smoKINGBATKO BBQ

smoKINGBATKO BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 25 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 4th of 16 at the Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (2026). They are ranked #3150 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “smoKINGBATKOBBQ”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,150

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1502

peak 1502 · rated over 22 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 24, 2023

latest Sep 19, 2026 · 3.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#157

Master 2026 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

16% of 25 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s, still running

Avg finish

top 67%

overall standings

Best overall

693.6572 / 720

Master · Kora Kares for Kids

Perfect 180s

Current form

683.81 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 663.79 (+20.03)

Walk rate

60%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Pork Ribs · Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES

Consistency

±21.53

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 168.81 · weakest Brisket (161.71)

Road miles

2,052

across 25 mapped stops · furthest 171 mi

Schedule strength

57%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1573)

Purse competed for

$165K

listed at 24 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 21 state-championship entries

Master avg

663.79 / 720

22 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (12 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

On the rise

+66 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 66 points across 8 contests since Oct 25, 2025 — from 1436 up to 1502.

8 contests since Oct 25, 2025
now 1502

They almost always walk

60% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 15 of 25 contests

A top-10 category call in 60% of their 25 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

693.6572 career-best overall

96.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 693.6572 at Kora Kares for Kids — 96.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
Aug 15, 2026

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Mullen It Over BBQ has finished one call ahead of smoKINGBATKO BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2026 their best year

2026 was the year it came together: 9 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 45%.

9 contests
3 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 45%

A tough matchup

22–0 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead in 100% of their meetings

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has come out ahead in 22 of their 22 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.1 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.10 points below their pork, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 39%.

Brisket avg 161.71
Pork avg 168.81
3 calls in 23 entries

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A strong matchup

9–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Professor Smoke in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

18 of 22 shared pork entries lost

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead 82% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has out-cooked them in 18 of 22 shared pork entries.

Built for the big stage

Top 57% average finish in large fields

Field size changes the story: they average a top 57% finish in large fields against top 72% in small ones.

Large (40+): top 57% (4)
Small (<20 teams): top 72% (4)

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

SmoKEN Meatz has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An August team

Top 33% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 33% across 3 contests, versus top 67% the rest of the year.

3 August contests
top 67% the rest of the year

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026 ↗	Master	#157 (1,084 pts)	#208 (939 pts)	#140 (1,224 pts)	#161 (1,019 pts)	#173 (1,009 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#333 (640 pts)	#287 (780 pts)	#301 (860 pts)	#281 (820 pts)	#416 (530 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#449 (442 pts)	#406 (551 pts)	#479 (497 pts)	#280 (797 pts)	#466 (467 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to smoKINGBATKO BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Matt's Backyard BBQ

#3,141 of the rated field

1502 power rating

Contests: 34
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 15%
Peak: 1509

2–9 in 11 shared contests (18% to smoKINGBATKO BBQ)

These two have cooked 11 of the same contests — Matt's Backyard BBQ ahead 9–2 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 34 contests
last seen Aug 15, 2026

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KINNEY'S KOUNTRY KOOKERS

#3,147 of the rated field

1502 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1550

They've been 1550 at their best, 48 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 24 contests
last seen Apr 14, 2023

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Squeals like the First Time

#3,144 of the rated field

1502 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 12%
Peak: 1502

Fewer contests behind them than smoKINGBATKO BBQ has cooked, 17 to 25, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Sep 27, 2026

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GIT-R-SMOKED

#3,156 of the rated field

1501 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1524

Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before smoKINGBATKO BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 30 contests

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GEORGIA JO'S SMOKIN Q

#3,145 of the rated field

1502 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1510

15 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 20% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Mar 4, 2016

