SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC

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

Power ranking

#520

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1671

peak 1687 · rated over 38 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-08-16

latest 2020-05-29

Best ToY finish

#173

Master 2015

Grand champs

4 reserve

Category wins

19 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 38 contests

Avg finish

top 37%

overall standings

Best overall

695.3944 / 720

Master · Smokin' on the Water

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

667.88 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 671.77 (-3.89)

Walk rate

84%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Brisket · Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival

Consistency

±18.77

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 170.11 · weakest Pork (166.41)

Road miles

6,694

mi across 38 mapped stops · furthest 521 mi

Schedule strength

67%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1584)

Purse competed for

$5K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

671.77 / 720

38 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (14 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.

The heartbreaker

0.5716 points from the title

Came within 0.5716 points of the Grand Championship at Smokin' on the Water (2015-05-02).

Among the elite

#520 of 6,413 rated teams

In the top 8% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1671 puts them #520 of 6,413 rated teams — the top 8% of the field.

rating 1671
peak 1687
38 rated contests

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in brisket.

Brisket ×1

Happy hunting ground

Top 19% average finish here

Jim Beam BBQ Classic is their spot: an average finish in the top 19% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 4th
average top 19%

They almost always walk

84% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 32 of 38 contests

A top-10 category call in 84% of their 38 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

695.3944 career-best overall

96.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 695.3944 at Smokin' on the Water — 96.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-05-02

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

WeQ4U has finished one call ahead of SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2018 their best year

2018 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 23%.

3 contests
1 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 23%

A tough matchup

19–7 behind in the head-to-head

GREY STREET BBQ ahead in 73% of their meetings

GREY STREET BBQ has come out ahead in 19 of their 26 shared contests.

A strong matchup

14–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 88% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of ACME BBQ in 14 of their 16 shared contests.

The comeback

1.6 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.6 years, then back at Rockin BBQ (2020-05-29).

last seen 2018-10-05
back 2020-05-29

Always the bridesmaid

4 reserve championships

Runner-up for the whole thing 4 times against 0 Grand Championships — close enough to touch it, over and over.

0 Grand Championships
38 contests

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

FOWL BUTT BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

6,694 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 6,694 miles across 38 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 521 miles to Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship.

38 mapped stops
furthest 521 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.

JIGGY PIGGY

#522 of the rated field

1671 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 118
GCs: 7
Top-10s: 53%
Peak: 1791

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 115 contests
last seen 2023-12-01

⚔ Head-to-head

VETERAN PORK PULLERS

#521 of the rated field

1671 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 49
GCs: 4
Top-10s: 61%
Peak: 1679

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 49 contests to 38, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 45 contests
last seen 2024-03-15

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKOPOLIS BBQ

#519 of the rated field

1672 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 51
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 53%
Peak: 1700

No shared contest yet.

51 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 53% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 50 contests
last seen 2019-07-12

⚔ Head-to-head

UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ

#526 of the rated field

1671 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 138
GCs: 9
Top-10s: 54%
Peak: 1819

2–8 in 10 shared contests (20% to SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC)

They've been 1819 at their best, 149 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 136 contests
last seen 2026-08-21

⚔ Head-to-head

MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ

#527 of the rated field

1670 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 225
GCs: 9
Top-10s: 36%
Peak: 1772

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC)

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

rated over 197 contests
last seen 2026-08-14

⚔ Head-to-head

OM BBQ COMPANY

#524 of the rated field

1671 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 38
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 55%
Peak: 1671

No shared contest yet.

