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RUM N' SMOKE BBQ MN

Power ranking

#107
of 3077 rated · rankings

Rating

1721
peak 1721 · rated over 69 contests

Best runs

5
straight top-10s

Contests

84
in the data

First seen

2019-05-10
latest 2026-07-10

Best ToY finish

#41
Master 2020

Grand champs

3
2 reserve

Category wins

11
31 podiums

Overall top-10s

31
of 84 contests

Avg finish

top 32%
overall standings

Best overall

702.3200 / 720

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

688.04 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 680.35 (+7.69)

Walk rate

83%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

5
best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Consistency

±10.66
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 171.09 · weakest Brisket (169.36)

Road miles

15625
mi across 84 mapped stops · furthest 447 mi

Schedule strength

68%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1563)

Purse competed for

$794K
listed at 67 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

3 🏅
GCs in 65 state-championship entries

Master avg

680.35 / 720
69 Master contests · 3 GCs

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

HOT DADDY'S BBQ has finished one call ahead of RUM N' SMOKE BBQ 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

HOT DADDY'S BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

LAST CALL HEROES BBQ has come out ahead in 26 of their 35 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of OWENS BBQ in 27 of their 36 shared contests.

🏕️ Happy hunting ground

KTD Smokn' Gobbler is their spot: an average finish in the top 15% across 2 visits.

💔 The heartbreaker

Came within 0.0112 points of the Grand Championship at SD BBQ Shootout @ Huset's Speedway (2025-08-29).

🗡️ Giant slayer

Took the Grand Championship over a 48-team field at Original SD BBQ Championships.

📅 A May team

Something about May: average finish in the top 23% across 10 contests, versus top 32% the rest of the year.

🃏 Against the odds

Their Grand Championship at The Hayfield (2020-06-19) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 35-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, SPITFIRE.

Teams like this (closest power rating, MN first)

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

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 51 16 35 31% ⚔ compare
SPITFIRE 48 26 22 54% ⚔ compare
MACHETE BOYS BBQ 44 26 18 59% ⚔ compare
HOT DADDY'S BBQ 44 16 28 36% ⚔ compare
RUB MY RACK 43 28 15 65% ⚔ compare
WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ 41 22 19 54% ⚔ compare
LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 40 23 17 57% ⚔ compare
Phoenix BBQ 39 25 14 64% ⚔ compare
WHEN PIGS DIE 37 23 14 62% ⚔ compare
OWENS BBQ 36 27 9 75% ⚔ compare
SIN CIRCLE BBQ 35 15 20 43% ⚔ compare
LAST CALL HEROES BBQ 35 9 26 26% ⚔ compare
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 34 11 23 32% ⚔ compare
BnB BBQ 32 20 12 63% ⚔ compare
NECTAR OF THE HOGS 32 18 14 56% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 69 22 3 7 179.4400 158.7884 169.85 top 45%
Pork Ribs 83 37 5 11 180.0000 🔥 157.0972 170.34 top 35%
Pork 69 33 1 5 178.8572 153.0744 171.09 top 34%
Brisket 69 29 2 8 179.4400 154.2512 169.36 top 38%

“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 state / province

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
MN202top 23%
SD181top 31%
IA110top 46%
KS90top 44%
WI60top 25%
ND30top 27%
MO10top 28%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)321top 33%
Large (40+)372top 31%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off 6 4 0 top 33% 2024-07-12
Original SD BBQ Championships 4 1 1 top 23% 2026-06-05
Minnesota in May 4 11 0 top 23% 2026-05-08
ND BBQ Championship 3 10 0 top 27% 2026-05-01
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 3 7 0 top 28% 2023-09-27
Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll 3 2 0 top 27% 2023-09-08
Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 3 6 0 top 21% 2022-06-11
Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 3 10 0 top 29% 2022-06-10
Original SD BBQ Championship 3 4 0 top 21% 2022-06-03
Minnesota in May (Masters) 3 9 0 top 19% 2022-05-13
KTD Smokn' Gobbler 2 4 0 top 15% 2026-07-10
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST 2 81 0 top 57% 2022-09-29
Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest 2 15 0 top 45% 2021-08-27

