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SKYY FULL OF SMOKE

SKYY FULL OF SMOKE is a competition barbecue team with 24 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 5th of 107 at the Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque (2018). They are ranked #1203 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,203
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1587
peak 1587 · rated over 24 contests

Contests

24
in the data

First seen

Sep 13, 2013
latest Sep 24, 2021 · 8 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#930
Master 2019 · every season

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

1
4 podiums

Overall top-10s

1
4% of 24 contests

Avg finish

top 40%
overall standings

Best overall

689.1544 / 720
Master · Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

671.13 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 659.07 (+12.06)

Walk rate

42%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.2972
Pork Ribs · Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque

Consistency

±14.91
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 165.76 · weakest Brisket (163.96)

Road miles

322
across 24 mapped stops · furthest 55 mi

Schedule strength

33%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)

Purse competed for

$70K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 13 state-championship entries

Master avg

659.07 / 720
24 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (9 found in their record)

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

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

RUB'N WOOD has finished one call ahead of SKYY FULL OF SMOKE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

18–1 behind in the head-to-head

913 BBQ ahead in 95% of their meetings

913 BBQ has come out ahead in 18 of their 19 shared contests.

A strong matchup

10–4 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 71% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PASSIONS OF THE PIT in 10 of their 14 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

14 of 19 shared pork entries lost

913 BBQ ahead 74% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, 913 BBQ has out-cooked them in 14 of 19 shared pork entries.

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A September team

Top 24% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 24% across 7 contests, versus top 40% the rest of the year.

  • 7 September contests
  • top 40% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.07% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.07% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 91.5% of a perfect score
  • 24 contests

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2019 ↗ Master #930 (295 pts) #1080 (245 pts) #741 (450 pts) #1108 (240 pts) #1044 (270 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #2274 (60 pts) #2353 (60 pts) #1818 (130 pts) #2141 (95 pts) #2345 (60 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #1840 (115 pts) #2209 (60 pts) #1441 (185 pts) #1577 (165 pts) #2214 (60 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #1814 (105 pts) #1946 (95 pts) #1819 (120 pts) #1560 (150 pts) #2034 (75 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to SKYY FULL OF SMOKE, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Taylor Made BBQ
#1,202 of the rated field
1587 power rating
Contests
14
GCs
0
Top-10s
36%
Peak
1591
2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to SKYY FULL OF SMOKE)

These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — SKYY FULL OF SMOKE ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

  • rated over 14 contests
  • last seen Aug 22, 2025
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KEEP CALM AND BLAZE ON
#1,200 of the rated field
1587 power rating
Contests
23
GCs
0
Top-10s
48%
Peak
1587

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 23 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 23 contests
  • last seen Sep 22, 2017
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HOT AND FAST BBQ
#1,199 of the rated field
1587 power rating
Contests
23
GCs
0
Top-10s
35%
Peak
1590

Careers of much the same size, 23 contests to 24, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 22 contests
  • last seen Apr 6, 2020
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SHOT IN THE DARK COMPETITION BBQ TEAM
#1,198 of the rated field
1587 power rating
Contests
29
GCs
0
Top-10s
14%
Peak
1587

29 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 14% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

  • rated over 28 contests
  • last seen Sep 29, 2022
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Groundhog Smokers
#1,208 of the rated field
1587 power rating
Contests
18
GCs
1
Top-10s
56%
Peak
1588

Level with SKYY FULL OF SMOKE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 18 contests
  • last seen Mar 13, 2026
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Beachin' Good Barbecue
#1,195 of the rated field
1587 power rating
Contests
20
GCs
0
Top-10s
40%
Peak
1587

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 18 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 18 contests
  • last seen Aug 15, 2025
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
913 BBQ 19 1 18 5% ⚔ compare
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE 17 5 12 29% ⚔ compare
HIGH i QUE 15 1 14 7% ⚔ compare
PASSIONS OF THE PIT 14 10 4 71% ⚔ compare
Fat&Dumb BBQ 13 2 11 15% ⚔ compare
KC Rib doctor 12 10 2 83% ⚔ compare
B & C SMOKERS 12 2 10 17% ⚔ compare
HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB 12 1 11 8% ⚔ compare
Griswold Grillers 11 10 1 91% ⚔ compare
POWER I BBQ 11 8 3 73% ⚔ compare
Dead Last BBQ 11 7 4 64% ⚔ compare
B&D BBQ 10 10 0 100% ⚔ compare
This is Nice 10 10 0 100% ⚔ compare
PORK 'N MINDY 10 10 0 100% ⚔ compare
Right Time BBQ 10 10 0 100% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 24 3 1 1 176.6172 151.9888 164.48 top 46%
Pork Ribs 24 4 0 1 178.2972 135.9540 164.87 top 42%
Pork 24 4 0 2 176.0228 152.4800 165.76 top 44%
Brisket 24 1 0 0 171.9656 154.2740 163.96 top 42%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)10top 96%
Large (40+)230top 37%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
KS230top 39%
MO10top 56%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY) 3 14 0 top 21% Sep 24, 2021
Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge 3 16 0 top 54% Jun 7, 2019
The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 2 19 0 top 17% Jun 25, 2021
Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 2 5 0 top 7% Sep 21, 2018
Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 2 34 0 top 37% Jun 24, 2016
Battle of the Brisket 2 19 0 top 46% Sep 19, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 5 contests
Contests a season 3 across 8 seasons in the data
Most contests held in KS 23 of 24 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited 16 6 of them more than once
Opponents faced 749 finished ahead 1,537 times, behind 650
Longest layoff 1.7 yrs Sep 27, 2019 → Jun 25, 2021

