SMOKIN DAN

SMOKIN DAN is a competition barbecue team with 80 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 28 at the Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off (2019). They are ranked #1387 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Smokin' Dan”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,387

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1572

peak 1632 · rated over 79 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 17, 2016

latest May 20, 2023 · 6.9 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#191

Master 2018 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

17 podiums

Overall top-10s

15% of 80 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 54%

overall standings

Best overall

696.5716 / 720

Master · Grand Lake BBQ & Festival

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

669.39 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 664.60 (+4.79)

Walk rate

60%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Chicken · 10th Annual Smokin the Fort BBQ & Music Festival

Consistency

±17.10

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.55 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.65)

Road miles

17,485

across 80 mapped stops · furthest 5,285 mi

Schedule strength

85%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1613)

Purse competed for

$381K

listed at 29 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 33 state-championship entries

Master avg

664.60 / 720

79 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (16 found in their record)

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

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.

Chicken ×1

Happy hunting ground

Top 17% average finish here

Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival is their spot: an average finish in the top 17% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 7th
average top 17%

They almost always walk

60% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 48 of 80 contests

A top-10 category call in 60% of their 80 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

696.5716 career-best overall

96.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 696.5716 at Grand Lake BBQ & Festival — 96.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 18, 2018

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

4 LEGS UP BBQ has finished one call ahead of SMOKIN DAN 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2018 their best year

2018 was the year it came together: 19 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 4 category wins, at an average finish in the top 42%.

19 contests
7 overall top-10s
4 category wins
average top 42%

A tough matchup

55–6 behind in the head-to-head

BUFFALO'S BBQ ahead in 90% of their meetings

BUFFALO'S BBQ has come out ahead in 55 of their 61 shared contests.

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The weak link

−4.9 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.90 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 15% of the time against 29%.

Pork Ribs avg 163.65
Chicken avg 168.55
12 calls in 80 entries

A strong matchup

22–4 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 85% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of HOLLOW Q in 22 of their 26 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

45 of 61 shared chicken entries lost

BUFFALO'S BBQ ahead 74% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BUFFALO'S BBQ has out-cooked them in 45 of 61 shared chicken entries.

They cook the hard rooms

1613 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 85% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1613 power rating — a tougher draw than 85% of every rated contest in the data.

79 rated contests

Looking over their shoulder

4× one call behind them

BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO has landed one call behind them 4 times.

A May team

Top 39% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 39% across 9 contests, versus top 54% the rest of the year.

9 May contests
top 54% the rest of the year

The long haul

17,485 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 17,485 miles across 80 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 5,285 miles to Twin Smoke.

80 mapped stops
furthest 5,285 mi

The metronome

±2.38% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.38% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.3% of a perfect score
80 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Beats, Brews, & BBQ every year from 2019 to 2022 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 14th

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
2023 ↗	Master	#817 (164 pts)	#1101 (114 pts)	#1070 (134 pts)	#859 (164 pts)	#877 (164 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#499 (413 pts)	#507 (438 pts)	#378 (676 pts)	#352 (683 pts)	#487 (463 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#288 (674 pts)	#255 (799 pts)	#308 (674 pts)	#204 (949 pts)	#324 (624 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#235 (500 pts)	#220 (555 pts)	#143 (760 pts)	#207 (595 pts)	#222 (525 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#229 (1,203 pts)	#132 (1,566 pts)	#327 (953 pts)	#210 (1,248 pts)	#154 (1,438 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#191 (1,451 pts)	#79 (1,860 pts)	#253 (1,176 pts)	#202 (1,353 pts)	#77 (1,902 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#326 (1,122 pts)	#168 (1,529 pts)	#302 (1,149 pts)	#100 (1,811 pts)	#297 (1,197 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1073 (296 pts)	#982 (366 pts)	#1099 (311 pts)	#1162 (296 pts)	#1117 (296 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

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

S&S BBQ

#1,391 of the rated field

1572 power rating

Contests: 85
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1587

2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to SMOKIN DAN)

These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — SMOKIN DAN ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 84 contests
last seen Nov 5, 2025

⚔ Head-to-head

WELL SAUCED BBQ

#1,390 of the rated field

1572 power rating

Contests: 57
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1587

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

Careers of much the same size, 57 contests to 80, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 56 contests
last seen Apr 10, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

