SWEET SMOKE RING BBQ

SWEET SMOKE RING BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 8th of 49 at the Up in Smoke BBQ Bash (2017). They are ranked #4862 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,862

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1466

peak 1514 · rated over 8 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 21, 2017

latest Sep 28, 2018 · 1.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#971

Master 2018 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

13% of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 77%

overall standings

Best overall

674.8460 / 720

Master · Up in Smoke BBQ Bash

Perfect 180s

Current form

632.89 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 638.31 (-5.42)

Walk rate

13%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.2972

Brisket · Up in Smoke BBQ Bash

Consistency

±20.40

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 161.55 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.12)

Road miles

514

across 8 mapped stops · furthest 89 mi

Schedule strength

81%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1605)

Master avg

638.31 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

674.8460 career-best overall

93.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 674.8460 at Up in Smoke BBQ Bash — 93.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jul 21, 2017

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

MYASSIS SMOKIN has finished one call ahead of SWEET SMOKE RING BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2017 their best year

2017 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 57%.

3 contests
1 overall top-10
0 category wins
average top 57%

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

LUCKY'S Q ahead in 100% of their meetings

LUCKY'S Q has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.4 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.42 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Pork Ribs avg 157.12
Chicken avg 161.55
0 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of 3 THIRDS BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

7 of 8 shared chicken entries lost

LUCKY'S Q ahead 88% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LUCKY'S Q has out-cooked them in 7 of 8 shared chicken entries.

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They cook the hard rooms

1605 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 81% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1605 power rating — a tougher draw than 81% of every rated contest in the data.

8 rated contests

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	#971 (294 pts)	#912 (359 pts)	#966 (339 pts)	#993 (314 pts)	#980 (309 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1115 (275 pts)	#1493 (180 pts)	#1506 (180 pts)	#1249 (255 pts)	#948 (380 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to SWEET SMOKE RING BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

ALL AROUND PIGTAILS PORK

#4,867 of the rated field

1466 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1466

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SWEET SMOKE RING BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SWEET SMOKE RING BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Jun 8, 2018

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Boondoxx BBQ

#4,860 of the rated field

1466 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1466

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Aug 9, 2019

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3 Blind Hogs

#4,868 of the rated field

1466 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Jul 6, 2017

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JOE'S SMOKIN' HOLE BBQ

#4,874 of the rated field

1465 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

Level with SWEET SMOKE RING BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Apr 28, 2023

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Boss Hawgs

#4,857 of the rated field

1466 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1510

They've been 1510 at their best, 44 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Oct 16, 2026

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HUMO Parrillada

#4,863 of the rated field

1466 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1466

They turned up 7 years after SWEET SMOKE RING BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Sep 18, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
LUCKY'S Q	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Hogline	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
MYASSIS SMOKIN	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
SPITFIRE	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
CROIX VALLEY SAUCES	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
BLACK DOG BBQ IA	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
NECTAR OF THE HOGS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
CASE OF RIBS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	0	0	171.4172	155.9544	161.55	top 73%
Pork Ribs	8	0	0	163.4516	148.5144	157.12	top 78%
Pork	8	0	0	172	143.3372	159.46	top 69%
Brisket	8	1	1	178.2972	149.0972	160.18	top 66%

“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)	1	0	top 90%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 75%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
MN	6	0	top 85%
IA	2	0	top 53%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Up in Smoke BBQ Bash	2	8	0	top 53%	Sep 28, 2018
Mankato Cookout (Day 2)	2	35	0	top 85%	Jun 9, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 5 contests

Contests a season 4 across 2 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MN 6 of 8 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 6 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 191 finished ahead 89 times, behind 283

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

20181 milestone

Sep 28 Most recent contest Up in Smoke BBQ Bash

20177 milestones

Jul 21 First tracked contest Up in Smoke BBQ Bash
Jul 21 First call Up in Smoke BBQ Bash
Jul 21 First overall top-10 Up in Smoke BBQ Bash
Jul 21 First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.8460 Up in Smoke BBQ Bash
Jul 21 Career-best overall score674.8460 Up in Smoke BBQ Bash
Jul 21 Career-best single call (Brisket)178.2972 Up in Smoke BBQ Bash
Jul 21 Peak power rating (1514) Up in Smoke BBQ Bash

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.2	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash	Jul 21, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.2	Minnesota in May	May 11, 2018
-8.5	11th Annual Big Island BBQ	Aug 24, 2018
-8	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash	Sep 28, 2018
-6.8	SMSU Smokefest	Aug 18, 2017
-5.7	Mankato Cookout (Day 2)	Jun 9, 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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	5	0	0	0	0%	top 89%	91.5%	87.9%
2017	3	0	1	0	33%	top 57%	93.7%	89.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 28, 2018	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA	26 / 29 (614.6860)	23 (155.9544)	16 (157.6800)	29 (146.8000)	25 (154.2516)
Aug 24, 2018	11th Annual Big Island BBQ Alberta Lea, MN	44 / 49 (625.5428)	41 (160.0116)	46 (154.8228)	36 (157.6456)	39 (153.0628)
Jun 9, 2018	Mankato Cookout (Day 2) Mankato, MN	38 / 42 (652)	41 (158.8228)	40 (156.5828)	21 (168.5944)	22 (168)
Jun 8, 2018	Mankato Cookout (Day 1) Mankato, MN	35 / 44 (658.7544)	14 (171.4172)	38 (156.5488)	35 (165.0972)	32 (165.6912)
May 11, 2018	Minnesota in May Falcon Heights, MN	66 / 70 (613.4744)	60 (158.8228)	56 (158.2516)	69 (143.3372)	61 (153.0628)
Aug 25, 2017	10th Annual Big Island BBQ Albert Lea, MN	41 / 56 (635.2228)	31 (167.4056)	52 (148.5144)	40 (159.3600)	32 (159.9428)
Aug 18, 2017	SMSU Smokefest Marshall, MN	33 / 41 (631.9316)	34 (158.8456)	29 (161.1316)	24 (162.8572)	36 (149.0972)
Jul 21, 2017	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA	8 / 49 (674.8460)	32 (161.0972)	26 (163.4516)	11 (172)	2 (178.2972)

SWEET SMOKE RING BBQ

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 (8 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

They cook the hard rooms

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 — 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)