They almost always walk
62%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 13 of 21 contests
A top-10 category call in 62% of their 21 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
The Smoked Barbecue
The Smoked Barbecue is a competition barbecue team with 21 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 24 at the Fo.G & Smoke 2025 (2025). They finished #555 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1505
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
21
in the data
First seen
Sep 21, 2024
latest Sep 20, 2025 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
7 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
5% of 21 contests
Avg finish
top 53%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
62%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.47
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.27 · weakest Brisket (160.17)
Road miles
2,344
across 21 mapped stops
Schedule strength
27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)
Master avg
667.93 / 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | — | #875 (123 pts) | #1037 (108 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #555 (304 pts) | #474 (475 pts) | #337 (773 pts) | #558 (324 pts) | #719 (204 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1038 (94 pts) | #762 (208 pts) | #179 (1,160 pts) | #1132 (84 pts) | #1021 (109 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | — | — | #538 (416 pts) | — | — |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to The Smoked Barbecue, each with one reason worth a look.
The Smoked Barbecue 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 101 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,018 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1514
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to The Smoked Barbecue)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team The Smoked Barbecue has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,024 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
Fewer contests behind them than The Smoked Barbecue has cooked, 5 to 21, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#3,015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before The Smoked Barbecue's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,013 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1505
They were already cooking in 2013, 11 years before The Smoked Barbecue's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,029 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1505
Level with The Smoked Barbecue on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,016 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1508
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 12 years before The Smoked Barbecue's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 174.2744 | 165.1316 | 169.27 | top 48% |
| Pork Ribs | 16 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 176.5716 | 155.9084 | 169.09 | top 39% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176 | 161.1084 | 168.93 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 152.5372 | 160.17 | top 59% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 79% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 40% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
8 contests
Contests a season
5.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
16 entries · 0 wins · 10 calls
Opponents faced
45
finished ahead 35 times, behind 35
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)
20254 milestones
- First overall top-10 Fo.G & Smoke 2025
- First overall podium Fo.G & Smoke 2025
- Career-best overall score687.9428 Fo.G & Smoke 2025
- Peak power rating (1505) Fo.G & Smoke 2025
20243 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5716 "Smokin' Ribs Showdown" (ONE MEAT RIBS) #2
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.2396 Fo.G & Smoke 2024
- 10th tracked contest Fo.G & Smoke 2024
20232 milestones
- First tracked contest The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- First call Vienna Alps BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.9 | Fo.G & Smoke 2025 | Sep 20, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.9 | Fo.G & Smoke 2024 | Sep 21, 2024 |
| -3.1 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge | Mar 29, 2025 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | — | — | — |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 63% | top 40% | 95.5% | 93.7% |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63% | top 79% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2026 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Peschiera del Garda | — | 10 (170.8228) | — | — | — |
| Jun 20, 2026 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Peschiera del Garda | — | — | 13 (165.0740) | — | — |
| Oct 18, 2025 | Fossalta is on Fire BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Fossalta di Piave | — | 7 (168.5372) | — | — | — |
| Oct 18, 2025 | Fossalta is on Fire BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) Fossalta di Piave | — | — | 3 (173.1200) | — | — |
| Sep 20, 2025 | Fo.G & Smoke 2025 Spilamberto | 3 / 24 (687.9428) | 16 (168.5600) | 2 (176.5600) | 3 (176) | 8 (166.8228) |
| Aug 9, 2025 | Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Medvode | — | 3 (174.2744) | — | — | — |
| Aug 9, 2025 | Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT RIBS) Medvode | — | — | 11 (169.1316) | — | — |
| Jun 14, 2025 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Peschiera del Garda | — | 13 (170.2628) | — | — | — |
| Jun 14, 2025 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Peschiera del Garda | — | — | 4 (173.1428) | — | — |
| Mar 29, 2025 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge Brescia | 20 / 30 (661.6000) | 11 (171.4056) | 15 (167.9772) | 16 (169.6800) | 24 (152.5372) |
| Oct 19, 2024 | Vienna BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS) Vienna | — | — | 17 (155.9084) | — | — |
| Sep 21, 2024 | Fo.G & Smoke 2024 Providence of MODENA (MO) | 15 / 19 (654.2396) | 14 (165.1428) | 12 (166.8456) | 17 (161.1084) | 12 (161.1428) |
| Aug 10, 2024 | Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT RIBS) Medvode | — | — | 4 (173.1200) | — | — |
| Jul 20, 2024 | Alps BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS) Reichenau an der Rax | — | — | 10 (167.9772) | — | — |
| Jun 15, 2024 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Peschiera del Garda | — | 13 (165.1316) | — | — | — |
| Jun 15, 2024 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Peschiera del Garda | — | — | 3 (173.7144) | — | — |
| Apr 6, 2024 | "Smokin' Ribs Showdown" (ONE MEAT RIBS) #1 Brescia | — | — | 5 (171.9656) | — | — |
| Apr 6, 2024 | "Smokin' Ribs Showdown" (ONE MEAT RIBS) #2 Brescia | — | — | 2 (176.5716) | — | — |
| Oct 7, 2023 | Country Road & BBQ Contest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cartigliano | — | — | 10 (166.2972) | — | — |
| Jul 29, 2023 | Vienna Alps BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS) Reichenau | — | — | 3 (169.1316) | — | — |
| Jul 1, 2023 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Isola della Scala (VR) | — | — | 18 (158.8344) | — | — |