WYO SMOKE SHOW WY
Rating
1603
peak 1610
Contests
29
in the data
First seen
2019-01-11
latest 2026-06-12
Best ToY finish
#247
Master 2026
Grand champs
2
0 reserve
Category wins
5
10 podiums
Overall top-10s
10
of 29 contests
Avg finish
top 42%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Current form
686.09 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 673.27 (+12.82)
Walk rate
76%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
best run (overall)
Consistency
±17.75
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.72 · weakest Brisket (163.85)
Road miles
5836
mi across 29 mapped stops · furthest 442 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ has finished one call ahead of WYO SMOKE SHOW 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Brinkerhoff BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
B-S BBQ OUTLAWS has come out ahead in 9 of their 11 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of BRACKEN RACKS BBQ in 13 of their 17 shared contests.
📅 A June team
Something about June: average finish in the top 29% across 4 contests, versus top 42% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival (2025-08-15) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 26-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, B-S BBQ OUTLAWS.
Teams like this (closest power rating, WY first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 28 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 178.8572 | 162.8800 | 170.72 | top 37% |
| Pork Ribs | 29 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 180.0000 🔥 | 138.2744 | 169.13 | top 40% |
| Pork | 29 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 180.0000 🔥 | 153.0744 | 169.53 | top 38% |
| Brisket | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 145.7028 | 163.85 | top 55% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WY | 12 | 1 | top 39% |
| CO | 8 | 0 | top 43% |
| MT | 4 | 1 | top 48% |
| SD | 4 | 0 | top 43% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 1 | top 6% |
| Medium (20–39) | 22 | 1 | top 44% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 42% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2019 (7 contests)
- Cooks mostly in WY (12 of 29 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (29 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Miles City Cowtown Cookoff (2024-06-14)
- Wins it all in 7% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 673.27
- 2 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 692.5144 | 679.71 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 706.8228 | 706.82 |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 705.1088 | 684.49 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 686.8112 | 675.38 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 687.3600 | 675.05 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 685.7028 | 670.94 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 681.6572 | 673.67 |
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 681.0400 | 658.84 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-12 | Montana BBQ Cookoff Absarokee, MT | 20 / 29 (670.7312) | 22 (164.5256) | 12 (171.4172) | 14 (168.5600) | 18 (166.2284) |
| 2026-06-05 | Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD | 5 / 48 (692.5144) | 13 (173.1084) | 22 (170.2744) | 9 (174.8572) | 10 (174.2744) |
| 2026-06-05 | Original SD BBQ Championships (ONE MEAT RIBS) Huron, SD | — | — | 8 (172.5600) | — | — |
| 2026-04-24 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off Lamar, CO | 4 / 27 (675.8740) | 1 (174.2628) | 6 (169.7028) | 18 (164.5372) | 10 (167.3712) |
| 2025-08-15 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY | 1 / 27 (706.8228) | 3 (178.8572) | 1 (180.0000) | 7 (174.2628) | 8 (173.7028) |
| 2024-08-16 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY | 12 / 29 (684.5028) | 16 (167.4056) | 9 (174.8572) | 8 (175.4172) | 17 (166.8228) |
| 2024-06-14 | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff Miles City, MT | 1 / 16 (705.1088) | 2 (177.7144) | 6 (175.4172) | 1 (180.0000) | 6 (171.9772) |
| 2024-06-07 | Montana BBQ Cookoff Absarokee, MT | 9 / 28 (682.2400) | 6 (174.2856) | 2 (176.5716) | 10 (169.6800) | 15 (161.7028) |
| 2024-05-10 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off Lamar, CO | 18 / 29 (666.1256) | 9 (171.9772) | 19 (165.6800) | 15 (169.1200) | 24 (159.3484) |