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Grillzwolds BBQ Team

#3,161 of the rated field

1501 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1505

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

rated over 13 contests
last seen Jun 12, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
ELJEFE SMOKE	23	2	21	9%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	22	0	22	0%	⚔ compare
STICKS & STONES BBQ	21	4	17	19%	⚔ compare
Let It Smoke Barbecue	19	9	10	47%	⚔ compare
FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY	19	2	17	11%	⚔ compare
PADDY MCQ'S	19	2	17	11%	⚔ compare
Mullen It Over BBQ	17	9	8	53%	⚔ compare
Titans of BBQ	16	7	9	44%	⚔ compare
HUMPHREY'S BBQ	14	5	9	36%	⚔ compare
Grandpa Val's BBQ	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
Q42	13	8	5	62%	⚔ compare
Meat Monarchy	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
American Barbecue Company	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
LG bbq	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
House of Que	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	24	5	0	0	176.5600	153.1428	166.84	top 64%
Pork Ribs	24	8	1	1	178.8572	153.1316	166.69	top 58%
Pork	23	9	0	1	177.7372	148.5144	168.81	top 51%
Brisket	23	3	0	0	177.7028	152.5832	161.71	top 73%

“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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	4	top 72%
Medium (20–39)	15	top 68%
Large (40+)	4	top 57%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
CT	7	top 58%
NY	6	top 83%
MA	5	top 68%
VT	3	top 71%
ME	1	top 16%
NJ	1	top 59%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)	4	11	top 66%	Apr 11, 2026
Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	3	4	top 71%	Sep 19, 2026
Frog Alley Brew-B-Que Cookoff	3	17	top 95%	Jun 21, 2025
Connecticut Barbecue Challenge	2	8	top 52%	Jul 12, 2025
Massachusetts in May (Day 2)	2	18	top 81%	May 17, 2025

More numbers

Busiest season 2026 9 contests

Contests a season 6.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in CT 8 of 25 contests · 6 states in all

Contests visited 14 5 of them more than once

Opponents faced 212 finished ahead 246 times, behind 457

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

20266 milestones

Aug 15 Career-best overall score693.6572 Kora Kares for Kids
Sep 19 First category win (Pork Ribs) Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
Sep 19 25th tracked contest Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
Sep 19 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.8572 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
Sep 19 Peak power rating (1502) Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
Sep 19 Most recent contest Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES

20252 milestones

Apr 12 10th tracked contest Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)
Jul 12 First overall top-10 Connecticut Barbecue Challenge

20242 milestones

Apr 13 First call Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)
Apr 13 First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.5144 Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)

20231 milestone

Jun 24 First tracked contest Frog Alley BREW-B-QUE Cookoff

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.6	Kora Kares for Kids	Aug 15, 2026
+15.4	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	Sep 19, 2026
+14.9	Trillium BBQ Throwdown	Aug 8, 2026
+13	Connecticut Barbecue Challenge	Jul 12, 2025
+10.2	Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)	Apr 11, 2026

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.9	Massachusetts in May (Day 2)	May 18, 2024
-12.1	Frog Alley BREW-B-QUE Cookoff	Jun 24, 2023
-9.5	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY2)	Sep 14, 2024
-8.9	Frog Alley Brew-B-Que Cookoff	Jun 22, 2024
-8.5	Frog Alley Brew-B-Que Cookoff	Jun 21, 2025

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — tap a meat to add it)

