HOLY SMOKERS MI

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

Power ranking

#2141

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1533

peak 1556 · rated over 40 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-07-19

latest 2018-04-06

Best ToY finish

#290

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

9 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 40 contests

Avg finish

top 54%

overall standings

Best overall

681.0744 / 720

Master · All American BBQ Throwdown

Perfect 180s

Current form

641.16 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 647.62 (-6.45)

Walk rate

70%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.2972

Pork · Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-1st Heat

Consistency

±30.66

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 164.83 · weakest Pork (161.59)

Road miles

4,959

mi across 40 mapped stops · furthest 249 mi

Schedule strength

51%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1565)

Master avg

647.62 / 720

40 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (9 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.

They almost always walk

70% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 28 of 40 contests

A top-10 category call in 70% of their 40 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

681.0744 career-best overall

94.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 681.0744 at All American BBQ Throwdown — 94.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
2016-08-05

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

Mac Attack BBQ has finished one call ahead of HOLY SMOKERS MI 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

35–2 behind in the head-to-head

iBQ'n ahead in 95% of their meetings

iBQ'n has come out ahead in 35 of their 37 shared contests.

A strong matchup

11–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 79% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Smokin Good Time BBQ in 11 of their 14 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

27 of 35 shared chicken entries lost

Mac Attack BBQ ahead 77% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Mac Attack BBQ has out-cooked them in 27 of 35 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

4× one call behind them

Mac Attack BBQ has landed one call behind them 4 times.

A May team

Top 40% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 40% across 8 contests, versus top 54% the rest of the year.

8 May contests
top 54% the rest of the year

The long haul

4,959 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,959 miles across 40 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 249 miles to CCS Spring Festival & BBQ Competition.

40 mapped stops
furthest 249 mi

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.

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

Hogaholics BBQ

#2137 of the rated field

1533 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1533

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to HOLY SMOKERS MI)

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

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2015-05-15

⚔ Head-to-head

CANYON RIDERS BBQ

#2153 of the rated field

1532 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 49
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 12%
Peak: 1532

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 45 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 45 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

⚔ Head-to-head

CBF Que

#2129 of the rated field

1533 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 36
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1538

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 36 contests to 40, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 35 contests
last seen 2026-07-09

⚔ Head-to-head

BEND OF THE RIVER BBQ

#2134 of the rated field

1533 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 33
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1580

No shared contest yet.

33 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 24% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 33 contests
last seen 2024-05-31

⚔ Head-to-head

MYASSIS SMOKIN

#2142 of the rated field

1533 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 50
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1592

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 50 contests
last seen 2018-08-31

⚔ Head-to-head

Pop's Smoke on the Hill

#2145 of the rated field

1532 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1532

No shared contest yet.

3 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.

rated over 24 contests
last seen 2026-04-17

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
iBQ'n	37	2	35	5%	⚔ compare
Mac Attack BBQ	35	8	27	23%	⚔ compare
THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	34	3	31	9%	⚔ compare
AWW HELL	26	7	19	27%	⚔ compare
FIREHOUSE SMOKE	23	3	20	13%	⚔ compare
SWEET RACKS & SMOKIN' BUTTS BBQ	19	9	10	47%	⚔ compare
PB&J'S BBQ TEAM	19	6	13	32%	⚔ compare
RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ	19	5	14	26%	⚔ compare
MUTTS & BUTTS BARK-BQ	17	4	13	24%	⚔ compare
SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ	17	2	15	12%	⚔ compare
YELLOW RIVER BBQ	17	1	16	6%	⚔ compare
BIG BROTHERS BBQ	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
BO B Q BBQ	15	6	9	40%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' IN THE D	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
Smokin Good Time BBQ	14	11	3	79%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	40	12	0	2	175.4400	152.5600	164.83	top 49%
Pork Ribs	40	12	2	2	177.1428	149.6800	162.91	top 50%
Pork	40	8	0	1	178.2972	141.6800	161.59	top 58%
Brisket	39	13	1	4	176.5716	139.9772	162.35	top 48%

“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
MI	25	top 54%
IN	9	top 60%
WI	2	top 68%
OH	2	top 24%
IL	2	top 44%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 19%
Medium (20–39)	30	top 55%
Large (40+)	9	top 55%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival	3	11	top 40%	2015-09-11
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	13	top 65%	2017-09-01
All American BBQ Throwdown	2	3	top 37%	2017-08-04
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	17	top 80%	2017-07-14
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	11	top 48%	2016-09-02
Blues.Brews & Barbecue	2	21	top 75%	2016-07-29
Red, White and BBQ (Day 2)	2	16	top 44%	2015-05-23

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

On the trail 4.7 yrs 2013-07-19 → 2018-04-06

Busiest season 2016 13 contests

Contests a season 6.7 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MI 25 of 40 contests · 5 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 32 7 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 40 entries · 0 wins · 12 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 164.83 · weakest Pork (161.59)

