THE SMOKING HILLS KS
Rating
1633
peak 1647
Contests
30
in the data
First seen
2019-03-15
latest 2026-06-05
Best ToY finish
#21
Master 2018
Grand champs
1
4 reserve
Category wins
7
15 podiums
Overall top-10s
10
of 30 contests
Avg finish
top 31%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
3 🔥
Current form
686.21 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 642.12 (+44.09)
Walk rate
53%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±131.07
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 171.21 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.01)
Road miles
5863
mi across 30 mapped stops · furthest 1439 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
LOVE 2 Q has finished one call ahead of THE SMOKING HILLS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
GETTIN' BASTED has landed one call behind them 3 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 17 of their 22 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of KC Meat Sweats in 12 of their 16 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest is their spot: an average finish in the top 10% across 3 visits.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 1.6912 points of the Grand Championship at Smokin on The Harbor (2021-08-20).
🐣 Announced themselves early
Finished 3 of 64 at their very first tracked contest, Qlathe BBQ Championship (2019-03-15).
Teams like this (closest power rating, KS first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 27 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 180.0000 🔥 | 159.3940 | 170.39 | top 39% |
| Pork Ribs | 27 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 179.4400 | 20.0000 | 165.01 | top 35% |
| Pork | 27 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 177.7028 | 161.6684 | 170.24 | top 42% |
| Brisket | 27 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 180.0000 🔥 | 161.6456 | 171.21 | top 31% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 18 | 1 | top 31% |
| MO | 5 | 0 | top 26% |
| OK | 2 | 0 | top 43% |
| CA | 1 | 0 | — |
| CO | 1 | 0 | top 24% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 11% |
| Medium (20–39) | 10 | 1 | top 29% |
| Large (40+) | 14 | 0 | top 33% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2019 (12 contests)
- Cooks mostly in KS (21 of 30 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (27 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Big Blue BBQ Championship (2019-05-31)
- Wins it all in 3% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 642.12
- 3 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 665.5772 | 665.58 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 694.2056 | 690.79 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 697.6916 | 691.95 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 695.9656 | 683.35 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 688.4684 | 687.07 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 693.1200 | 552.13 |
| 2019 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 696.5028 | 627.16 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-05 | Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS | 23 / 25 (665.5772) | 25 (163.3944) | 20 (163.9772) | 22 (167.3828) | 12 (170.8228) |
| 2025-10-24 | 1st Annual Boost & BBQ Odessa, MO | 11 / 25 (687.3832) | 24 (161.6916) | 5 (174.8572) | 18 (170.8344) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2025-06-06 | Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS | 2 / 29 (694.2056) | 17 (169.6800) | 10 (173.7028) | 7 (173.1200) | 1 (177.7028) |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 24 / 444 (697.6916) | 89 (175.4056) | 21 (177.7144) | 118 (172.5600) | 87 (172.0116) |
| 2024-05-31 | Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS | 5 / 25 (686.2056) | 13 (170.8228) | 1 (179.4400) | 20 (162.8000) | 7 (173.1428) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 25 / 487 (695.9656) | 173 (170.8800) | 149 (171.9772) | 24 (177.7028) | 45 (175.4056) |
| 2023-06-02 | Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS | 18 / 28 (670.7428) | 20 (165.1200) | 21 (163.9772) | 5 (173.1200) | 13 (168.5256) |
| 2022-10-01 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 66 / 249 (687.9428) | 112 (171.9772) | 9 (177.7372) | 202 (166.2284) | 78 (172.0000) |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 99 / 505 (684.4684) | 262 (167.3828) | 56 (175.4056) | 72 (174.2972) | 212 (167.3828) |
