Woodquarter Smokerheads

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

Power ranking

#1042

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1600

peak 1612 · rated over 24 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2022-07-29

latest 2026-07-18

Best ToY finish

#49

Master 2025

Grand champs

4 reserve

Category wins

33 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 43 contests

Avg finish

top 46%

overall standings

Best overall

695.9772 / 720

Master · Fo.G & Smoke 2024

Perfect 180s

Current form

679.79 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 675.50 (+4.28)

Walk rate

93%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

179.4400

Pork · Fo.G & Smoke 2024

Consistency

±15.06

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 171.85 · weakest Brisket (167.16)

Road miles

13,827

mi across 43 mapped stops · furthest 4983 mi

Schedule strength

56%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1571)

Master avg

675.50 / 720

25 Master contests · 2 GCs

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Storylines (15 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.

The heartbreaker

3.4740 points from the title

Came within 3.4740 points of the Grand Championship at Muehlviertler BBQ Festival (2025-05-17).

Against the odds

16-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 84 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Fo.G & Smoke 2024 (2024-09-21) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 16-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, COOKLOUNGE BBQ.

A multi-meat day

1 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Fo.G & Smoke 2024 (2024-09-21).

Pork 1st
Brisket 1st

They almost always walk

93% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 40 of 43 contests

A top-10 category call in 93% of their 43 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

695.9772 career-best overall

96.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 695.9772 at Fo.G & Smoke 2024 — 96.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
2024-09-21

The one to beat

4× one call ahead of them

SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ has finished one call ahead of Woodquarter Smokerheads 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2024 1 Grand Championship

2024 was the year it came together: 8 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 4 category wins, at an average finish in the top 33%.

8 contests
5 overall top-10s
4 category wins
average top 33%

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

BBQ+ ahead in 100% of their meetings

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

The weak link

−4.7 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.69 points below their pork, and turns into a call 81% of the time against 78%.

Brisket avg 167.16
Pork avg 171.85
22 calls in 27 entries

A strong matchup

10–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Onkel Felix BBQ in 10 of their 12 shared contests.

Always the bridesmaid

4 reserve championships

Runner-up for the whole thing 4 times against 2 Grand Championships — close enough to touch it, over and over.

2 Grand Championships
43 contests

Looking over their shoulder

4× one call behind them

COOKLOUNGE BBQ has landed one call behind them 4 times.

A February team

Top 34% average finish in February

Something about February: average finish in the top 34% across 3 contests, versus top 46% the rest of the year.

3 February contests
top 46% the rest of the year

The long haul

13,827 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 13,827 miles across 43 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 4,983 miles to Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY).

43 mapped stops
furthest 4,983 mi

The metronome

±2.09% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.09% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.8% of a perfect score
43 contests

In the record book (1 in the KCBS record book)

Where this team stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record they hold outright; the rest are boards they are on. Rebuilt nightly, so beating one shows up here the next morning.

#9 🎖️ Best overall top-10 rate 84.6% of contests finished top ten · 22 from 26 contests · 18 Jul 2026

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.

RUBY CREEK BBQ

#1040 of the rated field

1600 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1600

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 23 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 23 contests
last seen 2026-06-19

⚔ Head-to-head

THAT'S OUR QUE

#1049 of the rated field

1599 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 42%
Peak: 1600

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Woodquarter Smokerheads's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 26 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

CRAZY COYOTE

#1050 of the rated field

1599 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 32
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 34%
Peak: 1618

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 32 contests to 43, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 32 contests
last seen 2017-08-04

⚔ Head-to-head

BIG BLOCK BBQ

#1046 of the rated field

1599 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 33
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1635

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 33 contests, alongside a 30% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 32 contests
last seen 2016-09-03

⚔ Head-to-head

GORILLA ISLANDS

#1043 of the rated field

1600 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 28%
Peak: 1600

No shared contest yet.

They were already cooking in 2014, 8 years before Woodquarter Smokerheads's first contest.

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2018-03-23

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKETASTIC BBQ

#1044 of the rated field

1599 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 42
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1620

No shared contest yet.

