SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ WY
Rating
1590
peak 1590
Contests
40
in the data
First seen
2019-04-26
latest 2026-06-26
Best ToY finish
#221
Master 2024
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
7
19 podiums
Overall top-10s
14
of 40 contests
Avg finish
top 46%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
3 🔥
Current form
680.52 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 676.14 (+4.38)
Walk rate
85%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
best run (overall)
Consistency
±14.33
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.97 · weakest Pork (168.15)
Road miles
10636
mi across 40 mapped stops · furthest 437 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ has finished one call ahead of SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
WYO SMOKE SHOW has landed one call behind them 3 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
AMERICAN HEROES BBQ has come out ahead in 25 of their 31 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of PAPA'S PIT CREW in 14 of their 20 shared contests.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 0.0004 points of the Grand Championship at Miles City Cowtown Cookoff (2024-06-14).
Teams like this (closest power rating, WY first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 39 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 180.0000 🔥 | 158.7884 | 169.97 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 40 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 180.0000 🔥 | 153.1312 | 169.26 | top 45% |
| Pork | 39 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 179.4400 | 158.2284 | 168.15 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 39 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 180.0000 🔥 | 147.9084 | 168.74 | 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.
By state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| WY | 14 | 0 | top 48% |
| CO | 11 | 0 | top 50% |
| MT | 8 | 0 | top 43% |
| SD | 4 | 0 | top 44% |
| ID | 2 | 0 | top 27% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 39% |
| Medium (20–39) | 31 | 0 | top 43% |
| Large (40+) | 6 | 0 | top 65% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (7 contests)
- Cooks mostly in WY (14 of 40 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (40 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 676.14
- 3 perfect 180s 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 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 703.4172 | 678.79 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 702.2744 | 681.48 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 705.1084 | 682.03 |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 691.3600 | 683.23 |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 681.6116 | 670.66 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 682.1600 | 668.65 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 656.4340 | 648.18 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 678.1484 | 678.15 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | Smoke-N-Wings Blackfoot, ID | 4 / 31 (703.4172) | 2 (180.0000) | 20 (172.5600) | 1 (179.4400) | 15 (171.4172) |
| 2026-06-12 | Montana BBQ Cookoff Absarokee, MT | 19 / 29 (671.9200) | 11 (172.0000) | 1 (180.0000) | 25 (158.8000) | 22 (161.1200) |
| 2026-06-05 | Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD | 29 / 48 (673.0860) | 11 (173.1200) | 38 (167.3944) | 29 (168.5600) | 30 (164.0116) |
| 2026-06-05 | Original SD BBQ Championships (ONE MEAT RIBS) Huron, SD | — | — | 16 (168.5600) | — | — |
| 2026-04-24 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off Lamar, CO | 12 / 27 (666.7316) | 13 (167.9772) | 4 (170.2744) | 10 (167.3944) | 17 (161.0856) |
| 2025-08-22 | Montana Pitmaster Classic Bozeman, MT | 15 / 38 (687.4284) | 13 (173.1544) | 17 (173.1200) | 15 (172.0228) | 20 (169.1312) |
| 2025-08-15 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY | 5 / 27 (702.2744) | 5 (175.4172) | 9 (173.1544) | 3 (177.7028) | 1 (176.0000) |
| 2025-07-25 | Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off Laramie, WY | 16 / 26 (675.3028) | 19 (167.3828) | 3 (175.4172) | 23 (158.2400) | 3 (174.2628) |
| 2025-06-27 | Smoke-N-Wings Blackfoot, ID | 13 / 32 (684.4916) | 17 (167.9772) | 25 (165.6916) | 6 (176.5600) | 10 (174.2628) |
| 2025-06-13 | Montana BBQ Cookoff Absarokee, MT | 9 / 33 (679.4060) | 18 (167.9772) | 3 (173.1316) | 15 (165.6800) | 7 (172.6172) |
| 2025-06-06 | Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD | 25 / 48 (676.4456) | 18 (171.9656) | 36 (163.3828) | 33 (165.6800) | 7 (175.4172) |
| 2025-04-25 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off Lamar, CO | 23 / 30 (664.9828) | 28 (158.7884) | 7 (173.1200) | 25 (162.2400) | 9 (170.8344) |
| 2024-08-23 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD | 10 / 29 (682.2172) | 23 (169.1200) | 17 (168.5372) | 1 (177.7372) | 23 (166.8228) |
| 2024-08-16 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY | 16 / 29 (681.0284) | 15 (167.9772) | 17 (169.6800) | 16 (169.1084) | 10 (174.2628) |
| 2024-07-26 | Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cookoff Laramie, WY | 11 / 17 (669.0288) | 12 (167.3944) | 16 (160.5144) | 7 (170.2972) | 6 (170.8228) |
