BLUEGRASS SOUTHERN SMOKERS

BLUEGRASS SOUTHERN SMOKERS is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 6th of 32 at the Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival (2016). They are ranked #1967 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,967

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1540

peak 1540 · rated over 7 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 27, 2013

latest Apr 7, 2017 · 3.5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1208

Master 2016 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

29% of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 39%

overall standings

Best overall

687.3716 / 720

Master · Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

672.25 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 674.18 (-1.94)

Walk rate

71%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7144

Pork Ribs · Jim Beam BBQ Classic

Consistency

±9.92

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 171.08 · weakest Pork (165.76)

Road miles

716

across 7 mapped stops · furthest 100 mi

Schedule strength

49%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1564)

Master avg

674.18 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (4 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

687.3716 career-best overall

95.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 687.3716 at Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival — 95.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 17, 2016

A tough matchup

5–2 behind in the head-to-head

BLUE CHIP BBQ ahead in 71% of their meetings

BLUE CHIP BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.3 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.31 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 29% of the time against 14%.

Pork avg 165.76
Chicken avg 171.08
2 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

4–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Kentucky Kookers in 4 of their 5 shared 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
2017 ↗	Master	#2007 (95 pts)	#2064 (95 pts)	#2244 (70 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#1715 (135 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1208 (242 pts)	#1244 (262 pts)	#1083 (317 pts)	#1485 (202 pts)	#1128 (292 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1575 (140 pts)	#1520 (175 pts)	#1470 (180 pts)	#1790 (120 pts)	#1629 (145 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1527 (162 pts)	#1814 (137 pts)	#1181 (267 pts)	#1619 (162 pts)	#2030 (97 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1631 (135 pts)	#1772 (125 pts)	#1911 (100 pts)	#2467 (70 pts)	#1373 (185 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BLUEGRASS SOUTHERN SMOKERS, each with one reason worth a look.

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

ROWDY PIG BBQ

#1,957 of the rated field

1540 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1545

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BLUEGRASS SOUTHERN SMOKERS)

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen Aug 12, 2016

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FatBacks BBQ & Rib Shack

#1,973 of the rated field

1540 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 57%
Peak: 1550

Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 3 years before BLUEGRASS SOUTHERN SMOKERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

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TWO KRACKERS KOOKIN’

#1,971 of the rated field

1540 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1540

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 Oct 8, 2021

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GOVERNMENT PORK

#1,959 of the rated field

1540 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1545

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen May 2, 2014

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Boozin Booyaa bbq

#1,968 of the rated field

1540 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 60%
Peak: 1540

They turned up 11 years after BLUEGRASS SOUTHERN SMOKERS did, first appearing in 2024.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Aug 15, 2026

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Hart Attack

#1,956 of the rated field

1540 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 80%
Peak: 1542

Level with BLUEGRASS SOUTHERN SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Jul 18, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Pappy Q	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
BLUE CHIP BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Kentucky Kookers	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
Extra Mile BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
EAT MOR BUTT BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	1	0	175.4172	167.9656	171.08	top 37%
Pork Ribs	7	2	1	177.7144	166.2744	169.79	top 36%
Pork	7	2	0	171.4056	160.5372	165.76	top 56%
Brisket	7	3	1	174.2628	158.8112	167.56	top 44%

“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 37%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 40%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Jim Beam BBQ Classic	2	23	0	top 56%	Sep 30, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 2 contests

Contests a season 1.4 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KY 7 of 7 contests

Contests visited 6 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 172 finished ahead 171 times, behind 107

Longest layoff 1.5 yrs Mar 28, 2014 → Sep 25, 2015

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

20172 milestones

Apr 7 Peak power rating (1540) First Annual Operation Stand Down KY BBQ Smoke Off (TEAMS FULL)
Apr 7 Most recent contest First Annual Operation Stand Down KY BBQ Smoke Off (TEAMS FULL)

20162 milestones

Jun 17 Career-best overall score687.3716 Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival
Sep 30 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7144 Jim Beam BBQ Classic

20141 milestone

Mar 28 First overall top-10 Grills Gone Wild BBQ Festival

20133 milestones

Sep 27 First tracked contest Grillin and Chillin BBQ
Sep 27 First call Grillin and Chillin BBQ
Sep 27 First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.1368 Grillin and Chillin BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.4	Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival	Jun 17, 2016
+11.3	Grills Gone Wild BBQ Festival	Mar 28, 2014
+8.9	Grillin and Chillin BBQ	Sep 27, 2013
+3.6	First Annual Operation Stand Down KY BBQ Smoke Off (TEAMS FULL)	Apr 7, 2017
+2.4	Jim Beam BBQ Classic	Sep 30, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-0.4	Grillin N Chillin BBQ	Sep 25, 2015

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)
2017	1	0	100%	top 45%	94.1%	94.1%
2016	2	1	100%	top 36%	95.5%	94.7%
2015	2	0	0%	top 57%	92.1%	91.7%
2014	1	1	100%	top 19%	95%	95%
2013	1	0	100%	top 27%	93.6%	93.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 7, 2017	First Annual Operation Stand Down KY BBQ Smoke Off (TEAMS FULL) Bowling Green, KY	18 / 40 (677.6112)	18 (168.5484)	23 (168.5372)	26 (166.2628)	10 (174.2628)
Sep 30, 2016	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	23 / 43 (675.8856)	15 (173.1200)	4 (177.7144)	37 (162.2284)	33 (162.8228)
Jun 17, 2016	Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival Barbourville, KY	6 / 32 (687.3716)	8 (175.4172)	15 (167.4288)	9 (170.2628)	3 (174.2628)
Oct 2, 2015	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	26 / 45 (662.7656)	21 (169.6800)	25 (166.2744)	25 (168)	37 (158.8112)
Sep 25, 2015	Grillin N Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY	21 / 38 (657.6000)	18 (167.9656)	13 (166.8572)	29 (160.5372)	20 (162.2400)
Mar 28, 2014	Grills Gone Wild BBQ Festival London, KY	8 / 42 (683.9084)	11 (171.4056)	2 (174.8688)	8 (171.4056)	19 (166.2284)
Sep 27, 2013	Grillin and Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY	12 / 45 (674.1368)	14 (171.4056)	19 (166.8228)	28 (161.6456)	6 (174.2628)

BLUEGRASS SOUTHERN SMOKERS

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 (4 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

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)