SMOKEY DOG BBQ

SMOKEY DOG BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 26 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 26 at the Currituck Bulls & BBQ (2021), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1766 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,766

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1549

peak 1552 · rated over 25 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 24, 2017

latest Jan 28, 2022 · 4.8 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#380

Master 2021 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

10 podiums

Overall top-10s

15% of 26 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 53%

overall standings

Best overall

701.7260 / 720

Master · Currituck Bulls & BBQ

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

679.01 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 651.38 (+27.62)

Walk rate

69%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork · Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition

Consistency

±38.88

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.86 · weakest Brisket (161.45)

Road miles

5,162

across 26 mapped stops · furthest 724 mi

Schedule strength

75%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1596)

Purse competed for

$160K

listed at 12 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 15 state-championship entries

Master avg

651.38 / 720

25 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (15 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

1.0968 points from the title

Came within 1.0968 points of the Grand Championship at Currituck Bulls & BBQ (Nov 5, 2021).

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.

Pork ×1

On the rise

+29 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 29 points across 5 contests since Mar 26, 2021 — from 1520 up to 1549.

5 contests since Mar 26, 2021
now 1549

Happy hunting ground

Top 16% average finish here

Currituck Bulls & BBQ is their spot: an average finish in the top 16% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 2nd
average top 16%

They almost always walk

69% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 18 of 26 contests

A top-10 category call in 69% of their 26 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

701.7260 career-best overall

97.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 701.7260 at Currituck Bulls & BBQ — 97.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
Nov 5, 2021

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ has finished one call ahead of SMOKEY DOG BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

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Their season

2021 their best year

2021 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 28%.

4 contests
2 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 28%

A tough matchup

16–3 behind in the head-to-head

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ ahead in 84% of their meetings

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ has come out ahead in 16 of their 19 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.4 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.41 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 17% of the time against 36%.

Brisket avg 161.45
Chicken avg 166.86
4 calls in 24 entries

A strong matchup

7–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 78% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE in 7 of their 9 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

15 of 19 shared chicken entries lost

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ ahead 79% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ has out-cooked them in 15 of 19 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An April team

Top 36% average finish in April

Something about April: average finish in the top 36% across 3 contests, versus top 53% the rest of the year.

3 April contests
top 53% the rest of the year

The long haul

5,162 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,162 miles across 26 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 724 miles to Lakeland Pig Festival.

26 mapped stops
furthest 724 mi

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
2022 ↗	Master	#607 (311 pts)	#668 (286 pts)	#643 (336 pts)	#763 (226 pts)	#743 (236 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#380 (503 pts)	#362 (558 pts)	#453 (458 pts)	#541 (333 pts)	#305 (668 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#423 (255 pts)	#201 (615 pts)	#608 (170 pts)	#385 (300 pts)	#521 (210 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#583 (568 pts)	#528 (658 pts)	#638 (533 pts)	#426 (793 pts)	#722 (463 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1382 (155 pts)	#1279 (195 pts)	#1614 (120 pts)	#979 (320 pts)	#1586 (120 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1052 (308 pts)	#1000 (378 pts)	#533 (753 pts)	#1276 (243 pts)	#1191 (263 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to SMOKEY DOG BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

BLACK DAWG BBQ

#1,770 of the rated field

1549 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1569

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before SMOKEY DOG BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 24 contests

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BRISKETS-BONES & BREWS BBQ

#1,769 of the rated field

1549 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1549

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 16 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Apr 29, 2022
on a 3-contest top-10 run

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BIG ROCK BBQ

#1,773 of the rated field

1549 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1549

Fewer contests behind them than SMOKEY DOG BBQ has cooked, 16 to 26, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Jun 1, 2019

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SWEET ASH BBQ

#1,765 of the rated field

1549 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1552

13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 8% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Sep 24, 2021

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BLOWIN' SMOKE LLC

#1,768 of the rated field

1549 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1558

Level with SMOKEY DOG BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Jul 7, 2016

