DIVINE SMOKE

DIVINE SMOKE is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 7th of 25 at the Squealin' on the Square (2015). They are ranked #3823 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,823

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1487

peak 1502 · rated over 10 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 11, 2013

latest Jul 12, 2018 · 5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1259

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

10% of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 61%

overall standings

Best overall

671.8512 / 720

Master · Squealin' on the Square

Perfect 180s

Current form

618.38 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 627.52 (-9.14)

Walk rate

30%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600

Pork Ribs · SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)

Consistency

±53.59

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.36 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.09)

Road miles

436

across 10 mapped stops · furthest 138 mi

Schedule strength

28%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1538)

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

627.52 / 720

10 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

671.8512 career-best overall

93.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 671.8512 at Squealin' on the Square — 93.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 2, 2015

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

Killer B's BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Killer B's BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.3 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.27 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 22%.

Pork Ribs avg 159.09
Chicken avg 165.36
2 calls in 10 entries

A strong matchup

7–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 88% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of THE SMOKIN' GRILL in 7 of their 8 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

5 of 7 shared chicken entries lost

Killer B's BBQ ahead 71% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Killer B's BBQ has out-cooked them in 5 of 7 shared chicken entries.

Boom or bust

±7.44% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±7.44% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 87.2% of a perfect score
best 93.3%

A standing appointment

6 years running at one contest

They've cooked SC Festival Of Discovery every year from 2013 to 2018 — the contest they never miss.

6 visits in all
best finish 24th

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
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	—	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#1937 (115 pts)	#2266 (60 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1259 (220 pts)	#1341 (215 pts)	#845 (425 pts)	#1537 (175 pts)	#1348 (205 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1312 (215 pts)	#918 (390 pts)	#1213 (255 pts)	#1206 (265 pts)	#1218 (250 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1460 (153 pts)	#1351 (198 pts)	#1765 (128 pts)	#1361 (193 pts)	#1365 (188 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

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

A&R Q

#3,832 of the rated field

1486 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1524

They've been 1524 at their best, 38 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Mar 20, 2026

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MAY THE SMOKE BE WITH YOU

#3,819 of the rated field

1487 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1502

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Oct 30, 2021

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BBQ BUDDHA

#3,836 of the rated field

1486 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1504

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen Oct 18, 2019

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RICKY P'S MEAT CANDY BBQ COMPANY

#3,839 of the rated field

1486 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1486

They turned up 5 years after DIVINE SMOKE did, first appearing in 2018.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Apr 26, 2019

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CAROLINA Q

#3,806 of the rated field

1487 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1503

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Sep 15, 2017

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BLACK BETTY BBQ

#3,841 of the rated field

1486 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1486

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Jun 24, 2016

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Nards Backyard BBQ	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKIN' GRILL	8	7	1	88%	⚔ compare
PIG ON FIRE	8	6	2	75%	⚔ compare
BLUE SUEDE QUE	8	6	2	75%	⚔ compare
SUE E PIGG	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
SOME-R SWINE	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
Backwoods BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
Killer B's BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
PICKIN' PORKERS	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
Bald Hawg BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
RIVERSIDE SMOKE	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
MIDNIGHT BURN	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	2	0	176	155.8968	165.36	top 45%
Pork Ribs	10	2	1	176.5600	131.3372	159.09	top 58%
Pork	10	0	0	172.5828	146.8572	160.43	top 58%
Brisket	10	1	0	168.5256	153.0860	159.16	top 56%

“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)	3	0	top 58%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 62%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
SC	9	0	top 61%
GA	1	0	top 62%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
SC Festival Of Discovery	6	24	0	top 62%	Jul 12, 2018
Squealin' on the Square	2	7	0	top 50%	Oct 2, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 3 contests

Contests a season 1.7 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in SC 9 of 10 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 4 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 277 finished ahead 244 times, behind 383

Longest layoff 1 yrs Jul 6, 2017 → Jul 12, 2018

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

20182 milestones

Jul 12 10th tracked contest SC Festival Of Discovery
Jul 12 Most recent contest SC Festival Of Discovery

20154 milestones

Jul 9 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5600 SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)
Oct 2 First overall top-10 Squealin' on the Square
Oct 2 Career-best overall score671.8512 Squealin' on the Square
Oct 2 Peak power rating (1502) Squealin' on the Square

20142 milestones

Jun 6 First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.8976 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jul 10 First call SC Festival of Discovery

20131 milestone

Jul 11 First tracked contest SC Festival of Discovery

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.3	SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)	Jul 9, 2015
+8.8	Squealin' on the Square	Oct 2, 2015
+0.6	SC Festival of Discovery	Jul 10, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.3	SC Festival Of Discovery	Jul 12, 2018
-5.9	Squealin' on the Square	Oct 4, 2013
-5.4	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Jun 6, 2014
-3.7	SC Festival of Discovery	Jul 11, 2013
-3	SC Festival of Discovery	Jul 7, 2016

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)
2018	1	0	0%	top 97%	65.8%	65.8%
2017	1	0	0%	top 62%	89.6%	89.6%
2016	1	0	0%	top 68%	88.1%	88.1%
2015	2	1	100%	top 27%	93.3%	93%
2014	3	0	33%	top 64%	90.5%	89.5%
2013	2	0	0%	top 68%	87.8%	86.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 12, 2018	SC Festival Of Discovery Greenwood, SC	86 / 89 (473.6116)	—	52 (161.6572)	79 (150.2744)	48 (161.6800)
Jul 6, 2017	SC Festival of Discovery (PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) Greenwood, SC	55 / 89 (644.9716)	71 (158.2172)	65 (158.8116)	14 (172.5828)	59 (155.3600)
Jul 7, 2016	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	56 / 82 (634.1832)	24 (167.9888)	66 (152.5144)	73 (150.8344)	36 (162.8456)
Oct 2, 2015	Squealin' on the Square Laurens, SC	7 / 25 (671.8512)	8 (167.3828)	6 (169.1200)	12 (166.8228)	8 (168.5256)
Jul 9, 2015	SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Greenwood, SC	24 / 90 (667.2680)	23 (171.4056)	2 (176.5600)	38 (165.0740)	67 (154.2284)
Jul 10, 2014	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	48 / 86 (646.7656)	5 (176)	33 (165.0972)	81 (146.8572)	48 (158.8112)
Jun 6, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour N. Charleston, SC	21 / 28 (651.8976)	11 (169.7144)	13 (167.9772)	20 (161.1200)	24 (153.0860)
May 9, 2014	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	26 / 42 (634.6052)	35 (155.8968)	37 (151.3484)	16 (165.1200)	15 (162.2400)
Oct 4, 2013	Squealin' on the Square Laurens, SC	20 / 28 (617.5656)	11 (164.5256)	28 (131.3372)	12 (163.4056)	13 (158.2972)
Jul 11, 2013	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	50 / 78 (632.4456)	53 (157.1428)	50 (156.5256)	37 (162.2400)	51 (156.5372)

DIVINE SMOKE

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

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (7 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Boom or bust

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)