| 2022-08-05 | Smokin on The Harbor (JUDGING FULL) Warsaw, MO | 10 / 25 (687.3944) | 15 (166.2400) | 5 (174.3088) | 11 (170.2856) | 6 (176.5600) |
| 2022-06-03 | Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS | 2 / 25 (688.4684) | 9 (170.8228) | 9 (171.4056) | 3 (173.1200) | 3 (173.1200) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 149 / 467 (176.5600) | 334 (160.5600) | 267 (164.5716) | 308 (161.6684) | 101 (170.8112) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 146 / 185 (669.0400) | 60 (173.1200) | 180 (155.9544) | 83 (170.8228) | 98 (169.1428) |
| 2021-08-20 | Smokin on The Harbor Warsaw, MO | 2 / 19 (669.7944) | 10 (159.4284) | 2 (176.6400) | 3 (170.2744) | 6 (163.4516) |
| 2021-06-04 | Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS | 2 / 28 (693.1200) | 1 (177.7372) | 6 (173.1544) | 14 (168.5256) | 5 (173.7028) |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 137 / 468 (169.7028) | 26 (176.0000) | 144 (168.5484) | 72 (172.5484) | 194 (166.2512) |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 40 / 135 (689.6112) | 13 (177.7028) | 50 (171.4172) | 62 (170.8228) | 83 (169.6684) |
| 2019-06-21 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championship Santa Clara, CA | 15 (671.3596) | 36 (159.3940) | 20 (164.5600) | 1 (177.1428) | 12 (170.2628) |
| 2019-06-14 | 26th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO | 13 / 55 (675.3256) | 6 (174.2628) | 27 (164.0000) | 16 (168.5372) | 15 (168.5256) |
| 2019-05-31 | Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS | 1 / 29 (696.5028) | 1 (180.0000) | 2 (174.8572) | 14 (167.3828) | 2 (174.2628) |
| 2019-05-10 | Grasshopper '19 DeSoto, KS | 53 / 53 (530.7540) | 31 (169.1084) | 53 (20.0000) | 29 (170.8228) | 21 (170.8228) |
| 2019-04-26 | BBQ, Bikes and Blues Washington, MO | 3 / 39 (690.7772) | 3 (177.7144) | 4 (174.2628) | 26 (165.6800) | 12 (173.1200) |
| 2019-04-12 | Smoke In the Springs Osage City, KS | 17 / 104 (686.2056) | 13 (175.4056) | 44 (166.8572) | 14 (173.1200) | 31 (170.8228) |
| 2019-04-05 | Blues Brew & BBQ (NBBQL COMPETITOR Series) Springfiled, MO | 8 (671.9884) | 10 (163.9656) | 9 (161.1544) | 4 (172.0228) | 3 (174.8456) |
| 2019-03-23 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 2 Shawnee, OK | 13 / 62 (689.6228) | 1 (180.0000) | 8 (174.8572) | 18 (173.1200) | 51 (161.6456) |
| 2019-03-22 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 1 Shawnee, OK | 48 / 74 (659.8512) | 46 (167.3828) | 50 (162.2744) | 55 (162.8112) | 31 (167.3828) |
| 2019-03-15 | Qlathe BBQ Championship Olathe, KS | 3 / 64 (694.2172) | 7 (175.4172) | 4 (177.7144) | 19 (169.6800) | 13 (171.4056) |
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #791 (60 pts) | #1083 (50 pts) | #864 (75 pts) | #807 (65 pts) | #691 (115 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #501 (374 pts) | #884 (149 pts) | #630 (304 pts) | #669 (244 pts) | #394 (554 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #655 (240 pts) | #840 (170 pts) | #595 (355 pts) | #895 (135 pts) | #737 (215 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #860 (148 pts) | #964 (138 pts) | #1071 (133 pts) | #681 (243 pts) | #852 (173 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #439 (495 pts) | #585 (355 pts) | #482 (515 pts) | #483 (465 pts) | #449 (510 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #316 (617 pts) | #386 (517 pts) | #388 (532 pts) | #424 (447 pts) | #433 (457 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #261 (1105 pts) | #200 (1280 pts) | #327 (960 pts) | #356 (930 pts) | #432 (780 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #21 (2524 pts) | #25 (2295 pts) | #32 (2187 pts) | #55 (2041 pts) | #4 (2649 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #27 (2485 pts) | #35 (2223 pts) | #5 (2560 pts) | #25 (2325 pts) | #18 (2475 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #31 (2456 pts) | #32 (2229 pts) | #10 (2492 pts) | #48 (2069 pts) | #17 (2451 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #35 (2372 pts) | #128 (1664 pts) | #73 (1949 pts) | #72 (1953 pts) | #28 (2344 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #109 (1974 pts) | #107 (1794 pts) | #56 (2006 pts) | #146 (1600 pts) | #173 (1569 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #32 (2511 pts) | #44 (2185 pts) | #17 (2405 pts) | #76 (1865 pts) | #50 (2143 pts) |