UP IN $MOKE BBQ TEAM

UP IN $MOKE BBQ TEAM is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 8th of 45 at the Peak City Pigfest (2015). They are ranked #3510 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,510

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1493

peak 1505 · rated over 11 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 20, 2013

latest Aug 5, 2016 · 2.9 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#994

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

9% 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

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 162.41 · weakest Pork (159.83)

Road miles

787

across 11 mapped stops · furthest 76 mi

Schedule strength

29%

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

Master avg

643.71 / 720

11 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

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
Jun 19, 2015

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

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
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)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to UP IN $MOKE BBQ TEAM, each with one reason worth a look.

135 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

#3,507 of the rated field

1493 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 May 13, 2022

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KEEP CALM AND QUE ON

#3,497 of the rated field

1493 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1500

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to UP IN $MOKE BBQ TEAM)

Fewer contests behind them than UP IN $MOKE BBQ TEAM has cooked, 6 to 11, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 6 contests
last seen May 5, 2017

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SMOKE JUMPERS BBQ

#3,528 of the rated field

1493 power rating

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

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 Jun 5, 2026

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Jessie Raes BBQ

#3,502 of the rated field

1493 power rating

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

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 Nov 21, 2025

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Camo Cookers

#3,515 of the rated field

1493 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1493

13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 8% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Jun 10, 2022

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OLD SMOKE WAGON

#3,501 of the rated field

1493 power rating

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

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 Aug 10, 2018

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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
THE SMOKEHOUSE BANDITS!!!	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 field size and state

By contest size

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

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Pigs & Pedals	3	22	0	top 77%	Aug 5, 2016
Peak City Pigfest	2	8	0	top 34%	Jun 17, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 4 contests

Contests a season 2.8 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NC 11 of 11 contests

Contests visited 8 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 250 finished ahead 226 times, behind 305

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

20162 milestones

Jun 17 10th tracked contest Peak City Pigfest
Aug 5 Most recent contest Pigs & Pedals

20154 milestones

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 (1505) Peak City Pigfest

20141 milestone

Jun 20 First call Peak City Pig Fest

20132 milestones

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.9	Peak City Pigfest	Jun 19, 2015
+4.6	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown	Oct 10, 2014
+2.9	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down	Oct 11, 2013
+1.9	Peak City Pig Fest	Jun 20, 2014
+1.4	Peak City Pigfest	Jun 17, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.2	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally	Sep 19, 2014
-7.2	Pigs & Pedals	Jul 31, 2015
-6.7	Pigs & Pedals	Aug 5, 2016
-4.2	Pigs & Pedals	Aug 1, 2014
-3.3	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic	Sep 20, 2013

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)
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
Aug 5, 2016	Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC	39 / 47 (604.3884)	41 (151.9200)	41 (151.9084)	37 (155.9656)	42 (144.5944)
Jun 17, 2016	Peak City Pigfest Apex, NC	23 / 46 (656.5028)	12 (170.2628)	32 (156.5372)	28 (161.7028)	11 (168)
Oct 9, 2015	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown Rocky Mount, NC	27 / 49 (650.2056)	31 (161.6800)	10 (169.1200)	31 (159.4172)	26 (159.9884)
Jul 31, 2015	Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC	25 / 31 (638.7884)	25 (157.6456)	27 (158.8572)	11 (168.0228)	29 (154.2628)
Jun 19, 2015	Peak City Pigfest Apex, NC	8 / 45 (674.2400)	4 (170.8344)	21 (163.4172)	24 (164.5484)	2 (175.4400)
Oct 10, 2014	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown Rocky Mount, NC	23 / 53 (649.6572)	13 (168.5828)	15 (165.7144)	12 (168)	47 (147.3600)
Sep 19, 2014	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)
Aug 1, 2014	Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC	22 / 32 (627.9316)	20 (161.0972)	21 (156.5716)	5 (167.4744)	27 (142.7884)
Jun 20, 2014	Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC	23 / 48 (649.6456)	29 (161.7144)	26 (160.5372)	37 (157.1312)	3 (170.2628)
Oct 11, 2013	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC	25 / 55 (643.2800)	29 (162.2744)	17 (163.9656)	51 (151.3600)	15 (165.6800)
Sep 20, 2013	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)

UP IN $MOKE BBQ TEAM

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

Master avg

Storylines (6 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

A June team

The metronome

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

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)