The story so far

Milestones

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+15.5The Hayfield2020-06-19
+14.3Minnesota in Mayaugust2020-08-28
+13.4Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll2022-09-09
+11.9American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest2023-09-27
+11Art of the Que2023-07-07

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-18.79th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest2025-07-25
-12.1Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest2022-08-26
-12Back To Mayberry2019-06-28
-12KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off2022-07-15
-11.75th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL2023-08-12

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20269023 89% top 23% 96.3% 95.6%
202511154 100% top 25% 97.5% 95.3%
202410040 90% top 27% 96.1% 95.2%
202310030 80% top 33% 97.4% 94.9%
202214040 64% top 38% 96% 94.2%
202111032 73% top 34% 95.4% 93.8%
202010262 100% top 25% 97.3% 94.4%
20199040 78% top 42% 95.1% 93.3%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026-07-10 KTD Smokn' Gobbler 🏅 Worthington, MN 5 / 33 (687.9776) 11 (171.4288) 14 (170.2744) 9 (172.0116) 5 (174.2628)
2026-07-10 KTD Smokn' Gobbler (ONE MEAT RIBS) Worthington, MN 1 (174.2744)
2026-06-05 Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD 4 / 48 (693.6456) 9 (173.7028) 27 (169.6800) 26 (170.8228) 1 (179.4400)
2026-06-05 Original SD BBQ Championships (ONE MEAT RIBS) Huron, SD 4 (173.7144)
2026-05-08 Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN 14 / 77 (687.9084) 39 (171.4056) 33 (169.6800) 30 (171.4172) 10 (175.4056)
2026-05-08 Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN 2 (174.8572)
2026-05-01 ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND 22 / 71 (681.6340) 20 (171.9656) 23 (170.8228) 13 (173.7144) 39 (165.1312)
2026-05-01 ND BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Fargo, ND 2 (174.8572)
2026-04-10 Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT) 🏅 Osage City, KS 44 / 101 (689.0284) 63 (170.8228) 1 (180.0000) 48 (171.9772) 75 (166.2284)
2025-10-03 ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND 10 / 46 (686.2516) 1 (177.1544) 29 (165.1316) 4 (174.8456) 15 (169.1200)
2025-10-03 ND BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Fargo, ND 7 (170.8228)
2025-08-29 SD BBQ Shootout @ Huset's Speedway 🏅 Brandon, SD 2 / 44 (698.2516) 1 (177.7144) 11 (171.4172) 5 (175.4056) 7 (173.7144)
2025-07-25 9th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA 30 / 31 (655.8516) 6 (173.1200) 31 (157.1088) 26 (163.9772) 28 (161.6456)
2025-07-11 KTD Smokn' Gobbler 🏅 Worthington, MN 4 / 26 (685.0632) 9 (171.4172) 12 (167.3944) 4 (175.4172) 6 (170.8344)
2025-07-11 KTD Smokn' Gobbler (ONE MEAT RIBS) Worthington, MN 1 (175.4288)
2025-06-06 Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD 1 / 48 (702.3200) 6 (175.4400) 1 (177.7372) 10 (173.7028) 6 (175.4400)
2025-06-05 Original SD BBQ Championships (One Meat Ribs) Huron, SD 10 (170.2856)
2025-05-09 Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN 16 / 58 (686.7768) 20 (172.5484) 6 (174.2972) 30 (170.8228) 32 (169.1084)
2025-05-09 Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN 5 (176.5600)
