CAN'T STOP THE SMOKE

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

Power ranking

#4977

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1463

peak 1505 · rated over 15 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-19

latest 2016-10-29

Best ToY finish

#1149

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 15 contests

Avg finish

top 65%

overall standings

Best overall

673.0972 / 720

Master · Leavenworth Hog Wild BBQ Contest

Perfect 180s

Current form

603.66 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 620.81 (-17.15)

Walk rate

40%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600

Pork Ribs · Leavenworth Hog Wild BBQ Contest

Consistency

±44.52

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 159.97 · weakest Chicken (155.33)

Road miles

348

mi across 15 mapped stops · furthest 38 mi

Schedule strength

20%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1527)

Master avg

620.81 / 720

15 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

673.0972 career-best overall

93.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 673.0972 at Leavenworth Hog Wild BBQ Contest — 93.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-09-11

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

RIBBED FOR HER PLEASURE has finished one call ahead of CAN'T STOP THE SMOKE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2015 their best year

2015 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 51%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 51%

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

JAESTAR BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

JAESTAR BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.6 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.64 points below their pork, and turns into a call 7% of the time against 20%.

Chicken avg 155.33
Pork avg 159.97
1 calls in 15 entries

A strong matchup

4–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BBEEQ in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

8 of 8 shared pork entries lost

DIRT ROAD BBQ ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, DIRT ROAD BBQ has out-cooked them in 8 of 8 shared pork entries.

An October team

Top 55% average finish in October

Something about October: average finish in the top 55% across 4 contests, versus top 65% the rest of the year.

4 October contests
top 65% the rest of the year

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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.

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

Moolicious Intentions

#4974 of the rated field

1463 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1513

2–2 in 4 shared contests (50% to CAN'T STOP THE SMOKE)

These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — honours even — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

⚔ Head-to-head

PETE'S PIG PIT POSSE

#4980 of the rated field

1463 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1463

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to CAN'T STOP THE SMOKE)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2019-08-16

⚔ Head-to-head

LET YOUR MEAT SHINE THROUGH BAR-B-QUE

#4979 of the rated field

1463 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1463

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 15 contests to 15, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2022-09-02

⚔ Head-to-head

ALWAYS SMOK'D

#4991 of the rated field

1462 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1507

No shared contest yet.

18 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 6% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2018-08-10

⚔ Head-to-head

J & J BBQ

#4995 of the rated field

1462 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1462

No shared contest yet.

Level with CAN'T STOP THE SMOKE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2024-05-31

⚔ Head-to-head

Ain't it the Life

#4966 of the rated field

1463 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 15%
Peak: 1463

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 6 years after CAN'T STOP THE SMOKE did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2023-09-21

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
DUSTY ROADS BBQ	12	7	5	58%	⚔ compare
T'S SMOKIN PIT	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
DIRT ROAD BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
JAESTAR BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
MEL'S BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
Rock's Famous BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
Theslabs.com	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
S&S BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ SQUAD	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN GUNS BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
KC SMOKE DAWGS	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
BURNT FINGER BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
RIBBED FOR HER PLEASURE	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	15	1	168.5828	144.5028	155.33	top 76%
Pork Ribs	15	3	176.5600	139.9544	157.53	top 63%
Pork	15	3	170.8684	149.1084	159.97	top 63%
Brisket	15	0	175.4172	135.3372	158.02	top 60%

“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	GCs	Avg finish
KS	10	0	top 61%
MO	5	0	top 72%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	6	0	top 64%
Large (40+)	9	0	top 66%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Leavenworth Hog Wild BBQ Contest	2	14	top 59%	2015-09-11
BBQ and Fly In on the River	2	43	top 91%	2014-08-15
Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout	2	33	top 76%	2014-06-13
Brew, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cook-Off	2	17	top 61%	2014-05-02

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.5 yrs 2013-04-19 → 2016-10-29

Busiest season 2013 6 contests

Contests a season 3.8 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KS 10 of 15 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 11 4 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 15 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 159.97 · weakest Chicken (155.33)

Walk rate 40% a top-10 call in 6 of 15 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 15 contests

Master average 620.81 out of 720 · 15 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 1,409 1,089–1,604 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 348 15 mapped stops · furthest 38 mi

Schedule strength 1527 average field rating faced — tougher than 20% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1.1 yrs 2015-10-03 → 2016-10-29

