Smoky Cotte NO
Rating
1624
peak 1624
Contests
34
in the data
First seen
2023-10-07
latest 2026-06-20
Best ToY finish
#133
Master 2026
Grand champs
3
1 reserve
Category wins
7
22 podiums
Overall top-10s
12
of 34 contests
Avg finish
top 28%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
4 🔥
Current form
694.79 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 686.59 (+8.20)
Walk rate
88%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
7
best run (overall)
Consistency
±13.04
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 173.63 · weakest Brisket (169.37)
Road miles
13813
mi across 34 mapped stops · furthest 4933 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
LUNA SMOKE - Italy has finished one call ahead of Smoky Cotte 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Westside BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
The BBQ Ranch has come out ahead in 4 of their 5 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Onkel Felix BBQ in 11 of their 11 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
The War of Barbeque is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 3 visits.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 2.2972 points of the Grand Championship at The War of Barbeque (2024-06-15).
📅 A June team
Something about June: average finish in the top 16% across 4 contests, versus top 28% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Vienna Pet Fair BBQ Contest (2026-02-28) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 29-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, COOKLOUNGE BBQ.
Teams like this (closest power rating, NO first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 20 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 180.0000 🔥 | 150.8000 | 172.45 | top 37% |
| Pork Ribs | 30 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 178.8572 | 151.9428 | 171.28 | top 33% |
| Pork | 16 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 180.0000 🔥 | 163.4288 | 173.63 | top 33% |
| Brisket | 16 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 180.0000 🔥 | 161.6800 | 169.37 | top 40% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 52% |
| NO | 1 | 0 | top 25% |
| BZ | 1 | 0 | top 46% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 7 | 2 | top 23% |
| Medium (20–39) | 7 | 1 | top 31% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 33% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2024 (14 contests)
- Cooks mostly in TN (2 of 34 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (30 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Mee(a)t and Fire BBQ Festival Innsbruck (2025-06-28)
- Wins it all in 9% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 686.59
- 4 perfect 180s 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 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 707.3944 | 696.65 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 695.4284 | 686.89 |
| 2024 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 701.6916 | 679.59 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-20 | The War of Barbeque Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | 1 / 25 (707.3944) | 4 (178.8572) | 2 (176.5600) | 5 (175.4172) | 1 (176.5600) |
| 2026-05-24 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Master Series Invitational and the Backyard Series Invitational (Sunday, May 24, 2026) Lebanon, TN | 43 / 82 (693.6228) | 54 (173.1200) | 31 (175.4172) | 16 (177.7028) | 68 (167.3828) |
| 2026-05-22 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: World Rib Finals (Friday, May 22, 2026) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 16 (176.0116) | — | — |
| 2026-04-11 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge PARMA, 43126 | 6 / 42 (688.5028) | 18 (172.5600) | 14 (169.6800) | 6 (174.2856) | 11 (171.9772) |
| 2026-03-21 | Rocker's and Smoker's (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) LIVORNO FERRARIS (VC), 13 | — | 2 (176.5600) | — | — | — |
| 2026-03-21 | Rocker's and Smoker's (ONE MEAT RIBS) LIVORNO FERRARIS (VC), 13 | — | — | 1 (178.8572) | — | — |
