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UP IN SMOKERS

UP IN SMOKERS is a competition barbecue team with 47 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 6th of 28 at the MD State BBQ Bash (2026). They are ranked #4320 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,320
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1477
peak 1477 · rated over 46 contests

Contests

47
in the data

First seen

Jul 7, 2017
latest Oct 9, 2026 · 9.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#210
Master 2026 · every season

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

2
8 podiums

Overall top-10s

6
13% of 47 contests

Best top-10 run

2
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 66%
overall standings

Best overall

691.9432 / 720

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

674.05 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 646.61 (+27.45)

Walk rate

51%
contests with a top-10 call

Consistency

±42.17
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 166.87 · weakest Pork (160.45)

Road miles

2,989
across 47 mapped stops · furthest 115 mi

Schedule strength

52%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1568)

Purse competed for

$278K
listed at 37 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 37 state-championship entries

Master avg

646.61 / 720
46 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (12 found in their record)

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

On the rise

+32 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 32 points across 9 contests since Oct 24, 2025 — from 1445 up to 1477.

  • 9 contests since Oct 24, 2025
  • now 1477

High-water mark

691.9432 career-best overall

96.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 691.9432 at MD State BBQ Bash — 96.1% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Oct 9, 2026

The one to beat

5× one call ahead of them

4 BOXERS Q has finished one call ahead of UP IN SMOKERS 5 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2026 their best year

2026 was the year it came together: 8 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 51%.

  • 8 contests
  • 3 overall top-10s
  • 1 category win
  • average top 51%

A tough matchup

30–2 behind in the head-to-head

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit ahead in 94% of their meetings

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has come out ahead in 30 of their 32 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.4 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.42 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 15% of the time against 26%.

  • Pork avg 160.45
  • Chicken avg 166.87
  • 7 calls in 46 entries

A strong matchup

9–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BIG BAD WOLVES in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

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The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at New Jersey State BBQ Championship (Jul 9, 2021).

  • last seen Jul 12, 2019
  • back Jul 9, 2021

Chicken nemesis

27 of 33 shared chicken entries lost

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit ahead 82% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has out-cooked them in 27 of 33 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Backwooder BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A September team

Top 57% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 57% across 3 contests, versus top 66% the rest of the year.

  • 3 September contests
  • top 66% the rest of the year

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked New Jersey State Barbecue Championship every year from 2022 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.

  • 8 visits in all
  • best finish 8th

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #210 (919 pts) #235 (909 pts) #292 (819 pts) #227 (879 pts) #195 (989 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #430 (463 pts) #234 (950 pts) #442 (538 pts) #432 (488 pts) #396 (553 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #217 (982 pts) #162 (1,179 pts) #174 (1,174 pts) #142 (1,232 pts) #189 (1,068 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #808 (165 pts) #617 (300 pts) #835 (215 pts) #989 (120 pts) #989 (120 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #1955 (60 pts) #2049 (60 pts) #2026 (60 pts) #2029 (60 pts) #1725 (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)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to UP IN SMOKERS, each with one reason worth a look.

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

LITTLE CREEK BAR B CUE COMPANY
#4,304 of the rated field
1477 power rating
Contests
50
GCs
0
Top-10s
2%
Peak
1542
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to UP IN SMOKERS)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team UP IN SMOKERS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 50 contests
  • last seen Aug 23, 2019
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Angry Cock BBQ
#4,296 of the rated field
1477 power rating
Contests
20
GCs
1
Top-10s
10%
Peak
1477
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to UP IN SMOKERS)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 19 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 19 contests
  • last seen Oct 9, 2026
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Karnivorous
#4,330 of the rated field
1476 power rating
Contests
45
GCs
0
Top-10s
22%
Peak
1544

Careers of much the same size, 45 contests to 47, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 45 contests
  • last seen Jul 18, 2026
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House of Smoke NC
#4,331 of the rated field
1476 power rating
Contests
41
GCs
0
Top-10s
15%
Peak
1476

Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before UP IN SMOKERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 41 contests
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SLO DOG Q
#4,329 of the rated field
1476 power rating
Contests
27
GCs
0
Top-10s
4%
Peak
1520

27 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 4% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

  • rated over 26 contests
  • last seen Aug 7, 2026
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This is Nice
#4,318 of the rated field
1477 power rating
Contests
25
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1477

