SMOKE-IN-LAW

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

Power ranking

#3980

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1483

peak 1483 · rated over 18 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-08-23

latest 2018-09-07

Best ToY finish

#1755

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 18 contests

Avg finish

top 64%

overall standings

Best overall

676.5716 / 720

Master · *Rockn & BBQ Brew Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

662.68 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 645.78 (+16.90)

Walk rate

56%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.0228

Chicken · *Rockn & BBQ Brew Festival

Consistency

±16.53

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 163.54 · weakest Brisket (159.74)

Road miles

5,666

mi across 18 mapped stops · furthest 552 mi

Schedule strength

40%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)

Master avg

645.78 / 720

18 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (10 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

676.5716 career-best overall

94.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 676.5716 at *Rockn & BBQ Brew Festival — 94.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
2018-09-07

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

G AND L BBQ has finished one call ahead of SMOKE-IN-LAW 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2018 their best year

2018 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 49%.

4 contests
1 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 49%

A tough matchup

10–0 behind in the head-to-head

TEAM AMERICA ahead in 100% of their meetings

TEAM AMERICA has come out ahead in 10 of their 10 shared contests.

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SORRY CHARLOTTE BBQ in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

8 of 10 shared chicken entries lost

TEAM AMERICA ahead 80% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, TEAM AMERICA has out-cooked them in 8 of 10 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

OUT WEST SMOKERS has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A September team

Top 49% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 49% across 4 contests, versus top 64% the rest of the year.

4 September contests
top 64% the rest of the year

The long haul

5,666 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,666 miles across 18 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 552 miles to *BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay(JUDGES FULL).

18 mapped stops
furthest 552 mi

The metronome

±2.30% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.30% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 89.7% of a perfect score
18 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.

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

WHISKEY WHISKERS BBQ COMPANY

#3989 of the rated field

1483 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1503

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 18 contests to 18, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2026-08-21

⚔ Head-to-head

BOOM CITY BBQ

#3966 of the rated field

1484 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1484

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 20 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2021-06-11

⚔ Head-to-head

Squeals like the First Time

#3976 of the rated field

1483 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1483

No shared contest yet.

15 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 7% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2026-07-25

⚔ Head-to-head

MAKE M' SQUEAL

#3968 of the rated field

1484 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1512

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 23 contests
last seen 2021-06-18

⚔ Head-to-head

LA PORKSTRA NOSTRA

#3974 of the rated field

1484 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1509

No shared contest yet.

Level with SMOKE-IN-LAW on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2019-06-21

⚔ Head-to-head

HIGH ON THE HOG CATLIN, IL

#3963 of the rated field

1484 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1505

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 14 contests to 18, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2017-10-13

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
G AND L BBQ	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
HALF BAKED HIPPIES BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
TEAM AMERICA	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
FARVA-Q	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
Rooftop BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
UTAH BBQ COMPANY	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
BIG JOHNSON'S BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
Whistle Pig BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Rhythm n QUE	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SORRY CHARLOTTE BBQ	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
HQO	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
HOLLER'N HOGS BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	18	6	1	2	176.0228	148.5372	163.54	top 55%
Pork Ribs	18	2	0	0	169.7028	146.8344	160.36	top 62%
Pork	18	4	0	0	174.2856	142.2516	162.14	top 61%
Brisket	18	4	0	1	170.8572	141.6800	159.74	top 60%

“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

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NV	6	top 83%
MT	5	top 53%
UT	4	top 67%
ID	2	top 39%
OR	1	top 51%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 63%
Medium (20–39)	15	top 62%
Large (40+)	2	top 85%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Wild West BBQ Shoot Out	4	23	top 86%	2017-08-25
Montana BBQ Cook-Off	3	8	top 42%	2018-06-23
Wild West BBQ Shoot Out	2	28	top 77%	2018-08-24
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	17	top 64%	2017-04-07

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

On the trail 5 yrs 2013-08-23 → 2018-09-07

Busiest season 2018 4 contests

Contests a season 3 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NV 6 of 18 contests · 5 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 11 4 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 18 entries · 1 win · 6 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 163.54 · weakest Brisket (159.74)

Walk rate 56% a top-10 call in 10 of 18 contests

Overall top-10 rate 17% 3 of 18 contests

Master average 645.78 out of 720 · 18 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 274 185–351 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 5,666 18 mapped stops · furthest 552 mi

Schedule strength 1553 average field rating faced — tougher than 40% of rated contests

