SMOKEHOUSE 72 IA
Rating
1480
peak 1530
Contests
49
in the data
First seen
2019-06-14
latest 2026-06-19
Best ToY finish
#276
Master 2020
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
12 podiums
Overall top-10s
8
of 49 contests
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
677.27 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 668.56 (+8.70)
Walk rate
61%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±10.23
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.18 · weakest Brisket (164.92)
Road miles
7579
mi across 49 mapped stops · furthest 475 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
2 CASE BBQ has finished one call ahead of SMOKEHOUSE 72 4 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
TEAM CRAWFORD has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
HOT DADDY'S BBQ has come out ahead in 31 of their 34 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of PORK COUNTY BARBECUE in 10 of their 13 shared contests.
Teams like this (closest power rating, IA first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 44 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 180.0000 🔥 | 148.4344 | 167.83 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 49 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 176.5716 | 157.6800 | 168.18 | top 49% |
| Pork | 44 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 178.2972 | 152.5028 | 167.75 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 44 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 176.5600 | 145.6684 | 164.92 | top 56% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IA | 33 | 0 | top 59% |
| WI | 6 | 0 | top 58% |
| MN | 3 | 0 | top 75% |
| OK | 1 | 0 | top 49% |
| NE | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 3 | 0 | top 74% |
| Medium (20–39) | 29 | 0 | top 58% |
| Large (40+) | 12 | 0 | top 60% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2021 (10 contests)
- Cooks mostly in IA (33 of 49 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (49 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 668.56
- 1 perfect 180 on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 695.3600 | 678.04 |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 674.7312 | 666.35 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 690.2172 | 674.99 |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 680.4336 | 663.70 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 667.9544 | 664.35 |
| 2021 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 682.1712 | 672.23 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 670.7888 | 664.67 |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 677.5996 | 666.99 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-19 | Rose Festival's 25th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition State Center, IA | 4 / 20 (695.3600) | 1 (180.0000) | 9 (171.4172) | 10 (173.1316) | 12 (170.8112) |
| 2026-06-13 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 33 / 37 (664.4116) | 15 (173.7028) | 22 (168.5372) | 35 (159.3716) | 32 (162.8000) |
| 2026-06-12 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 15 / 40 (675.3716) | 6 (173.1544) | 9 (170.2744) | 38 (158.2400) | 4 (173.7028) |
| 2026-06-12 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI | — | — | 4 (176.5716) | — | — |
| 2026-05-01 | SmokeHouse Barbeque Showdown (OPEN FORMAT) (REGISTRATION FULL) Cambridge, IA | 13 / 17 (677.0284) | 20 (167.4056) | 20 (168.5256) | 17 (169.6800) | 9 (171.4172) |
| 2025-08-22 | Cruisin' and BBQin' Hampton, IA | 16 / 18 (674.1600) | 10 (171.9772) | 4 (174.2628) | 16 (164.5372) | 15 (163.3828) |
| 2025-07-18 | Shenandoah ShenDig Shenandoah, IA | 21 / 30 (674.7312) | 12 (172.5484) | 16 (170.8228) | 24 (166.2400) | 21 (165.1200) |
| 2025-06-20 | Rose Festival's 24th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition State Center, IA | 19 / 25 (665.5772) | 20 (164.5256) | 20 (161.1088) | 18 (166.8228) | 8 (173.1200) |
