THE DOUBLE "S" SMOKEHOUSE

THE DOUBLE "S" SMOKEHOUSE is a competition barbecue team with 13 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2021. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Esperanza Bonanza (2021). They are ranked #1421 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,421

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1570

peak 1570 · rated over 13 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 9, 2014

latest Oct 22, 2021 · 7.5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#623

Master 2016 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 8% of the time

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

38% of 13 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 40%

overall standings

Best overall

695.3712 / 720

Master · Mississippi Springfest BBQ Contest

Perfect 180s

Current form

678.78 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 673.14 (+5.64)

Walk rate

100%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.3200

Chicken · Dickson County Smoke Fest

Consistency

±13.73

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 170.80 · weakest Brisket (165.44)

Road miles

2,246

across 13 mapped stops · furthest 257 mi

Schedule strength

38%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)

Purse competed for

$10K

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

673.14 / 720

12 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

354.26 / 360

1 Backyard contest · 1 GC

These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

Storylines (12 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

A multi-meat day

1 contest with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Esperanza Bonanza (Oct 22, 2021).

Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 1st

They almost always walk

100% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 13 of 13 contests

A top-10 category call in 100% of their 13 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

695.3712 career-best overall

96.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 695.3712 at Mississippi Springfest BBQ Contest — 96.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 13, 2016

State champions

1 state championship won

They've taken 1 state championship from 1 entry at contests carrying the title.

1 state-championship entry

Their season

2016 their best year

2016 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 28%.

4 contests
3 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 28%

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

Organizer Portal ahead in 100% of their meetings

Organizer Portal has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.4 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.36 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 25% of the time against 62%.

Brisket avg 165.44
Pork Ribs avg 170.80
3 calls in 12 entries

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A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of HOGG LEGG SMOKERS in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The comeback

4 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 4 years, then back at Esperanza Bonanza (Oct 22, 2021).

last seen Oct 6, 2017
back Oct 22, 2021

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

SWINE CRUE has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An October team

Top 13% average finish in October

Something about October: average finish in the top 13% across 3 contests, versus top 40% the rest of the year.

3 October contests
top 40% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.25% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.25% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.9% of a perfect score
13 contests

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
2021 ↗	Backyard	—	—	#109 (261 pts)	—	—
2017 ↗	Master	#849 (433 pts)	#953 (403 pts)	#937 (408 pts)	#832 (483 pts)	#1052 (328 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#623 (623 pts)	#609 (668 pts)	#696 (578 pts)	#871 (448 pts)	#707 (568 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1110 (262 pts)	#1007 (332 pts)	#760 (497 pts)	#1278 (242 pts)	#1142 (267 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1838 (121 pts)	#1449 (201 pts)	#1805 (136 pts)	#2011 (106 pts)	#2034 (96 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to THE DOUBLE "S" SMOKEHOUSE, each with one reason worth a look.

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

RIVER CITY RUB

#1,412 of the rated field

1570 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1570

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to THE DOUBLE "S" SMOKEHOUSE)

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

rated over 11 contests
last seen Jun 8, 2018

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CIRCLE R COOKERS

#1,428 of the rated field

1569 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1569

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 Oct 3, 2015

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GETTIN' SAUCED BBQ CANADA

#1,424 of the rated field

1570 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 80%
Peak: 1570

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 13, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen May 25, 2019
on a 6-contest top-10 run

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THE DUTCH BBQ CREW

#1,422 of the rated field

1570 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1570

18 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 44% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Sep 7, 2019
on a 4-contest top-10 run

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HUNTER'S HOT ASH BBQ

#1,425 of the rated field

1570 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 32%
Peak: 1570

They turned up 8 years after THE DOUBLE "S" SMOKEHOUSE did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 19 contests
last seen Jun 12, 2026

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YELLOW JACKET BBQ

#1,423 of the rated field

1570 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1570

Level with THE DOUBLE "S" SMOKEHOUSE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 19 contests
last seen Oct 4, 2019

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Organizer Portal	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
K & K KOOKERS	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
HOGG LEGG SMOKERS	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
HEAVENLY MANNA BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	12	7	0	0	178.3200	162.2284	170.22	top 37%
Pork Ribs	13	8	2	3	177.7028	162.2628	170.80	top 31%
Pork	13	5	1	1	176.5600	157.6800	167.98	top 46%
Brisket	12	3	0	0	174.2628	151.3600	165.44	top 50%

“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)	11	1	top 39%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 41%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
MS	4	0	top 48%
AR	3	1	top 14%
TN	3	0	top 44%
AL	2	0	top 54%
GA	1	0	top 42%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Mississippi Springfest BBQ Contest	2	4	0	top 32%	May 13, 2016
Bama Brew & Que	2	11	0	top 54%	Sep 25, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 4 contests