| 2024-07-12 | Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY | 8 / 26 (687.9084) | 4 (174.8456) | 8 (172.5600) | 1 (177.7144) | 23 (162.7884) |
| 2024-06-28 | The Art of Barbeque Sterling, CO | 16 / 25 (665.6112) | 23 (160.5372) | 13 (168.5600) | 23 (162.2284) | 4 (174.2856) |
| 2024-06-14 | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff Miles City, MT | 2 / 16 (705.1084) | 12 (170.2512) | 2 (178.2972) | 4 (176.5600) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2024-06-07 | Montana BBQ Cookoff Absarokee, MT | 8 / 28 (683.2796) | 17 (167.3828) | 10 (171.9656) | 11 (169.6684) | 6 (174.2628) |
| 2023-10-06 | Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY | 13 / 28 (672.4340) | 15 (166.8228) | 11 (169.6800) | 23 (159.3484) | 3 (176.5828) |
| 2023-08-25 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest Hill City, SD | 8 / 26 (685.6340) | 8 (172.0000) | 12 (170.8228) | 10 (169.1084) | 7 (173.7028) |
| 2023-08-18 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY | 8 / 27 (691.3600) | 4 (176.0000) | 2 (177.7144) | 16 (164.5256) | 5 (173.1200) |
| 2023-06-30 | Art of Barbeque Sterling, CO | 5 / 35 (687.8972) | 24 (165.0972) | 3 (177.7144) | 15 (169.6800) | 5 (175.4056) |
| 2023-06-16 | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff Miles City, MT | 13 / 22 (683.8856) | 17 (169.1200) | 11 (170.8228) | 15 (169.6800) | 6 (174.2628) |
| 2023-05-27 | Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest Castle Rock, CO | 18 / 37 (678.1596) | 23 (168.5256) | 17 (169.6800) | 26 (166.2512) | 7 (173.7028) |
| 2022-10-07 | Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY | 15 / 29 (668.9940) | 14 (169.6800) | 23 (160.5028) | 7 (171.9656) | 13 (166.8456) |
| 2022-08-19 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY | 15 / 29 (669.0632) | 18 (165.6916) | 4 (173.7372) | 18 (163.9544) | 14 (165.6800) |
| 2022-06-24 | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff Miles City, MT | 17 / 26 (674.1600) | 18 (164.5372) | 16 (166.2400) | 11 (171.9772) | 6 (171.4056) |
| 2022-06-16 | Frisco BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO | 10 / 37 (681.6116) | 6 (174.2744) | 7 (173.1200) | 5 (174.2744) | 18 (159.9428) |
| 2022-06-04 | Greeley Blues Jam (Day 2) Greeley, CO | 22 / 34 (661.6228) | 10 (171.9772) | 16 (167.4056) | 17 (166.8228) | 30 (155.4172) |
| 2022-06-03 | Greeley Blues Jam (Day 1) Greeley, CO | 13 / 33 (668.4800) | 11 (170.8228) | 18 (162.2400) | 20 (161.7028) | 3 (173.7144) |
| 2021-10-02 | Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 2 Casper, WY | 10 / 26 (681.6340) | 5 (173.7028) | 7 (171.9656) | 8 (170.8228) | 16 (165.1428) |
| 2021-10-01 | Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 1 Casper, WY | 5 / 27 (681.6340) | 10 (173.1200) | 10 (169.7028) | 12 (167.4056) | 10 (171.4056) |
| 2021-08-20 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY | 8 / 30 (678.7660) | 1 (177.7144) | 3 (175.4172) | 20 (160.5144) | 15 (165.1200) |
| 2021-08-13 | Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day Milliken, CO | 31 / 42 (639.2340) | 33 (159.9428) | 23 (163.3944) | 19 (164.5256) | 31 (151.3712) |
| 2021-06-25 | Miles City Cowtown Cook Off Miles City, MT | 12 / 25 (682.1600) | 6 (176.5600) | 21 (158.2172) | 12 (169.6800) | 2 (177.7028) |
| 2021-06-04 | Greeley Blues Jam Greeley, CO | 21 / 33 (648.4572) | 4 (173.7028) | 16 (163.9888) | 16 (162.8572) | 29 (147.9084) |
| 2020-10-03 | Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 2 Casper, WY | 34 / 41 (656.4340) | 19 (170.8228) | 38 (160.0000) | 36 (158.2284) | 25 (167.3828) |
| 2020-10-02 | Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1 Casper, WY | 37 / 41 (639.9196) | 30 (164.5600) | 39 (153.1312) | 19 (170.2628) | 38 (151.9656) |
| 2019-04-26 | LuLu's Brew & Que Brighton, CO | 12 / 40 (678.1484) | 15 (170.8228) | 14 (169.1200) | 15 (168.5256) | 9 (169.6800) |
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 | #245 (467 pts) | #198 (622 pts) | #166 (721 pts) | #213 (522 pts) | #357 (327 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #284 (768 pts) | #314 (718 pts) | #262 (973 pts) | #292 (793 pts) | #173 (1188 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #221 (970 pts) | #321 (735 pts) | #277 (900 pts) | #157 (1175 pts) | #197 (1045 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #274 (793 pts) | #334 (673 pts) | #249 (943 pts) | #388 (553 pts) | #180 (1073 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #362 (626 pts) | #335 (721 pts) | #353 (726 pts) | #330 (736 pts) | #297 (776 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #274 (706 pts) | #183 (1016 pts) | #279 (756 pts) | #316 (651 pts) | #294 (696 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #655 (120 pts) | #632 (150 pts) | #701 (120 pts) | #630 (150 pts) | #681 (120 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1449 (125 pts) | #1739 (110 pts) | #1701 (115 pts) | #1735 (110 pts) | #1427 (145 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #322 (1032 pts) | #366 (952 pts) | #322 (1022 pts) | #587 (632 pts) | #272 (1157 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #465 (813 pts) | #548 (728 pts) | #645 (628 pts) | #668 (618 pts) | #347 (1083 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1385 (198 pts) | #1372 (223 pts) | #1004 (358 pts) | #1337 (238 pts) | #1578 (173 pts) |