Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
BBQUTIES has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 129 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 10 years after BBQUTIES did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-headThey've been 1507 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with BBQUTIES on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5256 | 144.5144 | 153.29 | top 79% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.0972 | 141.1200 | 151.19 | top 80% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0572 | 151.4284 | 158.88 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5372 | 145.0856 | 148.81 | top 78% |
“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.
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RiverFest Red White and Que | 2 | 41 | 0 | top 94% | 2016-07-15 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.5 | RiverFest Red White and Que | 2015-07-17 |
| -10.5 | RiverFest Red White and Que | 2016-07-15 |
| -5 | Riverfest Community Festival | 2017-07-21 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 86.4% | 86.4% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 83.6% | 83.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 64.3% | 64.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-21 | Riverfest Community Festival Bellevue, NE | 36 / 46 (622.1484) | 38 (154.8228) | 24 (161.0972) | 33 (161.1428) | 37 (145.0856) |
| 2016-07-15 | RiverFest Red White and Que Bellevue, NE | 41 / 45 (602.2288) | 42 (144.5144) | 43 (141.1200) | 23 (164.0572) | 34 (152.5372) |
| 2015-07-17 | RiverFest Red White and Que Bellevue, NE | 44 / 45 (463.3140) | 28 (160.5256) | 41 (151.3600) | 41 (151.4284) | — |
| 2014-06-06 | Smokin on the Summit Lee's Summit, MO | — | — | — | — | — |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2271 (65 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2271 (70 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |