High-water mark
685.6340
career-best overall
95.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 685.6340 at Barbeque on the Bow Festival — 95.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 4, 2026
Homestead Smoke Shack BBQ
Homestead Smoke Shack BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 9th of 33 at the Barbeque on the Bow Festival (2026). They are ranked #3301 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1498
peak 1498 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Jun 8, 2019
latest Sep 4, 2026 · 7.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
33% of 6 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
651.31 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 644.57 (+6.74)
Walk rate
83%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±24.92
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.07 · weakest Brisket (156.45)
Road miles
797
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 522 mi
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
644.57 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Homestead Smoke Shack BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
105 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,290 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,303 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1498
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Homestead Smoke Shack BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,296 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1504
Level with Homestead Smoke Shack BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,304 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1506
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Homestead Smoke Shack BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,316 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1506
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Homestead Smoke Shack BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,313 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1508
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 10 years before Homestead Smoke Shack BBQ'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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIGG SMOAK BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 156.0228 | 162.84 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 148.5028 | 160.92 | top 54% |
| Pork | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 174.2856 | 161.6572 | 167.07 | top 36% |
| Brisket | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 145.1316 | 156.45 | top 67% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 3 | 0 | top 62% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 57% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 2) | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 61% | Jul 25, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AB
4 of 6 contests · 3 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
80
finished ahead 58 times, behind 70
Longest layoff
5.8 yrs
Sep 26, 2020 → Jul 24, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20265 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.7204 The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 1)
- First overall top-10 The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 2)
- Career-best overall score685.6340 Barbeque on the Bow Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.2856 Barbeque on the Bow Festival
- Most recent contest Barbeque on the Bow Festival
20193 milestones
- First tracked contest Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff
- First call Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1498) Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.2 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival | Sep 4, 2026 |
| +0.6 | The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 2) | Jul 25, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.7 | BBQ on the Bow | Sep 26, 2020 |
| -3.3 | The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 1) | Jul 24, 2026 |
| -2.2 | BBQ In The Badlands | Sep 27, 2019 |
| -1.6 | Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff | Jun 8, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 95.2% | 92.5% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 76% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 66% | 88.6% | 86.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2026 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 9 / 33 (685.6340) | 12 (170.8228) | 16 (168.5600) | 7 (174.2856) | 8 (171.9656) |
| Jul 25, 2026 | The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 2) Didsbury, AB | 10 / 18 (661.0172) | 14 (163.9428) | 9 (165.6800) | 7 (167.3944) | 11 (164) |
| Jul 24, 2026 | The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 1) Didsbury, AB | 12 / 18 (650.7204) | 14 (168.5372) | 9 (165.1316) | 12 (161.6572) | 15 (155.3944) |
| Sep 26, 2020 | BBQ on the Bow Didsbury, AB | 16 / 21 (621.0628) | 9 (156.0228) | 16 (148.5028) | 2 (168) | 17 (148.5372) |
| Sep 27, 2019 | BBQ In The Badlands 🏅 Glendive, MT | 17 / 25 (638.1028) | 18 (157.6572) | 12 (162.8000) | 11 (164) | 18 (153.6456) |
| Jun 8, 2019 | Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff Pilot Butte, SK | 12 / 19 (610.8692) | 9 (160.0572) | 10 (154.8460) | — | 15 (145.1316) |