SMOKE DYNASTY

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

Power ranking

#5959

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1434

peak 1434 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-08-09

latest 2015-08-21

Best ToY finish

#1296

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 85%

overall standings

Best overall

657.7600 / 720

Master · Holy Smoke BBQ Contest

Perfect 180s

Current form

618.62 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 608.29 (+10.33)

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

171.4400

Chicken · Holy Smoke BBQ Contest

Consistency

±23.64

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 154.26 · weakest Brisket (149.68)

Road miles

2,206

mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 493 mi

Schedule strength

28%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1538)

Master avg

608.29 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (4 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.

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

Extra Mile BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Extra Mile BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.6 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.58 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Brisket avg 149.68
Pork avg 154.26
0 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of FLYING PINK PIG BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

5 of 5 shared pork entries lost

BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ has out-cooked them in 5 of 5 shared pork entries.

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.

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

SMOKIN IRISH

#5964 of the rated field

1434 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1500

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SMOKE DYNASTY)

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

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2019-06-01

⚔ Head-to-head

Smokin A BBQ

#5966 of the rated field

1434 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1434

No shared contest yet.

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 2025-07-18

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Old Man Grillin' and The Chain Smokers

#5957 of the rated field

1434 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1434

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2025-03-28

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Smokin-N-Pokin

#5955 of the rated field

1434 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1434

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 6 years after SMOKE DYNASTY did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2025-02-14

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Rockin Rotary Roasters

#5967 of the rated field

1434 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1434

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2021-08-20

⚔ Head-to-head

PJ's Magic Smoke

#5962 of the rated field

1434 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1434

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2026-08-21

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Behind	Win rate
Extra Mile BBQ	5	5	0%	⚔ compare
ACME BBQ	5	5	0%	⚔ compare
BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ	5	5	0%	⚔ compare
SQUEALERS AWARD WINNING BARBEQUE	5	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	171.4400	141.0856	152.47	top 81%
Pork Ribs	8	164.5716	139.3488	151.88	top 81%
Pork	8	164.0000	134.6628	154.26	top 78%
Brisket	8	162.8572	139.9316	149.68	top 77%

“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
IN	5	top 89%
MO	2	top 73%
MN	1	top 90%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 80%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 88%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Holy Smoke BBQ Contest	2	21	0	top 73%	2015-08-21

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

On the trail 2 yrs 2013-08-09 → 2015-08-21

Busiest season 2014 3 contests

Contests a season 2.7 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in IN 5 of 8 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 7 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 8 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 154.26 · weakest Brisket (149.68)

Walk rate 0% a top-10 call in 0 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 8 contests

Master average 608.29 out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 231 47–303 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,206 8 mapped stops · furthest 493 mi

Schedule strength 1538 average field rating faced — tougher than 28% of rated contests

Power rating 1434 peak 1434 · #5959 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Aug 9 First tracked contest Med City BBQ & Musicfest
Aug 9 Peak power rating (1489) Med City BBQ & Musicfest
2015
Aug 21 First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.7600 Holy Smoke BBQ Contest
Aug 21 Career-best overall score657.7600 Holy Smoke BBQ Contest
Aug 21 Career-best single call (Chicken)171.4400 Holy Smoke BBQ Contest
Aug 21 Most recent contest Holy Smoke BBQ Contest

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

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.4	Med City BBQ & Musicfest	2013-08-09
-10.5	Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too!	2014-07-18
-10.4	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival	2014-08-15
-9.8	Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues	2013-08-16
-9.4	Smokin on the Water 2	2015-05-01

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2015	2	0%	top 87%	91.4%	87.8%
2014	3	0%	top 90%	86.4%	84.6%
2013	3	0%	top 80%	83.7%	82.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2015-08-21	Holy Smoke BBQ Contest Liberty, MO	22 / 28 (657.7600)	13 (171.4400)	19 (164.5716)	23 (161.7372)	21 (160.0112)
2015-05-01	Smokin on the Water 2 Liberty, IN	35 / 37 (607.2692)	35 (149.6460)	31 (153.6916)	24 (164.0000)	36 (139.9316)
2014-08-15	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madison, IN	56 / 60 (597.4972)	56 (151.9772)	56 (148.5028)	50 (153.1084)	57 (143.9088)
2014-07-18	Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! New Palestine, IN	48 / 51 (608.3772)	51 (141.0856)	33 (160.5488)	34 (159.9656)	46 (146.7772)
2014-05-03	Smokin' On The Water Liberty, IN	35 / 43 (622.1716)	39 (150.8000)	39 (145.0744)	28 (163.4400)	16 (162.8572)
2013-08-23	Holy Smoke BBQ Contest Liberty, MO	21 / 31 (602.8452)	12 (162.3084)	21 (153.6684)	30 (140.0228)	21 (146.8456)
2013-08-16	Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues Madison, IN	50 / 60 (602.7316)	58 (145.6572)	51 (149.6572)	41 (157.1200)	45 (150.2972)
2013-08-09	Med City BBQ & Musicfest Rochester, MN	45 / 50 (567.6456)	45 (146.8572)	47 (139.3488)	48 (134.6628)	40 (146.7768)

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	#1296 (218 pts)	#1372 (218 pts)	#1363 (218 pts)	#1381 (218 pts)	#1180 (263 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1970 (75 pts)	#2073 (75 pts)	#2043 (75 pts)	#2080 (75 pts)	#2034 (75 pts)