5 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.

rated over 38 contests
last seen 2026-08-08

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
GREY STREET BBQ	26	7	19	27%	⚔ compare
Extra Mile BBQ	24	15	9	63%	⚔ compare
WeQ4U	22	8	14	36%	⚔ compare
THUNDER HOG BBQ	21	3	18	14%	⚔ compare
FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE	20	13	7	65%	⚔ compare
SQUEALERS AWARD WINNING BARBEQUE	18	11	7	61%	⚔ compare
ACME BBQ	16	14	2	88%	⚔ compare
FOWL BUTT BBQ	16	8	8	50%	⚔ compare
BLUE CHIP BBQ	16	7	9	44%	⚔ compare
BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ	16	4	12	25%	⚔ compare
YELLOW RIVER BBQ	16	3	13	19%	⚔ compare
SMOKE-N-PEPPERS	15	13	2	87%	⚔ compare
iBQ'n	15	3	12	20%	⚔ compare
BONEHEAD BBQ	14	12	2	86%	⚔ compare
CHARCOAL & MORE	14	10	4	71%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	38	20	0	3	178.2972	157.6800	170.11	top 37%
Pork Ribs	38	17	3	6	178.2972	146.2056	168.30	top 38%
Pork	38	12	1	5	179.4400	145.0972	166.41	top 50%
Brisket	38	16	3	5	180.0000 🔥	138.7772	166.94	top 41%

“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
IN	27	top 35%
KY	2	top 19%
WI	2	top 28%
MI	2	top 26%
OH	2	top 50%
TN	2	top 61%
AR	1	top 78%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	23	0	top 33%
Large (40+)	15	0	top 43%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Rockin BBQ	3	11	top 56%	2020-05-29
Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival	3	11	top 24%	2018-08-17
Smoke on the Square: In memory of David Harness	3	6	top 28%	2016-06-24
Jim Beam BBQ Classic	2	4	top 19%	2018-10-05
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	2	4	top 28%	2017-09-15
The National BBQ Cup (Day 2)	2	18	top 61%	2016-05-28
Smokin on the Water 2	2	2	top 23%	2016-04-30
Smokin on the Water	2	2	top 24%	2016-04-29

The story so far (19 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 6.8 yrs 2013-08-16 → 2020-05-29

Busiest season 2016 11 contests

Contests a season 5.4 across 7 seasons in the data

Cooks most in IN 27 of 38 contests · 7 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 27 8 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 38 entries · 0 wins · 20 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 170.11 · weakest Pork (166.41)

Walk rate 84% a top-10 call in 32 of 38 contests

Overall top-10 rate 39% 15 of 38 contests

Best top-10 run 4 straight contests

Master average 671.77 out of 720 · 38 contests · 0 GCs

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 540 942–547 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 6,694 38 mapped stops · furthest 521 mi

Schedule strength 1584 average field rating faced — tougher than 67% of rated contests

Purse competed for $5,000 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1.6 yrs 2018-10-05 → 2020-05-29

Power rating 1671 peak 1687 · #520 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Aug 16 First tracked contest Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues
2014
Jun 13 First call Smokin' On The River
Jun 27 First overall top-10 Smoke on the Square: In Memory of David Harness
Jun 27 First overall past 90% of a perfect score679.8740 Smoke on the Square: In Memory of David Harness
Aug 15 First category win (Pork Ribs) Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival
2015
May 1 First overall podium Smokin on the Water 2
May 1 First Reserve Championship Smokin on the Water 2
May 1 10th tracked contest Smokin on the Water 2
May 2 Career-best overall score695.3944 Smokin' on the Water
2016
Jun 24 25th tracked contest Smoke on the Square: In memory of David Harness
2018
Aug 17 First perfect 180 (Brisket) Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival
Oct 5 Peak power rating (1687) Jim Beam BBQ Classic
2020
May 29 Most recent contest Rockin BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.4	Smokin on the Water 2	2015-05-01
+15.9	Smokin' on the Water	2015-05-02
+15.7	Marshall County Blazin' BBQ & Bluegrass	2015-09-18
+15.2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2016-07-15
+14.8	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	2016-09-16

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-16.1	Rockin BBQ	2020-05-29
-9.6	The National BBQ Cup (Day 1)	2016-05-27
-9.3	Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off	2016-07-08
-8.1	Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues	2013-08-16
-6.2	Thunder in the Park	2013-08-31

