TWISTED SMOKE ADC

TWISTED SMOKE ADC is a competition barbecue team with 25 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 40 at the Up In smoke on the Square ( WAIT LIST ONLY FOR JUDGES) (2018). They are ranked #1870 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,870

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1545

peak 1562 · rated over 20 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 27, 2018

latest Jul 22, 2022 · 4.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#248

Master 2020 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

16% of 25 contests

Avg finish

top 52%

overall standings

Best overall

683.9200 / 720

Master · Harvest On the Fire At the Winery

Perfect 180s

Current form

665.91 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 662.44 (+3.47)

Walk rate

60%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7600

Chicken · Up In Smoke on the Square

Consistency

±17.45

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 170.61 · weakest Pork (161.47)

Road miles

2,506

across 25 mapped stops · furthest 488 mi

Schedule strength

77%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1600)

Purse competed for

$107K

listed at 14 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 14 state-championship entries

Master avg

662.44 / 720

20 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (10 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

60% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 15 of 25 contests

A top-10 category call in 60% of their 25 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

683.9200 career-best overall

95.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 683.9200 at Harvest On the Fire At the Winery — 95.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jul 9, 2021

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Kentucky Kookers has finished one call ahead of TWISTED SMOKE ADC 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2020 their best year

2020 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 40%.

4 contests
1 overall top-10
0 category wins
average top 40%

A tough matchup

12–4 behind in the head-to-head

SmokinGhost BBQ ahead in 75% of their meetings

SmokinGhost BBQ has come out ahead in 12 of their 16 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.1 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.13 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 5% of the time against 50%.

Pork avg 161.47
Chicken avg 170.61
1 call in 20 entries

A strong matchup

10–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ in 10 of their 12 shared contests.

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The comeback

1.7 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at Smokin For Garrett (Apr 27, 2018).

last seen Aug 26, 2016
back Apr 27, 2018

A June team

Top 39% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 39% across 4 contests, versus top 52% the rest of the year.

4 June contests
top 52% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.42% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.42% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.0% of a perfect score
25 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
2022 ↗	Master	#705 (241 pts)	#482 (461 pts)	#653 (331 pts)	#799 (206 pts)	#648 (301 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#280 (691 pts)	#220 (881 pts)	#320 (641 pts)	#394 (486 pts)	#259 (766 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#248 (455 pts)	#240 (510 pts)	#255 (485 pts)	#272 (460 pts)	#231 (510 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#651 (529 pts)	#683 (529 pts)	#500 (744 pts)	#913 (354 pts)	#965 (319 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to TWISTED SMOKE ADC, each with one reason worth a look.

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

BONEHEAD BBQ

#1,864 of the rated field

1545 power rating

Contests: 78
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1577

1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to TWISTED SMOKE ADC)

These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — BONEHEAD BBQ ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 77 contests
last seen Sep 13, 2019

⚔ Head-to-head

Pork Bombin BBQ

#1,880 of the rated field

1544 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1544

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 21 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Oct 17, 2026

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56 SMOKEHOUSE

#1,865 of the rated field

1545 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1554

Careers of much the same size, 21 contests to 25, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Sep 16, 2021

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MAC'S BARBEQUE

#1,879 of the rated field

1544 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 26%
Peak: 1552

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before TWISTED SMOKE ADC's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 19 contests

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STP BBQ

#1,869 of the rated field

1545 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1555

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

rated over 16 contests
last seen Oct 14, 2016

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A PIGS WORST NIGHTMARE

#1,874 of the rated field

1545 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1554

They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before TWISTED SMOKE ADC's first contest.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Apr 21, 2017

