RESCUE SMOKERS

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

Power ranking

#1606

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1557

peak 1563 · rated over 17 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-08-23

latest 2022-07-21

Best ToY finish

#570

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

10 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 17 contests

Avg finish

top 43%

overall standings

Best overall

691.9200 / 720

Master · Char-Broil Challenge

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

673.69 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 664.82 (+8.87)

Walk rate

76%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Pork · Roman Roast on the River

Consistency

±41.26

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 171.98 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.54)

Road miles

2,269

mi across 17 mapped stops · furthest 313 mi

Schedule strength

37%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)

Purse competed for

$49K

listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 6 state-championship entries

Master avg

664.82 / 720

17 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (8 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.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.

Pork ×1

They almost always walk

76% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 13 of 17 contests

A top-10 category call in 76% of their 17 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

691.9200 career-best overall

96.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 691.9200 at Char-Broil Challenge — 96.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
2014-11-14

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

BETHEL SMOKERS has finished one call ahead of RESCUE SMOKERS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

7–2 behind in the head-to-head

JACK'S OLD SOUTH ahead in 78% of their meetings

JACK'S OLD SOUTH has come out ahead in 7 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−12.4 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 12.44 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 12% of the time against 53%.

Pork Ribs avg 159.54
Brisket avg 171.98
2 calls in 17 entries

A strong matchup

6–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 86% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

The comeback

3.9 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3.9 years, then back at Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF (2019-05-10).

last seen 2015-06-12
back 2019-05-10

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.

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

Que N Cue

#1611 of the rated field

1557 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1557

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to RESCUE SMOKERS)

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

rated over 30 contests
last seen 2026-03-20

⚔ Head-to-head

WANNA B'S

#1601 of the rated field

1557 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1565

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before RESCUE SMOKERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 19 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

VOGT'S BBQ

#1614 of the rated field

1557 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1557

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2019-06-07

⚔ Head-to-head

73-BBQ

#1608 of the rated field

1557 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 54%
Peak: 1559

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 17, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2026-06-06

⚔ Head-to-head

BBQ HIGHLANDER

#1609 of the rated field

1557 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 62%
Peak: 1557

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 13 contests, alongside a 62% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2019-09-21
on a 4-contest top-10 run

⚔ Head-to-head

Mountain Smoke BBQ

#1604 of the rated field

1557 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 55%
Peak: 1557

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2026-08-28

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Killer B's BBQ	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
JACK'S OLD SOUTH	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
HEAVENLY HAWGS GA	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
HOT WACHULA'S	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Pot's BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
YES, DEAR BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
WAY 2 QUE	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
HOOTIE-Q	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
QMEISTERS	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
Bubba Q	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	17	3	0	1	177.7144	142.2400	166.02	top 56%
Pork Ribs	17	2	1	2	178.8572	20.0000	159.54	top 48%
Pork	17	5	1	2	180.0000 🔥	159.3484	167.29	top 50%
Brisket	17	9	1	5	178.8572	165.0972	171.98	top 26%

“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
GA	15	top 43%
VA	1	top 48%
FL	1	top 30%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	9	0	top 41%
Large (40+)	8	0	top 45%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off	4	4	top 30%	2022-05-13
Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash	2	16	top 51%	2015-03-27
Flames on the Flint	2	43	top 87%	2015-03-13

The story so far (19 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 8.9 yrs 2013-08-23 → 2022-07-21

Busiest season 2015 5 contests

Contests a season 2.8 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in GA 15 of 17 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 12 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 17 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Strongest meat Brisket averages 171.98 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.54)

Walk rate 76% a top-10 call in 13 of 17 contests

Overall top-10 rate 47% 8 of 17 contests

Best top-10 run 3 straight contests

Master average 664.82 out of 720 · 17 contests · 0 GCs

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 381 359–280 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,269 17 mapped stops · furthest 313 mi

Schedule strength 1548 average field rating faced — tougher than 37% of rated contests

Purse competed for $49,350 listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 6 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 3.9 yrs 2015-06-12 → 2019-05-10

Power rating 1557 peak 1563 · #1606 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Aug 23 First tracked contest Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off
Aug 23 First call Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off
Aug 23 First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.5540 Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off
Sep 28 First category win (Brisket) Whole Hawg Happenin'
Sep 28 First overall top-10 Whole Hawg Happenin'
2014
Nov 14 Career-best overall score691.9200 Char-Broil Challenge
2015
Apr 24 10th tracked contest BBQ Boogie & Blues (GBC Qualifier)
May 8 First perfect 180 (Pork) Roman Roast on the River
2021
May 14 Peak power rating (1563) Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF
2022
Jul 21 Most recent contest Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship 2022

