High-water mark
682.1828
career-best overall
94.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 682.1828 at Speed & Feed BBQ Festival at Darlington Raceway — 94.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2026-05-15
Smoke N Brew Mafia
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1511
peak 1511 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2020-10-23
latest 2026-05-15
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
676.29
last 4 Master vs avg 676.29 (-0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.37
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 170.11 · weakest Pork Ribs (166.68)
Road miles
351
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 133 mi
Schedule strength
90%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1627)
Purse competed for
$29K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
676.29 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
MAYA JANE BBQ CO. ahead in 100% of their meetings
MAYA JANE BBQ CO. has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
4.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4.9 years, then back at Fire in the Foothills (2025-09-26).
- last seen 2020-10-23
- back 2025-09-26
They cook the hard rooms
1627
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 90% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1627 power rating — a tougher draw than 90% of every rated contest in the data.
- 4 rated contests
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.
Smoke N Brew Mafia has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 108 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#2797 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2795 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smoke N Brew Mafia on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2784 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1517
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Smoke N Brew Mafia's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2792 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 7 years before Smoke N Brew Mafia's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2785 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2783 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.2628 | 167.3828 | 169.68 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5484 | 163.9544 | 166.68 | top 67% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 175.4056 | 165.6800 | 169.83 | top 47% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 165.6800 | 170.11 | top 45% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| NC | 2 | 0 | top 63% |
| SC | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
| VA | 1 | 0 | top 44% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 53% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 62% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5.6 yrs
2020-10-23 → 2026-05-15
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 170.11 · weakest Pork Ribs (166.68)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
676.29
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
90
53–75 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
351
4 mapped stops · furthest 133 mi
Schedule strength
1627
average field rating faced — tougher than 90% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$28,900
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
4.9 yrs
2020-10-23 → 2025-09-26
Power rating
1511
peak 1511 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2020
- First tracked contest Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Galax
- First call Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Galax
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score679.2912 Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Galax
- 2025
- Career-best single call (Pork)175.4056 Fire in the Foothills
- 2026
- Career-best overall score682.1828 Speed & Feed BBQ Festival at Darlington Raceway
- Peak power rating (1511) Speed & Feed BBQ Festival at Darlington Raceway
- Most recent contest Speed & Feed BBQ Festival at Darlington Raceway
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.6 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Galax | 2020-10-23 |
| +4.7 | Speed & Feed BBQ Festival at Darlington Raceway | 2026-05-15 |
| +0.4 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throwdown | 2025-10-24 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.6 | Fire in the Foothills | 2025-09-26 |
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)
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 | 100% | top 50% | 94.7% | 94.7% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 63% | 93.9% | 93.3% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 44% | 94.3% | 94.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-15 | Speed & Feed BBQ Festival at Darlington Raceway 🏅 Darlington, SC | 13 / 26 (682.1828) | 15 (169.6800) | 18 (168.5484) | 11 (171.9772) | 10 (171.9772) |
| 2025-10-24 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Rocky Mount, NC | 28 / 45 (667.8400) | 29 (167.3828) | 29 (163.9544) | 30 (165.6800) | 15 (170.8228) |
| 2025-09-26 | Fire in the Foothills 🏅 King, NC | 16 / 25 (675.8512) | 19 (167.3828) | 18 (167.3828) | 2 (175.4056) | 17 (165.6800) |
| 2020-10-23 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Galax 🏅 Galax, VA | 11 / 25 (679.2912) | 3 (174.2628) | 16 (166.8228) | 18 (166.2400) | 10 (171.9656) |