On the rise
+38
rating points in a year
Their power rating has climbed 38 points across 5 contests since 2025-05-24 — from 1467 up to 1505.
- 5 contests since 2025-05-24
- now 1505
Smokin' Hot Mess BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1505
peak 1505 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ
Best runs
3
straight top-10s
Contests
10
in the data
First seen
2024-05-25
latest 2026-05-23
Best ToY finish
#367
Master 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
of 10 contests
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
681.36 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 660.83 (+20.53)
Walk rate
70%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
and counting
Consistency
±24.39
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.03 · weakest Brisket (163.58)
Road miles
1,714
mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 403 mi
Schedule strength
45%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)
Purse competed for
$25K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
660.83 / 720
10 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (9 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.
They almost always walk
70%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 7 of 10 contests
A top-10 category call in 70% of their 10 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
High-water mark
693.7600
career-best overall
96.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 693.7600 at Spencerville Smoke Ring — 96.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2025-09-27
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
BBQ WorX has finished one call ahead of Smokin' Hot Mess BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Their season
2025
their best year
2025 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 34%.
- 4 contests
- 2 overall top-10s
- 1 category wins
- average top 34%
A tough matchup
7–0
behind in the head-to-head
MEAN MOE'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
MEAN MOE'S BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.
A strong matchup
5–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 83% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of What For BBQ in 5 of their 6 shared contests.
Pork Ribs nemesis
6 of 7
shared pork ribs entries lost
MEAN MOE'S BBQ ahead 86% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, MEAN MOE'S BBQ has out-cooked them in 6 of 7 shared pork ribs entries.
A May team
Top 41%
average finish in May
Something about May: average finish in the top 41% across 3 contests, versus top 59% the rest of the year.
- 3 May contests
- top 59% the rest of the year
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.
109 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Smokin' Hot Mess BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smokin' Hot Mess BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2996 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3021 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1528
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Smokin' Hot Mess BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3005 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 15%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 15% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#3003 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2019, 5 years before Smokin' Hot Mess BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2997 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEAN MOE'S BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| What For BBQ | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| Rub Sweat and Beers | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| RUSTY'S SMOKE BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| CycloneBBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 175.4744 | 153.6340 | 165.76 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 176.0116 | 155.9772 | 166.03 | top 57% |
| Pork | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 178.2972 | 146.8228 | 165.47 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 173.1772 | 145.6344 | 163.58 | top 56% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ON | 4 | 0 | top 42% |
| NJ | 2 | 0 | top 93% |
| MA | 2 | 0 | top 96% |
| MI | 1 | 0 | top 26% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 21% |
| Medium (20–39) | 8 | 0 | top 68% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 26% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 39% | 2026-05-23 |
| Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) | 2 | 24 | 0 | top 93% | 2024-10-19 |
| Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) | 2 | 23 | 0 | top 96% | 2024-09-21 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2024-05-25 → 2026-05-23
Busiest season
2024
5 contests
Contests a season
3.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
ON
4 of 10 contests · 4 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
7
3 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
10 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 166.03 · weakest Brisket (163.58)
Walk rate
70%
a top-10 call in 7 of 10 contests
Overall top-10 rate
40%
4 of 10 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight contests — and still running
Master average
660.83
out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
149
100–178 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,714
10 mapped stops · furthest 403 mi
Schedule strength
1559
average field rating faced — tougher than 45% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$25,460
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Power rating
1505
peak 1505 · #3011 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2024
- First tracked contest Jack 9 Memorial
- First call Jack 9 Memorial
- First overall top-10 Jack 9 Memorial
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.8112 Jack 9 Memorial
- 2025
- First category win (Pork) Spencerville Smoke Ring
- First overall podium Spencerville Smoke Ring
- Career-best overall score693.7600 Spencerville Smoke Ring
- Career-best single call (Pork)178.2972 Spencerville Smoke Ring
- 2026
- 10th tracked contest JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition
- Peak power rating (1505) JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition
- Most recent contest JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.1 | All American BBQ Throwdown | 2025-08-01 |
| +12.8 | Spencerville Smoke Ring | 2025-09-27 |
| +6.4 | JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition | 2026-05-23 |
| +6 | Jack9 Memorial BBQ Competition | 2025-05-24 |
| +4.6 | Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle | 2025-08-23 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.2 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) | 2024-09-21 |
| -11.1 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) | 2024-10-18 |
| -10.2 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) | 2024-10-19 |
| -9.4 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) | 2024-09-20 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 35% | 94.4% | 94.4% |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 34% | 96.4% | 94.7% |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40% | top 84% | 90.9% | 88.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-23 | JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition La Salette, ON | 7 / 20 (679.9432) | 16 (162.8344) | 3 (174.2744) | 2 (176.5944) | 11 (166.2400) |
| 2025-09-27 | Spencerville Smoke Ring Spencerville, K0E 1X0 | 3 / 14 (693.7600) | 7 (175.4744) | 9 (168.5256) | 1 (178.2972) | 5 (171.4628) |
| 2025-08-23 | Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle London, ON | 10 / 22 (687.9884) | 15 (168.5484) | 4 (176.0116) | 11 (170.2512) | 6 (173.1772) |
| 2025-08-01 | All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI | 11 / 43 (687.4400) | 18 (170.8572) | 20 (169.1428) | 7 (177.1428) | 13 (170.2972) |
| 2025-05-24 | Jack9 Memorial BBQ Competition La Salette, ON | 11 / 26 (657.6796) | 15 (159.4284) | 4 (167.4400) | 17 (160.5140) | 5 (170.2972) |
| 2024-10-19 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Columbia, NJ | 24 / 26 (646.0916) | 10 (174.2628) | 22 (164.5372) | 24 (161.6572) | 26 (145.6344) |
| 2024-10-18 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Columbia, NJ | 26 / 28 (620.9028) | 25 (158.8112) | 23 (159.3600) | 27 (149.6572) | 26 (153.0744) |
| 2024-09-21 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Southwick, MA | 27 / 27 (627.2572) | 25 (164.5600) | 27 (158.8000) | 27 (146.8228) | 22 (157.0744) |
| 2024-09-20 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Southwick, MA | 23 / 25 (652.4340) | 24 (153.6340) | 16 (166.2744) | 20 (167.9884) | 20 (164.5372) |
| 2024-05-25 | Jack 9 Memorial La Salette, ON | 9 / 20 (654.8112) | 5 (169.1428) | 15 (155.9772) | 7 (165.7256) | 7 (163.9656) |
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 | #674 (150 pts) | #940 (90 pts) | #666 (220 pts) | #572 (245 pts) | #827 (115 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #367 (587 pts) | #502 (437 pts) | #405 (607 pts) | #354 (637 pts) | #362 (622 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #525 (351 pts) | #466 (456 pts) | #584 (371 pts) | #516 (386 pts) | #514 (396 pts) |