Contests a season 2.6 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MS 4 of 13 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 11 2 of them more than once

First title Oct 22, 2021 Esperanza Bonanza

Opponents faced 278 finished ahead 238 times, behind 134

Longest layoff 4 yrs Oct 6, 2017 → Oct 22, 2021

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

20216 milestones

Oct 22 First overall podium Esperanza Bonanza
Oct 22 First Grand Championship Esperanza Bonanza
Oct 22 First state championship Esperanza Bonanza
Oct 22 First multi-meat day Esperanza Bonanza
Oct 22 Peak power rating (1570) Esperanza Bonanza
Oct 22 Most recent contest Esperanza Bonanza

20171 milestone

Apr 7 10th tracked contest Seventh Annual Bull Moose

20164 milestones

May 13 First category win (Pork Ribs) Mississippi Springfest BBQ Contest
May 13 First overall top-10 Mississippi Springfest BBQ Contest
May 13 Career-best overall score695.3712 Mississippi Springfest BBQ Contest
Oct 28 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.3200 Dickson County Smoke Fest

20143 milestones

May 9 First tracked contest Mississippi Springfest
May 9 First call Mississippi Springfest
May 9 First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.6628 Mississippi Springfest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.4	Esperanza Bonanza	Oct 22, 2021
+14	Mississippi Springfest BBQ Contest	May 13, 2016
+12.1	BBQ & Blues on the Levee	Oct 6, 2017
+10.7	Dickson County Smoke Fest	Oct 28, 2016
+10	Bryant's Buzzin BBQ Bash	Sep 23, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-6.6	Mississippi Springfest	May 9, 2014
-3.2	Bama Brew & Que	Sep 25, 2015
-0.6	Fifth Annual Bull Moose	Apr 3, 2015

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)
2021	1	1	1	2	100%	top 4%	98.4%	98.4%
2017	3	0	1	0	100%	top 36%	95.1%	94.5%
2016	4	0	3	1	100%	top 28%	96.6%	94.5%
2015	3	0	0	0	100%	top 57%	94%	92.1%
2014	2	0	0	0	100%	top 60%	93.9%	92.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 22, 2021	Esperanza Bonanza 🏅 Marion, AR	1 / 27 (354.2628)	—	1 (177.7028)	1 (176.5600)	—
Oct 6, 2017	BBQ & Blues on the Levee Helena, AR	4 / 30 (680.4800)	5 (173.1200)	5 (172.5828)	5 (173.1200)	16 (161.6572)
May 19, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Marietta, GA	11 / 26 (684.4572)	11 (173.1200)	9 (171.9772)	4 (174.2628)	17 (165.0972)
Apr 7, 2017	Seventh Annual Bull Moose Somerville, TN	14 / 27 (675.8396)	15 (170.8112)	17 (167.3828)	15 (166.8228)	9 (170.8228)
Oct 28, 2016	Dickson County Smoke Fest Dickson, TN	9 / 40 (691.3828)	4 (178.3200)	19 (170.2744)	18 (170.8228)	12 (171.9656)
Sep 23, 2016	Bryant's Buzzin BBQ Bash Bryant, AR	6 / 25 (661.7372)	8 (165.1772)	11 (162.2628)	9 (165.7028)	6 (168.5944)
May 13, 2016	Mississippi Springfest BBQ Contest Ashland, MS	4 / 26 (695.3712)	6 (173.1200)	1 (177.1428)	12 (170.8456)	7 (174.2628)
May 6, 2016	George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge Lucedale, MS	13 / 27 (672.4912)	8 (172.5600)	17 (164)	15 (166.2628)	11 (169.6684)
Sep 25, 2015	Bama Brew & Que Tuscaloosa, AL	17 / 26 (652.3772)	21 (162.2284)	13 (166.2516)	10 (167.3828)	19 (156.5144)
May 8, 2015	Mississippi Springfest BBQ Contest Ashland, MS	15 / 31 (676.5144)	5 (172.5600)	3 (176.5600)	27 (162.2744)	17 (165.1200)
Apr 3, 2015	Fifth Annual Bull Moose Somerville, TN	24 / 41 (660.4572)	21 (165.6684)	8 (172.0116)	37 (157.6800)	19 (165.0972)
Sep 12, 2014	Bama Brew & Que Tuscaloosa, AL	11 / 26 (675.9540)	4 (173.7028)	9 (170.2628)	14 (166.8684)	16 (165.1200)
May 9, 2014	Mississippi Springfest Ashland, MS	18 / 23 (650.6628)	16 (162.2284)	4 (171.9888)	13 (165.0856)	20 (151.3600)

THE DOUBLE "S" SMOKEHOUSE

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Backyard avg

Storylines (12 found in their record)

A multi-meat day

They almost always walk

High-water mark

State champions

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Looking over their shoulder

An October team

The metronome

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)