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SmokinGhost BBQ	16	4	12	25%	⚔ compare
Carrol Lou's Smokehouse	14	6	8	43%	⚔ compare
THE BBQ BUS	14	5	9	36%	⚔ compare
JaBs BBQ	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
Heavy Smoke BBQ	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ	12	10	2	83%	⚔ compare
Rusty Pig BBQ	12	6	6	50%	⚔ compare
One2BBQ	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
TRIPLE H BBQ	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
QUE U	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
JANKY LEG BBQ	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
DB BBQ	9	6	3	67%	⚔ compare
Up From The Pits BBQ	9	6	3	67%	⚔ compare
HEFTY LEFTY BBQ	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	20	10	1	3	177.7600	157.1200	170.61	top 34%
Pork Ribs	20	7	2	2	174.8572	147.3828	164.62	top 48%
Pork	20	1	0	1	176.5600	144.5144	161.47	top 68%
Brisket	20	5	0	1	175.4172	146.1712	165.74	top 48%

“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)	11	0	top 57%
Large (40+)	9	0	top 45%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
IL	16	0	top 47%
IN	4	0	top 69%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
EffingHAM-JAM	3	13	top 54%	Jul 22, 2022
Smokin' For Garrett	3	20	top 81%	Oct 22, 2021
Route 66 Smoke Out	2	8	top 41%	May 6, 2022
Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day Two)	2	12	top 53%	Jun 26, 2021
Up In Smoke on the Square	2	3	top 33%	May 31, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2021 6 contests

Contests a season 3.1 across 8 seasons in the data

Most contests held in IL 16 of 25 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 13 5 of them more than once

Opponents faced 325 finished ahead 368 times, behind 436

Longest layoff 1.7 yrs Aug 26, 2016 → Apr 27, 2018

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

20222 milestones

Jul 22 25th tracked contest EffingHAM-JAM
Jul 22 Most recent contest EffingHAM-JAM

20212 milestones

Jul 9 Career-best overall score683.9200 Harvest On the Fire At the Winery
Jul 23 Peak power rating (1562) Effingham -Jam

20191 milestone

May 31 Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7600 Up In Smoke on the Square

20186 milestones

Jun 1 First call Up In smoke on the Square ( WAIT LIST ONLY FOR JUDGES)
Jun 1 First category win (Pork Ribs) Up In smoke on the Square ( WAIT LIST ONLY FOR JUDGES)
Jun 1 First overall top-10 Up In smoke on the Square ( WAIT LIST ONLY FOR JUDGES)
Jun 1 First overall podium Up In smoke on the Square ( WAIT LIST ONLY FOR JUDGES)
Jun 1 First overall past 90% of a perfect score664.4572 Up In smoke on the Square ( WAIT LIST ONLY FOR JUDGES)
Oct 12 10th tracked contest CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ

20141 milestone

Jul 25 First tracked contest Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+18.4	Up In smoke on the Square ( WAIT LIST ONLY FOR JUDGES)	Jun 1, 2018
+15.2	Harvest On the Fire At the Winery	Jul 9, 2021
+14.6	Harvest On the Fire At the Winery	Jul 10, 2020
+12.6	Route 66 Smoke Out	May 1, 2021
+12.3	Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day Two)	Jun 26, 2021

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11	Smokin For Garrett	Oct 23, 2020
-10.2	Smokin' For Garrett	Oct 22, 2021
-9.2	Smokin For Garrett	Apr 27, 2018
-9	Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day one)	Jun 25, 2021
-8.3	Harvest on Fire at the Winery	Jul 8, 2022

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	3	0	0	100%	top 68%	93.8%	92.8%
2021	6	2	0	83%	top 45%	95%	93.1%
2020	4	1	0	75%	top 40%	94.8%	93.3%
2019	2	0	1	100%	top 56%	92.4%	92.2%
2018	5	1	2	40%	top 57%	92.3%	89.2%
2016	1	0	0	0%	—	—	—
2015	1	0	0	0%	—	—	—
2014	3	0	0	0%	—	—	—

