SMOKIN' F BBQ

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

Power ranking

#2385

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1524

peak 1530 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2016-05-27

latest 2017-06-23

Best ToY finish

#587

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 56%

overall standings

Best overall

693.6684 / 720

Master · Big BBQ Bash

Perfect 180s

Current form

670.79 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 671.93 (-1.14)

Walk rate

60%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

176.5600

Pork · Smokin' In McMinnville

Consistency

±14.71

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.40 · weakest Brisket (165.36)

Road miles

1,051

mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 174 mi

Schedule strength

82%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1607)

Master avg

671.93 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (10 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.

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.

High-water mark

693.6684 career-best overall

96.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 693.6684 at Big BBQ Bash — 96.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
2016-06-24

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

SMOKE ON THIS has finished one call ahead of SMOKIN' F BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

CONTAGIOUS Q ahead in 100% of their meetings

CONTAGIOUS Q has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.0 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.04 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 30% of the time against 20%.

Brisket avg 165.36
Chicken avg 169.40
3 calls in 10 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of G-QUE KY in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

5 of 6 shared chicken entries lost

South Pork ahead 83% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, South Pork has out-cooked them in 5 of 6 shared chicken entries.

They cook the hard rooms

1607 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 82% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1607 power rating — a tougher draw than 82% of every rated contest in the data.

10 rated contests

A June team

Top 35% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 35% across 4 contests, versus top 56% the rest of the year.

4 June contests
top 56% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.04% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.04% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.3% of a perfect score
10 contests

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.

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

OLLIE BABA Q

#2394 of the rated field

1523 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1532

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2018-04-13

⚔ Head-to-head

Lit Salami

#2391 of the rated field

1523 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 89%
Peak: 1523

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 2024-10-11
on an 8-contest top-10 run

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G&S Smoke & Spice

#2389 of the rated field

1523 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1523

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2022-06-24

⚔ Head-to-head

SWEET HEART CITY SMOKERS

#2375 of the rated field

1524 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1524

No shared contest yet.

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.

rated over 9 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Texas Revolution

#2386 of the rated field

1523 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1535

No shared contest yet.

12 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

⚔ Head-to-head

Smoke Wagon BBQ KY

#2379 of the rated field

1524 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 63%
Peak: 1545

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 5 years after SMOKIN' F BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2026-05-01

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Familiar 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	176.0000	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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
TN	7	top 61%
KY	2	top 40%
AL	1	top 55%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 62%
Medium (20–39)	6	top 43%
Large (40+)	2	top 90%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring 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%	2016-05-28

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 1.1 yrs 2016-05-27 → 2017-06-23

Busiest season 2016 9 contests

Contests a season 5 across 2 seasons in the data

Cooks most in TN 7 of 10 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 9 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 10 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 169.40 · weakest Brisket (165.36)

Walk rate 60% a top-10 call in 6 of 10 contests

Overall top-10 rate 40% 4 of 10 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 671.93 out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 176 136–184 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,051 10 mapped stops · furthest 174 mi

Schedule strength 1607 average field rating faced — tougher than 82% of rated contests

Power rating 1524 peak 1530 · #2385 of 6,413 rated

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

2016
May 27 First tracked contest The National BBQ Cup (Day 1)
May 28 First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.7884 The National BBQ Cup (Day 2)
Jun 3 First call Fire in the Valley Red Bank BBQ
Jun 3 First overall top-10 Fire in the Valley Red Bank BBQ
Jun 24 Career-best overall score693.6684 Big BBQ Bash
Jul 29 Peak power rating (1530) Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off
Aug 12 Career-best single call (Pork)176.5600 Smokin' In McMinnville
Aug 26 First category win (Pork Ribs) Smoke in the Valley
2017
Jun 23 10th tracked contest Blount County BBQ Bash
Jun 23 Most recent contest Blount County BBQ Bash

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.1	Big BBQ Bash	2016-06-24
+12.3	Fire in the Valley Red Bank BBQ	2016-06-03
+7	Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival	2016-06-17
+5.7	Fire on the Mountain	2016-07-01
+2	Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off	2016-07-29

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.6	The National BBQ Cup (Day 1)	2016-05-27
-5.1	Smoke in the Valley	2016-08-26
-2.8	The National BBQ Cup (Day 2)	2016-05-28
-1.3	Smokin' In McMinnville	2016-08-12

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	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
2017-06-23	Blount County BBQ Bash Maryville, TN	20 / 35 (674.1372)	15 (173.1200)	18 (166.2400)	25 (165.0972)	13 (169.6800)
2016-08-26	Smoke in the Valley Pikeville, TN	10 / 12 (671.9196)	12 (164.5256)	1 (176.0228)	7 (166.2400)	9 (165.1312)
2016-08-12	Smokin' In McMinnville McMinnville, TN	21 / 32 (675.8972)	15 (171.9656)	20 (168.5488)	2 (176.5600)	30 (158.8228)
2016-07-29	Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off Hartselle, AL	18 / 33 (673.6000)	18 (169.6800)	16 (168.5372)	21 (167.9656)	19 (167.4172)
2016-07-01	Fire on the Mountain Leburn, KY	6 / 15 (658.4116)	6 (165.7144)	6 (166.3200)	7 (164.6172)	9 (161.7600)
2016-06-24	Big BBQ Bash Maryville, TN	5 / 31 (693.6684)	7 (176.0000)	12 (172.5600)	6 (176.5600)	14 (168.5484)
2016-06-17	Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival Barbourville, KY	13 / 32 (679.9428)	12 (174.2628)	2 (176.0000)	15 (168.5256)	23 (161.1544)
2016-06-03	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)
2016-05-28	The National BBQ Cup (Day 2) Nashville, TN	41 / 50 (670.7884)	43 (168.5256)	43 (162.2628)	42 (165.7028)	12 (174.2972)
2016-05-27	The National BBQ Cup (Day 1) Nashville, TN	50 / 51 (636.4116)	49 (158.8228)	47 (160.5372)	47 (162.8116)	51 (154.2400)

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
2017 ↗	Master	#2057 (85 pts)	#1988 (110 pts)	#2097 (95 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#1794 (120 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#587 (668 pts)	#627 (648 pts)	#682 (593 pts)	#518 (788 pts)	#638 (623 pts)