Walk rate 70% a top-10 call in 28 of 40 contests

Overall top-10 rate 13% 5 of 40 contests

Master average 647.62 out of 720 · 40 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 434 629–700 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 4,959 40 mapped stops · furthest 249 mi

Schedule strength 1565 average field rating faced — tougher than 51% of rated contests

Power rating 1533 peak 1556 · #2141 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Jul 19 First tracked contest Taste of Grand Rapids
2014
Jul 25 First call Taste of Grand Rapids 2014
Jul 25 First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.7544 Taste of Grand Rapids 2014
2015
May 8 First overall top-10 Rockin' BBQ for Riley
May 22 10th tracked contest Red, White and BBQ (Day 1)
Jun 19 First category win (Pork Ribs) 7th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off
2016
Jun 10 25th tracked contest ELF Khurafeh Shrine BBQ Competition and Music Festival
Jul 8 Career-best single call (Pork)178.2972 Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-1st Heat
Aug 5 First overall podium All American BBQ Throwdown
Aug 5 Career-best overall score681.0744 All American BBQ Throwdown
2017
Jun 23 Peak power rating (1556) 9th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off
2018
Apr 6 Most recent contest *CCS Fest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.6	All American BBQ Throwdown	2016-08-05
+12.3	PigMaina Lima	2016-05-27
+9.9	Rockin' BBQ for Riley	2015-05-08
+9.8	Red, White and BBQ (Day 2)	2015-05-23
+8.4	Ribstock II: Ribs & Racing	2015-08-28

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.6	Blues, Brews & Barbecue	2015-08-21
-11.3	*Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival	2017-09-08
-11.2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2016-07-15
-9.9	*CCS Fest	2018-04-06
-9.5	6th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off	2014-06-20