2025-02-21 Fire on Ice BBQ Championship 🏅 Onamia, MN 4 / 42 (689.7376) 19 (170.2860) 3 (175.4516) 3 (175.4172) 18 (168.5828)
2024-10-30 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS 192 / 444 (679.2912) 340 (162.8000) 23 (177.7144) 167 (170.8228) 209 (167.9540)
2024-09-27 ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND 13 / 47 (675.3712) 31 (163.9884) 8 (170.8572) 7 (171.9772) 21 (168.5484)
2024-08-23 MN Masters BBQ 🏅 Pierz, MN 4 / 27 (689.0512) 14 (167.9656) 9 (171.9656) 3 (178.8572) 9 (170.2628)
2024-08-16 BBQ & Fly-In on the River 🏅 Excelsior Springs, MO 18 / 65 (690.2628) 32 (170.8228) 32 (168.5944) 10 (177.1428) 15 (173.7028)
2024-07-26 8th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA 4 / 28 (691.9200) 21 (166.8228) 10 (170.8344) 8 (176.5600) 3 (177.7028)
2024-07-12 KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off 🏅 Worthington, MN 15 / 34 (678.2172) 6 (176.5600) 33 (157.0972) 8 (172.5600) 7 (172.0000)
2024-07-12 KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Worthington, MN 3 (176.5716)
2024-06-07 Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD 9 / 34 (687.3828) 25 (163.9772) 4 (177.7028) 6 (174.8572) 10 (170.8456)
2024-05-31 Smokin in Steele 🏅 Owatonna, MN 7 / 32 (686.7656) 9 (173.7028) 14 (167.3944) 4 (174.8456) 17 (170.8228)
2024-05-10 Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN 15 / 58 (689.0856) 35 (170.8228) 9 (173.1316) 20 (172.5828) 16 (172.5484)
2023-09-27 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS 7 / 487 (701.1316) 51 (176.5600) 145 (171.9772) 31 (177.1544) 34 (175.4400)
2023-09-08 Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll 🏅 Vermillion, SD 12 / 28 (675.3832) 9 (171.4172) 14 (168.5716) 9 (170.8228) 19 (164.5716)
2023-08-12 5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL Mayetta, KS 56 / 62 (682.7196) 15 (176.5600) 46 (171.4056) 46 (169.6800) 61 (165.0740)
2023-08-11 5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN Mayetta, KS 22 / 90 (693.6460) 78 (165.0972) 11 (176.5716) 9 (177.7144) 28 (174.2628)
2023-07-28 7th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA 11 / 32 (683.3484) 19 (169.1200) 8 (173.1428) 16 (170.8228) 11 (170.2628)
2023-07-14 KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off 🏅 Worthington, MN 9 / 39 (677.0516) 28 (166.8228) 15 (169.1316) 4 (173.1200) 13 (167.9772)
2023-07-07 Art of the Que 🏅 Spencer, IA 3 / 28 (687.9316) 2 (175.4172) 13 (169.6800) 5 (174.8572) 14 (167.9772)
2023-06-02 Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD 21 / 39 (663.8280) 32 (158.7884) 14 (168.5256) 25 (165.0856) 4 (171.4284)
2023-06-01 Original SD BBQ Championships (One Meat Ribs) Huron, SD 5 (170.8228)
2023-05-12 Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN 11 / 59 (682.3084) 21 (172.6400) 9 (172.0000) 16 (172.0000) 34 (165.6684)
2022-10-01 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS
2022-09-29 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS 173 / 249 (674.7536) 216 (164.5256) 39 (175.4056) 91 (172.5484) 218 (162.2740)
2022-09-29 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS 170 / 505 (677.5768) 280 (166.8228) 290 (166.2400) 24 (177.7028) 222 (166.8112)
2022-09-09 Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll 🏅 Vermillion, SD 2 / 28 (691.4284) 7 (172.5600) 5 (172.0456) 8 (171.4172) 3 (175.4056)