Level with Woodquarter Smokerheads on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 42 contests
last seen 2019-11-01

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ	19	6	13	32%	⚔ compare
Westside BBQ	18	8	10	44%	⚔ compare
COOKLOUNGE BBQ	15	5	10	33%	⚔ compare
Smoky Cotte	13	7	6	54%	⚔ compare
The BBQ Ranch	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare
Onkel Felix BBQ	12	10	2	83%	⚔ compare
BBQ Hot Yard	12	8	4	67%	⚔ compare
Szendo Smoke BBQ Team	10	9	1	90%	⚔ compare
Stammtischgriller	10	8	2	80%	⚔ compare
SOUTH BRIXIA	9	8	1	89%	⚔ compare
Roast a Piece	9	8	1	89%	⚔ compare
Barbecoa BBQ Team	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
3BBQ	8	6	2	75%	⚔ compare
BBQ+	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
Ribs in Peace	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	29	15	0	3	176.5600	153.6456	167.48	top 64%
Pork Ribs	38	32	4	14	177.7144	157.1544	170.43	top 40%
Pork	27	21	4	8	179.4400	161.6572	171.85	top 42%
Brisket	27	22	2	8	175.4172	153.6572	167.16	top 46%

“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	Avg finish
NO	2	top 52%
BZ	2	top 34%
TN	1	top 46%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	16	2	top 50%
Medium (20–39)	9	0	top 39%
Large (40+)	1	0	top 46%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Vienna BBQ Days	3	1	1	top 38%	2025-10-18
Marchfelder Feuerfest	2	2	0	top 52%	2026-05-02
Muehlviertler BBQ Festival	2	2	0	top 25%	2025-05-17

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4 yrs 2022-07-29 → 2026-07-18

Busiest season 2025 22 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 8.6 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NO 4 of 43 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 22 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 38 entries · 4 wins · 32 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 171.85 · weakest Brisket (167.16)

Walk rate 93% a top-10 call in 40 of 43 contests

Overall top-10 rate 51% 22 of 43 contests

Wins it all 5% 2 Grand Championships · 4 reserve

First title 2024-09-21 Fo.G & Smoke 2024

Best top-10 run 13 straight contests

Master average 675.50 out of 720 · 25 contests · 2 GCs

Opponents faced 202 278–182 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 13,827 43 mapped stops · furthest 4,983 mi

Schedule strength 1571 average field rating faced — tougher than 56% of rated contests

Power rating 1600 peak 1612 · #1042 of 6,413 rated

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

2022
Jul 29 First tracked contest Vienna Alps BBQ Days - Day 1
Jul 29 First call Vienna Alps BBQ Days - Day 1
Jul 29 First overall top-10 Vienna Alps BBQ Days - Day 1
Jul 29 First overall past 90% of a perfect score668.9824 Vienna Alps BBQ Days - Day 1
2023
Jul 29 First category win (Pork Ribs) Vienna Alps BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS)
2024
May 18 10th tracked contest Muehlviertler BBQ Festival
Sep 21 First overall podium Fo.G & Smoke 2024
Sep 21 First Grand Championship Fo.G & Smoke 2024
Sep 21 First multi-meat day Fo.G & Smoke 2024
Sep 21 Career-best overall score695.9772 Fo.G & Smoke 2024
Sep 21 Career-best single call (Pork)179.4400 Fo.G & Smoke 2024
2025
Mar 1 First Reserve Championship Vienna Pet Fair BBQ
May 24 25th tracked contest Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 6the Edition
2026
Feb 28 Peak power rating (1612) Vienna Pet Fair BBQ Contest
May 2 10th category win Marchfelder Feuerfest (ONE MEAT RIBS)
Jul 18 Most recent contest Open Barbecue Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+17	Fo.G & Smoke 2024	2024-09-21
+16.7	Vienna BBQ Days	2025-10-18
+14	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol	2024-02-24
+12.8	Marchfelder Feuerfest	2025-05-03
+12.3	Fo.G & Smoke 2025	2025-09-20

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.6	Marchfelder Feuerfest	2026-05-02
-11.6	The War of Barbeque	2025-06-14
-7.6	Vienna Alps BBQ Days - Day 2	2022-07-30
-1.9	Alps BBQ Days	2024-07-20
-1.3	Mee(a)t and Fire BBQ Festival Innsbruck	2025-06-28

