CODE 7 SMOKEHOUSE

CODE 7 SMOKEHOUSE is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2020. Their best overall finish is 9th of 26 at the Smoke & Hops (2019). They are ranked #3291 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,291

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1498

peak 1498 · rated over 9 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Feb 15, 2019

latest Jan 24, 2020

Best ToY finish

#462

Master 2019 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

10% of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 64%

overall standings

Best overall

681.6228 / 720

Master · Smoke & Hops

Perfect 180s

Current form

667.43 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 656.40 (+11.03)

Walk rate

60%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7028

Brisket · Smoke & Hops

Consistency

±16.53

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 166.15 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.97)

Road miles

1,278

across 10 mapped stops · furthest 250 mi

Schedule strength

73%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1593)

Purse competed for

$84K

listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 9 state-championship entries

Master avg

656.40 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

60% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 6 of 10 contests

A top-10 category call in 60% of their 10 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

681.6228 career-best overall

94.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 681.6228 at Smoke & Hops — 94.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jul 5, 2019

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT has finished one call ahead of CODE 7 SMOKEHOUSE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

9–1 behind in the head-to-head

MUDVILLE BBQ ahead in 90% of their meetings

MUDVILLE BBQ has come out ahead in 9 of their 10 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.2 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.18 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 10% of the time against 30%.

Pork Ribs avg 161.97
Brisket avg 166.15
1 call in 10 entries

Brisket nemesis

8 of 9 shared brisket entries lost

BIG POPPA SMOKERS ahead 89% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BIG POPPA SMOKERS has out-cooked them in 8 of 9 shared brisket entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Pops BBQ 22 has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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The metronome

±2.30% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.30% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.2% of a perfect score
10 contests

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
2020 ↗	Master	#600 (150 pts)	#463 (245 pts)	#615 (165 pts)	#521 (205 pts)	#513 (215 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#462 (711 pts)	#493 (691 pts)	#452 (756 pts)	#369 (906 pts)	#294 (1,046 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to CODE 7 SMOKEHOUSE, each with one reason worth a look.

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

K-Town Pit Que

#3,272 of the rated field

1499 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 45%
Peak: 1509

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Aug 29, 2026

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Cosmic Q

#3,289 of the rated field

1498 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1511

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2019.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Jul 11, 2026

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Smokin A's

#3,290 of the rated field

1498 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1498

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Sep 19, 2026

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Southern Tailgates

#3,303 of the rated field

1498 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1504

Level with CODE 7 SMOKEHOUSE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Aug 16, 2024

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Struttin Smokers

#3,285 of the rated field

1499 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1500

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Dec 1, 2023

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NYARSPOLGAR BBQ

#3,279 of the rated field

1499 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1531

They've been 1531 at their best, 32 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Aug 10, 2019

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
MUDVILLE BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
Burnin and Lootin	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
BIG POPPA SMOKERS	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
The BBQ Yard	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
Old Town Franklin BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
RAD FONDO BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
Smokey and the Pirate	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
BAR-B-Q'S-2GO	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
LADY OF Q	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
TEAM WOODSHED	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
7-8-9 BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Pops BBQ 22	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	1	0	0	175.4400	151.9656	163.97	top 63%
Pork Ribs	10	1	0	0	171.9884	149.6344	161.97	top 67%
Pork	8	2	0	1	177.1772	155.4056	163.47	top 59%
Brisket	10	3	1	1	177.7028	149.0972	166.15	top 48%

“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

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	4	0	top 52%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 72%

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 9 contests

Contests a season 5 across 2 seasons in the data

Most contests held in CA 10 of 10 contests

Contests visited 10 a different one every time

Opponents faced 210 finished ahead 153 times, behind 305

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

20203 milestones

Jan 24 10th tracked contest The Golden State Battle II
Jan 24 Peak power rating (1498) The Golden State Battle II
Jan 24 Most recent contest The Golden State Battle II

20197 milestones

Feb 15 First tracked contest The Smithfield Guinea Pig (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)
Apr 26 First call Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship
Apr 26 First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.2288 Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship
Jul 5 First category win (Brisket) Smoke & Hops
Jul 5 First overall top-10 Smoke & Hops
Jul 5 Career-best overall score681.6228 Smoke & Hops
Jul 5 Career-best single call (Brisket)177.7028 Smoke & Hops

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.7	Smoke & Hops	Jul 5, 2019
+6.9	Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship	Apr 26, 2019
+2.8	Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival	Nov 1, 2019
+2.2	Turf & Surf BBQ Championship	Aug 16, 2019
+1.7	The Golden State Battle II	Jan 24, 2020

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.7	The Smithfield Guinea Pig (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)	Feb 15, 2019
-9.2	8th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Day 2	Mar 30, 2019
-6.7	8th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Day 1	Mar 29, 2019

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)
2020	1	0	0	0	100%	top 50%	93.1%	93.1%
2019	9	0	1	1	56%	top 65%	94.7%	91%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jan 24, 2020	The Golden State Battle II 🏅 Hollister, CA	23 / 46 (670.1944)	5 (175.4400)	16 (166.8344)	34 (163.9656)	30 (163.9544)
Nov 1, 2019	Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival 🏅 Indio, CA	21 / 37 (665.6344)	28 (161.6684)	27 (162.2632)	9 (170.2628)	8 (171.4400)
Aug 16, 2019	Turf & Surf BBQ Championship 🏅 Del Mar, CA	20 / 35 (662.6968)	15 (167.9884)	20 (165.0972)	—	20 (166.2284)
Jul 26, 2019	Gilroy Garli-Que BBQ Challenge 🏅 Gilroy, CA	22 / 36 (656.9828)	24 (161.0856)	21 (166.2516)	25 (158.8000)	4 (170.8456)
Jul 5, 2019	Smoke & Hops 🏅 Harmony, CA	9 / 26 (681.6228)	18 (166.8228)	15 (165.1200)	—	1 (177.7028)
Jun 21, 2019	Silicon Valley BBQ Championship 🏅 unrated Santa Clara, CA	24 (659.3484)	27 (163.9772)	8 (171.9884)	38 (155.4056)	21 (167.9772)
Apr 26, 2019	Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA	19 / 48 (666.2288)	11 (171.9772)	18 (167.9772)	2 (177.1772)	39 (149.0972)
Mar 30, 2019	8th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Day 2 🏅 Arcadia, CA	44 / 47 (640.4804)	46 (159.4288)	44 (153.6916)	33 (163.9428)	35 (163.4172)
Mar 29, 2019	8th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Day 1 🏅 Arcadia, CA	58 / 70 (636.4116)	58 (159.3944)	67 (150.8000)	56 (161.0972)	36 (165.1200)
Feb 15, 2019	The Smithfield Guinea Pig (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Indian Wells, CA	47 / 49 (624.4000)	47 (151.9656)	48 (149.6344)	45 (157.0972)	32 (165.7028)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

CODE 7 SMOKEHOUSE

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (8 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

Brisket nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The metronome

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

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