SMOKIN' WET BBQ

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

Power ranking

#4325

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1476

peak 1476 · rated over 23 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-10-11

latest 2022-05-06

Best ToY finish

#864

Master 2018

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 23 contests

Avg finish

top 65%

overall standings

Best overall

669.6460 / 720

Master · *Route 66 Smoke Out

Perfect 180s

Current form

640.85

last 5 Master vs avg 640.63 (+0.22)

Walk rate

48%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.2628

Pork · Effingham -Jam

Consistency

±17.85

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 161.47 · weakest Brisket (157.77)

Road miles

2,154

mi across 23 mapped stops · furthest 99 mi

Schedule strength

46%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)

Purse competed for

$23K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 4 state-championship entries

Master avg

640.63 / 720

23 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.

High-water mark

669.6460 career-best overall

93.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 669.6460 at *Route 66 Smoke Out — 93.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
2018-05-04

Their season

2017 their best year

2017 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 48%.

4 contests
1 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 48%

A tough matchup

20–0 behind in the head-to-head

One2BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

One2BBQ has come out ahead in 20 of their 20 shared contests.

A strong matchup

5–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of 2 SKINNY COOKS in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

The comeback

2.6 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.6 years, then back at Route 66 Smoke Out (2022-05-06).

last seen 2019-10-11
back 2022-05-06

Pork Ribs nemesis

15 of 20 shared pork ribs entries lost

One2BBQ ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, One2BBQ has out-cooked them in 15 of 20 shared pork ribs entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

CARNIVORE'S PARADISE has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±2.48% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.48% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 89.0% of a perfect score
23 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Route 66 Smoke Out every year from 2016 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 12th

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.

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

Smokin Good Time BBQ

#4345 of the rated field

1476 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1476

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to SMOKIN' WET BBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SMOKIN' WET BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 29 contests
last seen 2025-04-18

⚔ Head-to-head

Big Moes BBq

#4331 of the rated field

1476 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1476

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to SMOKIN' WET BBQ)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before SMOKIN' WET BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 6 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Slapulator BBQ

#4342 of the rated field

1476 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1531

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1531 at their best, 56 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 23 contests
last seen 2026-04-17

⚔ Head-to-head

Babylon Grillbillies

#4319 of the rated field

1476 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1538

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 22 contests to 23, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 22 contests
last seen 2026-05-02

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SMOKEY JOKERS

#4310 of the rated field

1476 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1505

No shared contest yet.

21 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 5% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 21 contests
last seen 2026-05-15

⚔ Head-to-head

Griller Unchained

#4327 of the rated field

1476 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1503

No shared contest yet.

Level with SMOKIN' WET BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2026-06-20

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
One2BBQ	20	0	20	0%	⚔ compare
Carrol Lou's Smokehouse	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
SMOKEY'S Q	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
Its 5 Oclock Somewhere	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
FIDDLIN' FATBACK	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
ALL IN QUE	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
QUAU	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
Outsiders BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
THUNDER HOG BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
Oui Oui Oui BBQ	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
MANTUCKY MAYHEM	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
THE BBQ BUS	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
PORK PARADISE	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
JaBs BBQ	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	23	4	0	171.9884	145.0972	160.89	top 62%
Pork Ribs	23	5	1	173.7144	137.6344	161.47	top 50%
Pork	23	4	0	174.2628	147.9084	160.51	top 61%
Brisket	23	1	0	171.4400	131.8744	157.77	top 63%

“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 contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 78%
Medium (20–39)	12	top 63%
Large (40+)	10	top 66%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Route 66 Smoke Out	5	12	top 57%	2022-05-06
Central Illinois Bragging Rights(CIBR-BBQ)	4	20	top 73%	2019-10-11
Effingham -Jam	4	12	top 56%	2019-07-26
CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ	3	9	top 63%	2018-10-12
Wabash Ribberfest BBQ Championship (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)	2	21	top 78%	2017-04-28

