SMOKIN CHUCKS WAGON

SMOKIN CHUCKS WAGON is a competition barbecue team with 31 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 8th of 30 at the Smoke on the Falls (2019). They are ranked #5771 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Smokin Chuck's Wagon”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,771

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1443

peak 1443 · rated over 31 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 12, 2013

latest Apr 8, 2022 · 9 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#683

Master 2019 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

6% of 31 contests

Avg finish

top 74%

overall standings

Best overall

676.4688 / 720

Master · Smoke on the Falls

Perfect 180s

Current form

649.76 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 648.44 (+1.32)

Walk rate

32%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.2972

Chicken · Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off

Consistency

±17.32

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.59 · weakest Brisket (159.05)

Road miles

2,578

across 31 mapped stops · furthest 123 mi

Schedule strength

52%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1568)

Purse competed for

$97K

listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 9 state-championship entries

Master avg

648.44 / 720

31 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (10 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

676.4688 career-best overall

94.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 676.4688 at Smoke on the Falls — 94.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
Apr 12, 2019

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

BUTTS, BELLIES & BUDDIES has finished one call ahead of SMOKIN CHUCKS WAGON 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2019 their best year

2019 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 50%.

5 contests
2 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 50%

A tough matchup

24–0 behind in the head-to-head

Organizer Portal ahead in 100% of their meetings

Organizer Portal has come out ahead in 24 of their 24 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.54 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 23%.

Brisket avg 159.05
Chicken avg 165.59
4 calls in 31 entries

A strong matchup

6–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Blackstone BBQ in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

18 of 24 shared chicken entries lost

Organizer Portal ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Organizer Portal has out-cooked them in 18 of 24 shared chicken entries.

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Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

TEAM HOGWEISER has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±2.41% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.41% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.1% of a perfect score
31 contests

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC QUALIFIER) every year from 2013 to 2017 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 23rd

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
2020 ↗	Master	#760 (100 pts)	#580 (175 pts)	#845 (85 pts)	#899 (60 pts)	#628 (145 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#683 (467 pts)	#584 (592 pts)	#785 (412 pts)	#766 (422 pts)	#592 (572 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1316 (177 pts)	#1215 (222 pts)	#1388 (177 pts)	#1226 (217 pts)	#1249 (212 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1157 (258 pts)	#888 (438 pts)	#1299 (238 pts)	#1032 (348 pts)	#1274 (238 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1195 (245 pts)	#973 (370 pts)	#907 (420 pts)	#761 (515 pts)	#1078 (310 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1164 (242 pts)	#1299 (232 pts)	#1150 (277 pts)	#873 (417 pts)	#1125 (272 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to SMOKIN CHUCKS WAGON, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Smokin Swine BBQ

#5,762 of the rated field

1444 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1444

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to SMOKIN CHUCKS WAGON)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SMOKIN CHUCKS WAGON has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Jul 1, 2023

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Boob-B-Q

#5,772 of the rated field

1443 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1443

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SMOKIN CHUCKS WAGON)

Fewer contests behind them than SMOKIN CHUCKS WAGON has cooked, 6 to 31, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Oct 17, 2025

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WYOMING BS BBQ

#5,767 of the rated field

1443 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1443

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 27 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 27 contests
last seen Aug 16, 2024

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Nards Backyard BBQ

#5,768 of the rated field

1443 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1504

26 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 4% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 26 contests
last seen Jul 9, 2026

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SMOKIN IN THE BOARDROOM

#5,759 of the rated field

1444 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1502

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 25 contests
last seen Jun 17, 2022

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PB&J SMOKIN OLD MEN

#5,785 of the rated field

1443 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1511

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before SMOKIN CHUCKS WAGON's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 24 contests

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Organizer Portal	24	0	24	0%	⚔ compare
JIGGY PIGGY	19	2	17	11%	⚔ compare
South Pork	18	2	16	11%	⚔ compare
The Specialists	16	2	14	13%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN BUTT CREW	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
FAT, DRUNK & STUPID	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
SWINE AND SHINE BBQ	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
BEES KNEES BBQ TEAM	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
THE PIT CREW GA	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
BUSH LEAGUE BBQ	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
FAT BEAR BBQ	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
BIG BLUE QUE	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
HICKORY PRIME	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
CONTAGIOUS Q	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	31	7	1	1	178.2972	148.5144	165.59	top 58%
Pork Ribs	31	2	0	1	175.4400	144.5032	160.18	top 74%
Pork	31	3	0	1	174.2628	152.4912	163.62	top 63%
Brisket	31	4	0	1	174.2744	142.1944	159.05	top 71%