Power rating 1463 peak 1505 · #4977 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Apr 19 First tracked contest 5th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge (FULL)
Apr 19 First call 5th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge (FULL)
Apr 19 Peak power rating (1505) 5th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge (FULL)
2014
Sep 12 10th tracked contest Leavenworth Hog Wild BBQ Contest
2015
Sep 11 First overall past 90% of a perfect score673.0972 Leavenworth Hog Wild BBQ Contest
Sep 11 Career-best overall score673.0972 Leavenworth Hog Wild BBQ Contest
Sep 11 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5600 Leavenworth Hog Wild BBQ Contest
2016
Oct 29 Most recent contest 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+9.7	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open	2015-10-03
+8.8	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)	2016-10-29
+4.6	5th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge (FULL)	2013-04-19
+3.8	Leavenworth Hog Wild BBQ Contest	2015-09-11
+0.3	Leavenworth's Hog Wild West BBQ Contest	2013-09-13

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.4	BBQ and Fly In on the River	2013-08-16
-8.6	Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout	2014-06-13
-7.5	BBQ and Fly In on the River	2014-08-15
-7.5	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open	2013-10-03
-7.2	Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cookoff	2015-05-01

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	1	0%	top 38%	92.1%	92.1%
2015	3	33%	top 51%	93.5%	82.1%
2014	5	40%	top 78%	89.3%	87.4%
2013	6	50%	top 66%	89.8%	87.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-10-29	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS	210 / 557 (662.7772)	302 (163.4400)	251 (166.2516)	435 (157.6684)	29 (175.4172)
2015-10-03	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO	110 / 606 (470.2512)	579 (144.5028)	507 (152.5144)	554 (149.1084)	586 (135.3372)
2015-09-11	Leavenworth Hog Wild BBQ Contest Leavenworth, KS	14 / 28 (673.0972)	26 (160.5600)	7 (176.5600)	9 (170.8684)	13 (165.1088)
2015-05-01	Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cookoff Lansing, KS	28 / 33 (630.6972)	33 (145.0628)	22 (161.0856)	25 (161.6916)	18 (162.8572)
2014-10-02	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	465 / 552 (619.2684)	432 (157.1656)	418 (156.5372)	459 (154.2056)	446 (151.3600)
2014-09-12	Leavenworth Hog Wild BBQ Contest Leavenworth, KS	20 / 29 (642.7772)	9 (168.5828)	18 (162.2972)	21 (157.6800)	26 (154.2172)
2014-08-15	BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO	43 / 51 (626.6284)	39 (154.8228)	43 (150.7656)	44 (157.6456)	21 (163.3944)
2014-06-13	Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout Tonganoxie, KS	35 / 41 (624.9712)	36 (156.5372)	41 (142.1940)	23 (162.8456)	18 (163.3944)
2014-05-02	Brew, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cook-Off Lansing, KS	17 / 26 (631.2688)	19 (157.6572)	7 (163.9888)	26 (149.6456)	17 (159.9772)
2013-10-03	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	421 / 535 (609.5428)	432 (151.9656)	458 (146.1828)	235 (161.7144)	407 (149.6800)
2013-09-13	Leavenworth's Hog Wild West BBQ Contest Leavenworth, KS	19 / 34 (636.4112)	29 (147.9428)	10 (164.5828)	20 (158.2172)	11 (165.6684)
2013-08-16	BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO	64 / 66 (598.0684)	63 (145.0972)	65 (139.9544)	59 (155.3712)	40 (157.6456)
2013-06-07	Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout Tonganoxie, KS	33 / 49 (638.8564)	37 (157.7140)	31 (159.4284)	22 (163.9998)	31 (157.7142)
2013-05-03	Brew, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cook-Off Lansing, KS	19 / 33 (646.8568)	12 (166.2856)	24 (157.7142)	10 (168.0000)	25 (154.8570)
2013-04-19	5th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge (FULL) Overland Park, KS	27 / 73 (640.0000)	58 (152.5712)	18 (162.8572)	4 (170.8572)	45 (153.7144)

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
2014 ↗	Master	#1504 (166 pts)	#1632 (156 pts)	#1307 (231 pts)	#1901 (126 pts)	#1486 (186 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1149 (237 pts)	#1111 (272 pts)	#1195 (247 pts)	#745 (447 pts)	#1297 (207 pts)