| 2025-05-16 | King of the Corn Ottumwa, IA | 29 / 33 (661.6228) | 28 (164.5600) | 31 (163.3828) | 19 (168.0000) | 26 (165.6800) |
| 2025-04-04 | Iowa State BBQ Championship Altoona, IA | 27 / 49 (673.5768) | 34 (165.1200) | 29 (165.6800) | 15 (171.9656) | 17 (170.8112) |
| 2025-02-21 | Fire on Ice BBQ Championship Onamia, MN | 39 / 42 (648.4568) | 15 (171.9656) | 16 (169.1200) | 36 (161.7028) | 41 (145.6684) |
| 2024-09-20 | Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA | 27 / 30 (652.4000) | 21 (166.2284) | 14 (169.1084) | 18 (167.3944) | 28 (149.6688) |
| 2024-07-19 | Shenandoah ShenDig BBQ Shenandoah, IA | 9 / 36 (690.2172) | 15 (171.4056) | 19 (170.8344) | 12 (173.1200) | 4 (174.8572) |
| 2024-06-14 | 23rd Annual Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition State Center, IA | 9 / 25 (682.7540) | 10 (171.9656) | 14 (167.4172) | 11 (171.4056) | 9 (171.9656) |
| 2024-05-17 | King of the Corn Ottumwa, IA | 12 / 36 (682.7772) | 23 (170.2744) | 3 (173.1428) | 11 (171.9772) | 19 (167.3828) |
| 2024-03-29 | Iowa State BBQ Championship Altoona, IA | 29 / 42 (666.7772) | 33 (166.2512) | 26 (165.1316) | 36 (164.5716) | 13 (170.8228) |
| 2023-10-13 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 19 / 21 (653.4628) | 21 (148.4344) | 7 (169.6800) | 2 (175.4172) | 19 (159.9312) |
| 2023-10-13 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI | — | — | 18 (166.2400) | — | — |
| 2023-09-15 | Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA | 17 / 32 (673.0400) | 25 (165.0856) | 19 (169.1428) | 8 (174.2744) | 20 (164.5372) |
| 2023-09-01 | Smokin in the Bogs Warrens, WI | 8 / 14 (673.6228) | 6 (169.6916) | 3 (174.2744) | 2 (172.0000) | 12 (157.6568) |
| 2023-07-21 | Shenandoah ShenDig Shenandoah, IA | 16 / 37 (680.4336) | 13 (171.9656) | 5 (175.4056) | 22 (166.2512) | 15 (166.8112) |
| 2023-07-07 | Art of the Que Spencer, IA | 27 / 28 (646.6744) | 25 (163.3944) | 18 (167.4172) | 26 (159.3716) | 27 (156.4912) |
| 2023-06-16 | Rose Festival 22nd Annual KCBS BBQ Competition State Center, IA | 20 / 27 (664.4804) | 22 (163.9544) | 11 (167.4516) | 2 (178.2972) | 24 (154.7772) |
| 2023-05-19 | King of the Corn Ottumwa, IA | 37 / 45 (654.1824) | 23 (170.2628) | 26 (167.4056) | 42 (159.9312) | 39 (156.5828) |
| 2022-09-16 | Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA | 14 / 25 (667.3716) | 10 (171.4172) | 22 (157.6800) | 8 (169.7144) | 12 (168.5600) |
| 2022-07-29 | Shenandoah "ShenDig" Barbeque Championship Shenandoah, IA | 14 / 27 (663.3032) | 18 (165.6800) | 22 (158.8116) | 6 (174.8572) | 15 (163.9544) |
| 2022-06-17 | Rose Festival 21st Annual KCBS BBQ Contest State Center, IA | 25 / 32 (660.4228) | 14 (169.6684) | 3 (176.0116) | 26 (163.9428) | 30 (150.8000) |
| 2022-06-03 | Smokin in Steele (Master & Backyard Contest) Owatonna, MN | 23 / 33 (662.6856) | 3 (175.4172) | 12 (170.2628) | 22 (166.8228) | 33 (150.1828) |
| 2022-04-01 | Iowa State BBQ Championship Altoona, IA | 33 / 48 (667.9544) | 36 (165.7372) | 40 (161.1200) | 17 (170.8344) | 17 (170.2628) |
| 2021-11-11 | 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Open Shawnee, OK | 54 / 111 (678.7312) | 76 (166.8228) | 20 (172.5600) | 64 (169.6800) | 51 (169.6684) |
| 2021-09-24 | Ottumwa 4th Annual Smoketoberfest Ottumwa, IA | 27 / 35 (662.1596) | 28 (164.5600) | 17 (167.9656) | 33 (157.6684) | 12 (171.9656) |
| 2021-09-17 | Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA | 10 / 20 (682.1712) | 4 (175.4056) | 7 (170.2628) | 16 (165.0972) | 10 (171.4056) |
| 2021-09-03 | Smokin' in the Bogs Warrens, WI | 8 / 25 (671.8972) | 9 (167.9772) | 8 (167.9772) | 4 (174.8572) | 13 (161.0856) |
| 2021-07-16 | Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff Cedar Rapids, IA | 15 / 26 (666.7656) | 25 (162.2284) | 16 (166.2972) | 3 (174.8572) | 16 (163.3828) |