2022-08-26 Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest 🏅 Hill City, SD 20 / 28 (674.1716) 24 (165.0972) 13 (170.2744) 21 (166.8228) 9 (171.9772)
2022-07-29 6th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA 14 / 32 (671.3028) 28 (161.0856) 3 (174.2628) 21 (164.5256) 6 (171.4288)
2022-07-15 KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off 🏅 Worthington, MN 31 / 40 (662.2288) 36 (162.2744) 16 (167.9888) 3 (174.2628) 36 (157.7028)
2022-07-15 KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off (One Meat Ribs) Worthington, MN 10 (167.4744)
2022-06-11 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 9 / 37 (683.9316) 13 (173.1200) 25 (164.5372) 8 (173.7144) 8 (172.5600)
2022-06-10 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 12 / 39 (677.0856) 30 (166.8228) 27 (162.2400) 2 (176.0000) 6 (172.0228)
2022-06-03 Original SD BBQ Championship 🏅 Huron, SD 4 / 46 (690.2740) 4 (176.5944) 18 (170.2628) 10 (173.7256) 16 (169.6912)
2022-06-02 Original SD BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) Huron, SD 26 (157.6916)
2022-05-13 Minnesota in May (Masters) 🏅 Cambridge, MN 9 / 59 (679.9428) 40 (163.9656) 29 (166.8344) 7 (174.8572) 4 (174.2856)
2022-05-13 Minnesota in May (One Meat Ribs) Cambridge, MN 11 (167.9772)
2021-09-16 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS 81 / 185 (682.7656) 119 (169.1200) 35 (175.4172) 104 (169.6800) 103 (168.5484)
2021-09-16 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS 235 / 467 (662.7656) 290 (163.3828) 30 (176.0000) 137 (168.5600) 369 (154.8228)
2021-09-10 Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll 🏅 Vermillion, SD 8 / 26 (679.9772) 15 (167.9772) 5 (173.1428) 20 (164.5828) 4 (174.2744)
2021-08-27 Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest 🏅 Hill City, SD 17 / 31 (679.3716) 18 (171.4172) 12 (173.1316) 19 (166.2972) 16 (168.5256)
2021-07-30 5th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA 18 / 35 (665.6228) 21 (168.5600) 32 (159.3828) 4 (173.7028) 19 (163.9772)
2021-07-16 KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off 🏅 Worthington, MN 4 / 33 (686.8344) 12 (171.4172) 8 (171.9656) 4 (174.8800) 14 (168.5716)
2021-06-12 Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 2 🏅 West Salem, WI 6 / 45 (677.6800) 23 (167.4172) 1 (176.5828) 11 (167.4172) 21 (166.2628)
2021-06-11 Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1 🏅 West Salem, WI 17 / 52 (670.2288) 32 (164.5372) 38 (159.3944) 14 (171.4172) 3 (174.8800)
2021-06-04 Original SD BBQ Championship 🏅 Huron, SD 13 / 49 (677.0512) 29 (164.5256) 15 (169.7028) 14 (171.4172) 10 (171.4056)
2021-05-07 Minnesota in May 🏅 Cambridge, MN 15 / 60 (673.6912) 1 (179.4400) 10 (169.7028) 13 (170.2972) 56 (154.2512)
2021-05-07 Minnesota in May - One Meat Contest - Ribs Cambridge, MN 6 (173.7144)
2020-10-17 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 West Salem, WI 8 / 33 (686.8688) 2 (176.5944) 13 (168.5600) 5 (174.8572) 19 (166.8572)
2020-10-16 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 🏅 West Salem, WI 10 / 40 (677.1084) 7 (171.9772) 24 (162.8456) 25 (166.8112) 1 (175.4744)
2020-09-18 KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off 🏅 Worthington, MN 7 / 35 (682.8576) 12 (172.6172) 16 (168.5604) 20 (166.8228) 2 (174.8572)
