UP IN SMOKERS PA
Rating
1472
peak 1472
Contests
34
in the data
First seen
2019-03-08
latest 2026-05-16
Best ToY finish
#217
Master 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
8 podiums
Overall top-10s
5
of 34 contests
Avg finish
top 62%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
673.48 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 659.28 (+14.20)
Walk rate
65%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±23.06
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.52 · weakest Brisket (162.41)
Road miles
1801
mi across 34 mapped stops · furthest 112 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
4 BOXERS Q has finished one call ahead of UP IN SMOKERS 4 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
FAT MAXINE'S BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
Capt. Blue BBQ has come out ahead in 23 of their 24 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Estancia in 10 of their 14 shared contests.
Teams like this (closest power rating, PA first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 34 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 178.8572 | 149.1200 | 169.52 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 33 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 138.8228 | 165.04 | top 55% |
| Pork | 33 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 175.4172 | 141.6800 | 162.59 | top 63% |
| Brisket | 33 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 177.1428 | 123.3716 | 162.41 | 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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| PA | 19 | 0 | top 65% |
| NJ | 10 | 0 | top 61% |
| DE | 3 | 0 | top 55% |
| MD | 1 | 0 | top 31% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 4 | 0 | top 63% |
| Medium (20–39) | 20 | 0 | top 64% |
| Large (40+) | 9 | 0 | top 56% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2024 (12 contests)
- Cooks mostly in PA (19 of 34 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (34 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 659.28
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 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 682.2060 | 674.74 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 681.6456 | 664.18 |
| 2024 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 682.7428 | 664.89 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 681.0860 | 669.44 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 652.5372 | 640.80 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 567.8172 | 567.82 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 639.4400 | 621.67 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-16 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2) Morgantown, PA | 11 / 17 (677.6000) | 14 (168.5256) | 7 (170.2744) | 6 (173.1200) | 14 (165.6800) |
| 2026-05-15 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) Morgantown, PA | 6 / 25 (682.2060) | 22 (166.2400) | 10 (169.6916) | 6 (172.5600) | 1 (173.7144) |
| 2026-04-03 | Rekindled Ironman Seven Valleys, PA | 9 / 14 (664.4116) | 6 (174.2628) | 13 (159.9544) | 9 (166.2516) | 9 (163.9428) |
| 2025-10-24 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) Jackson, NJ | 24 / 31 (661.5540) | 8 (175.4172) | 22 (165.6800) | 26 (162.7884) | 26 (157.6684) |
| 2025-10-24 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (One Meat Chicken) Jackson, NJ | — | 2 (178.8572) | — | — | — |
| 2025-09-26 | First State BBQ Bash Milford, DE | 13 / 25 (681.6456) | 4 (175.4056) | 9 (171.9772) | 15 (165.7372) | 12 (168.5256) |
| 2025-07-26 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) New Freedom, PA | 22 / 27 (648.4572) | 4 (175.4172) | 18 (165.7028) | 26 (150.8000) | 21 (156.5372) |
| 2025-07-25 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) New Freedom, PA | 21 / 30 (665.6228) | 18 (170.8228) | 24 (161.6800) | 18 (168.0000) | 22 (165.1200) |
| 2025-07-12 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ | 26 / 63 (651.9084) | 21 (169.1428) | 6 (172.5600) | 31 (161.7028) | 49 (148.5028) |
| 2025-05-17 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2) Morgantown, PA | 16 / 21 (664.4344) | 14 (165.6800) | 18 (161.6688) | 16 (162.2400) | 3 (174.8456) |
| 2025-05-16 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) Morgantown, PA | 15 / 28 (674.2060) | 13 (173.1428) | 20 (163.9544) | 5 (173.7144) | 19 (163.3944) |
| 2025-04-04 | Rekindled Ironman Seven Valleys, PA | 15 / 23 (665.6000) | 8 (175.4056) | 5 (175.4172) | 22 (152.5372) | 19 (162.2400) |