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

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	9	3	1	67%	top 45%	96.3%	94.6%
2025	7	1	0	86%	top 64%	95%	93.4%
2024	8	0	0	38%	top 89%	90.6%	89.1%
2023	1	0	0	0%	top 100%	86.3%	86.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 19, 2026	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Braintree, VT	4 / 16 (693.1084)	10 (173.7028)	1 (178.8572)	4 (176.5828)	12 (163.9656)
Aug 15, 2026	Kora Kares for Kids 🏅 Hiram, ME	8 / 51 (693.6572)	18 (173.1428)	14 (173.1200)	27 (169.6916)	4 (177.7028)
Aug 15, 2026	Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME	—	—	21 (169.6800)	—	—
Aug 8, 2026	Trillium BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Canton, MA	6 / 25 (683.3944)	8 (170.8688)	4 (173.1544)	12 (169.6800)	9 (169.6912)
Jun 13, 2026	Bristol BBQ Bash - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Bristol, CT	11 / 26 (677.0052)	15 (169.1084)	16 (167.3712)	5 (173.7028)	10 (166.8228)
May 2, 2026	Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship Open (OPEN FORMAT) 🏅 New Paltz, NY	40 / 59 (671.9084)	13 (174.8456)	34 (169.1428)	46 (166.8228)	52 (161.0972)
May 1, 2026	Grand American Barbecue World Championship Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated New Paltz, NY	37 / 43 (670.1484)	36 (167.3828)	41 (159.3484)	13 (174.8572)	24 (168.5600)
Apr 11, 2026	Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Bristol, CT	11 / 29 (690.2744)	16 (172.5484)	4 (176.5716)	7 (173.1656)	20 (167.9888)
Apr 10, 2026	Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) 🏅 Bristol, CT	20 / 33 (671.9204)	7 (176.5600)	20 (167.9888)	20 (167.4172)	25 (159.9544)
Oct 25, 2025	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Jackson, NJ	19 / 32 (676.4688)	4 (175.4056)	22 (167.4060)	20 (167.9772)	23 (165.6800)
Sep 13, 2025	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Southwick, MA	11 / 16 (683.3600)	11 (171.9772)	4 (176.5600)	8 (174.8456)	12 (159.9772)
Aug 2, 2025	Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship (Open) 🏅 Port Jervis, NY	28 / 47 (682.8228)	19 (174.2856)	34 (167.9656)	24 (171.4400)	27 (169.1316)
Jul 12, 2025	Connecticut Barbecue Challenge 🏅 Somers, CT	8 / 30 (683.9312)	10 (171.9884)	9 (172.5600)	2 (177.7372)	22 (161.6456)
Jun 21, 2025	Frog Alley Brew-B-Que Cookoff 🏅 Schenectady, NY	17 / 18 (658.8000)	17 (162.2628)	17 (163.3828)	5 (176.5600)	16 (156.5944)
May 17, 2025	Massachusetts in May (Day 2) 🏅 Wrentham, MA	18 / 29 (667.9652)	16 (169.1084)	6 (173.7256)	27 (161.1428)	20 (163.9884)
Apr 12, 2025	Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Bristol, CT	28 / 35 (655.9548)	30 (165.1200)	9 (172.5600)	25 (165.6916)	33 (152.5832)
Oct 26, 2024	Weekend of Giving 🏅 Wrentham, MA	21 / 25 (650.1372)	23 (156.5028)	9 (168)	7 (171.4056)	22 (154.2288)
Sep 14, 2024	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY2) 🏅 Braintree, VT	24 / 25 (634.7428)	24 (158.2972)	24 (157.6800)	23 (160.5372)	25 (158.2284)
Sep 13, 2024	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY1 ) 🏅 Braintree, VT	23 / 25 (643.2684)	20 (162.8228)	23 (156.5028)	17 (164.5600)	20 (159.3828)
Jul 12, 2024	Connecticut Barbecue Challenge 🏅 Somers, CT	23 / 30 (644.4572)	28 (153.1428)	27 (161.1200)	6 (175.4172)	24 (154.7772)
Jul 12, 2024	Connecticut Barbecue Challenge (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Somers, CT	—	12 (163.4400)	—	—	—
Jun 22, 2024	Frog Alley Brew-B-Que Cookoff 🏅 Schenectady, NY	19 / 21 (634.1712)	18 (161.6684)	19 (157.6456)	18 (157.7260)	14 (157.1312)
May 18, 2024	Massachusetts in May (Day 2) 🏅 Wrentham, MA	31 / 31 (632.4340)	30 (157.1084)	31 (154.8112)	21 (164.5600)	31 (155.9544)
Apr 13, 2024	Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Bristol, CT	31 / 37 (652.5144)	33 (161.1316)	31 (162.2628)	7 (172.5828)	35 (156.5372)
Jun 24, 2023	Frog Alley BREW-B-QUE Cookoff Schenectady, NY	19 / 19 (621.0632)	17 (161.7144)	19 (153.1316)	19 (148.5144)	17 (157.7028)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

smoKINGBATKO BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (12 found in their record)

On the rise

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

Built for the big stage

Looking over their shoulder

An August team

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — tap a meat to add it)

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

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Season by season

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

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