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Smokin on Cloud 9

Smokin on Cloud 9 is a competition barbecue team with 15 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 35th of 184 at the Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship (2017). They are ranked #1916 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,916
of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1542
peak 1542 · rated over 15 contests

Contests

15
in the data

First seen

Jun 21, 2013
latest Jun 26, 2026 · 13 years on the trail

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
1 podium

Overall top-10s

0
0% of 15 contests

Avg finish

top 41%
overall standings

Best overall

672.5600 / 720
Master · The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

658.37 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 648.67 (+9.70)

Walk rate

13%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176
Brisket · The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship

Consistency

±15.52
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs
avg 164.47 · weakest Chicken (160.07)

Road miles

47
across 15 mapped stops

Schedule strength

15%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1522)

Purse competed for

$103K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 13 state-championship entries

Master avg

648.67 / 720
15 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (9 found in their record)

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

A tough matchup

14–0 behind in the head-to-head

HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB ahead in 100% of their meetings

HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB has come out ahead in 14 of their 14 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.4 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.40 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

  • Chicken avg 160.07
  • Pork Ribs avg 164.47
  • 0 calls in 15 entries

A strong matchup

13–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of No Clue BBQ in 13 of their 13 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

11 of 14 shared pork ribs entries lost

HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB ahead 79% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB has out-cooked them in 11 of 14 shared pork ribs entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

SMOKIN' OUTLAWS has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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The metronome

±2.16% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.16% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 90.1% of a perfect score
  • 15 contests

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Smokin on Cloud 9, each with one reason worth a look.

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

The Smokin' Bullies
#1,921 of the rated field
1542 power rating
Contests
9
GCs
0
Top-10s
22%
Peak
1553
1–7 in 8 shared contests (13% to Smokin on Cloud 9)

These two have cooked 8 of the same contests — The Smokin' Bullies ahead 7–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

  • rated over 9 contests
  • last seen Apr 7, 2023
⚔ Head-to-head
FUNNY FARM BBQ
#1,911 of the rated field
1543 power rating
Contests
33
GCs
0
Top-10s
12%
Peak
1556
2–3 in 5 shared contests (40% to Smokin on Cloud 9)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Smokin on Cloud 9's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 33 contests
⚔ Head-to-head
Bottle Hill BBQ
#1,922 of the rated field
1542 power rating
Contests
19
GCs
1
Top-10s
58%
Peak
1553

Careers of much the same size, 19 contests to 15, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 19 contests
  • last seen Sep 11, 2026
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HOT SAUCE HOPPE'S BBQ
#1,918 of the rated field
1542 power rating
Contests
10
GCs
0
Top-10s
20%
Peak
1544

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 10 contests
  • last seen Jun 14, 2019
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CAMP BACON BBQ
#1,919 of the rated field
1542 power rating
Contests
24
GCs
0
Top-10s
8%
Peak
1545

24 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 8% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

  • rated over 24 contests
  • last seen Aug 23, 2019
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BAPTIZED IN SMOKE
#1,926 of the rated field
1542 power rating
Contests
24
GCs
0
Top-10s
4%
Peak
1542

Level with Smokin on Cloud 9 on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 24 contests
  • last seen Sep 8, 2017
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
KC Rib doctor 15 11 4 73% ⚔ compare
DUNN UP BBQ 14 11 3 79% ⚔ compare
Can't Beat Our Meat 14 10 4 71% ⚔ compare
HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS 14 1 13 7% ⚔ compare
HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB 14 0 14 0% ⚔ compare
No Clue BBQ 13 13 0 100% ⚔ compare
Grill on Grill Action 13 12 1 92% ⚔ compare
Nice Rack 13 12 1 92% ⚔ compare
The Drizzlers 13 12 1 92% ⚔ compare
B&D BBQ 13 11 2 85% ⚔ compare
Every Man A Smoker 13 11 2 85% ⚔ compare
Smokin Engineers 13 11 2 85% ⚔ compare
Too Hot to Handle 13 11 2 85% ⚔ compare
Slow Cookin' Cats 13 10 3 77% ⚔ compare
Animal House BBQ 13 9 4 69% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 15 0 0 0 171.9884 141.7144 160.07 top 55%
Pork Ribs 15 0 0 0 173.7028 155.4632 164.47 top 38%
Pork 15 0 0 0 170.8572 145.1084 161.48 top 49%
Brisket 15 2 0 1 176 154.2858 162.65 top 40%

“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.

