Perfect scores on the board
3
perfect 180s
3 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.
- Pork Ribs ×2
- Pork ×1
WYO SMOKE SHOW
WYO SMOKE SHOW is a competition barbecue team with 35 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2026. They have won 2 Grand Championships, most recently at the Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival (2025). They are ranked #840 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1624
peak 1632 · rated over 32 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
35
in the data
First seen
Sep 14, 2018
latest Oct 9, 2026 · 8.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
2
0 reserve · wins it all 6% of the time
Category wins
5
13 podiums
Overall top-10s
12
34% of 35 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 45%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
3 🔥
Current form
679.90 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 672.72 (+7.17)
Walk rate
74%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.78
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.27 · weakest Brisket (164.16)
Road miles
7,930
across 35 mapped stops · furthest 1,229 mi
Schedule strength
70%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1588)
Purse competed for
$394K
listed at 29 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
2 🏅
won from 29 state-championship entries
Master avg
672.72 / 720
34 Master contests · 2 GCs
In the record book (on 1 all-time board)
Where this team sits in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record they hold outright; the rest are boards they are on.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #223 (887 pts) | #243 (892 pts) | #199 (1,086 pts) | #210 (922 pts) | #324 (652 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 | #438 (744 pts) | #347 (909 pts) | #501 (689 pts) | #356 (929 pts) | #483 (699 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #2560 (53 pts) | #1808 (103 pts) | #2552 (53 pts) | #1915 (83 pts) | #1488 (148 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to WYO SMOKE SHOW, each with one reason worth a look.
25 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#837 of the rated field
- Contests
- 101
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1669
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to WYO SMOKE SHOW)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team WYO SMOKE SHOW has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#841 of the rated field
- Contests
- 37
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 27%
- Peak
- 1631
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before WYO SMOKE SHOW's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#836 of the rated field
- Contests
- 27
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 41%
- Peak
- 1624
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 27 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#842 of the rated field
- Contests
- 26
- GCs
- 2
- Top-10s
- 58%
- Peak
- 1629
Careers of much the same size, 26 contests to 35, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#838 of the rated field
- Contests
- 43
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 26%
- Peak
- 1632
43 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 26% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Compare careers#839 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 26%
- Peak
- 1628
They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before WYO SMOKE SHOW's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | 27 | 9 | 18 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| AMERICAN HEROES BBQ | 21 | 8 | 13 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| PAPA'S PIT CREW | 20 | 14 | 6 | 70% | ⚔ compare |
| ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ | 20 | 13 | 7 | 65% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ | 19 | 10 | 9 | 53% | ⚔ compare |
| BRACKEN RACKS BBQ | 18 | 13 | 5 | 72% | ⚔ compare |
| LaTa-Que | 18 | 12 | 6 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Lost Weekend Grill | 17 | 14 | 3 | 82% | ⚔ compare |
| Brinkerhoff BBQ | 17 | 6 | 11 | 35% | ⚔ compare |
| Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | 17 | 6 | 11 | 35% | ⚔ compare |
| Backdraft BBQ | 15 | 5 | 10 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ | 13 | 5 | 8 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| PROUD SOULS BARBECUE | 13 | 5 | 8 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | 13 | 3 | 10 | 23% | ⚔ compare |
| Heifers, Butts, & Clucks BBQ | 13 | 3 | 10 | 23% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 34 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 178.8572 | 155.3368 | 170.27 | top 40% |
