SMOKIN TURTLE LOW N SLOW BAR-BE-QUE

SMOKIN TURTLE LOW N SLOW BAR-BE-QUE is a competition barbecue team with 23 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 9th of 28 at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2014). They are ranked #2481 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,481

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1521

peak 1537 · rated over 23 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 12, 2013

latest Aug 23, 2019 · 6.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#887

Master 2016 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

4% of 23 contests

Avg finish

top 54%

overall standings

Best overall

664.5144 / 720

Master · Twin Valley Fire and Smoke

Perfect 180s

Current form

631.97 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 640.68 (-8.71)

Walk rate

52%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.8800

Chicken · Twin Valley Fire and Smoke

Consistency

±15.63

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 161.14 · weakest Pork (158.68)

Road miles

1,296

across 23 mapped stops · furthest 132 mi

Schedule strength

51%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1565)

Purse competed for

$9,675

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

640.68 / 720

23 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

664.5144 career-best overall

92.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 664.5144 at Twin Valley Fire and Smoke — 92.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 19, 2017

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

LO' -N- SLO' BBQ has finished one call ahead of SMOKIN TURTLE LOW N SLOW BAR-BE-QUE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A strong matchup

6–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of 4 BOXERS Q in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

16 of 21 shared chicken entries lost

LO' -N- SLO' BBQ ahead 76% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LO' -N- SLO' BBQ has out-cooked them in 16 of 21 shared chicken entries.

An August team

Top 45% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 45% across 8 contests, versus top 54% the rest of the year.

8 August contests
top 54% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.17% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.17% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 89.0% of a perfect score
23 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked New Holland Summer Fest every year from 2016 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 22nd

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
2019 ↗	Master	#1955 (60 pts)	#2049 (60 pts)	#2026 (60 pts)	#1900 (80 pts)	#1868 (80 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1110 (238 pts)	#1170 (238 pts)	#1119 (258 pts)	#1113 (258 pts)	#915 (353 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#891 (399 pts)	#713 (569 pts)	#785 (514 pts)	#1149 (294 pts)	#957 (374 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#887 (389 pts)	#949 (384 pts)	#735 (544 pts)	#903 (429 pts)	#850 (439 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1372 (180 pts)	#1042 (315 pts)	#1715 (135 pts)	#1281 (240 pts)	#1534 (165 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1358 (202 pts)	#2158 (78 pts)	#1318 (228 pts)	#2084 (93 pts)	#1643 (158 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1222 (215 pts)	#1650 (140 pts)	#1406 (190 pts)	#1168 (250 pts)	#787 (405 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to SMOKIN TURTLE LOW N SLOW BAR-BE-QUE, each with one reason worth a look.

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

REDNECK SMOKE CLUB

#2,487 of the rated field

1521 power rating

Contests: 45
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1540

3–2 in 5 shared contests (60% to SMOKIN TURTLE LOW N SLOW BAR-BE-QUE)

These two have cooked 5 of the same contests — SMOKIN TURTLE LOW N SLOW BAR-BE-QUE ahead 3–2 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 45 contests
last seen Jun 16, 2023

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Part Time BBQ

#2,480 of the rated field

1521 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1521

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 21 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Sep 13, 2019

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UNCLE CHET'S BBQ

#2,492 of the rated field

1521 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 15%
Peak: 1545

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before SMOKIN TURTLE LOW N SLOW BAR-BE-QUE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 20 contests

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The Drunken Sailor

#2,488 of the rated field

1521 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1529

Fewer contests behind them than SMOKIN TURTLE LOW N SLOW BAR-BE-QUE has cooked, 15 to 23, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Oct 2, 2026

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SLO.MO.QUE

#2,468 of the rated field

1522 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1522

15 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 33% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Oct 15, 2026

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BBQ TEAM WEST COAST

#2,478 of the rated field

1521 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 36%
Peak: 1537

Level with SMOKIN TURTLE LOW N SLOW BAR-BE-QUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 14 contests
last seen May 14, 2022

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	21	3	18	14%	⚔ compare
DRILLING & GRILLING	19	2	17	11%	⚔ compare
BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	16	6	10	38%	⚔ compare
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	16	2	14	13%	⚔ compare
ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
HAWG NATION BBQ	15	3	12	20%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	15	3	12	20%	⚔ compare
PIGHEADED BBQ	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
50 Shades of Pork	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN FOOLZ	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
Smokestack Redemption	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
3 EYZ BBQ	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
LIFE IS GOOD BUT BBQ IS BETTER	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN GNOME BBQ	10	6	4	60%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' STUFF BBQ	10	5	5	50%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	23	5	1	174.8800	146.8344	161.14	top 56%
Pork Ribs	23	5	2	174.2744	150.2860	160.05	top 53%
Pork	23	2	0	168.5600	146.8228	158.68	top 58%
Brisket	23	4	1	170.2972	143.9316	160.82	top 46%

“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)	9	0	top 59%
Large (40+)	14	0	top 52%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
PA	18	top 56%
DE	3	top 52%
MD	2	top 46%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
New Holland Summer Fest	4	22	top 49%	Aug 23, 2019
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	4	9	top 48%	Jun 9, 2017
Boo-B-Que	3	22	top 52%	Oct 19, 2018
Smoke in the Park	2	30	top 80%	Sep 22, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 6 contests

Contests a season 3.3 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in PA 18 of 23 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 14 4 of them more than once

Opponents faced 383 finished ahead 508 times, behind 575

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

20191 milestone

Aug 23 Most recent contest New Holland Summer Fest

20173 milestones

May 19 Career-best overall score664.5144 Twin Valley Fire and Smoke
May 19 Career-best single call (Chicken)174.8800 Twin Valley Fire and Smoke
Aug 25 Peak power rating (1537) New Holland Summer Fest

