SMOKING GUN BBQ - DE

SMOKING GUN BBQ - DE is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 4th of 25 at the BBQ An Der Burg (2017). They are ranked #3558 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Smoking Gun BBQ”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,558

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1492

peak 1509 · rated over 10 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 20, 2016

latest Sep 22, 2018 · 2.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#788

Master 2018 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

10% of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 58%

overall standings

Best overall

664.5024 / 720

Master · 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017

Perfect 180s

Current form

625.08 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 640.33 (-15.25)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.2856

Chicken · KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2018

Consistency

±25.25

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 164.48 · weakest Brisket (154.21)

Road miles

2,635

across 10 mapped stops · furthest 417 mi

Schedule strength

24%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)

Master avg

640.33 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

664.5024 career-best overall

92.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 664.5024 at 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 — 92.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 22, 2017

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

CHLAGGI BRUTZLER has finished one call ahead of SMOKING GUN BBQ - DE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

8–1 behind in the head-to-head

BBQ WIESEL ahead in 89% of their meetings

BBQ WIESEL has come out ahead in 8 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−10.3 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.27 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 30%.

Brisket avg 154.21
Chicken avg 164.48
2 calls in 10 entries

A strong matchup

5–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of GRILLSTAR.DE BBQ TEAM in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

6 of 9 shared chicken entries lost

BBQ WIESEL ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BBQ WIESEL has out-cooked them in 6 of 9 shared chicken entries.

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
2018 ↗	Master	#788 (414 pts)	#695 (514 pts)	#773 (464 pts)	#885 (369 pts)	#899 (359 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#913 (383 pts)	#1008 (373 pts)	#902 (433 pts)	#1236 (258 pts)	#1184 (268 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2101 (88 pts)	#2252 (78 pts)	#2340 (63 pts)	#2226 (78 pts)	#1646 (158 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to SMOKING GUN BBQ - DE, each with one reason worth a look.

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

RUMPLEPIGSKIN BBQ

#3,559 of the rated field

1492 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1504

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 Jul 11, 2026

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Scott’s Smoke Shack BBQ

#3,555 of the rated field

1492 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1510

They turned up 6 years after SMOKING GUN BBQ - DE did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Jun 20, 2025

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LEMONADE LOUIE BBQ

#3,544 of the rated field

1492 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1492

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Aug 8, 2014

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BOVINE & SWINE

#3,549 of the rated field

1492 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1492

Level with SMOKING GUN BBQ - DE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Aug 25, 2017

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BROTHA K'S BOARBECUE

#3,552 of the rated field

1492 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1516

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen Apr 28, 2023

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RJ'S BOW TIE BARBECUE

#3,554 of the rated field

1492 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1512

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen Sep 20, 2019

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BBQ WIESEL	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
VIKING BBQ	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
GRILLSTAR.DE BBQ TEAM	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
IRON BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
DE FILOUS	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
White Squirrel BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
DRAGON BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Stevedores smoke n grill	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
BONSAIS WILD BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
BBQBrewCrew	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
GRILLKUNST	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
FIRE, SMOKE & FLAVOR	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
GOOD OLD BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	3	174.2856	147.9312	164.48	top 53%
Pork Ribs	10	2	169.7372	158.8344	163.19	top 45%
Pork	10	1	165.6684	145.7372	158.44	top 65%
Brisket	10	2	169.7256	117.7032	154.21	top 63%

“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)	6	0	top 53%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 66%

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 5 contests

Contests a season 3.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NR 1 of 10 contests

Contests visited 10 a different one every time

Opponents faced 179 finished ahead 167 times, behind 225

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

20184 milestones

Apr 28 Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2856 KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2018
Apr 28 Peak power rating (1509) KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2018
Sep 22 10th tracked contest 5th Ruhrpott BBQ 2018
Sep 22 Most recent contest 5th Ruhrpott BBQ 2018

20172 milestones

Jul 1 First overall top-10 BBQ An Der Burg
Sep 22 Career-best overall score664.5024 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017

20163 milestones

Aug 20 First tracked contest EUregio Barbecue Festival
Aug 20 First call EUregio Barbecue Festival
Aug 20 First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.1084 EUregio Barbecue Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.9	BBQ An Der Burg	Jul 1, 2017
+11.2	4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017	Sep 22, 2017
+6.3	EUregio Barbeque Festival	Aug 18, 2018
+3.6	KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2018	Apr 28, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.5	3rd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival	Jul 21, 2018
-8.1	BBQ an der Burg 2018	Jun 30, 2018
-8	Bardo-Q BBQ Competition	Apr 22, 2017
-7.9	2nd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival	Jul 22, 2017
-4.1	5th Ruhrpott BBQ 2018	Sep 22, 2018

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	5	0	40%	top 64%	91.4%	86.8%
2017	4	1	50%	top 50%	92.3%	91%
2016	1	0	100%	top 64%	91.3%	91.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 22, 2018	5th Ruhrpott BBQ 2018 Waltrop	50 / 73 (618.7656)	64 (147.9312)	30 (160.0116)	46 (153.7256)	39 (157.0972)
Aug 18, 2018	EUregio Barbeque Festival Waldfeucht-Haaren/NRW	13 / 32 (658.2056)	10 (170.8572)	19 (163.9428)	22 (159.4172)	11 (163.9884)
Jul 21, 2018	3rd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen	44 / 48 (578.8348)	39 (155.9656)	22 (159.4288)	46 (145.7372)	48 (117.7032)
Jun 30, 2018	BBQ an der Burg 2018 Geestland	23 / 30 (622.7428)	16 (160.5256)	18 (158.8344)	14 (159.4400)	28 (143.9428)
Apr 28, 2018	KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2018 Reichshof	14 / 32 (646.8452)	7 (174.2856)	8 (164.5712)	23 (153.7028)	25 (154.2856)
Sep 22, 2017	4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 Waltrop NRW, Germany	14 / 66 (664.5024)	8 (171.4056)	15 (166.2972)	21 (165.6684)	27 (161.1312)
Jul 22, 2017	2nd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen	33 / 40 (641.5772)	28 (166.2284)	24 (162.2516)	26 (164.5600)	37 (148.5372)
Jul 1, 2017	BBQ An Der Burg Geestland	4 / 25 (655.3140)	15 (161.1084)	4 (167.4172)	10 (164.5256)	10 (162.2628)
Apr 22, 2017	Bardo-Q BBQ Competition Bardonecchia	22 / 28 (659.4284)	12 (170.8112)	11 (169.7372)	28 (155.4056)	19 (163.4744)
Aug 20, 2016	EUregio Barbecue Festival Waldfeutch-Haaren/NRW, NR	18 / 28 (657.1084)	20 (165.7028)	23 (159.4172)	20 (162.2628)	7 (169.7256)

SMOKING GUN BBQ - DE

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (6 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

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)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)