| Pork Ribs | 35 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 180 🔥 | 134.9028 | 168.79 | top 40% |
| Pork | 34 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 180 🔥 | 153.0744 | 169.62 | top 39% |
| Brisket | 34 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 145.7028 | 164.16 | top 56% |
“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) | 1 | 1 | top 6% |
| Medium (20–39) | 25 | 1 | top 44% |
| Large (40+) | 8 | 0 | top 53% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival | 3 | 7 | 0 | top 38% | Aug 14, 2026 |
| Wild West BBQ Cook-Off | 3 | 4 | 0 | top 41% | Apr 24, 2026 |
| Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival | 2 | 1 | 1 | top 23% | Aug 15, 2025 |
| Montana BBQ Cookoff | 2 | 9 | 0 | top 51% | Jun 12, 2026 |
| Smoke & Soul Fest | 2 | 6 | 0 | top 31% | Oct 6, 2023 |
| Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | top 54% | Oct 2, 2021 |
| Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 1 | 2 | 19 | 0 | top 60% | Oct 1, 2021 |
| Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest | 2 | 12 | 0 | top 48% | Aug 27, 2021 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
9 contests
Contests a season
3.9
across 9 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
WY
15 of 35 contests · 6 states in all
Contests visited
24
8 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
35 entries · 2 wins · 14 calls
First title
Jun 14, 2024
Miles City Cowtown Cookoff
Opponents faced
693
finished ahead 738 times, behind 815
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Peak power rating (1632) Original SD BBQ Championships
- Most recent contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
20251 milestone
- Career-best overall score706.8228 Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival
20245 milestones
- First overall podium Miles City Cowtown Cookoff
- First Grand Championship Miles City Cowtown Cookoff
- First state championship Miles City Cowtown Cookoff
- First perfect 180 (Pork) Miles City Cowtown Cookoff
- 25th tracked contest Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival
20211 milestone
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival
20201 milestone
- 10th tracked contest Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1
20192 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.6228 National Western BBQ Throwdown
- First overall top-10 Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
20182 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke & Soul Fest
- First call Smoke & Soul Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.8 | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff | Jun 14, 2024 |
| +14.2 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival | Aug 15, 2025 |
| +14 | Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival | Aug 16, 2019 |
| +13.3 | Original SD BBQ Championships | Jun 5, 2026 |
| +12.3 | Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 1 | Oct 21, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.9 | Smoke & Soul Fest | Sep 14, 2018 |
| -8.7 | BBQ In The Badlands | Sep 27, 2019 |
| -7.9 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Sep 30, 2026 |
| -7.4 | Montana BBQ Cookoff | Jun 12, 2026 |
| -6.4 | Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 2 | Oct 2, 2021 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 67% | top 46% | 96.2% | 94.4% |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 4% | 98.2% | 98.2% |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 35% | 97.9% | 95.1% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 34% | 95.4% | 93.8% |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 40% | 95.5% | 93.8% |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 75% | top 54% | 95.2% | 93.2% |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 46% | 94.7% | 93.6% |
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43% | top 50% | 94.6% | 91.5% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 89% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2026 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN | 88 / 99 (673.5768) | 84 (166.2628) | 32 (174.2744) | 71 (168.5256) | 92 (164.5140) |
| Sep 30, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 93 / 158 (682.7312) | 44 (174.2744) | 2 (180) | 140 (164.5140) | 135 (163.9428) |
| Sep 30, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 252 / 360 (669.0284) | 343 (155.3368) | 191 (169.7144) | 81 (174.2972) | 165 (169.6800) |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY | 7 / 29 (690.2284) | 21 (168.5256) | 9 (175.4056) | 2 (176.5944) | 15 (169.7028) |
