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.
Smokin' Spirits has 1 rated contest — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 141 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smokin' Spirits has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where Smokin' Spirits's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 6 years after Smokin' Spirits did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Smokin' Spirits on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where Smokin' Spirits's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where Smokin' Spirits's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2056 | 154.2056 | 154.21 | top 96% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6456 | 161.6456 | 161.65 | top 71% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134.7316 | 134.7316 | 134.73 | top 93% |
“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.
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 62.6% | 62.6% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-13 | Bands & BBQ at the Point 🏅 Carrollton, KY | 27 / 28 (450.5828) | 27 (154.2056) | 20 (161.6456) | — | 26 (134.7316) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #2564 (53 pts) | #2564 (53 pts) | #1916 (78 pts) | — | #2558 (53 pts) |