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2020	1	0	0	0%	top 91%	87.6%	87.6%
2018	3	1	1	100%	top 23%	95.5%	94.4%
2017	4	2	1	100%	top 30%	95.5%	93.6%
2016	11	4	2	82%	top 42%	96.3%	94.1%
2015	10	6	2	100%	top 24%	96.6%	94.7%
2014	6	2	1	100%	top 32%	94.9%	93%
2013	3	0	0	0%	top 75%	87.8%	86.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2020-05-29	Rockin BBQ 🏅 Warsaw, IN	60 / 66 (630.7544)	50 (159.9656)	35 (164.5488)	66 (146.8344)	54 (159.4056)
2018-10-05	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	4 / 42 (687.9200)	4 (176.0000)	16 (170.2744)	2 (173.1200)	15 (168.5256)
2018-08-17	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madison, IN	11 / 54 (685.0284)	5 (175.4056)	31 (164.5372)	31 (165.0856)	1 (180.0000)
2018-05-11	*Rockin BBQ Warsaw, IN	14 / 37 (665.5424)	5 (170.8456)	22 (162.2400)	21 (163.9312)	8 (168.5256)
2017-09-15	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Madison, WI	13 / 30 (670.1600)	16 (170.2628)	2 (171.4172)	29 (157.6456)	9 (170.8344)
2017-09-01	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Traverse City, MI	6 / 27 (673.6224)	3 (172.5484)	3 (171.4172)	18 (161.6912)	10 (167.9656)
2017-08-18	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madison, IN	8 / 55 (687.8856)	4 (177.7028)	1 (176.5600)	7 (175.4056)	40 (158.2172)
2017-05-12	*Rockin BBQ Warsaw, IN	11 / 27 (664.9828)	4 (171.9656)	9 (167.3828)	17 (163.9772)	17 (161.6572)
2016-09-30	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship Bentonville, AR	39 / 50 (682.7196)	39 (170.8112)	36 (168.5372)	29 (170.8228)	26 (172.5484)
2016-09-16	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Madison, WI	4 / 30 (693.6456)	3 (177.7028)	17 (170.2628)	1 (179.4400)	22 (166.2400)
2016-08-19	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval Madison, IN	10 / 63 (685.0284)	12 (173.1200)	9 (174.2628)	31 (166.8228)	21 (170.8228)
2016-07-15	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour South Bend, IN	2 / 28 (670.7540)	10 (169.1084)	1 (178.2972)	27 (155.9428)	5 (167.4056)
2016-07-08	Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off Kettering, OH	24 / 34 (663.8396)	7 (173.1084)	24 (163.3828)	13 (171.4056)	30 (155.9428)
2016-06-24	Smoke on the Square: In memory of David Harness Franklin, IN	12 / 31 (681.6456)	8 (174.2628)	5 (173.7256)	14 (168.5372)	14 (165.1200)
2016-05-28	The National BBQ Cup (Day 2) Nashville, TN	18 / 50 (687.8856)	44 (168.5140)	19 (171.9888)	8 (176.5600)	23 (170.8228)
2016-05-27	The National BBQ Cup (Day 1) Nashville, TN	44 / 51 (668.3996)	48 (161.0856)	20 (169.6916)	33 (167.3712)	28 (170.2512)
2016-05-13	Rockin BBQ Warsaw, IN	10 / 28 (670.7084)	9 (169.6800)	7 (170.8228)	18 (162.8228)	12 (167.3828)
2016-04-30	Smokin on the Water 2 Liberty, IN	14 / 35 (678.7428)	11 (174.2628)	14 (169.1316)	27 (164.5256)	10 (170.8228)
2016-04-29	Smokin on the Water Liberty, IN	14 / 33 (673.0400)	7 (174.8572)	30 (154.8000)	11 (170.8228)	7 (172.5600)
2015-10-02	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	13 / 45 (682.7540)	10 (173.1200)	9 (174.2628)	14 (170.2628)	27 (165.1084)
2015-09-18	Marshall County Blazin' BBQ & Bluegrass Plymouth, IN	2 / 27 (691.9888)	22 (163.4172)	3 (174.3088)	3 (176.5600)	1 (177.7028)
