Smokin Through The Night AR
Rating
1538
peak 1581
Contests
23
in the data
First seen
2019-04-05
latest 2026-05-08
Best ToY finish
#316
Master 2022
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
8 podiums
Overall top-10s
8
of 23 contests
Avg finish
top 48%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
630.49 ▼
last 5 vs career avg 669.08 (-38.60)
Walk rate
74%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
best run (overall)
Consistency
±39.36
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 170.28 · weakest Brisket (168.16)
Road miles
1317
mi across 23 mapped stops · furthest 67 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
HOG HEAVEN BAR B QUE has finished one call ahead of Smokin Through The Night 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
SHOT IN THE DARK COMPETITION BBQ TEAM has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
RAZORRACKS has come out ahead in 16 of their 18 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of PORK AVENUE in 18 of their 19 shared contests.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 3.9888 points of the Grand Championship at 40th Annual Kennett Jaycees Show Me State BBQ Cook Off (2022-05-06).
Teams like this (closest power rating, AR first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 22 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 178.8572 | 159.3712 | 169.17 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 23 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 177.7144 | 160.5144 | 168.82 | top 51% |
| Pork | 23 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 180.0000 🔥 | 158.8000 | 170.28 | top 45% |
| Brisket | 23 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 177.7028 | 156.5144 | 168.16 | top 48% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AR | 13 | 0 | top 44% |
| MO | 6 | 0 | top 59% |
| TN | 4 | 0 | top 47% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 28% |
| Medium (20–39) | 18 | 0 | top 54% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 30% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2019 (7 contests)
- Cooks mostly in AR (13 of 23 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (23 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 669.08
- 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 492.4344 | 492.43 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 673.5424 | 664.05 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 667.8628 | 667.86 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 687.8968 | 682.76 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 704.0000 | 686.66 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 678.1944 | 673.03 |
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 685.6112 | 676.55 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | 44th Annual Kennett Jaycees BBQ Cook Off Kennett, MO | 25 / 25 (492.4344) | — | 24 (163.9660) | 22 (166.2284) | 23 (162.2400) |
| 2025-09-26 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR | 20 / 26 (670.1488) | 16 (167.3944) | 23 (162.8116) | 16 (171.9656) | 19 (167.9772) |
| 2025-06-06 | Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Wynne, AR | 24 / 30 (673.5424) | 23 (169.6684) | 24 (167.9656) | 21 (170.8228) | 26 (165.0856) |
| 2025-05-09 | 43rd Annual Kennett Jaycees BBQ Cook Off Kennett, MO | 25 / 27 (648.4460) | 21 (169.1428) | 23 (163.9888) | 26 (158.8000) | 27 (156.5144) |
| 2024-09-27 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR | 20 / 27 (667.8628) | 10 (172.5600) | 23 (160.5144) | 22 (161.6684) | 11 (173.1200) |
| 2023-09-29 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR | 9 / 25 (678.7428) | 7 (170.2628) | 8 (173.1200) | 7 (171.9772) | 13 (163.3828) |
| 2023-06-09 | Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Wynne, AR | 11 / 26 (687.8968) | 16 (166.8112) | 6 (174.2628) | 2 (180.0000) | 13 (166.8228) |
| 2023-05-05 | Kennett Jaycees Show Me State BBQ Cook Off Kennett, MO | 13 / 26 (681.6344) | 15 (169.7028) | 12 (171.9772) | 7 (174.2744) | 16 (165.6800) |
| 2022-09-23 | Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR | 10 / 33 (684.5372) | 5 (175.4516) | 15 (169.1200) | 6 (175.4400) | 11 (164.5256) |
| 2022-09-09 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest Millington, TN | 23 / 38 (666.6972) | 22 (169.1200) | 28 (165.0972) | 29 (162.8000) | 17 (169.6800) |
| 2022-06-10 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Wynne, AR | 5 / 33 (701.6456) | 2 (178.8572) | 2 (177.7144) | 8 (175.4056) | 16 (169.6684) |
| 2022-05-06 | 40th Annual Kennett Jaycees Show Me State BBQ Cook Off Kennett, MO | 2 / 13 (704.0000) | 6 (173.1772) | 3 (176.5600) | 2 (178.8572) | 3 (175.4056) |
| 2022-04-01 | Smokin' For Down Syndrome Collierville, TN | 13 / 28 (676.4224) | 22 (163.3712) | 3 (176.5600) | 20 (164.5256) | 10 (171.9656) |
| 2021-06-11 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Wynne, AR | 20 / 38 (678.1944) | 11 (174.2744) | 32 (161.6800) | 19 (169.1200) | 9 (173.1200) |
| 2021-05-01 | 39th Annual Kennett Jaycees Show Me State BBQ Cook Off Kennett, MO | 16 / 32 (674.2172) | 26 (159.3828) | 16 (167.9772) | 4 (175.4400) | 9 (171.4172) |
| 2021-04-09 | Smokin' For Down Syndrome (Formally Bull Moose) Collierville, TN | 22 / 44 (666.6740) | 25 (166.8228) | 31 (163.9428) | 21 (167.3828) | 13 (168.5256) |
| 2019-10-11 | BBQ & Blues on the Levee Helena, AR | 10 / 20 (679.8628) | 9 (171.9772) | 11 (167.3828) | 14 (162.8000) | 3 (177.7028) |
| 2019-09-27 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR | 8 / 43 (677.0396) | 16 (165.1312) | 13 (167.9772) | 5 (174.2628) | 9 (169.6684) |
| 2019-09-06 | Smokin' on the White Batesville, AR | 6 / 15 (673.0168) | 4 (171.9656) | 12 (164.5256) | 9 (166.8228) | 7 (169.7028) |
| 2019-06-07 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Wynne, AR | 11 / 51 (685.6112) | 25 (168.5484) | 6 (175.4056) | 17 (170.8344) | 15 (170.8228) |
| 2019-05-10 | Esperanza Bonanza BBQ Blitz Marion, AR | 11 / 30 (683.3256) | 9 (172.5600) | 11 (173.1200) | 5 (174.2628) | 18 (163.3828) |
| 2019-05-03 | 38th Annual Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff Kennett, MO | 11 / 25 (670.2172) | 17 (166.2284) | 4 (173.7144) | 8 (170.2972) | 21 (159.9772) |
| 2019-04-05 | 9th Annual Bull Moose Millington, TN | 8 / 25 (666.7540) | 17 (159.3712) | 10 (163.4172) | 7 (172.5600) | 6 (171.4056) |
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 | #1047 (50 pts) | — | #1098 (55 pts) | #807 (65 pts) | #814 (60 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #963 (112 pts) | #905 (137 pts) | #1013 (122 pts) | #913 (127 pts) | #1021 (107 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1103 (77 pts) | #954 (127 pts) | #1310 (62 pts) | #1203 (67 pts) | #914 (122 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #511 (367 pts) | #552 (352 pts) | #527 (427 pts) | #382 (562 pts) | #572 (317 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #316 (737 pts) | #327 (737 pts) | #292 (867 pts) | #344 (702 pts) | #356 (672 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #606 (262 pts) | #666 (247 pts) | #734 (222 pts) | #494 (377 pts) | #472 (407 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #327 (950 pts) | #414 (805 pts) | #323 (965 pts) | #318 (990 pts) | #350 (945 pts) |