UP IN $MOKE BBQ TEAM

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#3508

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1493

peak 1504 · rated over 11 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-09-20

latest 2016-08-05

Best ToY finish

#994

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 11 contests

Avg finish

top 58%

overall standings

Best overall

674.2400 / 720

Master · Peak City Pigfest

Perfect 180s

Current form

644.83 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 643.71 (+1.12)

Walk rate

36%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4400

Brisket · Peak City Pigfest

Consistency

±16.96

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 162.41 · weakest Pork (159.83)

Road miles

787

mi across 11 mapped stops · furthest 76 mi

Schedule strength

28%

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

Master avg

643.71 / 720

11 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

High-water mark

674.2400 career-best overall

93.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 674.2400 at Peak City Pigfest — 93.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-06-19

A tough matchup

10–0 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKIN SKULLIES ahead in 100% of their meetings

SMOKIN SKULLIES has come out ahead in 10 of their 10 shared contests.

A strong matchup

5–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Grillin' Thyme in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

9 of 10 shared chicken entries lost

SMOKIN SKULLIES ahead 90% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKIN SKULLIES has out-cooked them in 9 of 10 shared chicken entries.

A June team

Top 39% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 39% across 3 contests, versus top 58% the rest of the year.

3 June contests
top 58% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.36% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.36% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 89.4% of a perfect score
11 contests

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

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

PIG PEN ENTERPRISES

#3502 of the rated field

1493 ▲ 0 power rating

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

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to UP IN $MOKE BBQ TEAM)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team UP IN $MOKE BBQ TEAM has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2022-05-13

⚔ Head-to-head

McLay Brothers BBQ

#3505 of the rated field

1493 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 36%
Peak: 1517

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2021-09-11

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SMOKE JUMPERS BBQ

#3515 of the rated field

1493 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1493

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2026-06-05

⚔ Head-to-head

Jessie Raes BBQ

#3497 of the rated field

1493 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1528

No shared contest yet.

Level with UP IN $MOKE BBQ TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2025-11-21

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Smokin' Bunz BBQ

#3524 of the rated field

1492 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

No shared contest yet.

13 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

⚔ Head-to-head

OLD SMOKE WAGON

#3503 of the rated field

1493 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1508

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2018-08-10

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN SKULLIES	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
ARMED AND HAMMERED BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
THE NEKKED PIG BBQ TEAM	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
FatHeads bbq	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
Grillin' Thyme	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
EVEL QUE-NIEVEL	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
FIRED UP SMOKERS	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
BANGIN' BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
PICKIN' PORKERS	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
BIG SHOW BBQ COOKIN' TEAM	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	11	1	0	170.8344	151.9200	162.41	top 56%
Pork Ribs	11	1	0	169.1200	151.9084	161.48	top 53%
Pork	11	1	0	168.0228	149.7372	159.83	top 63%
Brisket	11	2	2	175.4400	142.7884	159.98	top 50%

“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 contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 75%
Large (40+)	9	0	top 55%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Pigs & Pedals	3	22	0	top 77%	2016-08-05
Peak City Pigfest	2	8	0	top 34%	2016-06-17

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.9 yrs 2013-09-20 → 2016-08-05

Busiest season 2014 4 contests

Contests a season 2.8 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NC 11 of 11 contests

Contests visited 8 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 11 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 162.41 · weakest Pork (159.83)

Walk rate 36% a top-10 call in 4 of 11 contests

Overall top-10 rate 9% 1 of 11 contests

Master average 643.71 out of 720 · 11 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 254 226–305 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 787 11 mapped stops · furthest 76 mi

Schedule strength 1538 average field rating faced — tougher than 28% of rated contests

Power rating 1493 peak 1504 · #3508 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Sep 20 First tracked contest Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic
Sep 20 First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.2800 Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic
2014
Jun 20 First call Peak City Pig Fest
2015
Jun 19 First overall top-10 Peak City Pigfest
Jun 19 Career-best overall score674.2400 Peak City Pigfest
Jun 19 Career-best single call (Brisket)175.4400 Peak City Pigfest
Jun 19 Peak power rating (1504) Peak City Pigfest
2016
Jun 17 10th tracked contest Peak City Pigfest
Aug 5 Most recent contest Pigs & Pedals

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.9	Peak City Pigfest	2015-06-19
+4.5	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown	2014-10-10
+2.8	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down	2013-10-11
+1.8	Peak City Pig Fest	2014-06-20
+1.4	Peak City Pigfest	2016-06-17

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.3	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally	2014-09-19
-7.2	Pigs & Pedals	2015-07-31
-6.7	Pigs & Pedals	2016-08-05
-4.2	Pigs & Pedals	2014-08-01
-3.3	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic	2013-09-20

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	2	0	0%	top 66%	91.2%	87.6%
2015	3	1	67%	top 51%	93.6%	90.9%
2014	4	0	50%	top 62%	90.2%	89%
2013	2	0	0%	top 55%	90.5%	89.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-08-05	Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC	39 / 47 (604.3884)	41 (151.9200)	41 (151.9084)	37 (155.9656)	42 (144.5944)
2016-06-17	Peak City Pigfest Apex, NC	23 / 46 (656.5028)	12 (170.2628)	32 (156.5372)	28 (161.7028)	11 (168.0000)
2015-10-09	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown Rocky Mount, NC	27 / 49 (650.2056)	31 (161.6800)	10 (169.1200)	31 (159.4172)	26 (159.9884)
2015-07-31	Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC	25 / 31 (638.7884)	25 (157.6456)	27 (158.8572)	11 (168.0228)	29 (154.2628)
2015-06-19	Peak City Pigfest Apex, NC	8 / 45 (674.2400)	4 (170.8344)	21 (163.4172)	24 (164.5484)	2 (175.4400)
2014-10-10	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown Rocky Mount, NC	23 / 53 (649.6572)	13 (168.5828)	15 (165.7144)	12 (168.0000)	47 (147.3600)
2014-09-19	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally Salisbury, NC	55 / 64 (634.8456)	59 (155.9656)	42 (160.5600)	62 (149.7372)	17 (168.5828)
2014-08-01	Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC	22 / 32 (627.9316)	20 (161.0972)	21 (156.5716)	5 (167.4744)	27 (142.7884)
2014-06-20	Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC	23 / 48 (649.6456)	29 (161.7144)	26 (160.5372)	37 (157.1312)	3 (170.2628)
2013-10-11	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC	25 / 55 (643.2800)	29 (162.2744)	17 (163.9656)	51 (151.3600)	15 (165.6800)
2013-09-20	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC	46 / 72 (651.2800)	42 (164.5372)	19 (169.1200)	66 (154.8000)	38 (162.8228)

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

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016 ↗	Master	#1719 (130 pts)	#1508 (185 pts)	#1884 (120 pts)	#1872 (120 pts)	#1472 (190 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1085 (271 pts)	#1019 (326 pts)	#1167 (271 pts)	#1250 (251 pts)	#924 (376 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#994 (315 pts)	#965 (365 pts)	#991 (350 pts)	#792 (470 pts)	#739 (495 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1471 (150 pts)	#1551 (150 pts)	#1293 (220 pts)	#1560 (150 pts)	#1326 (200 pts)