SMOKIN ALONE

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#5183

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1458

peak 1458 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-08-22

latest 2016-08-19

Best ToY finish

#791

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 77%

overall standings

Best overall

656.4344 / 720

Master · Sixth Annual Bull Moose

Perfect 180s

Current form

645.49 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 627.91 (+17.58)

Walk rate

33%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

171.4172

Pork · 9th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff

Consistency

±21.05

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 159.59 · weakest Brisket (149.48)

Road miles

2,664

mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 578 mi

Schedule strength

43%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1556)

Master avg

627.91 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (3 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The weak link

−10.1 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.11 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 33%.

Brisket avg 149.48
Pork avg 159.59
0 calls in 9 entries

Pork nemesis

4 of 4 shared pork entries lost

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ has out-cooked them in 4 of 4 shared pork entries.

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

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

One Love BBQ

#5199 of the rated field

1457 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1457

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2026-04-10

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RUDE NOT 2 BBQ

#5173 of the rated field

1458 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1458

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2018-06-01

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MEMPHIS IN MUNDELEIN

#5178 of the rated field

1458 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1458

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2016-08-26

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Foundry BBQ

#5190 of the rated field

1458 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1458

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 10 years after SMOKIN ALONE did, first appearing in 2024.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2026-08-28

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Keep on Porkin On

#5162 of the rated field

1458 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1458

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2026-08-14

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BIG CHEW BAR-B-QUE

#5191 of the rated field

1458 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1458

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2018-04-27

⚔ Head-to-head

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	0	166.2628	148.0000	159.49	top 69%
Pork Ribs	9	0	165.1544	147.9772	159.35	top 61%
Pork	9	3	171.4172	146.8000	159.59	top 62%
Brisket	9	0	164.5256	132.5372	149.48	top 80%

“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	Avg finish
MO	6	top 73%
TN	1	top 59%
GA	1	top 99%
MN	1	top 95%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	4	0	top 71%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 81%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	2	23	0	top 55%	2016-08-19

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2 yrs 2014-08-22 → 2016-08-19

Busiest season 2016 6 contests

Contests a season 3 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MO 6 of 9 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 8 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 9 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 159.59 · weakest Brisket (149.48)

Walk rate 33% a top-10 call in 3 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 9 contests

Master average 627.91 out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 309 80–306 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,664 9 mapped stops · furthest 578 mi

Schedule strength 1556 average field rating faced — tougher than 43% of rated contests

Power rating 1458 peak 1458 · #5183 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
Aug 22 First tracked contest 22nd Annual Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
Aug 22 Peak power rating (1485) 22nd Annual Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
2016
Apr 8 First call Sixth Annual Bull Moose
Apr 8 First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.4344 Sixth Annual Bull Moose
Apr 8 Career-best overall score656.4344 Sixth Annual Bull Moose
Jul 8 Career-best single call (Pork)171.4172 9th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff
Aug 19 Most recent contest Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+5.4	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	2016-08-19
+2.1	Hott Butts BBQ Contest	2016-06-03
+1.7	Sixth Annual Bull Moose	2016-04-08

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.1	22nd Annual Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	2014-08-22
-11.6	Smokefest	2015-08-21
-10.6	Flames on the Flint (GBC Qualifier)	2016-03-11
-5.8	9th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff	2016-07-08
-5.3	35th Annual Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cook off	2016-05-27

Category scores over time

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

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	6	50%	top 72%	91.2%	88.8%
2015	2	0%	top 80%	85.4%	85.2%
2014	1	0%	top 100%	82.1%	82.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-08-19	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO	23 / 51 (644.4112)	13 (165.7028)	14 (165.1544)	33 (158.2056)	27 (155.3484)
2016-07-08	9th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff Wellsville, MO	23 / 26 (641.0628)	18 (166.2628)	21 (157.6912)	7 (171.4172)	25 (145.6916)
2016-06-03	Hott Butts BBQ Contest Boonville, MO	13 / 22 (645.6232)	11 (164.5600)	11 (163.3944)	9 (166.8572)	18 (150.8116)
2016-05-27	35th Annual Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cook off Kennett, MO	22 / 28 (639.9088)	12 (165.1544)	21 (154.8228)	13 (166.8572)	23 (153.0744)
2016-04-08	Sixth Annual Bull Moose Somerville, TN	16 / 27 (656.4344)	24 (157.6916)	15 (164.5372)	10 (169.6800)	16 (164.5256)
2016-03-11	Flames on the Flint (GBC Qualifier) Bainbridge, GA	88 / 89 (606.7316)	73 (161.1428)	85 (147.9772)	89 (146.8000)	80 (150.8116)
2015-08-21	Smokefest Marshall, MN	40 / 42 (611.3260)	37 (158.2972)	23 (164.5716)	42 (148.5256)	42 (139.9316)
2015-08-21	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO	38 / 58 (614.9260)	51 (148.5944)	27 (161.7488)	44 (151.9656)	35 (152.6172)
2014-08-22	22nd Annual Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO	52 / 52 (590.7772)	45 (148.0000)	34 (154.2400)	35 (156.0000)	52 (132.5372)

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

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
2016 ↗	Master	#791 (463 pts)	#720 (558 pts)	#745 (538 pts)	#622 (648 pts)	#878 (413 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2158 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)