SMOKIN ZEKE'S BBQ

SMOKIN ZEKE'S BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 15 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 14th of 38 at the Smokin' on Oak (2013). They are ranked #6335 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,335

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1404

peak 1404 · rated over 15 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 26, 2013

latest Aug 18, 2017 · 4.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#985

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 15 contests

Avg finish

top 82%

overall standings

Best overall

649.7376 / 720

Master · McLouth BBQ Blowout 24th Annual (JUDGES FULL)

Perfect 180s

Current form

622.72 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 618.17 (+4.55)

Walk rate

27%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.8800

Chicken · Smokin' in the Ville

Consistency

±30.04

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 162.13 · weakest Brisket (139.29)

Road miles

274

across 15 mapped stops · furthest 35 mi

Schedule strength

30%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1540)

Master avg

618.17 / 720

15 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

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

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 67%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 67%

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

KC SMOKE DAWGS ahead in 100% of their meetings

KC SMOKE DAWGS has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−22.8 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 22.84 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 7%.

Brisket avg 139.29
Pork avg 162.13
0 calls in 15 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKE BREAK - KS in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

7 of 8 shared pork entries lost

TRUEBUD BBQ ahead 88% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, TRUEBUD BBQ has out-cooked them in 7 of 8 shared pork entries.

A June team

Top 73% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 73% across 4 contests, versus top 82% the rest of the year.

4 June contests
top 82% the rest of the year

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked Smokin on Oak every year from 2013 to 2017 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 14th

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
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#1683 (145 pts)	#2095 (90 pts)	#2266 (60 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1932 (119 pts)	#1999 (119 pts)	#2013 (119 pts)	#1360 (234 pts)	#1719 (144 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#985 (312 pts)	#785 (467 pts)	#948 (367 pts)	#990 (352 pts)	#1021 (322 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1838 (121 pts)	#1553 (176 pts)	#1870 (126 pts)	#1626 (161 pts)	#1905 (121 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1564 (145 pts)	#1650 (140 pts)	#1437 (180 pts)	#1369 (190 pts)	#1742 (125 pts)

Overall rank by season

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1404 power rating

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GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1404

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1405 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1405

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1404 power rating

Contests: 67
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1520

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#6,330 of the rated field

1405 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1405

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#6,333 of the rated field

1405 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1405

Level with SMOKIN ZEKE'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 16 contests
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SMKN Q MO

#6,332 of the rated field

1405 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1405

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 14 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Sep 21, 2018

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
KC SMOKE DAWGS	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
TRUEBUD BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
DUSTY ROADS BBQ	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
EATIN AINT CHEATIN	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
913 BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
2 DRUNK 2 QUE	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
WATER DAWGZ BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
MIDNIGHT STOKERS	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Theslabs.com	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
GEN QUE	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
T'S SMOKIN PIT	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Big D & The Briquettes	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	15	1	174.8800	148	157.90	top 75%
Pork Ribs	15	2	171.9772	150.2400	158.85	top 68%
Pork	15	1	172.0228	156.5256	162.13	top 61%
Brisket	15	0	163.4288	20	139.29	top 86%

“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)	9	0	top 81%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 84%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Smokin on Oak	5	14	top 80%	Aug 18, 2017
Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge	2	27	top 72%	Jun 9, 2017
Border War BBQ	2	32	top 88%	Oct 23, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 5 contests

Contests a season 3 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 15 of 15 contests

Contests visited 9 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 301 finished ahead 101 times, behind 437

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

20171 milestone

Aug 18 Most recent contest Smokin on Oak

20154 milestones

Apr 24 Career-best single call (Chicken)174.8800 Smokin' in the Ville
Jun 5 First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.7376 McLouth BBQ Blowout 24th Annual (JUDGES FULL)
Jun 5 Career-best overall score649.7376 McLouth BBQ Blowout 24th Annual (JUDGES FULL)
Aug 28 10th tracked contest Smokin' on Oak

