The heartbreaker
3.4400
points from the title
Came within 3.4400 points of the Grand Championship at Kelley Wilson BBQ (Jun 1, 2018).
SMACKDOWN BBQ
SMACKDOWN BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 48 at the Kelley Wilson BBQ (2018), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1789 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1548
peak 1548 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
May 1, 2015
latest May 31, 2019 · 4.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
40% of 5 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 25%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.76
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 170.28 · weakest Brisket (166.25)
Road miles
6
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
671.00 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2020 (105 pts) | #2283 (70 pts) | #1512 (185 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2112 (100 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to SMACKDOWN BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
61 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1,787 of the rated field
- Contests
- 21
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1555
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SMACKDOWN BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SMACKDOWN BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#1,800 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 57%
- Peak
- 1548
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#1,792 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1548
Level with SMACKDOWN BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#1,804 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1548
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#1,799 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 2
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1552
Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 10 contests, alongside a 60% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#1,797 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 78%
- Peak
- 1560
They turned up 8 years after SMACKDOWN BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| END OF THE ROAD BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2860 | 158.8344 | 166.84 | top 37% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 177.7028 | 162.8460 | 170.28 | top 24% |
| Pork | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 161.6456 | 167.63 | top 34% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 163.3828 | 166.25 | top 34% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 44% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 20% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelley Wilson BBQ | 2 | 2 | 0 | top 14% | Jun 1, 2018 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
174
finished ahead 186 times, behind 51
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
May 1, 2015 → Jun 3, 2016
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20192 milestones
- Peak power rating (1548) Kelly Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ)
- Most recent contest Kelly Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ)
20186 milestones
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Kelley Wilson BBQ
- First overall top-10 Kelley Wilson BBQ
- First overall podium Kelley Wilson BBQ
- First Reserve Championship Kelley Wilson BBQ
- Career-best overall score686.8000 Kelley Wilson BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7028 Kelley Wilson BBQ
20161 milestone
20152 milestones
- First tracked contest Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.4912 Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +17 | Kelley Wilson BBQ | Jun 1, 2018 |
| +11.2 | Kelly Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ) | May 31, 2019 |
| +9.2 | Kelley Wilson BBQ | Jun 2, 2017 |
| +6.1 | Kelley Wilson Memorial BBQ Competition (KWBBQ) | Jun 3, 2016 |
| +4.4 | Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship | May 1, 2015 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 16% | 95.3% | 95.3% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 4% | 95.4% | 95.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 25% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 36% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 44% | 91.7% | 91.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2019 | Kelly Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ) 🏅 Kansas City, MO | 9 / 56 (686.2172) | 6 (174.2860) | 4 (174.2856) | 9 (172.5600) | 20 (165.0856) |
| Jun 1, 2018 | Kelley Wilson BBQ Kansas City, MO | 2 / 48 (686.8000) | 14 (167.9772) | 1 (177.7028) | 5 (175.4172) | 17 (165.7028) |
| Jun 2, 2017 | Kelley Wilson BBQ Kansas City, MO | 15 / 61 (658.2176) | 35 (158.8344) | 29 (162.8460) | 22 (165.1316) | 5 (171.4056) |
| Jun 3, 2016 | Kelley Wilson Memorial BBQ Competition (KWBBQ) Kansas City, MO | 16 / 45 (663.2800) | 23 (165.6916) | 5 (172.5600) | 25 (161.6456) | 17 (163.3828) |
| May 1, 2015 | Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship Grandview, MO | 14 / 32 (660.4912) | 11 (167.4172) | 17 (164) | 17 (163.4056) | 17 (165.6684) |