ROYAL SMOKERS

#1,385 of the rated field

1573 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1579

1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to SMOKIN DAN)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before SMOKIN DAN's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 26 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

THE BBQ SHERPAS

#1,386 of the rated field

1572 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1579

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SMOKIN DAN)

20 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 35% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Oct 20, 2017

⚔ Head-to-head

HOLLA-N-SWALLA

#1,389 of the rated field

1572 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1572

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SMOKIN DAN)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 19 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 19 contests
last seen Jun 15, 2018

⚔ Head-to-head

RETIRED AND RUBBIN' IT

#1,383 of the rated field

1573 power rating

Contests: 33
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1585

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

rated over 33 contests
last seen Sep 24, 2021

⚔ Compare careers

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BUFFALO'S BBQ	61	6	55	10%	⚔ compare
Three Hog Night Smokers	58	15	43	26%	⚔ compare
Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ	51	9	42	18%	⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ	48	5	43	10%	⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ	45	6	39	13%	⚔ compare
DIVINE SWINE	42	9	33	21%	⚔ compare
BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO	40	10	30	25%	⚔ compare
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	38	2	36	5%	⚔ compare
POPS' SMOKIN' BBQ	31	19	12	61%	⚔ compare
DEAD BIRD BBQ	31	15	16	48%	⚔ compare
THE GRISWOLDS	29	13	16	45%	⚔ compare
BOOMERANG BBQ	29	1	28	3%	⚔ compare
MOVIN' THE CHAINS	27	9	18	33%	⚔ compare
LA PASADITA	27	5	22	19%	⚔ compare
HOLLOW Q	26	22	4	85%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	79	23	4	7	180 🔥	149.1772	168.55	top 48%
Pork Ribs	80	12	0	2	177.7144	146.8344	163.65	top 59%
Pork	75	25	0	2	178.3200	149.0856	168.05	top 45%
Brisket	79	19	3	6	179.4400	123.9200	164.46	top 52%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	5	top 55%
Medium (20–39)	45	top 56%
Large (40+)	29	top 50%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
OK	50	top 55%
KS	10	top 55%
AR	5	top 51%
MO	5	top 55%
CO	3	top 64%
TX	3	top 31%
LT	1	top 36%
NE	1	top 76%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Beats, Brews, & BBQ	4	14	top 64%	Apr 1, 2022
Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off	4	3	top 42%	Sep 20, 2019
Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	3	11	top 31%	Aug 30, 2019
Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off	2	13	top 50%	Sep 16, 2022
Pork-A-Palooza	2	14	top 48%	Apr 15, 2022
City Of Springs BBQ Championship	2	8	top 65%	May 1, 2021
Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2	2	34	top 67%	Oct 24, 2020
Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1	2	25	top 37%	Oct 23, 2020
Smokin on the Osage (Day 2)	2	21	top 73%	Jul 18, 2020
Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest	2	34	top 58%	Jul 10, 2020
Harper County Bullseye BBQ	2	9	top 45%	Oct 18, 2019
Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon	2	5	top 19%	Apr 5, 2019
Bedouin Brew & Bar-B-Que	2	12	top 56%	Oct 13, 2018
Bikes, Blues and BBQ	2	11	top 32%	Sep 28, 2018
Boots and BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)	2	12	top 56%	Jun 1, 2018
Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival	2	7	top 17%	May 4, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 19 contests

Contests a season 10 across 8 seasons in the data

Most contests held in OK 51 of 80 contests · 8 states in all

Contests visited 58 16 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 80 entries · 0 wins · 12 calls

Opponents faced 1,610 finished ahead 1,800 times, behind 2,136

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

20231 milestone

May 20 Most recent contest Twin Smoke

20193 milestones

May 3 Peak power rating (1632) Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival
Jun 7 50th tracked contest Beats, Brews, & BBQ
Sep 20 First overall podium Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off

20184 milestones

Mar 24 25th tracked contest Fire Lake BBQ Cook-off Day 2
Apr 6 First overall top-10 Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon
May 18 Career-best overall score696.5716 Grand Lake BBQ & Festival
Oct 26 First perfect 180 (Chicken) 10th Annual Smokin the Fort BBQ & Music Festival

20174 milestones

Apr 1 First call Smoke on the Border Gravette Chambers of Commerce
Apr 1 First overall past 90% of a perfect score675.9428 Smoke on the Border Gravette Chambers of Commerce
Apr 28 10th tracked contest Chisholm Trail BBQ Cook Off
Jul 7 First category win (Chicken) 16th Annual Bordertown Bash