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	1	0	0	0%	top 88%	87.6%	87.6%
2017	6	0	0	83%	top 59%	91.8%	90%
2016	13	2	2	69%	top 53%	94.6%	90.8%
2015	13	3	1	92%	top 47%	94.4%	89.8%
2014	5	0	0	40%	top 63%	90.4%	88.8%
2013	2	0	0	0%	top 51%	89.3%	88.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-04-06	*CCS Fest Indianapolis, IN	43 / 49 (630.6856)	36 (163.9428)	40 (156.5600)	29 (161.6456)	48 (148.5372)
2017-09-08	*Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Silver Lake, MI	25 / 28 (615.9772)	17 (162.8800)	13 (164.6172)	28 (141.6800)	27 (146.8000)
2017-09-01	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Traverse City, MI	13 / 27 (657.6228)	9 (167.4400)	9 (166.2972)	20 (160.5144)	14 (163.3712)
2017-08-04	All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI	16 / 29 (648.5140)	4 (171.4628)	17 (161.6800)	28 (151.3828)	11 (163.9884)
2017-07-14	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour South Bend, IN	17 / 27 (653.0164)	11 (169.1428)	22 (158.2168)	7 (168.5484)	19 (157.1084)
2017-06-23	9th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off Auburn Hills, MI	12 / 32 (651.4512)	10 (168.0000)	8 (165.1772)	21 (158.8112)	17 (159.4628)
2017-05-12	*Rockin BBQ Warsaw, IN	16 / 27 (660.9596)	15 (166.8456)	4 (169.6684)	5 (171.9656)	24 (152.4800)
2016-09-02	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Ypsilanti, MI	11 / 30 (673.0744)	5 (175.4400)	14 (165.6800)	8 (168.0000)	15 (163.9544)
2016-08-26	Ribstock Marne, MI	17 / 32 (641.6340)	19 (159.9656)	20 (158.2284)	14 (161.7256)	14 (161.7144)
2016-08-05	All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI	3 / 16 (681.0744)	3 (174.2972)	9 (166.2400)	7 (165.6800)	1 (174.8572)
2016-07-29	Blues.Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI	21 / 39 (647.9316)	15 (167.3944)	20 (162.3088)	27 (155.9428)	12 (162.2856)
2016-07-15	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour South Bend, IN	27 / 28 (632.4344)	6 (170.8572)	16 (161.1084)	25 (155.9772)	28 (144.4916)
2016-07-09	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-2nd Heat Green Bay, WI	44 / 55 (644.4572)	41 (162.2628)	51 (152.5372)	27 (165.1200)	29 (164.5372)
2016-07-08	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-1st Heat Green Bay, WI	37 / 66 (657.6684)	55 (159.3828)	42 (157.7256)	2 (178.2972)	40 (162.2628)
2016-06-24	8th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cookoff Auburn Hills, MI	17 / 30 (643.3256)	25 (152.5600)	5 (168.0000)	21 (155.3828)	8 (167.3828)
2016-06-10	ELF Khurafeh Shrine BBQ Competition and Music Festival Clio, MI	14 / 20 (631.3944)	16 (154.2744)	18 (153.7372)	14 (161.1200)	9 (162.2628)
2016-05-27	PigMaina Lima Lima, OH	4 / 29 (680.5028)	2 (174.8572)	1 (177.1428)	15 (165.1200)	18 (163.3828)
2016-05-20	*2nd Annual Pork in the Park Wyandotte, MI	11 / 28 (651.4744)	10 (165.7028)	19 (158.2628)	21 (153.7716)	2 (173.7372)
2016-05-13	Rockin BBQ Warsaw, IN	15 / 28 (661.6344)	14 (166.8344)	11 (169.7028)	15 (165.1428)	19 (159.9544)
2016-04-22	CCS Fest: CCS Spring Festival & BBQ Competition Indianapolis, IN	28 / 49 (655.3260)	5 (173.1544)	28 (162.8000)	26 (164.5372)	43 (154.8344)
2015-09-18	Marshall County Blazin' BBQ & Bluegrass Plymouth, IN	13 / 27 (672.4456)	17 (166.2516)	17 (162.8228)	9 (172.5484)	8 (170.8228)
2015-09-11	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI	11 / 34 (668.4456)	22 (162.7884)	9 (168.5600)	18 (165.6800)	4 (171.4172)
2015-08-28	Ribstock II: Ribs & Racing Marne, MI	9 / 32 (656.5028)	11 (164.0000)	12 (161.1200)	9 (165.7028)	5 (165.6800)
2015-08-21	Blues, Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI	32 / 33 (483.9428)	5 (171.4056)	26 (153.7144)	18 (158.8228)	—
2015-08-14	Jimmy's Roadhouse Backyard BBQ Battle Newaygo, MI	13 / 26 (658.7196)	15 (163.9656)	17 (161.1428)	21 (158.2056)	2 (175.4056)
2015-07-17	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Auburn Hills, MI	13 / 28 (659.8972)	10 (167.9772)	11 (167.4172)	23 (157.0972)	9 (167.4056)
2015-06-26	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Ypsilanti, MI	18 / 30 (638.1600)	13 (164.5600)	24 (151.9428)	25 (154.2400)	10 (167.4172)
2015-06-19	7th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off Auburn Hills, MI	16 / 32 (656.5140)	22 (159.9428)	1 (172.5828)	27 (155.9884)	8 (168.0000)
2015-05-29	PigMania Lima Lima, OH	9 / 27 (679.3484)	12 (170.8228)	9 (171.4056)	17 (163.9884)	5 (173.1316)
2015-05-23	Red, White and BBQ (Day 2) Westmont, IL	16 / 58 (667.9200)	7 (174.8572)	13 (168.0000)	25 (166.2400)	36 (158.8228)
2015-05-22	Red, White and BBQ (Day 1) Westmont, IL	25 / 41 (636.4688)	21 (164.5600)	29 (155.9772)	38 (151.9544)	12 (163.9772)
2015-05-08	Rockin' BBQ for Riley Warsaw, IN	9 / 27 (663.9428)	13 (162.2628)	10 (166.8688)	7 (170.2856)	17 (164.5256)
2015-04-10	CCS Spring Festival & BBQ Competition Indianapolis, IN	16 / 39 (667.3024)	30 (161.1084)	4 (173.7028)	16 (165.1084)	17 (167.3828)
2014-09-12	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI	21 / 43 (650.2168)	34 (153.6456)	6 (170.8800)	21 (164.5828)	24 (161.1084)
2014-08-08	Jimmy's Roadhouse BBQ Championship Newaygo, MI	20 / 32 (648.4684)	22 (161.1200)	23 (162.8116)	21 (161.7256)	15 (162.8112)
2014-07-25	Taste of Grand Rapids 2014 Grand Rapids, MI	22 / 55 (650.7544)	34 (157.1428)	36 (154.2172)	26 (162.8228)	2 (176.5716)
2014-07-04	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Traverse City, MI	17 / 21 (634.2172)	18 (154.8116)	12 (164.0000)	14 (160.0000)	16 (155.4056)
2014-06-20	6th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off Auburn Hills, MI	26 / 31 (611.3940)	20 (161.6912)	26 (149.6800)	19 (160.0456)	27 (139.9772)
2013-09-13	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI	18 / 47 (637.1084)	27 (158.2972)	13 (163.9772)	25 (157.6912)	21 (157.1428)
2013-07-19	Taste of Grand Rapids Comstock Park, MI	25 / 39 (642.7772)	18 (165.1316)	26 (159.9656)	28 (160.5028)	23 (157.1772)

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
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#668 (575 pts)	#496 (790 pts)	#522 (765 pts)	#699 (595 pts)	#751 (520 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#290 (1203 pts)	#170 (1526 pts)	#275 (1246 pts)	#298 (1183 pts)	#234 (1373 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#291 (1193 pts)	#276 (1220 pts)	#193 (1448 pts)	#344 (1014 pts)	#177 (1611 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#837 (402 pts)	#941 (377 pts)	#750 (492 pts)	#858 (427 pts)	#610 (602 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1801 (107 pts)	#2436 (72 pts)	#1731 (132 pts)	#2436 (72 pts)	#1932 (92 pts)