20161 milestone

Sep 23 10th tracked contest Smoke in the Park

20142 milestones

Aug 15 First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Aug 15 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.2060 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

20132 milestones

Jul 12 First tracked contest The Gettysburg Cook-off North vs South
Jul 12 First call The Gettysburg Cook-off North vs South

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.1	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke	May 19, 2017
+8.8	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Aug 15, 2014
+7.6	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship	Oct 7, 2016
+7.4	Boo-B-Que	Oct 21, 2016
+6.7	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Aug 21, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.8	6th Annual Southern York County BBQ Cook-off	Sep 5, 2014
-8.2	Keystone Classic Barbeque	Oct 2, 2015
-7.3	Smoke in the Park	Sep 22, 2017
-7.3	Boo-B-Que	Oct 19, 2018
-6	York County BBQ Festival	Jun 29, 2018

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0	0%	top 51%	90.7%	90.7%
2018	4	0	25%	top 69%	89.4%	87%
2017	6	0	67%	top 48%	92.3%	90.4%
2016	6	0	33%	top 51%	91.9%	89.5%
2015	2	0	50%	top 59%	89.8%	87.9%
2014	2	1	100%	top 57%	90.9%	88.6%
2013	2	0	100%	top 48%	88%	87.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 23, 2019	New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA	33 / 65 (653.0516)	51 (155.3944)	29 (165.7028)	21 (165.6916)	21 (166.2628)
Oct 19, 2018	Boo-B-Que Rehoboth Beach, DE	58 / 73 (614.0912)	59 (153.6572)	47 (154.8000)	65 (147.4056)	48 (158.2284)
Aug 24, 2018	New Holland Summer Fest (JUDGES FULL) New Holland, PA	45 / 71 (627.2228)	40 (158.7884)	52 (150.8344)	21 (162.2400)	43 (155.3600)
Jul 27, 2018	Smoke in the Grove Spring Grove, PA	29 / 54 (643.9544)	43 (154.2628)	39 (157.7144)	28 (161.6800)	7 (170.2972)
Jun 29, 2018	York County BBQ Festival Delta, PA	26 / 33 (621.5316)	27 (149.6688)	21 (160.5372)	29 (152.5028)	23 (158.8228)
Oct 20, 2017	Boo-B-Que Rehobeth Beach, DE	31 / 69 (653.6228)	6 (173.7144)	50 (151.9544)	25 (163.4056)	30 (164.5484)
Sep 22, 2017	Smoke in the Park Lemoyne, PA	36 / 44 (626.0800)	32 (159.9772)	33 (155.3600)	38 (152.5256)	32 (158.2172)
Aug 25, 2017	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	22 / 69 (653.0856)	25 (164.5372)	10 (170.8228)	52 (156)	31 (161.7256)
Aug 11, 2017	Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD	19 / 47 (662.7312)	10 (171.9656)	27 (160.5716)	18 (165.6684)	17 (164.5256)
Jun 9, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Harrisburg, PA	18 / 29 (646.6968)	18 (164.5372)	11 (165.6684)	25 (153.0512)	16 (163.4400)
May 19, 2017	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke Morgantown, PA	14 / 53 (664.5144)	5 (174.8800)	10 (170.8344)	45 (153.7028)	18 (165.0972)
Oct 21, 2016	Boo-B-Que Rehobeth Beach, DE	22 / 67 (651.4060)	12 (167.4400)	2 (174.2744)	53 (149.1428)	28 (160.5488)
Oct 7, 2016	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA	17 / 47 (661.6460)	29 (164.5372)	17 (166.2744)	14 (166.8344)	15 (164)
Sep 23, 2016	Smoke in the Park Lemoyne, PA	30 / 38 (627.2000)	26 (160.5028)	33 (153.6572)	22 (159.9772)	32 (153.0628)
Aug 26, 2016	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	32 / 66 (640.4112)	44 (157.0856)	57 (151.9544)	14 (168.5600)	20 (162.8112)
Aug 12, 2016	Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD	22 / 42 (659.3484)	20 (166.2628)	7 (171.4172)	14 (166.8456)	28 (154.8228)
Jun 10, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Harrisburg, PA	17 / 29 (628.4572)	20 (159.3828)	23 (151.3716)	23 (155.4056)	11 (162.2972)
Oct 2, 2015	Keystone Classic Barbeque Harrisburg, PA	45 / 57 (619.3832)	56 (146.8344)	27 (162.2860)	52 (146.8228)	21 (163.4400)
Aug 21, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Harrisburg, PA	12 / 30 (646.8232)	2 (172.5944)	21 (153.6916)	5 (166.2628)	19 (154.2744)
Sep 5, 2014	6th Annual Southern York County BBQ Cook-off York, PA	32 / 39 (620.9944)	10 (168.5828)	26 (154.8000)	31 (153.6800)	35 (143.9316)
Aug 15, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Harrisburg, PA	9 / 28 (654.2060)	20 (157.1200)	3 (171.4172)	17 (159.3944)	7 (166.2744)
Sep 6, 2013	5th Annual Southern York County BBQ Cookoff York, PA	14 / 31 (633.6456)	19 (155.9196)	23 (150.2860)	8 (166.8572)	8 (160.5828)
Jul 12, 2013	The Gettysburg Cook-off North vs South Gettysburg, PA	15 / 29 (625.5884)	28 (148.4684)	11 (154.8228)	16 (156)	2 (166.2972)

SMOKIN TURTLE LOW N SLOW BAR-BE-QUE

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

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (7 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

An August team

The metronome

A standing appointment

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)