“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)	21	0	top 74%
Large (40+)	10	0	top 74%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
AL	21	0	top 72%
GA	10	0	top 79%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke on the Falls	6	8	top 73%	Apr 8, 2022
Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC QUALIFIER)	5	23	top 70%	Aug 25, 2017
Roman Roast on the River	2	24	top 79%	May 12, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 6 contests

Contests a season 3.1 across 10 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AL 21 of 31 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 21 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 665 finished ahead 497 times, behind 1,052

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

20221 milestone

Apr 8 Most recent contest Smoke on the Falls

20195 milestones

Apr 12 First overall top-10 Smoke on the Falls
Apr 12 Career-best overall score676.4688 Smoke on the Falls
Jun 14 25th tracked contest Poosa-Q
Jul 26 First category win (Chicken) Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off
Jul 26 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.2972 Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off

20152 milestones

Oct 2 10th tracked contest Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 1 (GBC Qualifier)
Oct 3 First call Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 2 (GBC Qualifier)

20141 milestone

Aug 22 First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.2060 Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier)

20132 milestones

Apr 12 First tracked contest Smoke on the Falls
Apr 12 Peak power rating (1491) Smoke on the Falls

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.7	Smoke on the Falls	Apr 12, 2019
+12.4	Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off	Jul 26, 2019
+11.8	RiverFest	Sep 13, 2019
+3.8	Big Brother Big Sister Riverfest	Sep 15, 2017
+3.1	Smoke on the Falls	Apr 8, 2022

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.7	Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier)	Aug 23, 2013
-11.3	Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest	Apr 11, 2014
-10.9	Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cookoff	May 15, 2015
-9.5	Smoke on the Falls	Apr 12, 2013
-8.8	Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 2 (GBC Qualifier)	Oct 3, 2015

