SMOKIN' POKES BBQ

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

Power ranking

#3186

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1500

peak 1505 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2016-04-01

latest 2018-07-27

Best ToY finish

#965

Master 2018

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 64%

overall standings

Best overall

675.3824 / 720

Master · Fire Lake BBQ Cook-off Day 2

Perfect 180s

Current form

660.48 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 649.60 (+10.87)

Walk rate

22%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172.0344

Pork · Fire Lake BBQ Cook-off Day 1

Consistency

±18.71

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 164.81 · weakest Chicken (160.61)

Road miles

637

mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 142 mi

Schedule strength

80%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1604)

Master avg

649.60 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 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.

High-water mark

675.3824 career-best overall

93.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 675.3824 at Fire Lake BBQ Cook-off Day 2 — 93.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
2018-03-24

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

Three Hog Night Smokers ahead in 100% of their meetings

Three Hog Night Smokers has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.2 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.20 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 11% of the time against 22%.

Chicken avg 160.61
Brisket avg 164.81
1 calls in 9 entries

Brisket nemesis

8 of 9 shared brisket entries lost

Three Hog Night Smokers ahead 89% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Three Hog Night Smokers has out-cooked them in 8 of 9 shared brisket entries.

They cook the hard rooms

1604 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 80% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1604 power rating — a tougher draw than 80% of every rated contest in the data.

9 rated contests

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

SMOKIN DAN has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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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.

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

M & E BBQ

#3190 of the rated field

1500 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1525

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2019-06-08

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Fat and Greasy BBQ

#3181 of the rated field

1500 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1511

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2025-10-17

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TRUMP MY RUMP BBQ CREW

#3191 of the rated field

1500 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1502

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 2025-09-26

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Big Tom's Smokin Q

#3182 of the rated field

1500 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1500

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2023-09-15

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THE BBQ NINJA

#3171 of the rated field

1501 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1508

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2019-05-31

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ULTIMATE TAILGATE

#3203 of the rated field

1500 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1505

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2021-09-16

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Three Hog Night Smokers	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
BUFFALO'S BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
POPS' SMOKIN' BBQ	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN DAN	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
DEAD BIRD BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
MOVIN' THE CHAINS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
SPICY SPITFIRE	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
DIVINE SWINE	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	1	169.7028	147.3944	160.61	top 69%
Pork Ribs	9	0	170.8228	155.3600	161.80	top 62%
Pork	9	0	172.0344	151.9200	162.39	top 66%
Brisket	9	2	171.9884	154.8344	164.81	top 48%

“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	GCs	Avg finish
OK	8	0	top 65%
KS	1	0	top 55%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	6	0	top 65%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 63%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon	2	24	0	top 69%	2017-03-31

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

On the trail 2.3 yrs 2016-04-01 → 2018-07-27

Busiest season 2018 4 contests

Contests a season 3 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in OK 8 of 9 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 8 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 9 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Brisket averages 164.81 · weakest Chicken (160.61)

Walk rate 22% a top-10 call in 2 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 9 contests

Master average 649.60 out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 197 145–232 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 637 9 mapped stops · furthest 142 mi

Schedule strength 1604 average field rating faced — tougher than 80% of rated contests

Power rating 1500 peak 1505 · #3186 of 6,413 rated

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

2016
Apr 1 First tracked contest Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon
Sep 9 First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.2680 *Derby BBQ Festival
2017
Mar 31 First call Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon
2018
Mar 23 Career-best single call (Pork)172.0344 Fire Lake BBQ Cook-off Day 1
Mar 24 Career-best overall score675.3824 Fire Lake BBQ Cook-off Day 2
May 25 Peak power rating (1505) Burnt Ends Oklahoma Barbeque Championship
Jul 27 Most recent contest *Canadian County CASA's All Fired Up for Kids BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+6.6	*Carlton Landing's 2nd Annual Smoke on the Water BBQ Comptition	2017-06-16
+4.6	Fire Lake BBQ Cook-off Day 1	2018-03-23
+3.1	Fire Lake BBQ Cook-off Day 2	2018-03-24
+2.1	*Derby BBQ Festival	2016-09-09
+0.4	Burnt Ends Oklahoma Barbeque Championship	2018-05-25

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-5.4	Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon	2016-04-01
-5.1	*Canadian County CASA's All Fired Up for Kids BBQ	2018-07-27
-5	Smoke on the water-Annual Carlton Landing BBQ Competition	2016-06-17
-1	Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon	2017-03-31

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)
2018	4	0%	top 65%	93.8%	91.9%
2017	2	100%	top 56%	91.3%	89.7%
2016	3	0%	top 68%	92.1%	88.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-07-27	*Canadian County CASA's All Fired Up for Kids BBQ El Reno, OK	19 / 23 (640.4344)	23 (150.2172)	13 (163.9544)	17 (164.0000)	16 (162.2628)
2018-05-25	Burnt Ends Oklahoma Barbeque Championship Oklahoma City, OK	15 / 24 (659.8628)	15 (166.8456)	13 (165.6800)	14 (165.0972)	14 (162.2400)
2018-03-24	Fire Lake BBQ Cook-off Day 2 Shawnee, OK	48 / 79 (675.3824)	42 (169.7028)	31 (170.8228)	70 (162.8684)	24 (171.9884)
2018-03-23	Fire Lake BBQ Cook-off Day 1 Shawnee, OK	46 / 84 (669.6912)	52 (166.8228)	54 (165.6684)	23 (172.0344)	49 (165.1656)
2017-06-16	*Carlton Landing's 2nd Annual Smoke on the Water BBQ Comptition Carlton Landing, OK	12 / 26 (657.0056)	7 (169.1084)	19 (158.2516)	18 (160.5372)	5 (169.1084)
2017-03-31	Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon Stillwater, OK	24 / 37 (635.2916)	35 (147.3944)	25 (157.0856)	23 (158.8344)	6 (171.9772)
2016-09-09	*Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS	21 / 38 (663.2680)	16 (168.5484)	26 (162.2628)	25 (163.9428)	18 (168.5140)
2016-06-17	Smoke on the water-Annual Carlton Landing BBQ Competition Carlton Landing, OK	24 / 31 (621.0284)	28 (156.5828)	21 (155.3600)	27 (151.9200)	20 (157.1656)
2016-04-01	Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon Stillwater, OK	32 / 44 (624.4684)	38 (150.2744)	29 (157.1084)	26 (162.2512)	29 (154.8344)

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
2018 ↗	Master	#965 (297 pts)	#1060 (277 pts)	#968 (337 pts)	#974 (322 pts)	#958 (322 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1383 (181 pts)	#1359 (216 pts)	#1714 (141 pts)	#1621 (156 pts)	#1000 (351 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1371 (201 pts)	#1373 (221 pts)	#1474 (196 pts)	#1609 (176 pts)	#1307 (236 pts)