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ALPHA SMOKE

ALPHA SMOKE is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 10th of 43 at the Smokin' On The Water (2014). They are ranked #3577 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,577
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1492
peak 1510 · rated over 8 contests

Contests

8
in the data

First seen

May 4, 2013
latest May 8, 2015 · 2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#825
Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
1 podium

Overall top-10s

1
13% of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 59%
overall standings

Best overall

678.7772 / 720
Master · Smokin' On The Water

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

647.67 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 645.37 (+2.30)

Walk rate

25%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.8456
Brisket · Smokin' On The Water

Consistency

±19.21
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs
avg 163.06 · weakest Chicken (159.05)

Road miles

554
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 148 mi

Schedule strength

29%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1539)

Master avg

645.37 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

678.7772 career-best overall

94.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 678.7772 at Smokin' On The Water — 94.3% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • May 3, 2014

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 44%.

  • 4 contests
  • 1 overall top-10
  • 0 category wins
  • average top 44%

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.0 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.01 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

  • Chicken avg 159.05
  • Pork Ribs avg 163.06
  • 0 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of GRILLIANT FOODS in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

6 of 7 shared pork ribs entries lost

BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ ahead 86% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ has out-cooked them in 6 of 7 shared pork ribs entries.

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2015 ↗ Master #1871 (112 pts) #1767 (122 pts) #1749 (127 pts) #1911 (117 pts) #1892 (117 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #825 (412 pts) #1061 (317 pts) #828 (442 pts) #1003 (347 pts) #686 (542 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #1457 (154 pts) #1780 (124 pts) #1351 (204 pts) #1276 (214 pts) #1158 (249 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to ALPHA SMOKE, each with one reason worth a look.

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

MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN
#3,581 of the rated field
1491 power rating
Contests
42
GCs
0
Top-10s
17%
Peak
1547
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to ALPHA SMOKE)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team ALPHA SMOKE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 42 contests
  • last seen Sep 29, 2022
⚔ Head-to-head
BLACK FLAG BBQ
#3,571 of the rated field
1492 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
0
Top-10s
13%
Peak
1492

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 8 contests
  • last seen Apr 7, 2023
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GRILLA MANIACS
#3,572 of the rated field
1492 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
0
Top-10s
13%
Peak
1519

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 8 contests
  • last seen Aug 21, 2015
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BROTHA K'S BOARBECUE
#3,561 of the rated field
1492 power rating
Contests
9
GCs
0
Top-10s
33%
Peak
1516

Level with ALPHA SMOKE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 9 contests
  • last seen Apr 28, 2023
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RJ'S BOW TIE BARBECUE
#3,563 of the rated field
1492 power rating
Contests
9
GCs
0
Top-10s
11%
Peak
1512

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 9 contests
  • last seen Sep 20, 2019
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DrumQ BBQ Costa Rica
#3,562 of the rated field
1492 power rating
Contests
7
GCs
0
Top-10s
71%
Peak
1507

They turned up 12 years after ALPHA SMOKE did, first appearing in 2025.

  • rated over 7 contests
  • last seen Sep 18, 2026
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
HUG HOGS 7 1 6 14% ⚔ compare
BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ 7 0 7 0% ⚔ compare
THUNDER HOG BBQ 6 2 4 33% ⚔ compare
WeQ4U 6 2 4 33% ⚔ compare
SQUEALERS AWARD WINNING BARBEQUE 6 2 4 33% ⚔ compare
YELLOW RIVER BBQ 6 0 6 0% ⚔ compare
One2BBQ 6 0 6 0% ⚔ compare
Extra Mile BBQ 5 2 3 40% ⚔ compare
BONEHEAD BBQ 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare
ALL IN QUE 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 8 0 0 0 169.7028 141.1426 159.05 top 72%
Pork Ribs 8 0 0 0 170.2744 155.3828 163.06 top 51%
Pork 8 1 0 0 168.5714 150.8570 160.62 top 64%
Brisket 8 1 0 1 174.8456 150.2628 162.64 top 48%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)50top 71%
Large (40+)30top 40%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
IN70top 62%
IL10top 38%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Smoke on the Square: In Memory of David Harness 2 19 0 top 59% Jun 27, 2014
Smokin' On The Water 2 10 0 top 43% May 3, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 4 contests
Contests a season 2.7 across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in IN 7 of 8 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited 6 2 of them more than once
Opponents faced 171 finished ahead 135 times, behind 169

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

20151 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Rockin' BBQ for Riley
20145 milestones
  1. First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.5944 Wabash Ribberfest Barbecue Championship
  2. First overall top-10 Smokin' On The Water
  3. Career-best overall score678.7772 Smokin' On The Water
  4. Career-best single call (Brisket)174.8456 Smokin' On The Water
  5. Peak power rating (1510) Smokin' On The Water
20132 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Smokin' on the Water
  2. First call Smokin' on the Water

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+10.8Smokin' On The WaterMay 3, 2014
+5.9Wabash Ribberfest Barbecue ChampionshipApr 25, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-9.9Rockin' BBQ for RileyMay 8, 2015
-6.4CCS Spring Festival & BBQ CompetitionApr 10, 2015
-3.7Smoke on the Square: In Memory of David HarnessJun 28, 2013
-3.4Smokin' on the WaterMay 4, 2013
-0.9Smoke on the Square: In Memory of David HarnessJun 27, 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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20152000 0% top 86% 87.3% 86.4%
20144010 25% top 44% 94.3% 92%
20132000 50% top 62% 88.2% 88.1%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
May 8, 2015 Rockin' BBQ for Riley Warsaw, IN 25 / 27 (616.4340) 23 (155.3712) 22 (157.1316) 25 (153.6684) 24 (150.2628)
Apr 10, 2015 CCS Spring Festival & BBQ Competition Indianapolis, IN 31 / 39 (628.4112) 36 (158.2284) 31 (155.3828) 24 (161.6800) 34 (153.1200)
Jul 18, 2014 Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! New Palestine, IN 30 / 51 (653.1200) 22 (169.7028) 22 (166.8344) 47 (152) 24 (164.5828)
Jun 27, 2014 Smoke on the Square: In Memory of David Harness Franklin, IN 19 / 34 (661.6112) 26 (164.5484) 13 (167.3944) 23 (163.9772) 14 (165.6912)
May 3, 2014 Smokin' On The Water Liberty, IN 10 / 43 (678.7772) 20 (167.4172) 12 (170.2744) 24 (166.2400) 2 (174.8456)
Apr 25, 2014 Wabash Ribberfest Barbecue Championship Mt. Carmel, IL 19 / 50 (656.5944) 32 (160.5256) 20 (164.0344) 14 (167.9772) 24 (164.0572)
Jun 28, 2013 Smoke on the Square: In Memory of David Harness Franklin, IN 20 / 32 (633.1426) 24 (155.4282) 12 (164.5716) 29 (150.8570) 11 (162.2858)
May 4, 2013 Smokin' on the Water Liberty, IN 23 / 37 (634.8566) 36 (141.1426) 21 (158.8570) 8 (168.5714) 13 (166.2856)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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