| Jul 24, 2026 | Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Laramie, WY | 9 / 32 (683.9200) | 3 (177.7144) | 13 (168.5600) | 4 (174.8456) | 21 (162.8000) |
| Jun 12, 2026 | Montana BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Absarokee, MT | 20 / 29 (670.7312) | 22 (164.5256) | 12 (171.4172) | 14 (168.5600) | 18 (166.2284) |
| Jun 5, 2026 | Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD | 5 / 48 (692.5144) | 13 (173.1084) | 22 (170.2744) | 9 (174.8572) | 10 (174.2744) |
| Jun 5, 2026 | Original SD BBQ Championships (ONE MEAT RIBS) Huron, SD | — | — | 8 (172.5600) | — | — |
| Apr 24, 2026 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO | 4 / 27 (675.8740) | 1 (174.2628) | 6 (169.7028) | 18 (164.5372) | 10 (167.3712) |
| Aug 15, 2025 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY | 1 / 27 (706.8228) | 3 (178.8572) | 1 (180) | 7 (174.2628) | 8 (173.7028) |
| Aug 16, 2024 | 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) |
| Jun 14, 2024 | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff 🏅 Miles City, MT | 1 / 16 (705.1088) | 2 (177.7144) | 6 (175.4172) | 1 (180) | 6 (171.9772) |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Montana BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Absarokee, MT | 9 / 28 (682.2400) | 6 (174.2856) | 2 (176.5716) | 10 (169.6800) | 15 (161.7028) |
| May 10, 2024 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO | 18 / 29 (666.1256) | 9 (171.9772) | 19 (165.6800) | 15 (169.1200) | 24 (159.3484) |
| Oct 6, 2023 | Smoke & Soul Fest 🏅 Casper, WY | 6 / 28 (686.8112) | 5 (171.9772) | 6 (174.2628) | 8 (172) | 12 (168.5712) |
| May 12, 2023 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO | 14 / 30 (663.9428) | 4 (174.3088) | 11 (170.2628) | 20 (163.9656) | 27 (155.4056) |
| Oct 22, 2022 | Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 2 🏅 Westminster, CO | 13 / 31 (677.6916) | 20 (166.2628) | 13 (170.2744) | 1 (177.7372) | 22 (163.4172) |
| Oct 21, 2022 | Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 1 🏅 Westminster, CO | 6 / 32 (687.3600) | 8 (170.8228) | 8 (171.4400) | 2 (175.4056) | 7 (169.6916) |
| Oct 7, 2022 | Smoke & Soul Fest 🏅 Casper, WY | 12 / 29 (670.1596) | 20 (165.6684) | 15 (165.0856) | 17 (165.6800) | 4 (173.7256) |
| Aug 19, 2022 | 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) |
| Oct 2, 2021 | Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 2 Casper, WY | 20 / 26 (655.8860) | 14 (169.6800) | 12 (169.7032) | 23 (158.8000) | 21 (157.7028) |
| Oct 1, 2021 | Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 1 🏅 Casper, WY | 19 / 27 (665.0744) | 9 (173.1544) | 17 (166.2628) | 6 (171.9772) | 25 (153.6800) |
| Aug 27, 2021 | Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest 🏅 Hill City, SD | 12 / 31 (685.7028) | 17 (171.9656) | 11 (173.1544) | 5 (177.1544) | 23 (163.4284) |
| Aug 20, 2021 | 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) |
| Oct 3, 2020 | Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 2 🏅 Casper, WY | 13 / 41 (681.6572) | 24 (168.5600) | 11 (171.9656) | 14 (171.9772) | 18 (169.1544) |
| Oct 2, 2020 | Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1 🏅 Casper, WY | 20 / 41 (674.2972) | 6 (174.2972) | 28 (163.4172) | 7 (174.8800) | 31 (161.7028) |
| Aug 21, 2020 | 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) |
| Sep 27, 2019 | BBQ In The Badlands 🏅 Glendive, MT | 21 / 25 (607.9544) | 13 (162.8800) | 24 (138.2744) | 15 (161.0972) | 24 (145.7028) |
| Sep 13, 2019 | Smoke & Soul Fest 🏅 Casper, WY | 8 / 28 (665.6460) | 7 (168.5488) | 9 (164.5716) | 13 (163.3828) | 5 (169.1428) |
| Aug 23, 2019 | Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ 🏅 Hill City, SD | 20 / 31 (666.7316) | 6 (176.0116) | 14 (169.6800) | 10 (169.6684) | 31 (151.3716) |
| Aug 16, 2019 | 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) |
| Aug 9, 2019 | Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day 🏅 Milliken, CO | 14 / 30 (663.8972) | 18 (166.2400) | 22 (163.3944) | 13 (169.6800) | 12 (164.5828) |
| Apr 26, 2019 | LuLu's Brew & Que 🏅 Brighton, CO | 24 / 40 (656.9596) | 19 (170.2628) | 31 (157.6800) | 14 (168.5256) | 27 (160.4912) |
| Jan 11, 2019 | National Western BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Denver, CO | 19 / 38 (669.6228) | 11 (171.9772) | 22 (164) | 17 (166.8228) | 13 (166.8228) |
| Sep 14, 2018 | Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY | 25 / 28 (621.6228) | 15 (166.8572) | 28 (134.9028) | 19 (157.0628) | 8 (162.8000) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.