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TEAM SMOKERBUILDER

#1,771 of the rated field

1549 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1549

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Jul 7, 2017

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	19	3	16	16%	⚔ compare
BIG DOG BBQ VA	18	10	8	56%	⚔ compare
JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS	18	8	10	44%	⚔ compare
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
3N1 Q	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
GRATE SMOKE	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
APORKALYPSE NOW	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
CHOCK FULL OF BARBEQUE	10	6	4	60%	⚔ compare
PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
Smoke-A-Holics	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE	9	7	2	78%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	25	9	1	3	178.8572	148.5028	166.86	top 48%
Pork Ribs	25	8	1	2	177.1544	153.0744	164.96	top 47%
Pork	25	7	2	3	180 🔥	150.8000	164.56	top 54%
Brisket	24	4	0	2	177.1544	135.3600	161.45	top 56%

“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)	12	0	top 52%
Large (40+)	13	0	top 55%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
VA	15	top 63%
NC	4	top 36%
PA	3	top 39%
FL	2	top 46%
DE	1	top 30%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke in the Grove	3	10	top 39%	Jul 30, 2021
BBQ Gives Back (Day 1)	3	18	top 67%	Mar 26, 2021
Lakeland Pig Festival	2	21	top 46%	Jan 28, 2022
Currituck Bulls & BBQ	2	2	top 16%	Nov 5, 2021
BBQ Jamboree	2	14	top 53%	Jun 11, 2021
Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition	2	10	top 36%	Apr 26, 2019
Covington Cork & Pork Festival	2	18	top 65%	Jun 22, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 7 contests

Contests a season 3.7 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in VA 16 of 26 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 16 7 of them more than once

Opponents faced 598 finished ahead 592 times, behind 720

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

20221 milestone

Jan 28 Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival

20215 milestones

Nov 5 First overall podium Currituck Bulls & BBQ
Nov 5 First Reserve Championship Currituck Bulls & BBQ
Nov 5 25th tracked contest Currituck Bulls & BBQ
Nov 5 Career-best overall score701.7260 Currituck Bulls & BBQ
Nov 5 Peak power rating (1552) Currituck Bulls & BBQ

20192 milestones

Apr 26 First overall top-10 Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition
Apr 26 First perfect 180 (Pork) Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition

20181 milestone

Oct 12 10th tracked contest Pigs in the Pit

20173 milestones

Apr 28 First call 4th Annual Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition
Apr 28 First category win (Pork Ribs) 4th Annual Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition
Apr 28 First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.6572 4th Annual Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition

20161 milestone

Sep 23 First tracked contest Brew, Barbecue & Oysters Too!

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+18.8	Currituck Bulls & BBQ	Nov 5, 2021
+13	Currituck Bulls & BBQ	Nov 6, 2020
+9.2	Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition	Apr 26, 2019
+9.1	Boo-B-Que	Oct 20, 2017
+8.1	Smoke in the Grove	Jul 30, 2021

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.3	BBQ Gives Back-III (Day 1)	Mar 22, 2019
-7.7	BBQ Gives Back-IV (DAY 2)	Mar 23, 2019
-6.5	Smoke in the Grove	Jul 26, 2019
-6.3	BBQ Gives Back	Mar 23, 2018
-5.2	BBQ Gives Back	Mar 24, 2017

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2022	1	0	0	100%	top 53%	93.6%	93.6%
2021	4	2	0	100%	top 28%	97.5%	94.5%
2020	3	1	1	100%	top 34%	95.5%	93.7%
2019	7	1	1	57%	top 68%	93.8%	86.9%
2018	5	0	1	40%	top 63%	92%	90.1%
2017	5	0	1	80%	top 56%	92.5%	90.1%
2016	1	0	0	0%	—	—	—

