High-water mark
664.4800
career-best overall
92.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 664.4800 at Alberta BBQ Festival — 92.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jul 3, 2026
Rollin Smoke Barbecue 2023
Rollin Smoke Barbecue 2023 is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 8th of 11 at the Alberta BBQ Festival (2026). They are ranked #4756 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1468
peak 1468 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jul 26, 2025
latest Sep 4, 2026 · 1.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.82
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.44 · weakest Brisket (155.60)
Road miles
426
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 107 mi
Schedule strength
27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)
Master avg
654.49 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Rollin Smoke Barbecue 2023, each with one reason worth a look.
150 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,764 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1468
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,740 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
Level with Rollin Smoke Barbecue 2023 on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,748 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
They were already cooking in 2014, 11 years before Rollin Smoke Barbecue 2023's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,770 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,777 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,751 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Rollin Smoke Barbecue 2023's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mc Que It | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Syndicate BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Bottle Hill BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| EFFIN'EH GRAY'S | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 175.4172 | 155.9200 | 165.90 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 176.5600 | 161.6800 | 168.44 | top 46% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 159.9660 | 164.54 | top 78% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.0972 | 139.3600 | 155.60 | top 79% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 73% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 78% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbeque on the Bow Festival | 2 | 24 | 0 | top 69% | Sep 4, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AB
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
59
finished ahead 32 times, behind 106
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20266 milestones
- First call Small Town Smoke Down
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Small Town Smoke Down
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5600 Small Town Smoke Down
- First overall top-10 Alberta BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score664.4800 Alberta BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Barbeque on the Bow Festival
20253 milestones
- First tracked contest Didsbury Lions BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.5316 Didsbury Lions BBQ
- Peak power rating (1491) Didsbury Lions BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.9 | Small Town Smoke Down | May 30, 2026 |
| -9.3 | Didsbury Lions BBQ | Jul 26, 2025 |
| -5.3 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival | Aug 30, 2025 |
| -4.1 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival | Sep 4, 2026 |
| -3.4 | Alberta BBQ Festival | Jul 3, 2026 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 78% | 92.3% | 90.9% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 91.7% | 91% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2026 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 24 / 33 (660.4112) | 25 (165.0740) | 2 (174.2856) | 31 (159.9660) | 25 (161.0856) |
| Jul 3, 2026 | Alberta BBQ Festival Millet, AB | 8 / 11 (664.4800) | 3 (175.4172) | 8 (163.9772) | 11 (163.9884) | 7 (161.0972) |
| May 30, 2026 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB | 21 / 24 (637.5428) | 24 (155.9200) | 1 (176.5600) | 20 (165.7028) | 24 (139.3600) |
| Aug 30, 2025 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 25 / 38 (660.4684) | 20 (168.5600) | 24 (165.7028) | 15 (170.2628) | 32 (155.9428) |
| Jul 26, 2025 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 27 / 32 (649.5316) | 23 (164.5256) | 27 (161.6800) | 23 (162.8000) | 23 (160.5260) |