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SMOKING STUDS BBQ NC

Power ranking

#2879
of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1422
peak 1422

Contests

31
in the data

First seen

2019-05-03
latest 2026-05-15

Best ToY finish

#359
Master 2020

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
2 podiums

Overall top-10s

1
of 31 contests

Avg finish

top 73%
overall standings

Best overall

682.8004

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

670.88 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 660.83 (+10.05)

Walk rate

42%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Consistency

±14.81
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs
avg 167.07 · weakest Brisket (162.95)

Road miles

3026
mi across 31 mapped stops · furthest 223 mi

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Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

BUD WISER'S BBQ has finished one call ahead of SMOKING STUDS BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

HOLT BROTHERS BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ has come out ahead in 25 of their 26 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of 2 GUYS AND A CHICK in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

Teams like this (closest power rating, NC first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 31 6 0 0 177.1428 137.1200 165.69 top 63%
Pork Ribs 31 6 0 1 179.4400 147.9084 167.07 top 55%
Pork 31 3 0 0 174.8456 156.5144 165.12 top 67%
Brisket 31 4 0 1 176.5600 146.7544 162.95 top 68%

“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

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
NC210top 73%
SC90top 73%
GA10top 86%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)10top 84%
Medium (20–39)190top 74%
Large (40+)110top 71%

The story so far

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

SeasonContestsGCsCategory winsBest overallAvg overall
2026100 673.6344 673.63
2025400 677.6116 670.19
2024500 682.8004 676.37
2023500 673.6000 667.65
2022400 662.1600 655.01
2021300 682.7884 664.45
2020400 657.6112 651.01
2019500 647.9088 638.73