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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	6	0	3	2	100%	top 65%	95.5%	94.2%
2025	22	1	10	3	95%	top 37%	96.4%	94.5%
2024	8	1	5	4	88%	top 33%	96.7%	94.5%
2023	5	0	2	1	80%	top 60%	92.9%	92%
2022	2	0	2	0	100%	top 75%	92.9%	90.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-07-18	Open Barbecue Championship Wilhering, 4073	9 / 20 (681.6456)	13 (170.2628)	2 (176.5944)	4 (176.5600)	20 (158.2284)
2026-07-17	European Invitational Championship (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Wilhering, 4073	16 / 17 (666.1600)	17 (165.0856)	11 (169.1544)	9 (171.9656)	14 (159.9544)
2026-05-02	Marchfelder Feuerfest Orth an der Donau, NO	7 / 8 (676.4340)	5 (176.5600)	8 (159.9428)	2 (178.2972)	5 (161.6340)
2026-05-02	Marchfelder Feuerfest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Orth an der Donau, NO	—	—	1 (176.5600)	—	—
2026-02-28	Vienna Pet Fair BBQ Contest Vienna, 1030	4 / 12 (687.3256)	11 (166.2400)	1 (177.7144)	9 (167.9656)	3 (175.4056)
2026-02-28	Vienna Pet Fair BBQ Contest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Vienna, 1030	—	—	2 (176.0000)	—	—
2025-10-18	Vienna BBQ Days Vienna, 1110	1 / 11 (687.3600)	8 (169.7028)	3 (169.6800)	1 (176.5716)	3 (171.4056)
2025-10-18	Vienna BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS) Vienna, 1110	—	—	2 (177.7144)	—	—
2025-10-10	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN	41 / 90 (688.5028)	77 (165.7028)	9 (177.7144)	46 (171.9656)	26 (173.1200)
2025-09-20	Fo.G & Smoke 2025 Spilamberto, I-41057	2 / 24 (692.5028)	8 (173.1084)	9 (168.5716)	5 (175.4056)	1 (175.4172)
2025-08-09	Wild West Fest on Fire Medvode, 1215	9 / 20 (679.8744)	8 (174.2628)	8 (170.8344)	7 (174.2628)	14 (160.5144)
2025-08-09	Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Medvode, 1215	—	6 (173.1200)	—	—	—
2025-08-09	Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT RIBS) Medvode, 1215	—	—	2 (176.0116)	—	—
2025-06-28	Mee(a)t and Fire BBQ Festival Innsbruck Innsbruck, 6020	4 / 7 (693.0744)	2 (176.5600)	4 (173.1200)	4 (171.4172)	4 (171.9772)
2025-06-28	Mee(a)t and Fire BBQ Festival Innsbruck (ONE MEAT RIBS) Innsbruck, 6020	—	—	6 (166.2744)	—	—
2025-06-14	The War of Barbeque Peschiera del Garda, 37019	16 / 20 (674.7656)	12 (169.6800)	15 (168.0116)	15 (168.5484)	10 (168.5256)
2025-06-14	The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Peschiera del Garda, 37019	—	21 (165.1200)	—	—	—
2025-06-14	The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Peschiera del Garda, 37019	—	—	3 (173.1544)	—	—
2025-05-24	Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 6the Edition Boom, 2850	9 / 20 (671.9316)	17 (163.9428)	12 (164.0460)	4 (174.2628)	7 (169.6800)
2025-05-23	Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 5the Edition Boom, 2850	8 / 16 (640.4456)	11 (161.1084)	10 (157.1544)	2 (168.5256)	10 (153.6572)
2025-05-17	Muehlviertler BBQ Festival Freistadt, Os 4240	2 / 15 (684.4688)	4 (169.6916)	4 (169.6916)	2 (174.2628)	6 (170.8228)
2025-05-17	Muehlviertler BBQ Festival (ONE MEAT BRISKET) Freistadt, Os 4240	—	—	—	—	5 (165.1316)
