Smokin' Beaver BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#2208

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1530

peak 1542 · rated over 20 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2023-06-23

latest 2026-08-21

Best ToY finish

#419

Master 2025

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 22 contests

Avg finish

top 55%

overall standings

Best overall

693.0512 / 720

Master · The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

675.54 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 670.06 (+5.48)

Walk rate

36%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Brisket · Shawnee Great Grillers

Consistency

±14.88

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 169.15 · weakest Brisket (165.71)

Road miles

785

mi across 22 mapped stops · furthest 56 mi

Schedule strength

59%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1574)

Purse competed for

$253K

listed at 21 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 20 state-championship entries

Master avg

670.06 / 720

20 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (11 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

Happy hunting ground

Top 13% average finish here

The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship is their spot: an average finish in the top 13% across 4 visits.

4 visits
best finish 15th
average top 13%

High-water mark

693.0512 career-best overall

96.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 693.0512 at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship — 96.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
2025-06-27

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ has finished one call ahead of Smokin' Beaver BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2023 their best year

2023 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 43%.

4 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 43%

A tough matchup

15–2 behind in the head-to-head

LOVE 2 Q ahead in 88% of their meetings

LOVE 2 Q has come out ahead in 15 of their 17 shared contests.

A strong matchup

7–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 78% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Barking Hogs BBQ in 7 of their 9 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

14 of 15 shared pork ribs entries lost

PARTS 'R' SMOKIN ahead 93% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, PARTS 'R' SMOKIN has out-cooked them in 14 of 15 shared pork ribs entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Smoke Wurx BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A June team

Top 13% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 13% across 4 contests, versus top 55% the rest of the year.

4 June contests
top 55% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.07% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.07% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.1% of a perfect score
22 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Smoke on the Bricks every year from 2023 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 29th

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

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

HOLLYWOOD N SWINE

#2213 of the rated field

1530 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1544

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 11 years before Smokin' Beaver BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 18 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

BLAZIN BARRELS BBQ

#2198 of the rated field

1530 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 26%
Peak: 1533

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 16 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2026-01-30

⚔ Head-to-head

FIRE & SPICE

#2204 of the rated field

1530 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1619

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 26 contests to 22, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 26 contests
last seen 2021-06-25

⚔ Head-to-head

Boots Style BBQ

#2201 of the rated field

1530 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1534

No shared contest yet.

15 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 13% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2016-07-29

⚔ Head-to-head

STEEL SMOKIN' BBQ

#2197 of the rated field

1530 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 47%
Peak: 1564

No shared contest yet.

They were already cooking in 2013, 10 years before Smokin' Beaver BBQ's first contest.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2015-07-17

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SUGARFIRE SMOKEHOUSE

#2214 of the rated field

1530 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1530

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2021-09-16

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
LOVE 2 Q	17	2	15	12%	⚔ compare
Split Borders BBQ	15	7	8	47%	⚔ compare
Squealin N Dealin BBQ	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
KC Meat Sweats	14	5	9	36%	⚔ compare
PARTS 'R' SMOKIN	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
Aww Shucks BBQ	13	2	11	15%	⚔ compare
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE	13	2	11	15%	⚔ compare
Damn Fine Beef & Swine	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
MAD MUTT'S BBQ	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
MAN MEAT BBQ	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
Dr. Squealgood BBQ	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
SLAPS BBQ	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
Barking Dog BBQ	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
Smokey Bey's Barbecue	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
Bocephus BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	21	0	0	173.1084	155.3600	166.22	top 63%
Pork Ribs	22	3	0	176.5716	156.5260	169.15	top 50%
Pork	21	4	2	176.5828	157.6340	168.98	top 48%
Brisket	21	1	1	179.4400	154.2516	165.71	top 54%

“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
KS	16	0	top 49%
MO	5	0	top 72%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 58%
Medium (20–39)	2	top 59%
Large (40+)	18	top 54%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke on the Bricks	4	29	top 73%	2026-08-07
The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship	4	15	top 13%	2026-06-26
BBQ & Fly-In on the River	3	27	top 62%	2026-08-14
Meat Inferno	3	10	top 59%	2025-10-03
Shawnee Great Grillers	3	15	top 30%	2025-09-26
Smoke in the Spring	2	83	top 88%	2025-04-11

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.2 yrs 2023-06-23 → 2026-08-21

Busiest season 2025 7 contests

Contests a season 5.5 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KS 17 of 22 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 8 6 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 22 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 169.15 · weakest Brisket (165.71)

Walk rate 36% a top-10 call in 8 of 22 contests

Overall top-10 rate 5% 1 of 22 contests

Master average 670.06 out of 720 · 20 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 606 910–710 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 785 22 mapped stops · furthest 56 mi

Schedule strength 1574 average field rating faced — tougher than 59% of rated contests

Purse competed for $253,100 listed at 21 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 20 state-championship entries