2020-09-11 Ribs, Rod and Rock N Roll 🏅 Vermillion, SD 5 / 29 (682.2400) 26 (161.7028) 3 (175.4288) 6 (173.7028) 10 (171.4056)
2020-08-28 Minnesota in Mayaugust 🏅 Cambridge, MN 1 / 45 (700.5716) 3 (176.0000) 4 (173.7144) 1 (178.2972) 8 (172.5600)
2020-08-21 Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest 🏅 Hill City, SD 15 / 43 (675.9544) 7 (174.8572) 26 (165.7144) 19 (168.5600) 18 (166.8228)
2020-07-25 4th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA 12 / 30 (666.7084) 24 (163.9312) 9 (169.1316) 8 (168.5600) 13 (165.0856)
2020-06-27 Back to Mayberry Day 2 🏅 Rodney, IA 11 / 47 (678.8116) 14 (170.2972) 6 (172.5600) 35 (165.6800) 12 (170.2744)
2020-06-26 Back to Mayberry Day 1 🏅 Rodney, IA 33 / 53 (660.5144) 29 (165.0856) 5 (173.1772) 52 (153.0972) 14 (169.1544)
2020-06-19 The Hayfield 🏅 Fort Ripley, MN 1 / 22 (687.9428) 6 (170.8456) 6 (171.9772) 7 (172.0000) 2 (173.1200)
2019-10-04 Smoketoberfest 🏅 Ottumwa, IA 17 / 49 (679.3716) 7 (176.0116) 12 (173.1316) 28 (165.1428) 27 (165.0856)
2019-09-13 KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-Off 🏅 Worthington, MN 6 / 26 (677.6460) 6 (173.1200) 10 (168.0232) 7 (170.8228) 10 (165.6800)
2019-09-06 Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll 🏅 Vermillion, SD 11 / 29 (681.0744) 21 (162.8344) 19 (167.3828) 6 (173.7144) 3 (177.1428)
2019-08-23 Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ 🏅 Hill City, SD 10 / 31 (676.4572) 18 (168.5372) 12 (170.2744) 19 (163.3828) 5 (174.2628)
2019-08-16 SMSU Smokefest 🏅 MARSHALL, MN 24 / 46 (666.8000) 30 (166.8456) 38 (161.6800) 15 (170.2972) 23 (167.9772)
2019-07-19 Cookin On Kampeska 🏅 Watertown, SD 27 / 40 (652.3996) 16 (169.7256) 32 (161.6572) 29 (160.5028) 30 (160.5140)
2019-06-28 Back To Mayberry 🏅 Rodney, IA 25 / 28 (653.0404) 26 (162.2860) 11 (168.5372) 28 (153.0744) 10 (169.1428)
2019-05-31 Original SD BBQ Championship 🏅 Huron, SD 10 / 37 (675.3028) 2 (174.8572) 19 (166.2400) 6 (174.8572) 23 (159.3484)
2019-05-10 Minnesota in May 🏅 9 / 57 (684.5148) 8 (174.2744) 6 (174.8688) 20 (170.2628) 30 (165.1088)

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)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #238 (643 pts) #370 (478 pts) #46 (1572 pts) #357 (443 pts) #215 (723 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #165 (1252 pts) #178 (1227 pts) #89 (1729 pts) #207 (1082 pts) #283 (827 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #154 (1205 pts) #292 (795 pts) #143 (1288 pts) #111 (1355 pts) #180 (1115 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #171 (1128 pts) #242 (908 pts) #185 (1167 pts) #185 (1058 pts) #245 (888 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #150 (1248 pts) #253 (903 pts) #187 (1152 pts) #119 (1373 pts) #125 (1363 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #149 (1170 pts) #189 (990 pts) #126 (1329 pts) #148 (1180 pts) #149 (1135 pts)
2020 ↗ Master #41 (1609 pts) #47 (1399 pts) #46 (1449 pts) #53 (1294 pts) #32 (1614 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #315 (979 pts) #251 (1129 pts) #324 (964 pts) #337 (954 pts) #328 (984 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #405 (855 pts) #453 (800 pts) #424 (860 pts) #445 (815 pts) #561 (645 pts)

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