They almost always walk
60%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 6 of 10 contests
A top-10 category call in 60% of their 10 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
SMOKIN' F BBQ
SMOKIN' F BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 5th of 31 at the Big BBQ Bash (2016). They are ranked #2392 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1524
peak 1530 · rated over 10 contests
Contests
10
in the data
First seen
May 27, 2016
latest Jun 23, 2017 · 1.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
40% of 10 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
670.79 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 671.93 (-1.14)
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.71
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.40 · weakest Brisket (165.36)
Road miles
1,051
across 10 mapped stops · furthest 174 mi
Schedule strength
82%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1608)
Master avg
671.93 / 720
10 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 SMOKIN' F BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
100 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,384 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1529
Careers of much the same size, 12 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,379 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1546
They turned up 6 years after SMOKIN' F BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Compare careers#2,381 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1530
Level with SMOKIN' F BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,404 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 89%
- Peak
- 1523
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#2,394 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 22%
- Peak
- 1524
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 3 years before SMOKIN' F BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,407 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1535
12 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKE ON THIS | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| South Pork | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| CONTAGIOUS Q | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Under the Radar | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Organizer Portal | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 158.8228 | 169.40 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 176.0228 | 160.5372 | 168.90 | top 47% |
| Pork | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 176.5600 | 162.8116 | 168.26 | top 53% |
| Brisket | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 174.2972 | 154.2400 | 165.36 | top 59% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 62% |
| Medium (20–39) | 6 | 0 | top 43% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 90% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The National BBQ Cup (Day 2) | 2 | 41 | 0 | top 90% | May 28, 2016 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2016
9 contests
Contests a season
5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
7 of 10 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
9
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
176
finished ahead 136 times, behind 184
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20172 milestones
- 10th tracked contest Blount County BBQ Bash
- Most recent contest Blount County BBQ Bash
20168 milestones
- First tracked contest The National BBQ Cup (Day 1)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.7884 The National BBQ Cup (Day 2)
- First call Fire in the Valley Red Bank BBQ
- First overall top-10 Fire in the Valley Red Bank BBQ
- Career-best overall score693.6684 Big BBQ Bash
- Peak power rating (1530) Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.5600 Smokin' In McMinnville
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Smoke in the Valley
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.1 | Big BBQ Bash | Jun 24, 2016 |
| +12.4 | Fire in the Valley Red Bank BBQ | Jun 3, 2016 |
| +7 | Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival | Jun 17, 2016 |
| +5.7 | Fire on the Mountain | Jul 1, 2016 |
| +2.1 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off | Jul 29, 2016 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.5 | The National BBQ Cup (Day 1) | May 27, 2016 |
| -5.1 | Smoke in the Valley | Aug 26, 2016 |
| -2.8 | The National BBQ Cup (Day 2) | May 28, 2016 |
| -1.2 | Smokin' In McMinnville | Aug 12, 2016 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 57% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
| 2016 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 67% | top 56% | 96.3% | 93.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2017 | Blount County BBQ Bash Maryville, TN | 20 / 35 (674.1372) | 15 (173.1200) | 18 (166.2400) | 25 (165.0972) | 13 (169.6800) |
| Aug 26, 2016 | Smoke in the Valley Pikeville, TN | 10 / 12 (671.9196) | 12 (164.5256) | 1 (176.0228) | 7 (166.2400) | 9 (165.1312) |
| Aug 12, 2016 | Smokin' In McMinnville McMinnville, TN | 21 / 32 (675.8972) | 15 (171.9656) | 20 (168.5488) | 2 (176.5600) | 30 (158.8228) |
| Jul 29, 2016 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off Hartselle, AL | 18 / 33 (673.6000) | 18 (169.6800) | 16 (168.5372) | 21 (167.9656) | 19 (167.4172) |
| Jul 1, 2016 | Fire on the Mountain Leburn, KY | 6 / 15 (658.4116) | 6 (165.7144) | 6 (166.3200) | 7 (164.6172) | 9 (161.7600) |
| Jun 24, 2016 | Big BBQ Bash Maryville, TN | 5 / 31 (693.6684) | 7 (176) | 12 (172.5600) | 6 (176.5600) | 14 (168.5484) |
| Jun 17, 2016 | Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival Barbourville, KY | 13 / 32 (679.9428) | 12 (174.2628) | 2 (176) | 15 (168.5256) | 23 (161.1544) |
| Jun 3, 2016 | Fire in the Valley Red Bank BBQ Red Bank(Chattanooga), TN | 10 / 39 (684.5144) | 16 (171.4172) | 14 (171.9772) | 18 (168.5600) | 9 (172.5600) |
| May 28, 2016 | The National BBQ Cup (Day 2) Nashville, TN | 41 / 50 (670.7884) | 43 (168.5256) | 43 (162.2628) | 42 (165.7028) | 12 (174.2972) |
| May 27, 2016 | The National BBQ Cup (Day 1) Nashville, TN | 50 / 51 (636.4116) | 49 (158.8228) | 47 (160.5372) | 47 (162.8116) | 51 (154.2400) |