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 8.6 yrs 2013-10-11 → 2022-05-06

Busiest season 2018 4 contests

Contests a season 2.9 across 8 seasons in the data

Cooks most in IL 23 of 23 contests

Contests visited 10 5 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 23 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 161.47 · weakest Brisket (157.77)

Walk rate 48% a top-10 call in 11 of 23 contests

Overall top-10 rate 4% 1 of 23 contests

Master average 640.63 out of 720 · 23 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 326 297–545 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,154 23 mapped stops · furthest 99 mi

Schedule strength 1559 average field rating faced — tougher than 46% of rated contests

Purse competed for $23,250 listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 4 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 2.6 yrs 2019-10-11 → 2022-05-06

Power rating 1476 peak 1476 · #4325 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Oct 11 First tracked contest Central Illinois Bragging Rights
Oct 11 Peak power rating (1494) Central Illinois Bragging Rights
2015
Jul 24 First call Effing-Ham-Jam State BBQ Championship
Oct 9 First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.5996 Central Illinois Bragging Rights
2016
Jul 22 10th tracked contest EffingHAM Jam
2017
Oct 13 First overall top-10 CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ
2018
May 4 Career-best overall score669.6460 *Route 66 Smoke Out
2019
Jul 26 Career-best single call (Pork)174.2628 Effingham -Jam
2022
May 6 Most recent contest Route 66 Smoke Out

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.5	CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ	2017-10-13
+8	*Route 66 Smoke Out	2018-05-04
+7.5	*Route 66 Smoke Out	2017-05-05
+6.7	Central Illinois Bragging Rights	2015-10-09
+5.5	Effingham -Jam	2019-07-26

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13	Central Illinois Bragging Rights	2014-10-10
-7.4	Wabash Ribberfest BBQ Championship	2016-04-22
-7.3	CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ	2018-10-12
-6.6	Wabash Ribberfest Barbecue Championship	2014-04-25
-6.4	Route 66 Smoke Out	2022-05-06