20133 milestones

Apr 26 First tracked contest Smokin 'n' the Ville
Apr 26 Peak power rating (1491) Smokin 'n' the Ville
Aug 23 First call Smokin' on Oak

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+6	Smokin' on Oak	Aug 23, 2013
+2.5	Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge	Jun 9, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13	Smokin' in the Ville	Apr 24, 2015
-11	Cookin on the Kaw	Oct 10, 2014
-10.6	Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout	Jun 7, 2013
-9.5	Smokin 'n' the Ville	Apr 26, 2013
-9.4	Smokin' on Oak	Aug 22, 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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	2	50%	top 79%	89.6%	87.7%
2016	2	50%	top 88%	88.3%	85.5%
2015	5	20%	top 86%	90.2%	84.3%
2014	3	0%	top 87%	86.9%	86%
2013	3	33%	top 67%	89.3%	87.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 18, 2017	Smokin on Oak Bonner Springs, KS	26 / 28 (617.6916)	26 (148)	18 (163.3944)	23 (161.1428)	28 (145.1544)
Jun 9, 2017	Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge Kansas City, KS	27 / 42 (645.1200)	36 (155.4172)	9 (171.9772)	19 (167.4172)	32 (150.3084)
Aug 26, 2016	Smokin' On Oak Bonner Springs, KS	36 / 37 (595.9660)	35 (150.8572)	34 (154.8916)	31 (158.2972)	37 (131.9200)
Jun 10, 2016	Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge Kansas City, KS	27 / 34 (635.4288)	33 (151.9772)	30 (153.7260)	6 (172.0228)	20 (157.7028)
Oct 23, 2015	Border War BBQ Osawatomie, KS	32 / 35 (619.3828)	33 (157.1428)	33 (152.5600)	30 (159.4172)	27 (150.2628)
Aug 28, 2015	Smokin' on Oak Bonner Springs, KS	38 / 42 (632.4572)	41 (151.9200)	19 (166.2744)	22 (168.0228)	40 (146.2400)
Jun 5, 2015	McLouth BBQ Blowout 24th Annual (JUDGES FULL) McLouth, KS	21 / 33 (649.7376)	15 (168.5944)	28 (154.8688)	18 (162.8456)	19 (163.4288)
May 8, 2015	Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS	39 / 45 (614.1600)	42 (153.1200)	39 (150.2400)	24 (162.8572)	40 (147.9428)
Apr 24, 2015	Smokin' in the Ville Edwardsville, KS	29 / 29 (517.7600)	5 (174.8800)	16 (164.5828)	24 (158.2972)	29 (20)
Oct 24, 2014	Border War BBQ Osawatomie, KS	35 / 41 (618.7432)	32 (157.7144)	38 (150.2400)	29 (160.5600)	33 (150.2288)
Oct 10, 2014	Cookin on the Kaw DeSoto, KS	42 / 46 (613.5316)	37 (158.8344)	36 (154.8000)	36 (156.5256)	45 (143.3716)
Aug 22, 2014	Smokin' on Oak Bonner Springs, KS	25 / 30 (625.6576)	14 (165.7144)	24 (154.2972)	17 (162.2628)	30 (143.3832)
Aug 23, 2013	Smokin' on Oak Bonner Springs, KS	14 / 38 (642.8456)	16 (162.2972)	9 (167.4400)	15 (160.5484)	26 (152.5600)
Jun 7, 2013	Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout Tonganoxie, KS	41 / 49 (623.4284)	40 (156)	24 (161.7142)	35 (158.8572)	44 (146.8570)
Apr 26, 2013	Smokin 'n' the Ville Edwardsville, KS	21 / 26 (620.5710)	22 (155.9998)	15 (161.7142)	12 (162.8570)	25 (140)

SMOKIN ZEKE'S BBQ

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 (7 found in their record)

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

A June team

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

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)