Level with UP IN SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 25 contests
  • last seen Sep 25, 2026
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit 32 2 30 6% ⚔ compare
Capt. Blue BBQ 28 2 26 7% ⚔ compare
PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ 26 11 15 42% ⚔ compare
4 BOXERS Q 25 11 14 44% ⚔ compare
3 EYZ BBQ 25 4 21 16% ⚔ compare
All About the Wood 25 2 23 8% ⚔ compare
BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE 24 9 15 38% ⚔ compare
B'S QUE 24 5 19 21% ⚔ compare
SMOKECRAFT - MD 23 4 19 17% ⚔ compare
GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ 23 1 22 4% ⚔ compare
Backwooder BBQ 22 6 15 27% ⚔ compare
Leaning Jowler BBQ 22 1 21 5% ⚔ compare
BOGGS HOG BBQ 22 1 21 5% ⚔ compare
SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS 21 1 20 5% ⚔ compare
CHUNKY BBQ 20 0 20 0% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 47 12 0 1 178.8572 142.2284 166.87 top 53%
Pork Ribs 46 11 0 0 175.4172 129.1316 162.46 top 59%
Pork 46 7 0 3 175.4172 130.8112 160.45 top 66%
Brisket 45 8 2 4 177.1428 123.3716 160.58 top 60%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)40top 63%
Medium (20–39)230top 62%
Large (40+)190top 71%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
PA240top 71%
NJ150top 66%
DE50top 59%
MD20top 26%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 8 8 0 top 53% Jul 11, 2026
Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) 6 16 0 top 75% Jul 25, 2026
Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2) 6 6 0 top 65% May 16, 2026
York County BBQ Festival (Day 2) 3 14 0 top 72% Jun 29, 2024
New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 3 20 0 top 82% Apr 20, 2024
MD State BBQ Bash 2 6 0 top 26% Oct 9, 2026
First State BBQ Bash 2 12 0 top 41% Sep 25, 2026
Rekindled Ironman 2 9 0 top 65% Apr 3, 2026
Delaware Bay-B-Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 2 9 0 top 56% May 6, 2023
Smoke in the Grove (Day 1) 2 38 0 top 85% Jul 29, 2022

More numbers

Busiest season 2024 12 contests
Contests a season 5.2 across 9 seasons in the data
Most contests held in PA 24 of 47 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited 20 10 of them more than once
Most-entered meat Chicken 47 entries · 0 wins · 12 calls
Opponents faced 666 finished ahead 787 times, behind 1,658
Longest layoff 2 yrs Jul 12, 2019 → Jul 9, 2021

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

20262 milestones
  1. Career-best overall score691.9432 MD State BBQ Bash
  2. Most recent contest MD State BBQ Bash
20251 milestone
  1. Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (One Meat Chicken)
20241 milestone
  1. 25th tracked contest New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
20233 milestones
  1. First call Delaware Bay-B-Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)
  2. First overall top-10 Delaware Bay-B-Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)
  3. First category win (Brisket) York County BBQ Festival
20221 milestone
  1. First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.5372 Smoke in the Grove (Day 1)
20191 milestone
  1. 10th tracked contest New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
20172 milestones
  1. First tracked contest New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
  2. Peak power rating (1492) New Jersey State Barbecue Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+17.2New Jersey State Barbecue ChampionshipJul 13, 2024
+14.4Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1)May 15, 2026
+14.4MD State BBQ BashOct 9, 2026
+12.6New Jersey State Barbecue ChampionshipJul 14, 2023
+12.2MD State BBQ BashOct 11, 2024

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-10.4Boo-B-QueOct 19, 2018
-9.6New Jersey KnoQ-out-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIESApr 28, 2018
-9.6Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2)Jul 25, 2026
-9.3Smoke in the GroveJul 27, 2018
-9.1The IronmanApr 6, 2018