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 22, 2022	EffingHAM-JAM 🏅 Effingham, IL	13 / 25 (675.3028)	17 (165.6684)	5 (173.1200)	16 (166.2516)	11 (170.2628)
Jul 8, 2022	Harvest on Fire at the Winery 🏅 Marshall, IL	25 / 28 (667.8628)	3 (177.1428)	24 (159.3712)	25 (161.6572)	15 (169.6916)
May 6, 2022	Route 66 Smoke Out 🏅 Dwight, IL	21 / 33 (660.4000)	9 (174.2628)	17 (165.1088)	27 (156.4912)	21 (164.5372)
Oct 22, 2021	Smokin' For Garrett 🏅 Boonville, IN	20 / 27 (654.1028)	8 (170.8344)	20 (161.0972)	22 (158.2284)	17 (163.9428)
Jul 23, 2021	Effingham -Jam 🏅 Effingham, IL	16 / 29 (671.8628)	3 (177.7028)	17 (163.9772)	15 (168.5256)	22 (161.6572)
Jul 9, 2021	Harvest On the Fire At the Winery 🏅 Marshall, IL	6 / 38 (683.9200)	7 (173.1200)	4 (171.9772)	17 (166.8572)	8 (171.9656)
Jun 26, 2021	Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day Two) 🏅 Belvidere, IL	12 / 43 (678.8000)	14 (173.1200)	22 (168.5600)	30 (162.8572)	5 (174.2628)
Jun 25, 2021	Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day one) 🏅 Belvidere, IL	38 / 49 (652.4000)	25 (166.2400)	49 (150.8000)	36 (164.5372)	15 (170.8228)
May 1, 2021	Route 66 Smoke Out 🏅 Dwight, IL	8 / 44 (679.9088)	7 (173.1316)	12 (168.5600)	18 (166.2400)	8 (171.9772)
Oct 23, 2020	Smokin For Garrett Boonville, IN	33 / 41 (649.5316)	23 (164.5256)	16 (166.8228)	37 (157.0860)	30 (161.0972)
Aug 14, 2020	Big Blue Barbecue 🏅 Shelbyville, IN	15 / 50 (679.8740)	7 (173.1084)	40 (161.6800)	2 (176.5600)	31 (168.5256)
Jul 18, 2020	CIBBQ Red Devil Edition Day 2 🏅 Eureka, IL	7 / 25 (675.3376)	8 (171.4172)	6 (169.6916)	19 (163.9660)	7 (170.2628)
Jul 10, 2020	Harvest On the Fire At the Winery 🏅 Marshall, IL	11 / 53 (682.2288)	11 (173.1200)	8 (170.8344)	39 (162.8572)	3 (175.4172)
Jul 26, 2019	Effingham -Jam 🏅 Effingham, IL	14 / 26 (665.5652)	13 (166.8112)	4 (170.8228)	21 (161.0856)	12 (166.8456)
May 31, 2019	Up In Smoke on the Square 🏅 Lincoln, IL	21 / 36 (662.2056)	1 (177.7600)	32 (155.3600)	26 (161.6684)	14 (167.4172)
Oct 12, 2018	CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ Arthur, IL	34 / 45 (636.3772)	14 (170.2628)	31 (157.0628)	45 (144.5144)	21 (164.5372)
Jul 20, 2018	Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL) Peoria, IL	30 / 43 (653.5544)	23 (168.5140)	25 (162.2516)	31 (159.9544)	27 (162.8344)
Jun 30, 2018	I-39 Smokin Car Show Minonk, IL	13 / 29 (640.9140)	14 (166.2628)	1 (174.8572)	22 (153.6228)	25 (146.1712)
Jun 1, 2018	Up In smoke on the Square ( WAIT LIST ONLY FOR JUDGES) Lincoln, IL	3 / 40 (664.4572)	6 (171.9772)	1 (173.1200)	16 (161.1200)	24 (158.2400)
Apr 27, 2018	Smokin For Garrett Boonville, IN	34 / 38 (614.1600)	33 (157.1200)	35 (147.3828)	30 (155.3828)	29 (154.2744)
Aug 26, 2016	Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) Kennesaw, GA	—	—	—	—	—
Aug 21, 2015	Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) Kennesaw, GA	—	—	—	—	—
Oct 18, 2014	Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic (SBBQA) Rome, GA	—	—	—	—	—
Aug 22, 2014	Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) Kennesaw, GA	—	—	—	—	—
Jul 25, 2014	Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash Cleveland, TN	—	—	—	—	—

TWISTED SMOKE ADC

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

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (10 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

A June team

The metronome

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)