20161 milestone

Jun 17 First tracked contest Smoke on the water-Annual Carlton Landing BBQ Competition

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.2	Grand Lake BBQ & Festival	May 18, 2018
+12.8	Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival	May 4, 2018
+12.7	Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off	Sep 20, 2019
+11.5	Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon	Apr 6, 2018
+11	Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon	Apr 5, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.5	The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 1	Sep 18, 2020
-10.6	Smoke on the water-Annual Carlton Landing BBQ Competition	Jun 17, 2016
-9.8	Beats, Brews, & BBQ	Apr 1, 2022
-9.3	SLV Beat the Heat BBQ	Aug 6, 2021
-9.1	Smokin on the Route	Jul 29, 2022

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)
2023	1	1	0	100%	top 36%	90.6%	90.6%
2022	6	0	0	67%	top 67%	94.3%	92.9%
2021	7	1	0	71%	top 57%	94.5%	92.9%
2020	8	0	0	25%	top 69%	95.2%	93%
2019	16	3	2	75%	top 45%	95.9%	93%
2018	19	7	4	63%	top 42%	96.7%	93.4%
2017	17	0	1	71%	top 53%	94.3%	91.9%
2016	6	0	0	0%	top 81%	88.6%	86.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 20, 2023	Twin Smoke Vilnius, Lithuania	5 / 14 (652)	10 (159.9312)	8 (160.5600)	5 (166.3544)	5 (165.1544)
Sep 16, 2022	Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off 🏅 Ponca City, OK	19 / 39 (672.4800)	24 (166.2628)	15 (168.5372)	13 (171.9772)	24 (165.7028)
Sep 16, 2022	Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (One Meat Ribs) Ponca City, OK	—	—	4 (171.9772)	—	—
Jul 29, 2022	Smokin on the Route 🏅 Miami, OK	15 / 19 (676.4456)	10 (171.4056)	19 (161.6572)	5 (175.4172)	14 (167.9656)
Jul 1, 2022	Lowell's Smokin' In the Ozarks-Arkansas State Challenge 🏅 Lowell, AR	23 / 30 (667.3028)	12 (174.2628)	30 (149.0744)	15 (173.7028)	15 (170.2628)
Apr 15, 2022	Pork-A-Palooza 🏅 Weatherford, OK	14 / 29 (678.7428)	20 (170.2628)	6 (173.1316)	19 (164.5256)	9 (170.8228)
Apr 1, 2022	Beats, Brews, & BBQ 🏅 Wagoner, OK	25 / 30 (651.2228)	26 (161.6572)	20 (165.0972)	4 (176)	29 (148.4684)
Sep 10, 2021	Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off 🏅 Ponca City, OK	13 / 25 (673.5884)	13 (167.9656)	17 (167.3828)	9 (169.1200)	10 (169.1200)
Sep 4, 2021	Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak cook-off challenge 🏅 Omaha, NE	19 / 25 (661.6340)	7 (174.2628)	19 (161.1200)	13 (172.5484)	22 (153.7028)
Aug 6, 2021	SLV Beat the Heat BBQ 🏅 Alamosa, CO	33 / 42 (650.1944)	17 (169.7028)	38 (160.5372)	8 (173.1428)	40 (146.8116)
Jun 11, 2021	Beats, Brews, & BBQ 🏅 Wagoner, OK	15 / 25 (667.8396)	19 (165.0972)	14 (166.8112)	3 (176)	21 (159.9312)
May 7, 2021	Bixby Rotary BBQ'N Blues Festival 🏅 Bixby, OK	20 / 53 (680.5028)	21 (172)	20 (171.4172)	15 (171.9656)	22 (165.1200)
May 1, 2021	City Of Springs BBQ Championship 🏅 Sulphur, OK	8 / 14 (670.2400)	3 (175.4516)	6 (170.8572)	11 (161.0740)	9 (162.8572)
Apr 23, 2021	16th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	16 / 41 (678.8344)	25 (167.9888)	17 (168.5372)	16 (170.8800)	16 (171.4284)
Oct 24, 2020	Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2 🏅 Shawnee, OK	46 / 58 (670.1712)	51 (165.7028)	44 (165.6800)	—	39 (167.9656)