| 2026-02-28 | Vienna Pet Fair BBQ Contest Vienna, 1030 | 1 / 12 (697.0860) | 5 (174.2744) | 7 (165.0972) | 2 (177.7144) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2026-02-28 | Vienna Pet Fair BBQ Contest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Vienna, 1030 | — | — | 4 (174.2744) | — | — |
| 2025-09-20 | Fo.G & Smoke 2025 Spilamberto, I-41057 | 4 / 24 (687.3256) | 12 (170.2628) | 4 (174.2628) | 7 (173.1316) | 6 (169.6684) |
| 2025-08-09 | Wild West Fest on Fire Medvode, 1215 | 4 / 20 (695.3828) | 2 (180.0000) | 5 (173.7028) | 13 (166.2744) | 2 (175.4056) |
| 2025-08-09 | Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Medvode, 1215 | — | 2 (177.1544) | — | — | — |
| 2025-08-09 | Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT RIBS) Medvode, 1215 | — | — | 4 (174.8572) | — | — |
| 2025-06-28 | Mee(a)t and Fire BBQ Festival Innsbruck Innsbruck, 6020 | 1 / 7 (695.4284) | 3 (176.5600) | 5 (168.5712) | 1 (180.0000) | 5 (170.2972) |
| 2025-06-28 | Mee(a)t and Fire BBQ Festival Innsbruck (ONE MEAT RIBS) Innsbruck, 6020 | — | — | 2 (175.4172) | — | — |
| 2025-06-14 | The War of Barbeque Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | 7 / 20 (687.3372) | 10 (171.9656) | 8 (172.5716) | 1 (180.0000) | 15 (162.8000) |
| 2025-06-14 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | — | — | 5 (170.8456) | — | — |
| 2025-05-03 | Marchfelder Feuerfest Orth an der Donau, NO | 3 / 12 (674.1828) | 5 (167.9772) | 9 (160.5372) | 3 (175.4056) | 2 (170.2628) |
| 2025-05-03 | Marchfelder Feuerfest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Orth an der Donau, NO | — | — | 4 (168.0116) | — | — |
| 2025-03-29 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge Brescia, 25125 | 11 / 30 (681.6572) | 2 (175.4400) | 7 (171.9772) | 15 (170.2628) | 18 (163.9772) |
| 2024-10-19 | Vienna BBQ Days Vienna, 1110 | 6 / 14 (682.2172) | 5 (173.7144) | 8 (169.7144) | 10 (166.8228) | 4 (171.9656) |
| 2024-10-19 | Vienna BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS) Vienna, 1110 | — | — | 6 (169.7144) | — | — |
| 2024-09-21 | Fo.G & Smoke 2024 Providence of MODENA (MO), | 3 / 19 (687.4056) | 4 (172.0228) | 3 (174.2628) | 7 (174.2856) | 6 (166.8344) |
| 2024-08-10 | Wild West Fest on Fire Medvode, 1215 | 5 / 11 (685.6568) | 7 (167.4284) | 1 (177.7144) | 2 (175.4056) | 6 (165.1084) |
| 2024-08-10 | Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT RIBS) Medvode, 1215 | — | — | 1 (177.7144) | — | — |
| 2024-07-20 | Alps BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS) Reichenau an der Rax, 2651 | — | — | 2 (173.7028) | — | — |
| 2024-06-15 | The War of Barbeque Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | 2 / 17 (701.6916) | 4 (177.1428) | 6 (173.7144) | 5 (176.5600) | 3 (174.2744) |
| 2024-06-15 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | — | 4 (172.5600) | — | — | — |
| 2024-06-15 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | — | — | 11 (164.5372) | — | — |
| 2024-05-18 | Muehlviertler BBQ Festival Freistadt, Os 4240 | 13 / 22 (651.4060) | 6 (174.3316) | 22 (151.9428) | 17 (163.4288) | 15 (161.7028) |
| 2024-05-18 | Muehlviertler BBQ Festival (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Freistadt, Os 4240 | — | 21 (150.8000) | — | — | — |
| 2024-04-06 | "Smokin' Ribs Showdown" (ONE MEAT RIBS) #2 Brescia, 25125 | — | — | 9 (169.6800) | — | — |
| 2024-04-06 | "Smokin' Ribs Showdown" (ONE MEAT RIBS) #1 Brescia, 25125 | — | — | 6 (170.8344) | — | — |
| 2024-02-24 | W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol Rein in Taufers, BZ | 12 / 26 (669.1544) | 15 (166.2972) | 9 (169.7372) | 10 (171.4400) | 15 (161.6800) |
| 2023-10-07 | Country Road & BBQ Contest (ONE MEAT RIBS) CARTIGLIANO, 36050 | — | — | 7 (168.5600) | — | — |
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 | #133 (772 pts) | #146 (756 pts) | #80 (1119 pts) | #141 (692 pts) | #137 (727 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #190 (1138 pts) | #148 (1347 pts) | #84 (1744 pts) | #196 (1103 pts) | #232 (988 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #214 (999 pts) | #152 (1220 pts) | #46 (1880 pts) | #253 (879 pts) | #240 (914 pts) |