High-water mark
675.4288
career-best overall
93.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 675.4288 at McLouth BBQ Blowout 34th Annual — 93.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jun 6, 2025
Smoke Dat Hog BBQ
Smoke Dat Hog BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 17th of 28 at the McLouth BBQ Blowout 34th Annual (2025). They are ranked #5701 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1446
peak 1446 · rated over 8 contests
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Jun 5, 2015
latest Jun 5, 2026 · 11 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 82%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
646.00 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 618.69 (+27.32)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±58.86
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.50 · weakest Brisket (157.35)
Road miles
0
across 8 mapped stops
Schedule strength
36%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)
Purse competed for
$22K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
618.69 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Smoke Dat Hog BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
97 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,691 of the rated field
- Contests
- 23
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1446
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Smoke Dat Hog BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smoke Dat Hog BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5,705 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1446
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#5,714 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Smoke Dat Hog BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,709 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,715 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
Level with Smoke Dat Hog BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,688 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC FINE SWINES | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| DUSTY ROADS BBQ | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| PIG NEWTON | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| T'S SMOKIN PIT | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin' Wide Open | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| KC SMOKE DAWGS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 154.2400 | 163.50 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 145.6568 | 158.00 | top 80% |
| Pork | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 150.2744 | 159.50 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.5944 | 139.8968 | 157.35 | top 71% |
“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.
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 8 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
8 of 8 contests
Contests visited
8
a different one every time
Opponents faced
129
finished ahead 42 times, behind 197
Longest layoff
3 yrs
May 31, 2019 → Jun 3, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest McLouth BBQ Blowout 35th Annual
20253 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score675.4288 McLouth BBQ Blowout 34th Annual
- Career-best overall score675.4288 McLouth BBQ Blowout 34th Annual
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5944 McLouth BBQ Blowout 34th Annual
20221 milestone
- First call McLouth BBQ Blowout 31st Annual
20152 milestones
- First tracked contest McLouth BBQ Blowout 24th Annual (JUDGES FULL)
- Peak power rating (1488) McLouth BBQ Blowout 24th Annual (JUDGES FULL)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.3 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 34th Annual | Jun 6, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.7 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 26th Anniversary (JUDGES FULL) | Jun 2, 2017 |
| -11.7 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 24th Annual (JUDGES FULL) | Jun 5, 2015 |
| -11.1 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 27th Annual ( JUDGES FULL) | Jun 1, 2018 |
| -8.9 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 28th Annual | May 31, 2019 |
| -7.1 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 25th Anniversary (Judges full) | Jun 3, 2016 |
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
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 92.6% | 92.6% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 61% | 93.8% | 93.8% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 70% | 89.1% | 89.1% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 65.9% | 65.9% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 84.8% | 84.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2026 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 35th Annual 🏅 McLouth, KS | 22 / 30 (666.7432) | 18 (169.6916) | 20 (167.9772) | 16 (169.1200) | 25 (159.9544) |
| Jun 6, 2025 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 34th Annual 🏅 McLouth, KS | 17 / 28 (675.4288) | 25 (159.4172) | 14 (172.5600) | 20 (166.8572) | 3 (176.5944) |
| Jun 3, 2022 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 31st Annual 🏅 McLouth, KS | 21 / 30 (641.6572) | 10 (171.9656) | 26 (154.2972) | 27 (150.2744) | 13 (165.1200) |
| May 31, 2019 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 28th Annual 🏅 McLouth, KS | 22 / 25 (638.2972) | 19 (160.0228) | 20 (160.5944) | 20 (160.5828) | 22 (157.0972) |
| Jun 1, 2018 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 27th Annual ( JUDGES FULL) McLouth, KS | 34 / 36 (607.8852) | 33 (154.2400) | 34 (145.6568) | 33 (150.8456) | 28 (157.1428) |
| Jun 2, 2017 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 26th Anniversary (JUDGES FULL) McLouth, KS | 32 / 32 (474.3884) | 24 (161.1656) | 28 (154.8800) | 20 (158.3428) | — |
| Jun 3, 2016 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 25th Anniversary (Judges full) McLouth, KS | 27 / 33 (634.8684) | 16 (169.7256) | 27 (153.7488) | 15 (165.7256) | 32 (145.6684) |
| Jun 5, 2015 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 24th Annual (JUDGES FULL) McLouth, KS | 30 / 33 (610.2168) | 22 (161.7600) | 30 (154.2744) | 28 (154.2856) | 32 (139.8968) |