Oct 23, 2020	Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 🏅 Shawnee, OK	25 / 64 (685.6452)	52 (166.8112)	3 (176.0228)	—	26 (171.9656)
Sep 19, 2020	The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 2 🏅 Shawnee, OK	48 / 56 (667.8396)	50 (163.9656)	14 (171.9772)	37 (167.9656)	43 (163.9312)
Sep 18, 2020	The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 1 🏅 Shawnee, OK	55 / 56 (648.4000)	32 (169.6684)	56 (151.9316)	35 (168.5600)	51 (158.2400)
Jul 18, 2020	Smokin on the Osage (Day 2) 🏅 Osceola, MO	23 / 31 (676)	24 (167.9772)	24 (166.2856)	17 (171.4400)	15 (170.2972)
Jul 17, 2020	Smokin on the Osage (Day 1) 🏅 Osceola, MO	21 / 29 (666.7660)	21 (169.1316)	22 (165.6916)	9 (170.8572)	24 (161.0856)
Jul 10, 2020	Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest 🏅 Mayetta, KS	35 / 61 (670.7540)	17 (172.5600)	34 (167.3944)	46 (162.2284)	29 (168.5712)
Jun 12, 2020	Beats, Brews, & BBQ 🏅 Wagoner, OK	26 / 55 (673.6800)	21 (170.8456)	17 (170.9032)	—	35 (165.6684)
Oct 18, 2019	Harper County Bullseye BBQ 🏅 Harper, KS	9 / 25 (681.0744)	6 (173.1200)	17 (165.1200)	13 (167.9772)	4 (174.8572)
Sep 20, 2019	Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Ponca City, OK	3 / 28 (681.6684)	13 (169.1084)	9 (166.8572)	5 (170.2628)	2 (175.4400)
Sep 12, 2019	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	90 / 468 (678.8916)	329 (160.5944)	211 (166.2744)	7 (178.3200)	59 (173.7028)
Aug 30, 2019	Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival 🏅 Bedford, TX	25 / 58 (675.3824)	32 (167.9540)	31 (165.7028)	10 (172.5828)	17 (169.1428)
Aug 9, 2019	Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day 🏅 Milliken, CO	17 / 30 (655.8628)	21 (163.9544)	17 (166.2628)	24 (157.6800)	7 (167.9656)
Aug 2, 2019	San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ 🏅 Alamosa, CO	31 / 54 (665.6112)	35 (165.6684)	32 (165.7028)	20 (169.7028)	33 (164.5372)
Jul 12, 2019	Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest 🏅 Mayetta, KS	34 / 59 (663.3484)	11 (172.5828)	40 (162.2744)	38 (165.1084)	35 (163.3828)
Jun 22, 2019	Festival of the Pig - Oklahoma BBQ Championship 🏅 Oklahoma City, OK	17 / 27 (664.5600)	19 (162.8572)	15 (166.3200)	10 (169.7028)	17 (165.6800)
Jun 7, 2019	Beats, Brews, & BBQ Wagoner, OK	14 / 21 (658.7312)	16 (165.7028)	14 (163.9772)	—	15 (165.1084)
May 10, 2019	City Of Springs BBQ Championship 🏅 Sulphur, OK	18 / 25 (651.3260)	5 (174.2628)	20 (157.0972)	21 (158.2744)	20 (161.6916)
May 3, 2019	Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival 🏅	13 / 56 (681.6572)	1 (179.4400)	34 (159.3944)	4 (177.1428)	23 (165.6800)
Apr 26, 2019	14th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ 🏅 Enid, OK	27 / 39 (655.8628)	5 (175.4056)	35 (155.3944)	27 (162.8228)	24 (162.2400)
Apr 19, 2019	Pork-A-Palooza Weatherford, OK	16 / 33 (666.8116)	10 (170.8456)	23 (159.4060)	13 (169.1200)	15 (167.4400)
Apr 5, 2019	Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon 🏅 Stillwater, OK	5 / 34 (690.2744)	10 (171.4056)	7 (173.7144)	14 (166.8572)	1 (178.2972)
Mar 23, 2019	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 2 🏅 Shawnee, OK	34 / 62 (674.2284)	39 (167.9884)	25 (170.2628)	21 (170.8572)	40 (165.1200)
Mar 22, 2019	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 1 🏅 Shawnee, OK	26 / 74 (673.0856)	8 (173.7372)	52 (161.7144)	20 (171.4056)	38 (166.2284)