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

20212 milestones
  1. Peak power rating (1587) Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY)
  2. Most recent contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY)
20183 milestones
  1. First overall top-10 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque
  2. Career-best overall score689.1544 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque
  3. Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.2972 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque
20172 milestones
  1. First category win (Chicken) 9th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge
  2. 10th tracked contest Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge
20133 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Battle of the Brisket
  2. First call Battle of the Brisket
  3. First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.5656 Battle of the Brisket

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+12.9Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State ChampionshipJun 23, 2017
+12.8Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship BarbequeSep 21, 2018
+11.9Shawnee Great Grillers State ChampionshipSep 25, 2015
+11.9Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship BarbequeSep 22, 2017
+10.4Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State ChampionshipJun 26, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-11.5Smoked & Sauced a BBQ for BadgesMar 24, 2017
-4.5VFW Post 846 Battle of the PitsApr 5, 2019
-4Smoke Out Hunger BBQ ChallengeJun 8, 2018
-3.5Keepers of the Fire BBQ ContestJul 13, 2018
-2.7Grasshopper '19May 10, 2019

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20212000 0% top 25% 94.1% 93.4%
20195000 60% top 40% 93.9% 92.2%
20185010 20% top 39% 95.7% 91.9%
20175001 80% top 44% 93.7% 91.3%
20163000 0% top 54% 92% 89.5%
20152000 50% top 16% 93.7% 92.4%
20141000 0% top 57% 88.9% 88.9%
20131000 100% top 36% 90.8% 90.8%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Sep 24, 2021 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY) 🏅 Shawnee, KS 32 / 86 (667.3368) 57 (160.5600) 20 (172.5600) 58 (162.2512) 14 (171.9656)
Jun 25, 2021 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 19 / 145 (677.7256) 34 (166.8572) 29 (170.2856) 12 (174.3428) 47 (166.2400)
Sep 27, 2019 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS 14 / 102 (675.8740) 24 (170.8228) 21 (170.2628) 35 (167.9656) 25 (166.8228)
Jun 21, 2019 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 37 / 183 (661.0968) 49 (166.2856) 6 (174.2744) 59 (166.2628) 124 (154.2740)
Jun 7, 2019 Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge 🏅 Kansas City, KS 16 / 46 (673.6340) 4 (175.4400) 19 (170.8456) 36 (158.8228) 18 (168.5256)
May 10, 2019 Grasshopper '19 🏅 DeSoto, KS 35 / 53 (664.5488) 48 (157.7372) 10 (173.7372) 30 (170.2744) 38 (162.8000)
Apr 5, 2019 VFW Post 846 Battle of the Pits 🏅 Overland Park, KS 35 / 53 (643.2568) 38 (161.1084) 50 (149.0856) 27 (166.2400) 19 (166.8228)
Sep 21, 2018 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS 5 / 107 (689.1544) 20 (169.7600) 2 (178.2972) 22 (170.2744) 21 (170.8228)
Jul 13, 2018 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS 31 / 48 (655.3140) 39 (159.3828) 34 (161.7372) 32 (164.5256) 14 (169.6684)
Jun 22, 2018 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Lenexa, KS 46 / 185 (653.6340) 47 (164) 60 (164.0228) 67 (163.9656) 65 (161.6456)
Jun 8, 2018 Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge Kansas City, KS 31 / 46 (642.1716) 17 (168.5488) 42 (147.9544) 33 (157.6800) 14 (167.9884)
Apr 20, 2018 10th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge Overland Park, KS 16 / 46 (669.6112) 12 (171.4056) 19 (167.3828) 30 (159.9772) 11 (170.8456)
Sep 22, 2017 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS 11 / 112 (674.7428) 10 (172.5600) 41 (166.2744) 3 (175.4056) 58 (160.5028)
Jun 23, 2017 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 16 / 184 (663.2912) 98 (157.6572) 95 (159.9428) 3 (176.0228) 21 (169.6684)
Jun 9, 2017 Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge Kansas City, KS 25 / 42 (648.4572) 27 (162.2972) 26 (162.8344) 39 (152.4800) 10 (170.8456)
Apr 21, 2017 9th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge Overland Park, KS 30 / 64 (663.9312) 1 (176.6172) 42 (158.8456) 36 (166.8228) 38 (161.6456)
Mar 24, 2017 Smoked & Sauced a BBQ for Badges Spring Hill, KS 26 / 27 (635.3144) 25 (157.0972) 22 (161.1544) 25 (155.9428) 21 (161.1200)
Jun 24, 2016 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 101 / 183 (629.0512) 44 (165.6800) 174 (135.9540) 42 (166.2972) 71 (161.1200)
Jun 3, 2016 Kelley Wilson Memorial BBQ Competition (KWBBQ) Kansas City, MO 25 / 45 (642.7200) 36 (151.9888) 11 (169.1200) 18 (165.6800) 28 (155.9312)
Apr 22, 2016 8th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge Overland Park, KS 30 / 60 (662.1484) 40 (163.9772) 22 (168.5716) 29 (166.8112) 30 (162.7884)
Sep 25, 2015 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS 14 / 112 (674.7544) 74 (157.6456) 5 (177.7144) 7 (175.4172) 39 (163.9772)
Jun 26, 2015 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 34 / 183 (656.4800) 35 (168.0116) 16 (170.2628) 96 (159.9656) 86 (158.2400)
Sep 19, 2014 Battle of the Brisket Mission, KS 26 / 46 (639.8400) 37 (157.6456) 29 (158.8572) 13 (167.3828) 24 (155.9544)
Sep 13, 2013 Battle of the Brisket Mission, KS 19 / 53 (653.5656) 21 (164.5372) 16 (166.8572) 10 (167.3828) 34 (154.7884)

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