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SMOKEHOUSE 72 IA

Power ranking

#2041
of 2982 rated · rankings

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)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

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

⚔ Compare with another team

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

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg 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

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
IA330top 59%
WI60top 58%
MN30top 75%
OK10top 49%
NE10top 50%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)30top 74%
Medium (20–39)290top 58%
Large (40+)120top 60%

The story so far

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

SeasonContestsGCsCategory winsBest overallAvg overall
2026501 695.3600 678.04
2025600 674.7312 666.35
2024500 690.2172 674.99
2023800 680.4336 663.70
2022500 667.9544 664.35
20211001 682.1712 672.23
2020500 670.7888 664.67
2019500 677.5996 666.99

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
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)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
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)

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