Power rating 1530 peak 1542 · #2208 of 6,413 rated

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

2023
Jun 23 First tracked contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Jun 23 First call The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Jun 23 First overall past 90% of a perfect score685.0856 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
2024
Sep 27 10th tracked contest Shawnee Great Grillers
Sep 27 Career-best single call (Brisket)179.4400 Shawnee Great Grillers
2025
Jun 27 Career-best overall score693.0512 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Oct 3 First overall top-10 Meat Inferno
2026
Jun 26 Peak power rating (1542) The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Aug 21 Most recent contest Made for KC BBQ Championship 2026 (COMPETITORS SERIES)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.9	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship	2023-06-23
+13.5	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship	2025-06-27
+12.4	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship	2024-06-21
+10.9	Shawnee Great Grillers	2024-09-27
+10	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship	2026-06-26

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.2	Smoke in the Spring	2025-04-11
-8.6	Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest	2024-04-26
-7.6	Smoke on the Bricks	2026-08-07
-7.4	Smoke on the Bricks	2025-08-08
-7.2	Smoke in the Spring	2024-04-05

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	4	0	0%	top 65%	94.5%	93.3%
2025	7	1	57%	top 51%	96.3%	93.3%
2024	7	0	29%	top 58%	95.7%	92.5%
2023	4	0	50%	top 43%	95.2%	93.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-08-21	Made for KC BBQ Championship 2026 (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Weston, MO	38 / 43 (666.1144)	40 (163.9544)	38 (166.2400)	33 (167.3828)	22 (168.5372)
2026-08-14	BBQ & Fly-In on the River 🏅 Excelsior Springs, MO	63 / 83 (673.5540)	67 (166.2400)	36 (173.1200)	63 (166.2284)	51 (167.9656)
2026-08-07	Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS	41 / 52 (662.1712)	29 (169.7144)	44 (163.4056)	45 (162.2284)	34 (166.8228)
2026-06-26	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	29 / 157 (680.4684)	24 (173.1084)	70 (166.8228)	48 (170.2744)	37 (170.2628)
2025-10-03	Meat Inferno 🏅 Edgerton, KS	10 / 21 (683.9200)	12 (167.3828)	13 (170.2512)	3 (176.5716)	12 (169.7144)
2025-10-03	Meat Inferno (One Meat Ribs) Edgerton, KS	—	—	6 (173.1316)	—	—
2025-09-26	Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS	22 / 67 (677.5884)	59 (157.0628)	5 (176.5600)	18 (173.1428)	22 (170.8228)
2025-08-15	BBQ & Fly-In on the River 🏅 Excelsior Springs, MO	27 / 62 (686.8460)	49 (166.8344)	6 (176.5716)	20 (173.7372)	33 (169.7028)
2025-08-08	Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS	44 / 53 (646.0688)	41 (163.9428)	47 (156.5260)	28 (169.6800)	44 (155.9200)
2025-06-27	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	15 / 159 (693.0512)	34 (171.9656)	33 (173.7028)	20 (175.4056)	30 (171.9772)
2025-04-11	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	84 / 92 (642.6856)	68 (166.2744)	81 (162.2744)	85 (157.6340)	80 (156.5028)
2024-10-04	Meat Inferno 🏅 Edgerton, KS	27 / 38 (669.0516)	23 (172.0000)	27 (170.2628)	35 (158.2288)	16 (168.5600)
2024-09-27	Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS	15 / 73 (689.0860)	17 (172.5600)	37 (166.2516)	25 (170.8344)	2 (179.4400)
2024-08-16	BBQ & Fly-In on the River 🏅 Excelsior Springs, MO	44 / 65 (661.0056)	48 (162.8116)	38 (167.3712)	41 (166.8228)	43 (164.0000)
2024-08-09	Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS	29 / 46 (662.7544)	28 (167.3828)	14 (172.0000)	20 (169.1200)	40 (154.2516)
2024-06-21	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	25 / 172 (677.7140)	89 (162.3200)	16 (172.0000)	4 (176.0228)	46 (167.3712)
2024-04-26	Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest 🏅 Sugar Creek, MO	38 / 44 (645.5312)	33 (163.9656)	38 (163.9544)	37 (162.8456)	40 (154.7656)
2024-04-05	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	83 / 97 (655.8516)	92 (155.3600)	21 (174.2972)	86 (162.2516)	70 (163.9428)
2023-10-06	Meat Inferno (JUDGING FULL) 🏅 Edgerton, KS	11 / 19 (679.9660)	16 (170.2628)	15 (166.8572)	2 (175.4516)	12 (167.3944)
2023-09-22	Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS	26 / 73 (671.8740)	58 (159.3712)	12 (173.1544)	20 (173.1084)	29 (166.2400)
2023-08-25	Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS	30 / 44 (656.9712)	20 (169.6684)	32 (164.0000)	26 (165.0856)	33 (158.2172)
2023-06-23	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	15 / 167 (685.0856)	45 (168.5256)	21 (172.5828)	5 (176.5828)	43 (167.3944)

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

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	#625 (180 pts)	#683 (185 pts)	#741 (180 pts)	#652 (180 pts)	#657 (180 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#419 (486 pts)	#516 (411 pts)	#328 (798 pts)	#372 (606 pts)	#479 (426 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#431 (470 pts)	#454 (470 pts)	#444 (540 pts)	#368 (595 pts)	#345 (665 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#527 (344 pts)	#629 (294 pts)	#598 (359 pts)	#371 (574 pts)	#606 (289 pts)