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 6 44 0 top 39% Jun 26, 2026
Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 4 39 0 top 34% Jun 24, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 2 contests
Contests a season 1.2 across 13 seasons in the data
Most contests held in KS 15 of 15 contests
Contests visited 7 2 of them more than once
Opponents faced 706 finished ahead 1,469 times, behind 935
Longest layoff 2 yrs Jun 21, 2019 → Jun 25, 2021

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

20262 milestones
  1. Peak power rating (1542) The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
  2. Most recent contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
20252 milestones
  1. Career-best overall score672.5600 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
  2. Career-best single call (Brisket)176 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
20211 milestone
  1. 10th tracked contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
20161 milestone
  1. First call Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
20151 milestone
  1. First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.0744 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
20131 milestone
  1. First tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+9.6Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State ChampionshipJun 23, 2017
+9.1Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State ChampionshipJun 24, 2016
+7.8The Great Lenexa BBQ BattleJun 22, 2018
+7.3Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State ChampionshipJun 26, 2015
+7.2The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State ChampionshipJun 21, 2024

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-11.2The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State ChampionshipJun 24, 2022
-9.8The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State ChampionshipJun 21, 2019
-5.8Cookin on the KawOct 7, 2016
-0.4Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State ChampionshipJun 27, 2014

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20261000 0% top 39% 92.1% 92.1%
20251000 100% top 28% 93.4% 93.4%
20241000 0% top 27% 92.8% 92.8%
20231000 0% top 29% 92.6% 92.6%
20221000 0% top 84% 86.3% 86.3%
20211000 0% top 34% 90.7% 90.7%
20191000 0% top 78% 86.4% 86.4%
20181000 0% top 23% 90.9% 90.9%
20171000 0% top 19% 90.8% 90.8%
20162000 50% top 51% 90.9% 89.9%
20151000 0% top 28% 90.1% 90.1%
20141000 0% top 51% 87.5% 87.5%
20132000 0% top 39% 89.5% 89%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Jun 26, 2026 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 61 / 157 (662.7772) 47 (168.5484) 62 (167.4172) 47 (170.2744) 111 (156.5372)
Jun 27, 2025 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 44 / 159 (672.5600) 67 (166.8572) 112 (160) 49 (169.7028) 7 (176)
Jun 21, 2024 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 47 / 172 (667.9084) 86 (162.8228) 32 (170.2856) 36 (170.8572) 69 (163.9428)
Jun 23, 2023 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 48 / 167 (666.9144) 27 (170.8800) 134 (155.4632) 60 (168.5828) 23 (171.9884)
Jun 24, 2022 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 137 / 164 (621.7028) 150 (149.7144) 47 (166.9028) 158 (145.1084) 93 (159.9772)
Jun 25, 2021 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 50 / 145 (653.0856) 101 (158.8572) 12 (173.7028) 82 (161.1084) 76 (159.4172)
Jun 21, 2019 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 142 / 183 (621.7488) 178 (141.7144) 93 (160.0344) 80 (163.4628) 110 (156.5372)
Jun 22, 2018 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Lenexa, KS 43 / 185 (654.8116) 144 (152.5372) 34 (168.5488) 32 (168.5828) 40 (165.1428)
Jun 23, 2017 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 35 / 184 (653.6796) 11 (171.9884) 39 (166.2972) 115 (157.1084) 86 (158.2856)
Oct 7, 2016 Cookin on the Kaw DeSoto, KS 45 / 56 (640.0116) 42 (162.8228) 28 (165.1772) 53 (154.2972) 45 (157.7144)
Jun 24, 2016 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 39 / 183 (654.3088) 129 (153.1544) 52 (165.1544) 93 (160) 2 (176)
Jun 26, 2015 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 51 / 183 (649.0744) 130 (155.4400) 42 (166.8344) 86 (160.5488) 34 (166.2512)
Jun 27, 2014 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 94 / 184 (630.3312) 110 (158.8340) 107 (156.0344) 102 (156.0228) 64 (159.4400)
Sep 27, 2013 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS 47 / 114 (644.5940) 68 (158.8340) 62 (158.2856) 18 (169.1772) 50 (158.2972)
Jun 21, 2013 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 67 / 183 (636.5712) 25 (168) 28 (166.8570) 149 (147.4284) 109 (154.2858)

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