2015-09-12	Balloons, Blues & BBQ Bloomington, IN	8 / 23 (672.5028)	8 (171.4056)	10 (170.2972)	7 (166.2628)	11 (164.5372)
2015-08-21	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madison, IN	11 / 64 (681.0628)	8 (173.7144)	48 (159.9772)	6 (174.2628)	8 (173.1084)
2015-07-17	Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! New Palestine, IN	14 / 44 (682.2172)	18 (170.2744)	20 (169.1200)	28 (166.8228)	6 (176.0000)
2015-06-26	Smoke on the Square: In Memory of David Harness Franklin, IN	9 / 34 (675.8856)	14 (167.3828)	15 (161.6800)	2 (174.8572)	8 (171.9656)
2015-06-12	Smokin' On The River Jeffersonville, IN	29 / 59 (659.8744)	44 (157.6800)	5 (175.4172)	45 (161.0856)	26 (165.6916)
2015-05-29	PigMania Lima Lima, OH	8 / 27 (683.3256)	10 (171.9772)	5 (172.0000)	21 (162.7884)	1 (176.5600)
2015-05-02	Smokin' on the Water Liberty, IN	2 / 36 (695.3944)	5 (178.2972)	5 (173.1544)	20 (167.3828)	3 (176.5600)
2015-05-01	Smokin on the Water 2 Liberty, IN	2 / 37 (690.8000)	10 (170.8456)	16 (169.1316)	3 (174.2628)	3 (176.5600)
2014-09-19	Blazin' BBQ & Bluegrass Plymouth, IN	6 / 33 (683.3256)	13 (170.8344)	13 (169.1084)	9 (174.2628)	10 (169.1200)
2014-09-12	St. Leon BBQ Smoke Fest and Chili Cook Off St. Leon, IN	11 / 29 (670.1600)	9 (169.6800)	9 (169.7144)	21 (162.2284)	7 (168.5372)
2014-08-22	Blues, Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI	12 / 39 (670.1600)	21 (164.5372)	13 (167.4172)	9 (170.8228)	12 (167.3828)
2014-08-15	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madison, IN	20 / 60 (666.1828)	11 (170.8572)	1 (177.7144)	38 (161.6456)	40 (155.9656)
2014-06-27	Smoke on the Square: In Memory of David Harness Franklin, IN	6 / 34 (679.8740)	3 (177.7028)	8 (170.2512)	15 (167.3828)	19 (164.5372)
2014-06-13	Smokin' On The River Jeffersonville, IN	28 / 52 (646.1368)	35 (162.8112)	35 (158.2972)	10 (171.9656)	40 (153.0628)
2013-09-20	Marshall County Plymouth, IN	20 / 27 (623.2800)	14 (162.8000)	15 (163.4172)	27 (145.0972)	20 (151.9656)
2013-08-31	Thunder in the Park Connersville, IN	20 / 27 (631.8052)	16 (162.2400)	25 (146.2056)	23 (157.6568)	12 (165.7028)
2013-08-16	Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues Madison, IN	46 / 60 (618.1256)	28 (163.4056)	28 (160.5600)	45 (155.3828)	53 (138.7772)

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
2020 ↗	Master	#856 (60 pts)	#896 (60 pts)	#913 (60 pts)	#899 (60 pts)	#883 (60 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#734 (455 pts)	#640 (580 pts)	#1173 (240 pts)	#846 (400 pts)	#667 (550 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#686 (559 pts)	#540 (739 pts)	#435 (904 pts)	#938 (399 pts)	#898 (419 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#261 (1289 pts)	#216 (1349 pts)	#270 (1271 pts)	#325 (1121 pts)	#367 (1045 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#173 (1631 pts)	#278 (1216 pts)	#206 (1401 pts)	#183 (1441 pts)	#132 (1746 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#495 (775 pts)	#484 (795 pts)	#430 (910 pts)	#556 (700 pts)	#561 (660 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1168 (229 pts)	#1089 (279 pts)	#1258 (229 pts)	#1375 (189 pts)	#1083 (269 pts)