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2022	1	0	0%	top 85%	87%	87%
2019	3	0	33%	top 64%	92.4%	90.2%
2018	4	0	75%	top 60%	93%	89.9%
2017	4	1	75%	top 48%	92.5%	90.9%
2016	4	0	50%	top 70%	90.6%	88.2%
2015	3	0	67%	top 64%	91.9%	89.1%
2014	3	0	0%	top 81%	88.5%	86.6%
2013	1	0	0%	top 74%	85.5%	85.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2022-05-06	Route 66 Smoke Out 🏅 Dwight, IL	28 / 33 (626.0684)	30 (147.3828)	27 (155.9084)	26 (156.5372)	16 (166.2400)
2019-10-11	Central Illinois Bragging Rights(CIBR-BBQ) 🏅 Arthur, IL	34 / 43 (636.9256)	39 (158.8000)	11 (169.1200)	42 (154.2056)	37 (154.8000)
2019-07-26	Effingham -Jam 🏅 Effingham, IL	12 / 26 (665.6112)	16 (162.8456)	15 (165.6800)	4 (174.2628)	14 (162.8228)
2019-05-03	Route 66 Smoke Out 🏅 Dwight, IL	22 / 33 (646.7432)	19 (163.3828)	11 (167.4632)	27 (159.9544)	26 (155.9428)
2018-10-12	CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ Arthur, IL	38 / 45 (628.9260)	31 (162.8344)	28 (158.8232)	42 (147.9084)	35 (159.3600)
2018-07-27	*EffingHam-Jam Effingham, IL	21 / 30 (653.5200)	21 (159.3600)	24 (158.8116)	10 (170.8228)	17 (164.5256)
2018-06-30	*I-39 Smokin Car Show Minonk, IL	15 / 29 (637.5544)	21 (159.9772)	8 (163.4056)	18 (154.7772)	14 (159.3944)
2018-05-04	*Route 66 Smoke Out Dwight, IL	13 / 38 (669.6460)	22 (165.0972)	5 (172.6060)	27 (160.5028)	4 (171.4400)
2017-10-13	CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ Arthur, IL	9 / 41 (666.2288)	8 (170.2628)	3 (173.1316)	13 (167.4172)	32 (155.4172)
2017-07-28	EffingHam-Jam Effingham, IL	19 / 35 (643.8400)	7 (170.8456)	17 (162.2744)	12 (166.2284)	30 (144.4916)
2017-05-05	*Route 66 Smoke Out Dwight, IL	12 / 29 (661.0168)	19 (165.1084)	4 (173.1428)	18 (161.6800)	15 (161.0856)
2017-04-28	Wabash Ribberfest BBQ Championship (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Mt.Carmel, IL	21 / 29 (647.8624)	13 (165.7028)	12 (166.8228)	27 (151.9540)	18 (163.3828)
2016-10-14	CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ Authur, IL	46 / 55 (644.4112)	54 (151.3256)	36 (161.7372)	46 (159.9428)	12 (171.4056)
2016-07-22	EffingHAM Jam Effingham, IL	15 / 29 (652.4800)	10 (165.7144)	16 (159.9656)	10 (166.8228)	17 (159.9772)
2016-05-06	Route 66 Smoke Out Dwight, IL	24 / 40 (639.8512)	20 (162.2628)	6 (173.7144)	28 (156.5256)	33 (147.3484)
2016-04-22	Wabash Ribberfest BBQ Championship Mt. Carmel, IL	25 / 30 (602.6860)	24 (151.9772)	27 (141.6344)	18 (157.1200)	21 (151.9544)
2015-10-09	Central Illinois Bragging Rights Arthur, IL	20 / 48 (661.5996)	8 (171.9884)	13 (167.9884)	35 (159.9428)	27 (161.6800)
2015-07-24	Effing-Ham-Jam State BBQ Championship Effingham, IL	14 / 18 (629.6000)	11 (165.7028)	17 (137.6344)	6 (165.1200)	13 (161.1428)
2015-04-24	Wabash Ribber Fest Mt. Carmel, IL	34 / 46 (633.6004)	31 (161.0972)	39 (149.1088)	35 (157.1200)	17 (166.2744)
2014-10-10	Central Illinois Bragging Rights Arthur, IL	36 / 37 (607.2688)	28 (156.5716)	19 (160.5600)	24 (158.2628)	37 (131.8744)
2014-07-25	Morton BBQ Throwdown Morton, IL	33 / 48 (637.0056)	33 (158.2284)	15 (166.2744)	36 (156.5372)	29 (155.9656)
2014-04-25	Wabash Ribberfest Barbecue Championship Mt. Carmel, IL	38 / 50 (626.1600)	34 (158.8000)	38 (154.8116)	32 (160.5828)	39 (151.9656)
2013-10-11	Central Illinois Bragging Rights Arthur, IL	39 / 53 (615.9088)	48 (145.0972)	40 (153.1200)	12 (167.4172)	38 (150.2744)

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
2022 ↗	Master	#1612 (58 pts)	#1621 (58 pts)	#1666 (58 pts)	#1622 (58 pts)	#1172 (103 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1955 (60 pts)	#2049 (60 pts)	#1516 (130 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#864 (359 pts)	#1048 (284 pts)	#787 (454 pts)	#942 (339 pts)	#745 (474 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#968 (354 pts)	#952 (404 pts)	#743 (539 pts)	#1070 (334 pts)	#1337 (224 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1101 (284 pts)	#1046 (334 pts)	#949 (389 pts)	#1057 (339 pts)	#985 (354 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1161 (243 pts)	#1015 (328 pts)	#1184 (263 pts)	#1178 (278 pts)	#1154 (263 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1330 (210 pts)	#1413 (210 pts)	#1120 (290 pts)	#1397 (215 pts)	#1379 (210 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1970 (75 pts)	#2073 (75 pts)	#2043 (75 pts)	#1687 (140 pts)	#2034 (75 pts)