A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
SON OF SMOKE ahead in 100% of their meetings
SON OF SMOKE has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
ASH KICKIN SMOKERS
ASH KICKIN SMOKERS is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 26th of 29 at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2014). They finished #2798 in the 2014 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1460
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Mar 28, 2014
latest Apr 20, 2018 · 4.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 92%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.87
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 159.07 · weakest Brisket (141.10)
Road miles
526
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 124 mi
Schedule strength
53%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1568)
Master avg
606.34 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to ASH KICKIN SMOKERS, each with one reason worth a look.
ASH KICKIN SMOKERS has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 133 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#5,130 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,141 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
They turned up 8 years after ASH KICKIN SMOKERS did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Compare careers#5,134 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
Level with ASH KICKIN SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,125 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,112 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
They've been 1506 at their best, 46 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#5,116 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 165.7028 | 151.4172 | 158.17 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 170.2856 | 150.8000 | 159.07 | top 48% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9544 | 140.5256 | 149.83 | top 93% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.1084 | 129.6800 | 141.10 | top 94% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 92% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2 | 27 | 0 | top 93% | Mar 24, 2017 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CA
3 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
97
finished ahead 10 times, behind 122
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Mar 28, 2014 → Mar 25, 2016
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20181 milestone
- Most recent contest Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship
20162 milestones
- Career-best overall score621.0744 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.2856 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
20143 milestones
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Peak power rating (1489) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.1 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Mar 28, 2014 |
| -10.4 | Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship | Apr 20, 2018 |
| -10.2 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Mar 25, 2016 |
| -8.5 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Mar 24, 2017 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — 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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 82.8% | 82.8% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 93% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 90% | 82.8% | 82.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 2018 | Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship Lodi, CA | 45 / 48 (595.9200) | 36 (160.0116) | 43 (150.8000) | 42 (155.4284) | 46 (129.6800) |
| Mar 24, 2017 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Reno, NV | 28 / 30 (612.4796) | 23 (159.9884) | 26 (151.9772) | 30 (147.4056) | 28 (153.1084) |
| Aug 26, 2016 | Smoke on the River Bands, Brews & BBQ (BACKYARD) Ceres, CA | — | 3 (165.7028) | 6 (158.8344) | — | — |
| Mar 25, 2016 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Reno, NV | 27 / 29 (621.0744) | 28 (151.4172) | 4 (170.2856) | 26 (155.9544) | 27 (143.4172) |
| Mar 28, 2014 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Sacramento, CA | 26 / 29 (595.8860) | 23 (153.7260) | 7 (163.4288) | 28 (140.5256) | 27 (138.2056) |