| 2021-06-18 | Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition State Center, IA | 10 / 32 (670.2516) | 25 (162.8344) | 5 (171.4172) | 1 (172.0116) | 16 (163.9884) |
| 2021-05-30 | Helping U BBQ Triple Bone - One Meat Rib Contest C Omaha, NE | — | — | 15 (165.0972) | — | — |
| 2021-05-30 | Helping U BBQ Triple Bone - One Meat Rib Contest B Omaha, NE | — | — | 9 (172.0000) | — | — |
| 2021-05-30 | Helping U BBQ Triple Bone - One Meat Rib Contest A Omaha, NE | — | — | 18 (166.2400) | — | — |
| 2021-05-28 | 9th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition Valley, NE | 23 / 46 (673.6228) | 41 (157.6684) | 6 (174.8688) | 32 (164.5256) | 5 (176.5600) |
| 2020-10-02 | Ottumwa Smoketoberfest Ottumwa, IA | 47 / 66 (655.8624) | 21 (170.2856) | 42 (162.8116) | 47 (163.9656) | 54 (158.7996) |
| 2020-09-18 | KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off Worthington, MN | 22 / 35 (667.3256) | 32 (160.5372) | 11 (169.7144) | 29 (162.2284) | 3 (174.8456) |
| 2020-07-17 | Real Squeal BBQ Smoke Off MARION, IA | 12 / 36 (659.8168) | 13 (167.3828) | 24 (159.3944) | 9 (169.6684) | 13 (163.3712) |
| 2020-06-27 | Back to Mayberry Day 2 Rodney, IA | 24 / 47 (670.7888) | 30 (165.1316) | 25 (166.2628) | 20 (170.8572) | 15 (168.5372) |
| 2020-06-26 | Back to Mayberry Day 1 Rodney, IA | 20 / 53 (669.5652) | 34 (163.4056) | 9 (170.8112) | 28 (167.9656) | 24 (167.3828) |
| 2019-10-04 | Smoketoberfest Ottumwa, IA | 27 / 49 (667.9656) | 22 (170.2628) | 33 (162.8800) | 35 (162.8572) | 15 (171.9656) |
| 2019-09-20 | Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA | 20 / 34 (660.4800) | 7 (171.4056) | 24 (162.2744) | 32 (152.5028) | 7 (174.2972) |
| 2019-08-30 | Smokin in the Bogs Warrens, WI | 16 / 38 (666.7316) | 19 (168.5488) | 8 (170.8572) | 11 (170.2744) | 28 (157.0512) |
| 2019-07-19 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! Waterloo, IA | 21 / 33 (662.1600) | 18 (169.1200) | 12 (168.5372) | 15 (168.5600) | 26 (155.9428) |
| 2019-06-14 | Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition State Center, IA | 8 / 31 (677.5996) | 12 (169.1084) | 13 (166.2628) | 3 (173.7028) | 14 (168.5256) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #734 (81 pts) | #819 (81 pts) | #850 (81 pts) | #733 (96 pts) | #614 (141 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #453 (421 pts) | #422 (541 pts) | #415 (591 pts) | #431 (491 pts) | #415 (531 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #401 (520 pts) | #481 (440 pts) | #400 (600 pts) | #410 (525 pts) | #370 (610 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #348 (602 pts) | #388 (587 pts) | #239 (993 pts) | #180 (1077 pts) | #384 (542 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #465 (457 pts) | #360 (677 pts) | #402 (632 pts) | #391 (602 pts) | #467 (492 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #306 (628 pts) | #362 (558 pts) | #165 (1152 pts) | #212 (918 pts) | #273 (738 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #276 (410 pts) | #330 (380 pts) | #273 (460 pts) | #301 (410 pts) | #196 (590 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #676 (478 pts) | #628 (543 pts) | #660 (518 pts) | #589 (588 pts) | #673 (503 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #661 (518 pts) | #870 (378 pts) | #627 (588 pts) | #698 (523 pts) | #578 (628 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #470 (799 pts) | #557 (719 pts) | #492 (799 pts) | #813 (494 pts) | #389 (979 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #553 (715 pts) | #672 (605 pts) | #606 (675 pts) | #603 (665 pts) | #300 (1175 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1903 (107 pts) | #1881 (117 pts) | #1947 (107 pts) | #2004 (102 pts) | #1647 (142 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #343 (1055 pts) | #288 (1165 pts) | #252 (1290 pts) | #377 (980 pts) | #393 (960 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #306 (1008 pts) | #266 (1058 pts) | #264 (1113 pts) | #460 (713 pts) | #329 (938 pts) |