#4098 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
7 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where SMOKIE AND THE BANDITS's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headSMOKIE AND THE BANDITS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1480
peak 1480 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2018-08-17
latest 2022-10-14
Best ToY finish
#1954
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 98%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.97 · weakest Pork Ribs (132.44)
Road miles
952
mi across 2 mapped stops · furthest 952 mi
Purse competed for
$13K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
566.09 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
299.78 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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.
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.
SMOKIE AND THE BANDITS has 2 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 143 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4116 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKIE AND THE BANDITS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4113 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after SMOKIE AND THE BANDITS did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4126 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before SMOKIE AND THE BANDITS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4133 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before SMOKIE AND THE BANDITS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4119 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before SMOKIE AND THE BANDITS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 150.2400 | 159.97 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134.8000 | 130.0800 | 132.44 | top 115% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 137.1084 | 137.1084 | 137.11 | top 100% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143.9428 | 143.9428 | 143.94 | top 93% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MD | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 96% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 96% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.2 yrs
2018-08-17 → 2022-10-14
Busiest season
2022
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MD
1 of 2 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 159.97 · weakest Pork Ribs (132.44)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 1 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 2 contests
Master average
566.09
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Backyard average
299.78
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
126
13–112 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
952
2 mapped stops · furthest 952 mi
Purse competed for
$12,500
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
4.2 yrs
2018-08-17 → 2022-10-14
Power rating
1480
peak 1480 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest *BBQ and Fly In on the River(JUDGES FULL)
- Career-best overall score566.0912 *BBQ and Fly In on the River(JUDGES FULL)
- 2022
- First call Maryland State BBQ Bash
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.7028 Maryland State BBQ Bash
- Most recent contest Maryland State BBQ Bash
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 100% | 83.3% | 83.3% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 78.6% | 78.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-10-14 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD | 30 / 30 (299.7828) | 4 (169.7028) | 40 (130.0800) | — | — |
| 2018-08-17 | *BBQ and Fly In on the River(JUDGES FULL) Excelsior Springs, MO | 55 / 57 (566.0912) | 52 (150.2400) | 55 (134.8000) | 57 (137.1084) | 53 (143.9428) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1996 (60 pts) | #2030 (60 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |