The comeback
6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 6 years, then back at Smokin' in the Hills (2021-09-24).
- last seen 2015-10-09
- back 2021-09-24
Smoke and Mirrors BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1488
peak 1488 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-06-26
latest 2021-09-24
Best ToY finish
#1105
Master 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 157.14 · weakest Brisket (147.02)
Road miles
2,054
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 2027 mi
Purse competed for
$9K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
612.10 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Smoke and Mirrors BBQ has 2 rated contests — 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 139 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.
#3758 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3748 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after Smoke and Mirrors BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3776 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smoke and Mirrors BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3740 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3764 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3772 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5600 | 153.7144 | 157.14 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7372 | 154.8116 | 156.27 | top 61% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1540 | 142.1940 | 151.67 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8000 | 139.2340 | 147.02 | top 81% |
“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.
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6.2 yrs
2015-06-26 → 2021-09-24
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OH
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 157.14 · weakest Brisket (147.02)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
612.10
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
49
13–36 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,054
3 mapped stops · furthest 2,027 mi
Purse competed for
$9,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
6 yrs
2015-10-09 → 2021-09-24
Power rating
1488
peak 1488 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Battle of the Bones
- Career-best single call (Pork)161.1540 Battle of the Bones
- 2021
- Career-best overall score612.3656 Smokin' in the Hills
- Most recent contest Smokin' in the Hills
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 65% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 85% | 85% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-24 | Smokin' in the Hills 🏅 Hillsboro, OH | 17 / 26 (612.3656) | 17 (160.5600) | 15 (154.8116) | 21 (142.1940) | 17 (154.8000) |
| 2015-10-09 | The River Grill before the Big Chill Cincinnati, OH | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015-06-26 | Battle of the Bones Central Point, OR | 21 / 25 (611.8396) | 22 (153.7144) | 16 (157.7372) | 13 (161.1540) | 24 (139.2340) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1105 (91 pts) | #1163 (91 pts) | #1159 (101 pts) | #1226 (71 pts) | #1124 (91 pts) |