High-water mark
674.8570
career-best overall
93.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 674.8570 at Sertoma 48 BBQ — 93.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 10, 2013
SMOKIN HOGS BBQ
SMOKIN HOGS BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 8th of 49 at the Sertoma 48 BBQ (2013). They are ranked #2627 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1516
peak 1526 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
May 10, 2013
latest Jun 18, 2021 · 8.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 43%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.70
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.65 · weakest Chicken (162.96)
Road miles
89
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
659.36 / 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1236 (60 pts) | #1286 (60 pts) | #971 (135 pts) | #1262 (60 pts) | #1245 (60 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1442 (185 pts) | #1666 (150 pts) | #1213 (255 pts) | #1668 (150 pts) | #1199 (255 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1387 (169 pts) | #1385 (189 pts) | #1721 (134 pts) | #1696 (139 pts) | #1447 (169 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to SMOKIN HOGS BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
74 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,635 of the rated field
- Contests
- 44
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 2%
- Peak
- 1571
2–2 in 4 shared contests (50% to SMOKIN HOGS BBQ)
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.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,628 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1516
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,620 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before SMOKIN HOGS BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,634 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Compare careers#2,632 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 100%
- Peak
- 1516
6 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Compare careers#2,636 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1519
Level with SMOKIN HOGS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 156.5256 | 162.96 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 162.8456 | 167.65 | top 31% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 176.0344 | 157.6684 | 164.09 | top 50% |
| Brisket | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 173.1428 | 151.3484 | 164.66 | top 40% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 78% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 34% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sertoma 48 BBQ | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 25% | May 9, 2014 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
200
finished ahead 165 times, behind 112
Longest layoff
6.9 yrs
Aug 1, 2014 → Jun 18, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20211 milestone
- Most recent contest Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off 4 Life
20141 milestone
- Peak power rating (1526) Sertoma 48 BBQ
20137 milestones
- First tracked contest Sertoma 48 BBQ
- First call Sertoma 48 BBQ
- First overall top-10 Sertoma 48 BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.8570 Sertoma 48 BBQ
- Career-best overall score674.8570 Sertoma 48 BBQ
- First category win (Pork) Wheels 'N' Squeels BBQ Challenge
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.0344 Wheels 'N' Squeels BBQ Challenge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.4 | Sertoma 48 BBQ | May 10, 2013 |
| +8.9 | Wheels 'N' Squeels BBQ Challenge | Aug 1, 2013 |
| +5.9 | Sertoma 48 BBQ | May 9, 2014 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.2 | Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off 4 Life | Jun 18, 2021 |
| -4.3 | Wheels 'N' Squeels BBQ Challenge | Aug 1, 2014 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 78% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 49% | 91.7% | 90.5% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 20% | 93.7% | 93.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2021 | Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off 4 Life 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 29 / 37 (646.7316) | 35 (156.5256) | 10 (174.2744) | 30 (159.9656) | 31 (155.9660) |
| Aug 1, 2014 | Wheels 'N' Squeels BBQ Challenge Olathe, KS | 45 / 70 (643.2452) | 32 (165.6912) | 27 (167.4172) | 51 (158.7884) | 55 (151.3484) |
| May 9, 2014 | Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS | 18 / 54 (660.5256) | 36 (161.1544) | 7 (169.7372) | 39 (157.6684) | 7 (171.9656) |
| Aug 1, 2013 | Wheels 'N' Squeels BBQ Challenge Olathe, KS | 17 / 74 (671.4284) | 58 (159.4056) | 38 (162.8456) | 1 (176.0344) | 5 (173.1428) |
| May 10, 2013 | Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS | 8 / 49 (674.8570) | 6 (172) | 13 (164) | 12 (168) | 8 (170.8570) |