| 2023-10-06 | Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY | 6 / 28 (686.8112) | 5 (171.9772) | 6 (174.2628) | 8 (172.0000) | 12 (168.5712) |
| 2023-05-12 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off Lamar, CO | 14 / 30 (663.9428) | 4 (174.3088) | 11 (170.2628) | 20 (163.9656) | 27 (155.4056) |
| 2022-10-22 | Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 2 Westminster, CO | 13 / 31 (677.6916) | 20 (166.2628) | 13 (170.2744) | 1 (177.7372) | 22 (163.4172) |
| 2022-10-21 | Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 1 Westminster, CO | 6 / 32 (687.3600) | 8 (170.8228) | 8 (171.4400) | 2 (175.4056) | 7 (169.6916) |
| 2022-10-07 | Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY | 12 / 29 (670.1596) | 20 (165.6684) | 15 (165.0856) | 17 (165.6800) | 4 (173.7256) |
| 2022-08-19 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY | 17 / 29 (664.9828) | 17 (166.2284) | 13 (167.3944) | 9 (170.8344) | 17 (160.5256) |
| 2021-10-02 | Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 2 Casper, WY | 20 / 26 (655.8860) | 14 (169.6800) | 12 (169.7032) | 23 (158.8000) | 21 (157.7028) |
| 2021-10-01 | Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 1 Casper, WY | 19 / 27 (665.0744) | 9 (173.1544) | 17 (166.2628) | 6 (171.9772) | 25 (153.6800) |
| 2021-08-27 | Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest Hill City, SD | 12 / 31 (685.7028) | 17 (171.9656) | 11 (173.1544) | 8 (165.1200) | 23 (163.4284) |
| 2021-08-20 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY | 9 / 30 (677.0860) | 19 (163.3944) | 1 (178.8572) | 17 (165.0972) | 7 (169.7372) |
| 2020-10-03 | Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 2 Casper, WY | 13 / 41 (681.6572) | 24 (168.5600) | 11 (171.9656) | 14 (171.9772) | 18 (169.1544) |
| 2020-10-02 | Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1 Casper, WY | 20 / 41 (674.2972) | 6 (174.2972) | 28 (163.4172) | 7 (174.8800) | 31 (161.7028) |
| 2020-08-21 | Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest Hill City, SD | 25 / 43 (665.0516) | 5 (174.8800) | 5 (174.8572) | 39 (153.0744) | 25 (162.2400) |
| 2019-09-27 | BBQ In The Badlands Glendive, MT | 21 / 25 (607.9544) | 13 (162.8800) | 24 (138.2744) | 15 (161.0972) | 24 (145.7028) |
| 2019-09-13 | Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY | 8 / 28 (665.6460) | 7 (168.5488) | 9 (164.5716) | 13 (163.3828) | 5 (169.1428) |
| 2019-08-23 | Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD | 20 / 31 (666.7316) | 6 (176.0116) | 14 (169.6800) | 10 (169.6684) | 31 (151.3716) |
| 2019-08-16 | Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY | 5 / 30 (681.0400) | 7 (170.8228) | 5 (173.7144) | 2 (177.1544) | 14 (159.3484) |
| 2019-08-09 | Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day Milliken, CO | 14 / 30 (663.8972) | 18 (166.2400) | 22 (163.3944) | 13 (169.6800) | 12 (164.5828) |
| 2019-04-26 | LuLu's Brew & Que Brighton, CO | 24 / 40 (656.9596) | 19 (170.2628) | 31 (157.6800) | 14 (168.5256) | 27 (160.4912) |
| 2019-01-11 | National Western BBQ Throwdown Denver, CO | 19 / 38 (669.6228) | 11 (171.9772) | 22 (164.0000) | 17 (166.8228) | 13 (166.8228) |
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 | #247 (466 pts) | #261 (466 pts) | #274 (510 pts) | #345 (341 pts) | #330 (351 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #588 (277 pts) | #725 (227 pts) | #674 (277 pts) | #838 (157 pts) | #853 (147 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #356 (612 pts) | #359 (647 pts) | #377 (632 pts) | #347 (647 pts) | #501 (412 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #603 (278 pts) | #521 (383 pts) | #685 (293 pts) | #707 (228 pts) | #852 (173 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #435 (501 pts) | #535 (406 pts) | #503 (486 pts) | #315 (771 pts) | #433 (531 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #436 (419 pts) | #458 (424 pts) | #332 (614 pts) | #386 (504 pts) | #534 (349 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #413 (265 pts) | #290 (425 pts) | #334 (375 pts) | #354 (340 pts) | #513 (215 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #442 (744 pts) | #349 (909 pts) | #503 (689 pts) | #359 (929 pts) | #487 (699 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #2560 (53 pts) | #1808 (103 pts) | #2552 (53 pts) | #1915 (83 pts) | #1488 (148 pts) |