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jan 28, 2022	Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL	32 / 60 (673.6000)	36 (169.1200)	10 (173.7028)	43 (164.5372)	32 (166.2400)
Nov 5, 2021	Currituck Bulls & BBQ 🏅 Powells Point, NC	2 / 26 (701.7260)	3 (176.5600)	4 (174.8916)	6 (175.4172)	5 (174.8572)
Jul 30, 2021	Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA	10 / 54 (675.3716)	2 (178.8572)	20 (167.9772)	35 (162.2628)	19 (166.2744)
Jun 11, 2021	BBQ Jamboree 🏅 Fredericksburg, VA	14 / 30 (670.1600)	23 (162.8000)	4 (172)	25 (158.2056)	3 (177.1544)
Mar 26, 2021	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	18 / 46 (674.1712)	10 (174.2744)	30 (163.4056)	33 (164.5256)	13 (171.9656)
Nov 6, 2020	Currituck Bulls & BBQ 🏅 Powells Point, NC	7 / 28 (687.4172)	16 (169.6800)	14 (168)	7 (173.7144)	3 (176.0228)
Jul 24, 2020	Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA	22 / 59 (663.3716)	5 (174.2856)	28 (163.3944)	27 (166.8916)	40 (158.8000)
Jan 24, 2020	Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL	21 / 53 (673.5884)	1 (177.7028)	28 (166.2400)	16 (170.2628)	34 (159.3828)
Nov 1, 2019	Currituck Heritage Bulls & BBQ Festival 🏅 Powells Point, NC	15 / 25 (657.6112)	8 (169.6912)	25 (153.0972)	9 (171.9772)	17 (162.8456)
Jul 26, 2019	Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA	33 / 53 (645.6568)	24 (165.7028)	33 (159.4056)	24 (164.5256)	36 (156.0228)
Jun 21, 2019	8th Annual Covington Cork & Pork Festival 🏅 Covington, VA	22 / 32 (634.7088)	8 (170.2972)	26 (153.0744)	28 (153.0512)	22 (158.2860)
May 3, 2019	BBQ Jamboree (Day 1) 🏅 Fredericksburg, VA	20 / 34 (661.6456)	15 (170.2972)	19 (163.3712)	10 (169.7028)	27 (158.2744)
Apr 26, 2019	Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition 🏅 Lanexa, VA	10 / 32 (675.3028)	23 (161.0972)	12 (166.2400)	1 (180)	12 (167.9656)
Mar 23, 2019	BBQ Gives Back-IV (DAY 2) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	48 / 52 (616.4116)	41 (163.4400)	34 (162.2516)	46 (155.3600)	52 (135.3600)
Mar 22, 2019	BBQ Gives Back-III (Day 1) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	63 / 63 (486.1944)	51 (158.2744)	18 (165.6800)	46 (162.2400)	—
Nov 2, 2018	Currituck Heritage Festival Currituck, NC	13 / 25 (662.1828)	14 (163.3828)	9 (167.4172)	1 (177.1428)	18 (154.2400)
Oct 12, 2018	Pigs in the Pit Alton, VA	20 / 30 (638.7320)	16 (164.5488)	22 (158.8688)	17 (161.6572)	25 (153.6572)
Jun 22, 2018	Covington Cork & Pork Festival Covington, VA	20 / 27 (648.9484)	18 (163.9428)	22 (156.5028)	19 (162.8000)	19 (165.7028)
Apr 27, 2018	Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition Lenexa, VA	18 / 45 (661.1200)	10 (172)	36 (158.2400)	2 (176.0228)	38 (154.8572)
Mar 23, 2018	BBQ Gives Back Urbanna, VA	61 / 75 (632.4576)	49 (162.3088)	59 (155.9544)	68 (150.8000)	36 (163.3944)
Oct 20, 2017	Boo-B-Que Rehobeth Beach, DE	21 / 69 (665.7144)	42 (165.1428)	8 (173.1544)	36 (160.5372)	19 (166.8800)
Aug 4, 2017	Smithfield BBQ Classic Smithfield, VA	22 / 28 (647.9088)	17 (164.5944)	2 (174.8572)	23 (157.6572)	25 (150.8000)
Jun 23, 2017	Covington Cork & Pork Festival Covington, VA	18 / 32 (650.7884)	30 (154.2284)	4 (170.2972)	23 (160.5600)	8 (165.7028)
Apr 28, 2017	4th Annual Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition Lanexa, VA	17 / 46 (657.6572)	7 (170.8572)	1 (177.1544)	34 (156.5256)	34 (153.1200)
Mar 24, 2017	BBQ Gives Back Urbanna, VA	51 / 64 (622.0800)	62 (148.5028)	47 (158.8344)	48 (157.6456)	40 (157.0972)
Sep 23, 2016	Brew, Barbecue & Oysters Too! Cape Charles, VA	—	—	—	—	—

SMOKEY DOG BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (15 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Perfect scores on the board

On the rise

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

An April team

The long haul

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

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

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, averaged over 5 contests — 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)