Power rating 1483 peak 1483 · #3980 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Aug 23 First tracked contest Wild West BBQ Shoot Out
Aug 23 Peak power rating (1489) Wild West BBQ Shoot Out
Sep 20 First call Utah BBQ Festival
Sep 20 First overall top-10 Utah BBQ Festival
2015
Jul 3 First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.9884 Montana BBQ Cook-Off
2016
Sep 23 10th tracked contest Carnivores Classic
2018
Sep 7 First category win (Chicken) *Rockn & BBQ Brew Festival
Sep 7 Career-best overall score676.5716 *Rockn & BBQ Brew Festival
Sep 7 Career-best single call (Chicken)176.0228 *Rockn & BBQ Brew Festival
Sep 7 Most recent contest *Rockn & BBQ Brew Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.2	*Rockn & BBQ Brew Festival	2018-09-07
+10.6	Montana BBQ Cook-Off	2015-07-03
+6.9	Montana BBQ Cook-Off	2018-06-23
+3.5	*Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival	2017-09-15
+2.4	Carnivores Classic	2016-09-23

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.1	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out	2013-08-23
-9	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out	2015-08-28
-8	Carnivores Classic	2015-05-29
-7.7	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out	2017-08-25
-5.8	YCC - Real Men Can Cook BBQ Comp	2015-06-19

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	4	1	1	50%	top 49%	94%	92.3%
2017	4	0	0	25%	top 65%	91.3%	90.9%
2016	3	0	0	100%	top 67%	89.3%	89%
2015	4	1	0	50%	top 69%	91.7%	88.4%
2014	1	0	0	100%	top 74%	88.2%	88.2%
2013	2	1	0	50%	top 75%	87%	86.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-09-07	*Rockn & BBQ Brew Festival Boise, ID	6 / 25 (676.5716)	1 (176.0228)	13 (164.5488)	4 (174.2856)	17 (161.7144)
2018-08-24	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV	36 / 46 (653.0288)	41 (161.1200)	32 (166.2516)	28 (167.3828)	36 (158.2744)
2018-06-23	Montana BBQ Cook-Off Absarokee, MT	11 / 26 (672.0004)	10 (169.1316)	11 (168.5716)	12 (167.9772)	9 (166.3200)
2018-05-26	*BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay(JUDGES FULL) North Bend, OR	18 / 35 (657.6456)	29 (156.5256)	14 (165.1544)	14 (169.1200)	12 (166.8456)
2017-09-15	*Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival Boise, ID	15 / 28 (654.1712)	15 (164.5256)	24 (151.3484)	13 (167.4400)	9 (170.8572)
2017-08-25	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out West Wendover, NV	33 / 37 (653.0056)	35 (165.6800)	29 (163.9428)	32 (163.9656)	32 (159.4172)
2017-06-24	Montana BBQ Cook-Off ABSAROKEE, MT	20 / 35 (653.6000)	17 (161.6572)	20 (165.1200)	19 (162.8228)	18 (164.0000)
2017-04-07	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT	17 / 29 (657.6000)	16 (167.3944)	20 (161.0856)	22 (165.0856)	17 (164.0344)
2016-09-23	Carnivores Classic Missoula, MT	14 / 25 (642.8688)	21 (155.4400)	15 (159.9888)	8 (165.7028)	16 (161.7372)
2016-08-26	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV	28 / 37 (639.4056)	17 (165.1544)	9 (169.7028)	29 (158.2628)	34 (146.2856)
2016-04-08	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT	21 / 30 (641.0628)	10 (167.4400)	27 (155.3828)	19 (162.2972)	26 (155.9428)
2015-08-28	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV	45 / 49 (635.3372)	37 (162.8572)	46 (150.2288)	33 (164.5484)	38 (157.7028)
2015-07-03	Montana BBQ Cook-Off Absarokee, MT	8 / 29 (659.9884)	4 (170.2744)	11 (163.4056)	9 (165.1428)	8 (161.1656)
2015-06-19	YCC - Real Men Can Cook BBQ Comp Ogden, UT	18 / 23 (634.2744)	22 (148.5372)	11 (163.4400)	17 (159.4172)	11 (162.8800)
2015-05-29	Carnivores Classic Missoula, MT	16 / 20 (617.6116)	15 (159.9772)	17 (147.4172)	18 (142.2516)	2 (167.9656)
2014-08-22	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV	23 / 31 (634.8112)	2 (175.4628)	11 (165.1544)	28 (149.6684)	30 (144.5256)
2013-09-20	Utah BBQ Festival Coalville, UT	10 / 16 (626.2516)	4 (161.7028)	10 (158.8688)	6 (164.0000)	15 (141.6800)
2013-08-23	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV	30 / 34 (614.8688)	25 (154.8572)	31 (146.8344)	34 (149.1428)	12 (164.0344)

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
2014 ↗	Master	#2598 (66 pts)	#1231 (256 pts)	#1870 (126 pts)	#2775 (56 pts)	#2768 (56 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1755 (116 pts)	#1374 (191 pts)	#1836 (116 pts)	#1532 (156 pts)	#1936 (91 pts)