2025-05-17	Muehlviertler BBQ Festival (ONE MEAT PORK) Freistadt, Os 4240	—	—	—	8 (170.2628)	—
2025-05-03	Marchfelder Feuerfest Orth an der Donau, NO	2 / 12 (675.3716)	3 (169.7028)	8 (164.5716)	1 (175.4172)	5 (165.6800)
2025-05-03	Marchfelder Feuerfest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Orth an der Donau, NO	—	—	2 (174.2744)	—	—
2025-03-29	BBQ Expo Master's Challenge Brescia, 25125	7 / 30 (686.7772)	9 (171.9772)	11 (170.8228)	9 (175.4400)	9 (168.5372)
2025-03-01	Vienna Pet Fair BBQ Vienna, 1030	2 / 4 (694.2632)	3 (175.4172)	2 (175.4516)	2 (176.5600)	3 (166.8344)
2025-03-01	Vienna Pet Fair BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) Vienna, 1030	—	—	2 (169.7028)	—	—
2024-10-19	Vienna BBQ Days Vienna, 1110	5 / 14 (682.7772)	12 (163.9772)	5 (170.2744)	1 (175.4056)	2 (173.1200)
2024-10-19	Vienna BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS) Vienna, 1110	—	—	4 (174.2628)	—	—
2024-09-21	Fo.G & Smoke 2024 Providence of MODENA (MO),	1 / 19 (695.9772)	12 (167.3828)	5 (173.7488)	1 (179.4400)	1 (175.4056)
2024-07-20	Alps BBQ Days Reichenau an der Rax, 2651	7 / 10 (665.0744)	10 (163.9772)	5 (170.2744)	7 (170.2628)	7 (160.5600)
2024-07-20	Alps BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS) Reichenau an der Rax, 2651	—	—	8 (169.7028)	—	—
2024-05-18	Muehlviertler BBQ Festival Freistadt, Os 4240	8 / 22 (674.8232)	11 (167.9772)	1 (174.8916)	14 (166.2744)	11 (165.6800)
2024-05-18	Muehlviertler BBQ Festival (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Freistadt, Os 4240	—	13 (163.3712)	—	—	—
2024-02-24	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol Rein in Taufers, BZ	4 / 26 (684.5260)	8 (171.4172)	3 (174.8572)	14 (167.9772)	5 (170.2744)
2023-10-21	Vienna BBQ Days 2023 Vienna, 1110	9 / 13 (668.9940)	9 (167.9656)	10 (164.5256)	11 (165.6800)	3 (170.8228)
2023-10-21	Vienna BBQ Days 2023 (ONE MEAT RIBS) Vienna, 1110	—	—	13 (163.3828)	—	—
2023-07-29	Vienna Alps BBQ Days Reichenau,	7 / 12 (657.0860)	9 (158.2744)	8 (161.1544)	7 (166.8228)	2 (170.8344)
2023-07-29	Vienna Alps BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS) Reichenau,	—	—	1 (176.5716)	—	—
2023-02-25	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ	12 / 23 (660.5372)	20 (157.1200)	12 (168.0116)	13 (167.9884)	9 (167.4172)
2022-07-30	Vienna Alps BBQ Days - Day 2 Reichenau an der Rax, 2651	10 / 11 (636.3772)	11 (153.6456)	8 (162.2400)	9 (161.6572)	9 (158.8344)
2022-07-29	Vienna Alps BBQ Days - Day 1 Reichenau an der Rax, 2651	6 / 10 (668.9824)	7 (164.5256)	4 (169.6912)	5 (170.8228)	8 (163.9428)

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
2026 ↗	Master	#354 (455 pts)	#470 (370 pts)	#134 (1124 pts)	#304 (550 pts)	#384 (440 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#49 (1954 pts)	#82 (1663 pts)	#27 (2141 pts)	#24 (2074 pts)	#65 (1760 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#195 (1050 pts)	#276 (847 pts)	#92 (1539 pts)	#203 (1025 pts)	#192 (1065 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#499 (378 pts)	#594 (318 pts)	#395 (624 pts)	#540 (358 pts)	#365 (583 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#674 (261 pts)	#731 (246 pts)	#677 (316 pts)	#677 (281 pts)	#714 (251 pts)