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20268031 63% top 51% 96.1% 93.7%
20259000 89% top 65% 94.7% 92.2%
202412020 50% top 62% 94.8% 92.3%
20235011 100% top 52% 94.6% 93%
20222000 0% top 70% 90.6% 89%
20211000 0% top 92% 78.9% 78.9%
20192000 0% top 72% 88.8% 86.3%
20186000 0% top 94% 85.9% 79.5%
20172000 0% top 84% 83.9% 82.1%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Oct 9, 2026 MD State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD 6 / 28 (691.9432) 6 (175.4172) 7 (173.7144) 15 (170.8344) 7 (171.9772)
Sep 25, 2026 First State BBQ Bash 🏅 Milford, DE 12 / 39 (686.7544) 7 (176.5600) 23 (167.3944) 18 (169.6800) 8 (173.1200)
Jul 25, 2026 Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) 🏅 New Freedom, PA 37 / 39 (651.2800) 33 (168.5256) 30 (166.2744) 37 (158.2172) 35 (158.2628)
Jul 24, 2026 Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 New Freedom, PA 37 / 43 (658.6968) 20 (173.1084) 36 (161.6456) 26 (167.4056) 40 (156.5372)
Jul 11, 2026 New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ 16 / 62 (681.6000) 14 (171.9656) 17 (171.4172) 14 (171.9772) 28 (166.2400)
May 16, 2026 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)
May 15, 2026 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)
Apr 3, 2026 Rekindled Ironman 🏅 Seven Valleys, PA 9 / 14 (664.4116) 6 (174.2628) 13 (159.9544) 9 (166.2516) 9 (163.9428)
Oct 24, 2025 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)
Oct 24, 2025 Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (One Meat Chicken) Jackson, NJ — 2 (178.8572) — — —
Sep 26, 2025 First State BBQ Bash 🏅 Milford, DE 13 / 25 (681.6456) 4 (175.4056) 9 (171.9772) 15 (165.7372) 12 (168.5256)
Jul 26, 2025 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)
Jul 25, 2025 Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 New Freedom, PA 21 / 30 (665.6228) 18 (170.8228) 24 (161.6800) 18 (168) 22 (165.1200)
Jul 12, 2025 New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ 26 / 63 (651.9084) 21 (169.1428) 6 (172.5600) 31 (161.7028) 49 (148.5028)
May 17, 2025 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)
May 16, 2025 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)
Apr 4, 2025 Rekindled Ironman 🏅 Seven Valleys, PA 15 / 23 (665.6000) 8 (175.4056) 5 (175.4172) 22 (152.5372) 19 (162.2400)
Oct 11, 2024 MD State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD 8 / 26 (682.7428) 11 (170.8228) 4 (174.2628) 11 (169.6800) 11 (167.9772)
Oct 4, 2024 Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA 17 / 25 (656.4000) 11 (170.8228) 19 (160.5028) 20 (163.4172) 18 (161.6572)
Aug 23, 2024 New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA 18 / 38 (672.9944) 8 (174.2628) 28 (162.8000) 3 (175.4172) 28 (160.5144)
Jul 27, 2024 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)
Jul 26, 2024 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)
Jul 13, 2024 New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ 8 / 62 (679.3944) 17 (169.7372) 19 (166.8572) 3 (173.1316) 11 (169.6684)
Jun 29, 2024 York County BBQ Festival (Day 2) 🏅 Delta, PA 14 / 19 (660.3768) 15 (168.5140) 7 (173.1200) 19 (159.9428) 16 (158.8000)
Jun 28, 2024 York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 Delta, PA 20 / 29 (666.1948) 11 (170.8344) 19 (168.5488) 11 (169.7144) 24 (157.0972)
May 18, 2024 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)
May 17, 2024 Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) 🏅 Morgantown, PA 29 / 37 (651.3372) 25 (167.3828) 11 (168.5600) 29 (160) 33 (155.3944)
Apr 20, 2024 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)
Apr 19, 2024 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)
Jul 28, 2023 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)
Jul 14, 2023 New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ 17 / 64 (665.1204) 4 (176.5600) 34 (162.3088) 27 (164.5600) 27 (161.6916)
Jun 16, 2023 York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA 21 / 29 (659.3944) 13 (170.8228) 25 (156.5716) 26 (154.8572) 1 (177.1428)
May 6, 2023 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)
May 5, 2023 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)
Jul 29, 2022 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)
Jul 9, 2022 New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ 42 / 61 (629.0632) 35 (164) 42 (155.9660) 58 (141.6800) 14 (167.4172)
Jul 9, 2021 New Jersey State BBQ Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ 54 / 59 (567.8172) 36 (155.3828) 53 (138.8228) 48 (150.2400) 58 (123.3716)
Jul 12, 2019 New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ 54 / 64 (603.8968) 55 (149.1200) 41 (155.3828) 58 (146.2628) 44 (153.1312)
Mar 8, 2019 Mid Atlantic BBQ Expo Atlantic City, NJ 40 / 66 (639.4400) 34 (162.2628) 45 (156.6400) 51 (152.5372) 16 (168)
Oct 19, 2018 Boo-B-Que Rehoboth Beach, DE 73 / 73 (468.5372) 44 (162.8344) 13 (168.5600) 71 (137.1428) —
Jul 27, 2018 Smoke in the Grove Spring Grove, PA 54 / 54 (604.9484) 54 (142.2284) 40 (157.6916) 52 (149.0856) 42 (155.9428)
Jul 14, 2018 New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ 55 / 64 (580.3996) 46 (149.1084) 51 (146.8228) 63 (130.8112) 31 (153.6572)
Jun 1, 2018 Que for the Troops Levittown, PA 55 / 61 (618.6628) 59 (145.6916) 41 (155.3716) 51 (152.5140) 20 (165.0856)
Apr 28, 2018 New Jersey KnoQ-out-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ 38 / 40 (570.2860) 34 (151.4744) 39 (129.1316) 37 (147.4172) 37 (142.2628)
Apr 6, 2018 The Ironman Greencastle, PA 54 / 60 (592.3884) 49 (153.0856) 58 (138.2056) 35 (158.8456) 54 (142.2516)
Sep 15, 2017 Smoke on the Water New Jersey State Barbecue Championship Atlantic City, NJ 37 / 42 (604.4348) 19 (164.0116) 39 (144.5488) 38 (153.0628) 36 (142.8116)
Jul 7, 2017 New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ 53 / 67 (577.6576) 58 (145.1200) 54 (146.2628) 50 (147.9888) 57 (138.2860)

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