Nov 9, 2018	Smoke EM IF You Got EM Springfield, MO	18 / 30 (663.3828)	8 (172)	8 (170.2744)	19 (163.4400)	24 (157.6684)
Oct 26, 2018	10th Annual Smokin the Fort BBQ & Music Festival Fort Gibson, OK	6 / 27 (679.3600)	1 (180)	9 (169.1544)	4 (171.4056)	15 (158.8000)
Oct 19, 2018	Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS	18 / 33 (674.2628)	17 (169.7372)	18 (165.6800)	17 (166.8456)	10 (172)
Oct 13, 2018	Bedouin Brew & Bar-B-Que Muskogee, OK	12 / 26 (669.6112)	18 (163.3828)	13 (163.9884)	20 (162.8000)	1 (179.4400)
Sep 28, 2018	Bikes, Blues and BBQ Fayetteville, AR	11 / 49 (683.9312)	11 (172.5600)	15 (169.1428)	4 (176.5600)	23 (165.6684)
Sep 21, 2018	Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off Ponca City, OK	7 / 29 (671.9884)	1 (177.1772)	24 (154.2628)	12 (167.4056)	3 (173.1428)
Sep 7, 2018	Butler Chambers Of Commerce BBQ & Hucksters Days Butler, MO	7 / 19 (673.6000)	2 (176)	14 (163.9772)	13 (162.8000)	4 (170.8228)
Aug 31, 2018	Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	20 / 74 (671.9428)	9 (174.8572)	15 (172)	25 (168)	55 (157.0856)
Jul 27, 2018	Canadian County CASA's All Fired Up for Kids BBQ El Reno, OK	10 / 23 (673.0744)	5 (171.4400)	14 (163.3944)	8 (171.4056)	9 (166.8344)
Jun 8, 2018	Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS	15 / 40 (665.5772)	16 (169.6684)	25 (162.8000)	17 (166.8572)	16 (166.2516)
Jun 1, 2018	Boots and BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Claremore, OK	21 / 30 (653.0172)	14 (169.6800)	20 (159.9656)	13 (170.2744)	25 (153.0972)
May 25, 2018	Burnt Ends Oklahoma Barbeque Championship Oklahoma City, OK	16 / 24 (654.8344)	13 (168.5600)	16 (161.1316)	11 (169.1200)	19 (156.0228)
May 18, 2018	Grand Lake BBQ & Festival Langley, OK	6 / 26 (696.5716)	6 (177.1544)	7 (173.1428)	15 (171.4172)	8 (174.8572)
May 4, 2018	Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival Bixby, OK	7 / 68 (689.0744)	13 (173.1200)	35 (162.8228)	13 (174.2744)	1 (178.8572)
Apr 27, 2018	Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest -Re-Boot (JUDGES FULL) Sugar Creek, MO	17 / 53 (681.6572)	23 (168.5600)	22 (167.9888)	13 (171.9656)	12 (173.1428)
Apr 20, 2018	13th Annual Hanor Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	23 / 49 (672.4916)	27 (167.9888)	31 (165.0972)	31 (166.2628)	11 (173.1428)
Apr 6, 2018	Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon Stillwater, OK	6 / 26 (676.4800)	5 (173.1200)	14 (164.5716)	16 (161.0740)	2 (177.7144)
Mar 24, 2018	Fire Lake BBQ Cook-off Day 2 Shawnee, OK	62 / 79 (665.0972)	70 (162.8456)	73 (161.0972)	48 (168.5600)	19 (172.5944)
Mar 23, 2018	Fire Lake BBQ Cook-off Day 1 Shawnee, OK	64 / 84 (654.8228)	57 (165.1200)	66 (162.2628)	69 (161.1656)	44 (166.2744)
Oct 27, 2017	Smokin the Fort BBQ & Blue Grass Festival Fort Gibson, OK	19 / 32 (647.3944)	20 (159.9656)	13 (166.8344)	4 (173.1772)	24 (147.4172)
Oct 14, 2017	Bedouin Brew & Bar-B-Que (JUDGES FULL) (OKBS Qulifyer ) Muskogee, OK	12 / 18 (659.3372)	13 (162.8116)	11 (166.8572)	4 (171.9656)	13 (157.7028)
Sep 29, 2017	Smokin-in-Sapulpa 4th Annual BBQ Sapulpa, OK	18 / 30 (665.0516)	20 (165.6800)	26 (154.8116)	10 (172.5600)	9 (172)
Sep 22, 2017	Bikes, Blues and BBQ Fayetteville, AR	16 / 38 (661.1432)	12 (169.7144)	9 (168.0344)	5 (174.8572)	32 (148.5372)
