SMOKE 'N' BARRELS BBQ-VA

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#2029

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1537

peak 1552 · rated over 11 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2015-10-09

latest 2019-06-14

Best ToY finish

#1382

Master 2018

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 11 contests

Avg finish

top 46%

overall standings

Best overall

679.4060 / 720

Master · 3rd Annual Pickin' N Pullin

Perfect 180s

Current form

629.29 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 644.31 (-15.02)

Walk rate

82%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7144

Chicken · 3rd Annual Pickin' N Pullin

Consistency

±47.54

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 170.44 · weakest Brisket (161.57)

Road miles

1,077

mi across 11 mapped stops · furthest 114 mi

Schedule strength

54%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1569)

Purse competed for

$13K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

644.31 / 720

11 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (7 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

They almost always walk

82% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 9 of 11 contests

A top-10 category call in 82% of their 11 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

679.4060 career-best overall

94.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 679.4060 at 3rd Annual Pickin' N Pullin — 94.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
2016-04-29

Their season

2016 their best year

2016 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 26%.

3 contests
2 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 26%

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

MUTTLEY CREW BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

MUTTLEY CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.9 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.87 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 9% of the time against 64%.

Brisket avg 161.57
Chicken avg 170.44
1 calls in 11 entries

A strong matchup

5–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 71% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BIG DOG BBQ VA in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

6 of 8 shared chicken entries lost

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ has out-cooked them in 6 of 8 shared chicken entries.

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

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

Gus's BBQ

#2031 of the rated field

1537 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1537

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2024-05-18

⚔ Head-to-head

MOLLOY'S BBQ

#2033 of the rated field

1537 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1551

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before SMOKE 'N' BARRELS BBQ-VA's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 12 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

EGGSTRA POINT BBQ

#2037 of the rated field

1537 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1537

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 12 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2015-05-01

⚔ Head-to-head

The Rusty Pig

#2030 of the rated field

1537 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1537

No shared contest yet.

Level with SMOKE 'N' BARRELS BBQ-VA on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2026-01-22

⚔ Head-to-head

Jager Q

#2018 of the rated field

1537 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 56%
Peak: 1542

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 9 contests, alongside a 56% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2020-06-19

⚔ Head-to-head

Mac's BBQ

#2020 of the rated field

1537 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1537

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2017-03-25

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
BIG DOG BBQ VA	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN SKULLIES	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
2 RHODIES BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
DIRTY POSSUM BBQ	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
e2BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
GRATE SMOKE	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
Smoke-A-Holics	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
TWISTED PAIR BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
ROLLIN' SMOKE	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	11	7	1	3	177.7144	158.2628	170.44	top 27%
Pork Ribs	11	5	0	0	172.0116	156.5600	165.13	top 38%
Pork	10	1	0	0	172.5600	149.0284	161.89	top 52%
Brisket	11	1	0	0	168.5488	143.9316	161.57	top 47%

“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
VA	6	0	top 38%
NC	5	0	top 56%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	4	0	top 55%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 40%

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.7 yrs 2015-10-09 → 2019-06-14

Busiest season 2017 4 contests

Contests a season 2.2 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in VA 6 of 11 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 11 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 11 entries · 1 win · 7 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 170.44 · weakest Brisket (161.57)

Walk rate 82% a top-10 call in 9 of 11 contests

Overall top-10 rate 18% 2 of 11 contests

Master average 644.31 out of 720 · 11 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 244 264–212 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,077 11 mapped stops · furthest 114 mi

Schedule strength 1569 average field rating faced — tougher than 54% of rated contests

Purse competed for $12,625 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Power rating 1537 peak 1552 · #2029 of 6,413 rated

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

2015
Oct 9 First tracked contest Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown
Oct 9 First call Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown
2016
Apr 29 First overall top-10 3rd Annual Pickin' N Pullin
Apr 29 First overall past 90% of a perfect score679.4060 3rd Annual Pickin' N Pullin
Apr 29 Career-best overall score679.4060 3rd Annual Pickin' N Pullin
Apr 29 Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7144 3rd Annual Pickin' N Pullin
Aug 26 First category win (Chicken) Boydton's Big Bad BBQ
2018
Oct 12 10th tracked contest *Pigs in the Pit
Oct 12 Peak power rating (1552) *Pigs in the Pit
2019
Jun 14 Most recent contest Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.3	3rd Annual Pickin' N Pullin	2016-04-29
+8.8	Boydton's Big Bad BBQ	2016-08-26
+7.9	Peak City Pig Fest	2017-06-16
+7.6	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down	2017-10-13
+6.5	Big Bad BBQ in Boydton	2017-08-18

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.6	Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest	2019-06-14
-7.9	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown	2015-10-09

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0	0	100%	top 100%	69.3%	69.3%
2018	2	0	0	50%	top 54%	91.6%	91.3%
2017	4	0	0	75%	top 34%	92.9%	92.1%
2016	3	2	1	100%	top 26%	94.4%	92.3%
2015	1	0	0	100%	top 82%	87.4%	87.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-06-14	Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest 🏅 Apex, NC	38 / 38 (498.8800)	24 (162.8800)	4 (172.0000)	—	16 (164.0000)
2018-10-12	*Pigs in the Pit Alton, VA	17 / 30 (659.8628)	5 (170.8456)	5 (171.4056)	26 (156.5144)	19 (161.0972)
2018-03-23	BBQ Gives Back Urbanna, VA	38 / 75 (654.1484)	60 (158.2628)	38 (163.9772)	26 (165.0856)	24 (166.8228)
2017-10-13	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC	16 / 50 (669.0060)	27 (168.5372)	9 (170.8344)	22 (165.6800)	26 (163.9544)
2017-08-18	Big Bad BBQ in Boydton Boydton, VA	11 / 31 (664.5376)	2 (174.3200)	24 (156.5600)	13 (165.1088)	11 (168.5488)
2017-06-16	Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC	14 / 47 (662.2060)	5 (173.1544)	28 (162.2516)	18 (165.1200)	22 (161.6800)
2017-04-28	4th Annual Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition Lanexa, VA	18 / 46 (656.4000)	13 (169.1200)	20 (160.5488)	14 (167.3828)	22 (159.3484)
2016-08-26	Boydton's Big Bad BBQ Boydton, VA	8 / 28 (650.1488)	1 (175.4056)	10 (158.2516)	20 (153.6572)	5 (162.8344)
2016-06-17	Peak City Pigfest Apex, NC	16 / 46 (663.8972)	7 (171.4400)	7 (172.0116)	32 (158.7884)	20 (161.6572)
2016-04-29	3rd Annual Pickin' N Pullin Lanexa, VA	7 / 48 (679.4060)	2 (177.7144)	16 (165.7260)	4 (172.5600)	21 (163.4056)
2015-10-09	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown Rocky Mount, NC	40 / 49 (628.9256)	6 (173.1428)	30 (162.8228)	45 (149.0284)	46 (143.9316)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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
2019 ↗	Master	#1955 (60 pts)	#2013 (65 pts)	#1197 (210 pts)	—	#1725 (105 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1382 (155 pts)	#1152 (240 pts)	#1173 (240 pts)	#1754 (115 pts)	#1481 (150 pts)