High-water mark
671.9428
career-best overall
93.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 671.9428 at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour — 93.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Aug 5, 2016
MAY THE SMOKE BE WITH YOU
MAY THE SMOKE BE WITH YOU is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 9th of 29 at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2016). They are ranked #3819 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1487
peak 1502 · rated over 9 contests
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
Oct 10, 2014
latest Oct 30, 2021 · 7.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
11% of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
648.07 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 634.03 (+14.03)
Walk rate
44%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±22.91
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 161.95 · weakest Brisket (155.09)
Road miles
12,305
across 9 mapped stops · furthest 11,590 mi
Schedule strength
54%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1569)
Master avg
634.03 / 720
9 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 MAY THE SMOKE BE WITH YOU, each with one reason worth a look.
133 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,836 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1504
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,839 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1486
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#3,806 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before MAY THE SMOKE BE WITH YOU's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,841 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
Level with MAY THE SMOKE BE WITH YOU on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,823 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1502
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before MAY THE SMOKE BE WITH YOU's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,810 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 75%
- Peak
- 1487
They turned up 5 years after MAY THE SMOKE BE WITH YOU did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SAUCE THIS BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| 3 EYZ BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 138.7768 | 160.43 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.7372 | 146.8688 | 156.56 | top 65% |
| Pork | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 171.9884 | 150.8456 | 161.95 | top 47% |
| Brisket | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 143.9428 | 155.09 | top 64% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 79% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 68% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 59% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2 | 9 | 0 | top 45% | Aug 5, 2016 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2015
4 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MD
7 of 9 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
8
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
203
finished ahead 109 times, behind 200
Longest layoff
5.2 yrs
Aug 26, 2016 → Oct 30, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20211 milestone
- Most recent contest Smokin in the Valley (International)
20165 milestones
- First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.9428 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best overall score671.9428 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.8572 Maryland State BBQ Bash
- Peak power rating (1502) Maryland State BBQ Bash
20151 milestone
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest 4th Annual High Point BBQ Battle
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.7 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Aug 5, 2016 |
| +10.7 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | Aug 12, 2016 |
| +2.1 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Aug 28, 2015 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.8 | Smokin in the Valley (International) | Oct 30, 2021 |
| -7.2 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) | Aug 26, 2016 |
| -6.6 | Pig & A Jig BBQ Festival | May 29, 2015 |
| -6.5 | 4th Annual High Point BBQ Battle | Oct 10, 2014 |
| -5.9 | Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival | May 1, 2015 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 79% | 86% | 86% |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 51% | 93.3% | 92.2% |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | top 72% | 87.3% | 86.5% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 83.8% | 83.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2021 | Smokin in the Valley (International) Perth | 11 / 14 (619.4968) | 11 (158.8684) | 8 (153.7372) | 10 (153.7256) | 8 (153.1656) |
| Aug 26, 2016 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) N. Charleston, SC | 28 / 30 (651.2912) | 20 (169.1200) | 30 (153.6800) | 19 (167.9656) | 26 (160.5256) |
| Aug 12, 2016 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | 12 / 42 (669.1312) | 7 (174.8572) | 21 (165.7372) | 3 (171.9884) | 26 (156.5484) |
| Aug 5, 2016 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Laurel, MD | 9 / 29 (671.9428) | 5 (173.1544) | 19 (160.5600) | 6 (167.9656) | 8 (170.2628) |
| Aug 28, 2015 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Laurel, MD | 17 / 29 (628.4688) | 21 (154.7888) | 12 (161.7372) | 3 (165.6800) | 24 (146.2628) |
| Jul 31, 2015 | Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ Leonardtown, MD | 40 / 54 (619.3140) | 29 (160) | 29 (159.3828) | 39 (155.9884) | 45 (143.9428) |
| May 29, 2015 | Pig & A Jig BBQ Festival Snow Hill, MD | 26 / 32 (626.7540) | 24 (157.7484) | 21 (159.9312) | 21 (161.0972) | 27 (147.9772) |
| May 1, 2015 | Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival Annapolis, MD | 48 / 64 (616.5484) | 63 (138.7768) | 53 (146.8688) | 24 (162.2856) | 11 (168.6172) |
| Oct 10, 2014 | 4th Annual High Point BBQ Battle Clarksburg, MD | 19 / 25 (603.3600) | 18 (156.5828) | 17 (147.4288) | 18 (150.8456) | 18 (148.5028) |