SMOKING FINNS FI LT
Rating
1567
peak 1567
Contests
14
in the data
First seen
2019-08-16
latest 2026-05-15
Best ToY finish
#409
Master 2021
Grand champs
3
1 reserve
Category wins
6
15 podiums
Overall top-10s
10
of 14 contests
Avg finish
top 37%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
671.34 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 666.11 (+5.23)
Walk rate
71%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
5
best run (overall)
Consistency
±17.16
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 168.83 · weakest Pork (164.68)
Road miles
20676
mi across 14 mapped stops · furthest 5045 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team has finished one call ahead of SMOKING FINNS FI 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
3BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
Sweaty Hogs has come out ahead in 4 of their 5 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
Twin Smoke is their spot: 2 Grand Championships in 5 visits.
📅 A May team
Something about May: average finish in the top 14% across 3 contests, versus top 37% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Twin Smoke (2024-05-18) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 27-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, BUNCH OF SWINES.
🐣 Announced themselves early
Finished 1 of 18 at their very first tracked contest, BBQ Festival 2019 (2019-08-16).
Teams like this (closest power rating, LT first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 180.0000 🔥 | 143.4400 | 164.82 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 13 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 177.7028 | 150.2628 | 167.77 | top 39% |
| Pork | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 171.4400 | 149.7372 | 164.68 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 13 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 179.4400 | 159.4856 | 168.83 | top 31% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LT | 5 | 2 | top 17% |
| KS | 2 | 0 | top 71% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 91% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 9 | 3 | top 24% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 26% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 78% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2022 (5 contests)
- Cooks mostly in LT (5 of 14 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (13 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: BBQ Festival 2019 (2019-08-16)
- Wins it all in 21% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 666.11
- 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 | 1 | 669.0284 | 669.03 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 683.8968 | 683.90 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 683.4172 | 667.92 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 656.4800 | 656.48 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 682.2740 | 657.24 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 674.9140 | 667.79 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 681.6684 | 681.67 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-15 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, LT | 6 / 23 (669.0284) | 6 (171.9656) | 1 (177.7028) | 17 (157.0856) | 10 (162.2744) |
| 2025-05-17 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, LT | 1 / 11 (683.8968) | 4 (170.2628) | 1 (172.0000) | 4 (168.5256) | 2 (173.1084) |
| 2024-10-11 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 79 / 87 (650.1484) | 73 (163.9656) | 87 (150.2628) | 64 (166.2400) | 35 (169.6800) |
| 2024-08-16 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia Saue Parish, 76505 | 10 / 16 (683.4172) | 1 (180.0000) | 15 (165.7144) | 15 (165.1428) | 8 (172.5600) |
| 2024-05-18 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, LT | 1 / 18 (670.2056) | 9 (162.2628) | 5 (166.8344) | 2 (171.4400) | 2 (169.6684) |
| 2023-08-18 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa Saue Parish, 76505 | 6 / 15 (656.4800) | 13 (152.5144) | 2 (172.5600) | 13 (154.2512) | 1 (177.1544) |
| 2022-10-01 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 230 / 249 (659.3256) | 173 (168.5600) | 212 (163.9772) | 211 (165.0856) | 223 (161.7028) |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 253 / 505 (667.9080) | 102 (173.1084) | 254 (167.3828) | 329 (163.4284) | 270 (163.9884) |
| 2022-08-13 | BIGFEAST CHALLENGE UUSIKAUPUNKI, 23450 | 3 / 9 (682.2740) | 4 (169.1656) | 4 (168.5600) | 4 (167.9884) | 1 (176.5600) |
| 2022-07-02 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, LT | 4 / 15 (619.4400) | 12 (143.4400) | 2 (164.5600) | 7 (149.7372) | 2 (161.7028) |
| 2021-09-11 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, LT | 3 / 15 (674.9140) | 10 (164.5828) | 2 (172.5828) | 4 (170.2856) | 4 (167.4628) |
| 2021-08-20 | BBQ Festival 2021 Saue Parish, 76505 | 2 / 13 (660.6740) | 7 (160.0456) | 3 (170.2972) | 2 (170.8456) | 4 (159.4856) |
| 2019-08-16 | BBQ Festival 2019 Vanamõisa, Saue Parish, 75501 | 1 / 18 (681.6684) | 13 (162.8112) | 5 (168.5944) | 4 (170.8228) | 1 (179.4400) |
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 | #531 (163 pts) | #621 (163 pts) | #469 (273 pts) | #760 (88 pts) | #647 (123 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #604 (261 pts) | #795 (186 pts) | #704 (261 pts) | #758 (186 pts) | #663 (236 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #486 (384 pts) | #518 (394 pts) | #709 (259 pts) | #571 (334 pts) | #528 (379 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #842 (155 pts) | #1158 (100 pts) | #788 (240 pts) | #1143 (100 pts) | #651 (265 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #426 (519 pts) | #533 (409 pts) | #464 (544 pts) | #499 (449 pts) | #384 (619 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #409 (453 pts) | #645 (258 pts) | #458 (453 pts) | #443 (428 pts) | #506 (378 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #985 (268 pts) | #1783 (103 pts) | #1360 (168 pts) | #1263 (193 pts) | #1057 (268 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1076 (244 pts) | #994 (314 pts) | #1010 (314 pts) | #1075 (274 pts) | #1166 (239 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #502 (756 pts) | #945 (406 pts) | #603 (666 pts) | #535 (731 pts) | #627 (636 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1034 (311 pts) | #932 (391 pts) | #1253 (256 pts) | #1051 (341 pts) | #1099 (301 pts) |