High-water mark
664.5144
career-best overall
92.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 664.5144 at Mid-South BBQ Festival — 92.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 14, 2016
SMOKING KNOTHEADS
SMOKING KNOTHEADS is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 23rd of 27 at the Mid-South BBQ Festival (2016). They finished #1954 in the 2018 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1473
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Jun 17, 2016
latest Mar 9, 2018 · 1.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
43%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.53
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 169.97 · weakest Brisket (155.19)
Road miles
161
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 34 mi
Schedule strength
70%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1589)
Master avg
646.33 / 720
3 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 SMOKING KNOTHEADS, each with one reason worth a look.
SMOKING KNOTHEADS has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 148 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,498 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1474
They turned up 6 years after SMOKING KNOTHEADS did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Compare careers#4,460 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
Level with SMOKING KNOTHEADS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,497 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
They've been 1503 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1316 | 154.7884 | 162.83 | top 84% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.8800 | 147.3488 | 162.83 | top 71% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 165.0856 | 169.97 | top 47% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9428 | 145.0972 | 155.19 | top 88% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 87% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 95% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2017
3 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
109
finished ahead 11 times, behind 129
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20182 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork)175.4172 Smoke on the Shores
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Shores
20165 milestones
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.8284 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Peak power rating (1491) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First call Mid-South BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score664.5144 Mid-South BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10 | Smoke on the Shores | Mar 9, 2018 |
| -9.3 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Jun 17, 2016 |
| -7.3 | Mid-South BBQ Festival | Oct 14, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 95% | 86.5% | 86.5% |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 87% | 92.3% | 91.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 2018 | Smoke on the Shores Nashville, TN | 83 / 87 (622.6516) | 84 (154.7884) | 85 (147.3488) | 6 (175.4172) | 85 (145.0972) |
| Nov 10, 2017 | Brew B Q Nashville, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 22, 2017 | First Tennessee Bank Bluegrass & BBQ (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) (JUDGES FULL) Columbia, TN | — | 13 (169.1316) | 6 (174.8800) | 17 (165.0856) | — |
| Aug 25, 2017 | Great American BBQ Festival Franklin, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 14, 2016 | Mid-South BBQ Festival Mount Pleasant, TN | 23 / 27 (664.5144) | 24 (162.2856) | 18 (166.3088) | 8 (171.9772) | 21 (163.9428) |
| Aug 26, 2016 | Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club Franklin, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jun 17, 2016 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Hendersonville, TN | 26 / 29 (651.8284) | 27 (165.0972) | 27 (162.7884) | 21 (167.4056) | 26 (156.5372) |