Sep 15, 2017	Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off Ponca City, OK	20 / 38 (655.8856)	19 (165.1084)	20 (161.0972)	17 (164.5256)	20 (165.1544)
Sep 8, 2017	Hot Pursuit BBQ Shawnee, OK	22 / 27 (649.6456)	24 (157.6456)	17 (164.5716)	4 (173.7028)	25 (153.7256)
Sep 2, 2017	Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Bedford, TX	11 / 46 (662.2856)	4 (174.8572)	23 (162.2856)	30 (159.4400)	15 (165.7028)
Jul 28, 2017	Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ Iola, KS	13 / 27 (669.6800)	15 (168)	20 (158.2400)	6 (172)	6 (171.4400)
Jul 7, 2017	16th Annual Bordertown Bash Fort Smith, AR	25 / 31 (654.2056)	1 (177.7028)	30 (151.9428)	17 (167.4400)	24 (157.1200)
Jun 16, 2017	Carlton Landing's 2nd Annual Smoke on the Water BBQ Comptition Carlton Landing, OK	13 / 26 (656.4568)	9 (166.8228)	22 (153.6800)	5 (171.4056)	14 (164.5484)
Jun 9, 2017	Mocklahoma Ribs & Roll BBQ Championship-Day 1 Okmulgee, OK	23 / 29 (650.1828)	11 (172.5484)	18 (162.2744)	25 (159.3828)	24 (155.9772)
Jun 2, 2017	Boots and BBQ Festival Claremore, OK	12 / 28 (667.9544)	25 (150.8000)	2 (177.7144)	10 (169.7028)	8 (169.7372)
May 5, 2017	Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival (JUDGES FULL) Bixby, OK	16 / 68 (674.7888)	20 (169.6800)	26 (163.9772)	12 (172)	15 (169.1316)
Apr 28, 2017	Chisholm Trail BBQ Cook Off Wellington, KS	24 / 32 (651.9656)	18 (165.1316)	23 (158.8112)	23 (165.1428)	19 (162.8800)
Apr 21, 2017	Roberts Ranch Smokin Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	24 / 47 (665.6572)	17 (166.8344)	29 (158.8344)	15 (171.9772)	18 (168.0112)
Apr 7, 2017	Chillin n Grillin BBQ Festival Sands Springs, OK	13 / 33 (678.8232)	14 (170.2744)	15 (167.4060)	2 (175.4516)	17 (165.6912)
Apr 1, 2017	Smoke on the Border Gravette Chambers of Commerce Gravette, AR	12 / 37 (675.9428)	3 (177.7028)	27 (158.8228)	7 (171.9772)	13 (167.4400)
Oct 29, 2016	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	457 / 557 (622.2172)	508 (149.1772)	414 (157.1200)	365 (161.6456)	406 (154.2744)
Oct 21, 2016	Smokin' The Fort-BBQ & Bluegrass Festival FortGibson, OK	21 / 28 (627.3252)	20 (161.7028)	23 (153.6684)	25 (149.6684)	16 (162.2856)
Oct 14, 2016	Balloons Blues and Barbeque Parsons, KS	34 / 39 (622.7428)	23 (165.7028)	38 (146.8344)	38 (153.6800)	29 (156.5256)
Sep 30, 2016	3rd Annual Smokin in Sapulpa Sapulpa, OK	25 / 37 (638.2056)	13 (168.5484)	22 (159.4400)	25 (162.8572)	33 (147.3600)
Sep 16, 2016	Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off Ponca City, OK	34 / 43 (633.6000)	30 (160.5028)	35 (155.4060)	34 (156.5484)	27 (161.1428)
Jun 17, 2016	Smoke on the water-Annual Carlton Landing BBQ Competition Carlton Landing, OK	29 / 31 (583.8052)	26 (158.2512)	25 (152.5484)	30 (149.0856)	31 (123.9200)

SMOKIN DAN

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

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 (16 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

They cook the hard rooms

Looking over their shoulder

A May team

The long haul

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)

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

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Where they finish (overall)

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