They almost always walk
75%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 6 of 8 contests
A top-10 category call in 75% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
Smoke Sisters
Smoke Sisters is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 51 at the Kora Kares for Kids (2026), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They finished #476 in the 2026 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1518
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Sep 20, 2025
latest Aug 15, 2026
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
13% of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 43%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.17
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 174.65 · weakest Brisket (165.68)
Road miles
1,950
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 1,488 mi
Schedule strength
61%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1577)
Purse competed for
$18K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
681.42 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #476 (355 pts) | #548 (330 pts) | #488 (425 pts) | #786 (140 pts) | #591 (265 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Smoke Sisters, each with one reason worth a look.
Smoke Sisters has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 82 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,565 of the rated field
- Contests
- 27
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 19%
- Peak
- 1527
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Smoke Sisters)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smoke Sisters has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,576 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1524
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,572 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1527
They were already cooking in 2014, 11 years before Smoke Sisters's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,567 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1518
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Smoke Sisters's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,573 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1533
Level with Smoke Sisters on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,562 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1520
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Smoke Sisters's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 177.7028 | 171.4056 | 174.65 | top 31% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 178.8572 | 168.5372 | 171.67 | top 31% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 162.8228 | 168.92 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 154.8000 | 165.68 | top 54% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 62% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 4% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
4 contests
Contests a season
2
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
ME
4 of 8 contests · 5 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
7 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls
Opponents faced
69
finished ahead 68 times, behind 30
Longest layoff
4.8 yrs
Oct 18, 2019 → Aug 17, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20267 milestones
- First overall top-10 Kora Kares for Kids
- First overall podium Kora Kares for Kids
- First Reserve Championship Kora Kares for Kids
- Career-best overall score703.9428 Kora Kares for Kids
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.8572 Kora Kares for Kids
- Peak power rating (1518) Kora Kares for Kids
- Most recent contest Kora Kares for Kids
20251 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.7200 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)
20241 milestone
- First call Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS)
20191 milestone
- First tracked contest Harper County Bullseye BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +18.3 | Kora Kares for Kids | Aug 15, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -0.2 | Trillium BBQ Throwdown | Aug 8, 2026 |
| -0.2 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) | Sep 20, 2025 |
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 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75% | top 34% | 97.8% | 95.7% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 60% | 92.6% | 92.6% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2026 | Kora Kares for Kids 🏅 Hiram, ME | 2 / 51 (703.9428) | 7 (177.7028) | 3 (178.8572) | 22 (171.9656) | 7 (175.4172) |
| Aug 15, 2026 | Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME | — | — | 23 (169.1316) | — | — |
| Aug 8, 2026 | Trillium BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Canton, MA | 16 / 25 (673.6112) | 6 (174.8456) | 11 (169.1316) | 22 (162.8228) | 15 (166.8112) |
| Jun 13, 2026 | Bristol BBQ Bash - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Bristol, CT | — | — | 9 (169.7372) | — | — |
| Sep 20, 2025 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Braintree, VT | 15 / 25 (666.7200) | 14 (171.4056) | 11 (168.5372) | 9 (171.9772) | 22 (154.8000) |
| Aug 16, 2025 | Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME | — | — | 7 (170.8572) | — | — |
| Aug 17, 2024 | Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME | — | — | 5 (175.4400) | — | — |
| Oct 18, 2019 | Harper County Bullseye BBQ 🏅 Harper, KS | — | — | — | — | — |