (240 pts)	#936 (340 pts)	#879 (355 pts)