| 2024-10-11 | MD State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | 8 / 26 (682.7428) | 11 (170.8228) | 4 (174.2628) | 11 (169.6800) | 11 (167.9772) |
| 2024-10-04 | Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship Harrisburg, PA | 17 / 25 (656.4000) | 11 (170.8228) | 19 (160.5028) | 20 (163.4172) | 18 (161.6572) |
| 2024-08-23 | New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA | 18 / 38 (672.9944) | 8 (174.2628) | 28 (162.8000) | 3 (175.4172) | 28 (160.5144) |
| 2024-07-27 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) New Freedom, PA | 16 / 32 (681.6000) | 13 (174.2628) | 15 (170.2628) | 18 (169.6800) | 17 (167.3944) |
| 2024-07-26 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) New Freedom, PA | 23 / 35 (659.8976) | 6 (173.1428) | 31 (153.6460) | 28 (159.9772) | 2 (173.1316) |
| 2024-07-13 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ | 8 / 62 (679.3944) | 17 (169.7372) | 19 (166.8572) | 3 (173.1316) | 11 (169.6684) |
| 2024-06-29 | York County BBQ Festival (Day 2) Delta, PA | 14 / 19 (660.3768) | 15 (168.5140) | 7 (173.1200) | 19 (159.9428) | 16 (158.8000) |
| 2024-06-28 | York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) Delta, PA | 20 / 29 (666.1948) | 11 (170.8344) | 19 (168.5488) | 11 (169.7144) | 24 (157.0972) |
| 2024-05-18 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2) Morgantown, PA | 24 / 26 (642.6744) | 16 (167.3828) | 6 (171.4056) | 25 (155.3944) | 26 (148.4916) |
| 2024-05-17 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) Morgantown, PA | 29 / 37 (651.3372) | 25 (167.3828) | 11 (168.5600) | 29 (160.0000) | 33 (155.3944) |
| 2024-04-20 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) Blairstown, NJ | 20 / 27 (666.2628) | 20 (167.3828) | 14 (168.5600) | 17 (166.8456) | 21 (163.4744) |
| 2024-04-19 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) Blairstown, NJ | 22 / 29 (658.8456) | 26 (162.2400) | 26 (161.6800) | 11 (169.1428) | 17 (165.7828) |
| 2023-07-28 | Smoke on the Rail (Day 1) New Freedom, PA | 24 / 51 (673.0744) | 19 (173.7028) | 8 (174.2744) | 40 (160.5600) | 32 (164.5372) |
| 2023-07-14 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ | 17 / 64 (665.1204) | 4 (176.5600) | 34 (162.3088) | 27 (164.5600) | 27 (161.6916) |
| 2023-06-16 | York County BBQ Festival Delta, PA | 21 / 29 (659.3944) | 13 (170.8228) | 25 (156.5716) | 26 (154.8572) | 1 (177.1428) |
| 2023-05-06 | Delaware Bay-B-Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) Lincoln, DE | 9 / 19 (681.0860) | 18 (166.2400) | 4 (172.5944) | 3 (174.2744) | 10 (167.9772) |
| 2023-05-05 | Delaware Bay-B-Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) Lincoln, DE | 13 / 20 (668.5372) | 7 (174.2628) | 15 (165.7144) | 15 (164.5600) | 13 (164.0000) |
| 2022-07-29 | Smoke in the Grove (Day 1) Spring Grove, PA | 38 / 54 (652.5372) | 34 (166.2512) | 15 (169.1544) | 49 (154.2972) | 31 (162.8344) |
| 2022-07-09 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ | 42 / 61 (629.0632) | 35 (164.0000) | 42 (155.9660) | 58 (141.6800) | 14 (167.4172) |
| 2021-07-09 | New Jersey State BBQ Championship North Wildwood, NJ | 54 / 59 (567.8172) | 36 (155.3828) | 53 (138.8228) | 48 (150.2400) | 58 (123.3716) |
| 2019-07-12 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ | 54 / 64 (603.8968) | 55 (149.1200) | 41 (155.3828) | 58 (146.2628) | 44 (153.1312) |
| 2019-03-08 | Mid Atlantic BBQ Expo Atlantic City, NJ | 40 / 66 (639.4400) | 34 (162.2628) | 45 (156.6400) | 51 (152.5372) | 16 (168.0000) |
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 | #286 (401 pts) | #406 (316 pts) | #370 (371 pts) | #261 (446 pts) | #233 (496 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #430 (463 pts) | #234 (950 pts) | #442 (538 pts) | #432 (488 pts) | #396 (553 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #217 (982 pts) | #162 (1179 pts) | #174 (1174 pts) | #142 (1232 pts) | #189 (1068 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #808 (165 pts) | #617 (300 pts) | #835 (215 pts) | #989 (120 pts) | #989 (120 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1957 (60 pts) | #2049 (60 pts) | #2028 (60 pts) | #2032 (60 pts) | #1728 (105 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #861 (360 pts) | #908 (360 pts) | #830 (420 pts) | #896 (360 pts) | #956 (325 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1722 (120 pts) | #1657 (150 pts) | #1822 (120 pts) | #1799 (120 pts) | #1794 (120 pts) |