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.6	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF	2021-05-14
+12.6	Whole Hawg Happenin'	2013-09-28
+12.4	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)	2014-05-09
+10.6	BBQ Boogie & Blues (GBC Qualifier)	2015-04-24
+10.2	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF	2019-05-10

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.7	Flames on the Flint (SBBQA)	2014-03-14
-10.5	Smokin' Bike Fest	2019-05-31
-7.2	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off	2022-05-13
-5.7	Flames on the Flint	2015-03-13
-1.4	Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash	2015-03-27

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)
2022	2	0	0	50%	top 60%	94.7%	93.5%
2021	1	1	0	100%	top 10%	95.7%	95.7%
2019	2	1	0	50%	top 49%	94.2%	92.6%
2015	5	2	1	80%	top 47%	94.8%	93.6%
2014	5	3	1	80%	top 44%	96.1%	89.2%
2013	2	1	1	100%	top 23%	95%	94%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2022-07-21	Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship 2022 🏅 Galax, VA	12 / 25 (681.6228)	18 (166.2628)	16 (168.5372)	10 (172.5600)	7 (174.2628)
2022-05-13	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	30 / 42 (664.4000)	36 (161.0972)	21 (167.3944)	18 (169.6684)	27 (166.2400)
2021-05-14	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	4 / 42 (689.0284)	2 (177.7144)	2 (176.5600)	28 (165.0856)	15 (169.6684)
2019-05-31	Smokin' Bike Fest 🏅 Peachtree City, GA	23 / 31 (655.2572)	15 (166.2516)	22 (163.9656)	26 (159.9428)	14 (165.0972)
2019-05-10	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	10 / 42 (678.1484)	6 (171.4172)	15 (168.5372)	18 (167.3712)	12 (170.8228)
2015-06-12	Fitzgerald Pig Pickin' Fitzgerald, GA	9 / 20 (680.4800)	15 (165.6800)	11 (170.8228)	7 (170.8344)	4 (173.1428)
2015-05-08	Roman Roast on the River Rome, GA	14 / 41 (682.7884)	18 (170.8228)	39 (160.0000)	1 (180.0000)	12 (171.9656)
2015-04-24	BBQ Boogie & Blues (GBC Qualifier) Calhoun, GA	8 / 35 (678.7428)	8 (173.1316)	11 (167.9656)	15 (167.3828)	13 (170.2628)
2015-03-27	Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash Ashburn, GA	16 / 28 (657.5428)	21 (162.8000)	12 (169.1200)	21 (160.5028)	15 (165.1200)
2015-03-13	Flames on the Flint Bainbridge, GA	53 / 72 (668.4344)	68 (160.5028)	39 (169.1316)	66 (162.2400)	4 (176.5600)
2014-11-14	Char-Broil Challenge Richland, GA	7 / 20 (691.9200)	11 (167.9656)	1 (178.8572)	15 (167.3944)	3 (177.7028)
2014-09-27	Whole Hawg Happenin' (SBBQA) Marietta, GA	8 / 34 (671.8744)	12 (171.9772)	16 (165.0972)	13 (167.9772)	12 (166.8228)
2014-05-09	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	6 / 42 (674.2288)	18 (169.1200)	16 (162.8344)	6 (167.9772)	3 (174.2972)
2014-03-28	Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash (SBBQA) Ashburn, GA	16 / 35 (669.5540)	27 (163.3712)	16 (167.9772)	27 (163.9428)	5 (174.2628)
2014-03-14	Flames on the Flint (SBBQA) Bainbridge, GA	43 / 43 (504.5144)	41 (142.2400)	43 (20.0000)	21 (166.2628)	2 (176.0116)
2013-09-28	Whole Hawg Happenin' Marietta, GA	5 / 30 (683.9088)	25 (162.2400)	13 (167.3944)	2 (175.4172)	1 (178.8572)
2013-08-23	Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off Amelia Island, FL	13 / 44 (669.5540)	12 (169.6800)	11 (167.9772)	32 (159.3484)	3 (172.5484)

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	#837 (175 pts)	#958 (145 pts)	#940 (175 pts)	#769 (220 pts)	#776 (215 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#690 (210 pts)	#640 (260 pts)	#658 (260 pts)	#1262 (60 pts)	#1059 (110 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1168 (201 pts)	#996 (281 pts)	#1282 (181 pts)	#1429 (151 pts)	#1122 (236 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#655 (558 pts)	#771 (478 pts)	#770 (483 pts)	#572 (678 pts)	#500 (753 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#570 (659 pts)	#785 (469 pts)	#587 (659 pts)	#699 (544 pts)	#356 (1039 pts)