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)
2022	1	0	0	0%	top 76%	88.9%	88.9%
2021	1	0	0	100%	top 79%	91.2%	91.2%
2020	2	0	0	50%	top 78%	92.6%	88.7%
2019	5	2	1	80%	top 50%	94%	92.3%
2018	3	0	0	0%	top 86%	92.1%	90.7%
2017	4	0	0	25%	top 77%	91.4%	90.5%
2016	4	0	0	50%	top 76%	92.1%	90.3%
2015	6	0	0	17%	top 81%	90.9%	89.5%
2014	3	0	0	0%	top 72%	91.4%	89.7%
2013	2	0	0	0%	top 87%	88.6%	85.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 8, 2022	Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL	26 / 34 (640.3084)	13 (169.6800)	26 (162.8000)	31 (157.0512)	29 (150.7772)
Apr 9, 2021	Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL	30 / 38 (656.4340)	5 (175.4056)	15 (168.5600)	35 (153.6456)	34 (158.8228)
Sep 18, 2020	Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL	27 / 28 (610.5824)	26 (150.2056)	22 (157.7028)	27 (152.4912)	27 (150.1828)
Feb 21, 2020	Capital City Cook Off 🏅 Montgomery, AL	15 / 25 (666.7884)	5 (173.1428)	18 (163.9428)	23 (159.9656)	8 (169.7372)
Sep 13, 2019	RiverFest 🏅 Decatur, AL	11 / 37 (674.6968)	6 (173.1084)	15 (166.8228)	19 (165.0856)	9 (169.6800)
Jul 26, 2019	Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Hartselle, AL	10 / 27 (665.6232)	1 (178.2972)	17 (161.6688)	24 (156.4912)	9 (169.1660)
Jun 14, 2019	Poosa-Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL	36 / 48 (664.4684)	36 (164.5372)	43 (160.5256)	8 (173.7028)	34 (165.7028)
May 3, 2019	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL	43 / 54 (640.3312)	42 (159.9428)	42 (161.6456)	33 (164.5256)	46 (154.2172)
Apr 12, 2019	Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL	8 / 30 (676.4688)	20 (165.0972)	8 (170.8572)	12 (166.2400)	3 (174.2744)
Sep 14, 2018	Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival Decatur, AL	25 / 32 (650.0680)	19 (168.5484)	28 (154.2056)	25 (163.9312)	18 (163.3828)
May 11, 2018	Roman Roast on the River Rome, GA	39 / 39 (646.0568)	22 (170.8112)	35 (162.2744)	35 (163.9428)	39 (149.0284)
Apr 13, 2018	Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL	30 / 38 (662.7656)	27 (166.8456)	31 (162.8344)	17 (168.5256)	30 (164.5600)
Sep 15, 2017	Big Brother Big Sister Riverfest Decatur, AL	23 / 39 (658.1256)	9 (172.5828)	25 (164.5372)	28 (161.6456)	31 (159.3600)
Aug 25, 2017	Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC QUALIFIER) Kennesaw, GA	29 / 37 (655.7940)	14 (170.8228)	33 (158.2056)	11 (170.8228)	36 (155.9428)
May 12, 2017	Roman Roast on the River Rome, GA	34 / 37 (636.9256)	33 (161.0856)	26 (161.6572)	34 (157.0512)	26 (157.1316)
Apr 7, 2017	Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL	22 / 28 (655.8284)	12 (171.4056)	24 (162.2516)	16 (167.3712)	24 (154.8000)
Sep 9, 2016	Decatur Jaycee's 22nd Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL	32 / 41 (653.5312)	40 (158.2284)	38 (157.6572)	25 (166.8228)	12 (170.8228)
Aug 26, 2016	Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) Kennesaw, GA	25 / 38 (652.9484)	7 (173.1200)	37 (150.7772)	3 (174.2628)	30 (154.7884)
May 13, 2016	Roman Roast on the River Rome, GA	24 / 36 (663.3144)	31 (158.8000)	3 (175.4400)	7 (171.4172)	27 (157.6572)
Apr 8, 2016	Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest Gadsden, AL	23 / 25 (629.5660)	18 (164.5484)	22 (152.4916)	24 (154.2516)	22 (158.2744)
Oct 3, 2015	Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 2 (GBC Qualifier) Rome, GA	40 / 41 (643.7484)	8 (174.2628)	39 (153.6228)	39 (158.2056)	35 (157.6572)
Oct 2, 2015	Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 1 (GBC Qualifier) Rome, GA	42 / 52 (652.4000)	44 (162.2400)	52 (155.3716)	14 (171.4056)	38 (163.3828)
Sep 11, 2015	Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL	36 / 55 (654.1372)	41 (162.2400)	51 (153.0972)	13 (171.4056)	29 (167.3944)
Aug 21, 2015	Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) Kennesaw, GA	23 / 41 (651.2572)	39 (151.3600)	16 (165.1088)	11 (170.8456)	19 (163.9428)
May 15, 2015	Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cookoff Hartselle, AL	27 / 27 (615.7600)	27 (148.5144)	27 (151.9316)	26 (157.6456)	23 (157.6684)
Apr 10, 2015	Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL	30 / 34 (648.3884)	26 (166.8456)	28 (161.0972)	33 (162.2400)	32 (158.2056)
Sep 19, 2014	20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest Decatur, AL	45 / 75 (651.2800)	38 (164.5372)	43 (162.2400)	60 (158.8228)	34 (165.6800)
Aug 22, 2014	Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) Kennesaw, GA	26 / 45 (658.2060)	25 (166.8688)	16 (168.5372)	18 (167.4172)	35 (155.3828)
Apr 11, 2014	Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest Gadsden, AL	33 / 34 (628.3776)	22 (165.7144)	31 (153.6576)	21 (166.8112)	33 (142.1944)
Aug 23, 2013	Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) Kennesaw, GA	49 / 54 (599.7604)	42 (155.9428)	49 (144.5032)	43 (156.5256)	50 (142.7888)
Apr 12, 2013	Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL	28 / 34 (637.7140)	17 (168.5714)	27 (159.4286)	21 (161.7142)	33 (147.9998)

SMOKIN CHUCKS WAGON

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

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 (10 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The metronome

A standing appointment

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)