They almost always walk
75%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 6 of 8 contests
A top-10 category call in 75% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
SMOKIN WINE-O'S
SMOKIN WINE-O'S is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 22 at the Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival Backyard Competition Presented by Kenney's Ace Hardware (BACKYARD ONLY) (). They are ranked #2837 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1510
peak 1517 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Jul 27, 2018
latest Jul 22, 2022 · 4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
25% of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
666.15 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 663.95 (+2.20)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.35
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 169.76 · weakest Brisket (157.73)
Road miles
299
across 7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
88%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1620)
Purse competed for
$36K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
663.95 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
513.10 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 | #887 (158 pts) | #894 (173 pts) | #755 (258 pts) | #587 (343 pts) | #996 (128 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #783 (174 pts) | #711 (229 pts) | #752 (214 pts) | #567 (314 pts) | #874 (149 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1653 (111 pts) | #1504 (136 pts) | #1515 (131 pts) | #1759 (106 pts) | #1772 (96 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1400 (150 pts) | #1518 (140 pts) | #1421 (170 pts) | #1781 (110 pts) | #1939 (70 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to SMOKIN WINE-O'S, each with one reason worth a look.
97 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,817 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1511
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,818 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
Level with SMOKIN WINE-O'S on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,841 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1510
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,838 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1514
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 7 years before SMOKIN WINE-O'S's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,822 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1513
They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before SMOKIN WINE-O'S's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,830 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1530
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 7 years before SMOKIN WINE-O'S's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MESS-IN-A ROUND BBQ | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| JaBs BBQ | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| HIGH ON THE HAWG | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| JANKY LEG BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Heavy Smoke BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| DB BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| TWISTED SMOKE ADC | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Carrol Lou's Smokehouse | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| THE BBQ BUS | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| THUNDER HOG BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| TRIPLE H BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 165.7144 | 169.34 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 173.1316 | 166.2400 | 167.98 | top 40% |
| Pork | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 176.5600 | 164.5372 | 169.76 | top 38% |
| Brisket | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9540 | 145.6228 | 157.73 | top 79% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EffingHAM-JAM | 4 | 8 | 0 | top 52% | Jul 22, 2022 |
| Harvest on Fire at the Winery | 2 | 17 | 0 | top 71% | Jul 8, 2022 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.6
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IL
8 of 8 contests
Contests visited
4
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
114
finished ahead 100 times, behind 121
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Jul 26, 2019 → Jul 9, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20224 milestones
- Career-best overall score678.1944 Harvest on Fire at the Winery
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.5600 Harvest on Fire at the Winery
- Peak power rating (1517) Harvest on Fire at the Winery
- Most recent contest EffingHAM-JAM
—5 milestones
- First tracked contest Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival Backyard Competition Presented by Kenney's Ace Hardware (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival Backyard Competition Presented by Kenney's Ace Hardware (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival Backyard Competition Presented by Kenney's Ace Hardware (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall podium Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival Backyard Competition Presented by Kenney's Ace Hardware (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score513.0972 Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival Backyard Competition Presented by Kenney's Ace Hardware (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.4 | EffingHam-Jam | Jul 27, 2018 |
| +7.5 | Effingham -Jam | Jul 23, 2021 |
| +3.2 | Effingham -Jam | Jul 26, 2019 |
| +2.5 | Harvest on Fire at the Winery | Jul 8, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.4 | EffingHAM-JAM | Jul 22, 2022 |
| -5.7 | Harvest On Fire at The Winery | Jul 12, 2019 |
| -2.5 | Harvest On the Fire At the Winery | Jul 9, 2021 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 14% | 95% | 95% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 74% | 94.2% | 92.7% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 59% | 93.7% | 92.4% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 65% | 92.4% | 91% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 27% | 93.4% | 93.4% |
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 | 22 / 25 (656.3884) | 16 (165.7144) | 17 (166.2400) | 17 (166.2400) | 21 (158.1940) |
| Jul 8, 2022 | Harvest on Fire at the Winery 🏅 Marshall, IL | 17 / 28 (678.1944) | 20 (169.7028) | 6 (173.1316) | 2 (176.5600) | 24 (158.8000) |
| Jul 23, 2021 | Effingham -Jam 🏅 Effingham, IL | 13 / 29 (674.7540) | 7 (171.4056) | 15 (166.8344) | 4 (172.5600) | 18 (163.9540) |
| Jul 9, 2021 | Harvest On the Fire At the Winery 🏅 Marshall, IL | 28 / 38 (655.8284) | 23 (166.8228) | 15 (167.4172) | 15 (168.5256) | 34 (153.0628) |
| Jul 26, 2019 | Effingham -Jam 🏅 Effingham, IL | 13 / 26 (665.6000) | 9 (170.2744) | 13 (166.2628) | 14 (166.8344) | 16 (162.2284) |
| Jul 12, 2019 | Harvest On Fire at The Winery 🏅 Marshall, IL | 25 / 31 (644.3772) | 16 (167.3828) | 10 (166.8344) | 19 (164.5372) | 29 (145.6228) |
| Jul 27, 2018 | EffingHam-Jam Effingham, IL | 8 / 30 (672.5144) | 9 (171.4056) | 6 (170.8688) | 14 (167.9772) | 22 (162.2628) |
| — | Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival Backyard Competition Presented by Kenney's Ace Hardware (BACKYARD ONLY) Decatur, IL | 3 / 22 (513.0972) | 5 (172) | 8 (166.2400) | 3 (174.8572) | — |