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026-05-15 Speed & Feed BBQ Festival at Darlington Raceway Darlington, SC 15 / 26 (673.6344) 10 (171.9772) 14 (172.5600) 22 (161.7144) 16 (167.3828)
2025-11-14 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic Cumming, GA 48 / 56 (670.7428) 54 (159.9428) 14 (175.4172) 40 (169.7028) 48 (165.6800)
2025-09-19 Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge Rutherford College, NC 30 / 36 (658.1604) 32 (163.9888) 25 (165.0972) 18 (170.8344) 32 (158.2400)
2025-07-10 South Carolina Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC 42 / 66 (674.2516) 37 (167.3944) 32 (170.2628) 39 (167.9772) 39 (168.6172)
2025-03-28 Smokin' in the Pines Carthage, NC 12 / 22 (677.6116) 18 (166.2516) 15 (167.3828) 10 (170.8344) 3 (173.1428)
2024-09-20 Pigmaster BBQ Challenge Rutherford College, NC 27 / 33 (668.4804) 30 (161.6572) 4 (175.4288) 31 (158.2744) 15 (173.1200)
2024-07-11 South Carolina Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC 49 / 76 (677.0628) 65 (162.8000) 3 (179.4400) 51 (168.0000) 53 (166.8228)
2024-05-04 Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 Kannapolis, NC 28 / 35 (679.9316) 8 (177.1428) 8 (174.2744) 31 (165.7144) 30 (162.8000)
2024-05-03 Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 Kannapolis, NC 20 / 45 (682.8004) 28 (167.9772) 21 (169.6916) 28 (168.5716) 4 (176.5600)
2024-04-12 Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC 15 / 25 (673.5656) 21 (162.7884) 18 (165.0972) 6 (173.7028) 6 (171.9772)
2023-09-22 Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge Rutherford College, NC 19 / 33 (673.6000) 24 (170.2628) 14 (170.8344) 25 (162.8344) 18 (169.6684)
2023-07-06 South Carolina Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC 48 / 76 (666.1944) 44 (166.2856) 38 (168.5488) 40 (166.2628) 48 (165.0972)
2023-05-06 Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 Kannapolis, NC 22 / 23 (664.9832) 17 (169.6800) 22 (161.6572) 14 (170.8344) 22 (162.8116)
2023-05-05 Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 Kannapolis, NC 27 / 35 (665.0060) 9 (175.4172) 27 (166.2516) 32 (159.9428) 27 (163.3944)
2023-04-14 Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC 16 / 32 (668.4572) 18 (167.9772) 24 (160.5144) 4 (174.8456) 19 (165.1200)
2022-09-23 Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge Connelly Springs, NC 26 / 32 (658.2400) 23 (165.1428) 11 (169.7144) 26 (162.8572) 25 (160.5256)
2022-07-07 South Carolina Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC 55 / 92 (662.1600) 30 (169.7144) 35 (170.8228) 73 (159.9540) 59 (161.6688)
2022-05-13 Jiggy With The Piggy Kannapolis, NC 37 / 46 (639.7944) 29 (165.6800) 43 (149.6572) 33 (162.8000) 32 (161.6572)
2022-03-18 Mission Farm's King of the Farm Iron Station, NC 31 / 33 (659.8628) 18 (168.5600) 23 (169.1316) 30 (160.5256) 29 (161.6456)
2021-09-24 Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge Rutherford College, NC 8 / 27 (682.7884) 5 (174.2856) 7 (171.4056) 16 (167.3828) 10 (169.7144)
2021-07-16 Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Zooland Asheboro, NC 16 / 19 (659.9088) 4 (173.1200) 4 (173.1544) 17 (156.5144) 16 (157.1200)
2021-03-12 Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pirateland Myrtle Beach, SC 33 / 39 (650.6632) 26 (165.6916) 10 (173.1316) 29 (165.0856) 37 (146.7544)
2020-09-11 Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge Connelly Springs, NC 22 / 24 (651.8856) 13 (166.2972) 20 (159.3944) 20 (165.0856) 20 (161.1084)
2020-08-28 Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Roebuck Roebuck, SC 28 / 34 (657.6112) 22 (169.6684) 19 (166.8572) 29 (161.6684) 30 (159.4172)
2020-06-26 Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pineridge Roebuck, SC 21 / 25 (655.8400) 9 (170.2628) 15 (166.2400) 17 (164.5256) 24 (154.8116)
2020-03-13 Speed & Feed BBQ Cook-Off & Car Show Darlington, SC 27 / 29 (638.7200) 25 (160.5600) 26 (165.6800) 15 (165.6800) 29 (146.8000)
2019-11-08 Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel A) Concord, NC 41 / 47 (647.9088) 35 (164.5600) 34 (162.2744) 18 (168.5600) 42 (152.5144)
2019-09-20 Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC 39 / 56 (647.2796) 45 (158.8456) 47 (158.2284) 24 (165.1200) 31 (165.0856)
2019-08-02 Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC 33 / 40 (638.1944) 37 (148.5600) 18 (167.4056) 29 (161.6800) 30 (160.5488)
2019-05-17 Stills and Grills Fest North Wilkesboro, NC 15 / 21 (624.4800) 20 (137.1200) 11 (165.6684) 15 (161.1316) 13 (160.5600)
2019-05-03 Jiggy With The Piggy Kannapolis, NC 50 / 60 (635.7940) 26 (166.8228) 56 (147.9084) 42 (159.9656) 39 (161.0972)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #535 (161 pts) #570 (186 pts) #542 (221 pts) #627 (126 pts) #582 (156 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #643 (232 pts) #760 (202 pts) #783 (217 pts) #613 (277 pts) #540 (342 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #517 (363 pts) #509 (403 pts) #333 (763 pts) #499 (403 pts) #378 (603 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #504 (373 pts) #480 (448 pts) #601 (358 pts) #430 (488 pts) #525 (363 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #718 (235 pts) #675 (280 pts) #680 (315 pts) #748 (235 pts) #745 (235 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #563 (296 pts) #454 (431 pts) #431 (486 pts) #661 (241 pts) #621 (276 pts)
2020 ↗ Master #359 (307 pts) #284 (432 pts) #331 (377 pts) #289 (422 pts) #392 (302 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #858 (336 pts) #935 (311 pts) #827 (391 pts) #842 (376 pts) #884 (346 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #1338 (174 pts) #1397 (174 pts) #1279 (204 pts) #1064 (279 pts) #1395 (174 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #1392 (180 pts) #1493 (180 pts) #1259 (250 pts) #1142 (295 pts) #993 (355 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #1959 (116 pts) #1761 (141 pts) #1812 (131 pts) #1835 (126 pts) #2056 (111 pts)

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