Smokin' Ain't EZ FL
Rating
1588
peak 1588
Contests
38
in the data
First seen
2019-04-12
latest 2026-04-25
Best ToY finish
#152
Master 2024
Grand champs
1
1 reserve
Category wins
11
18 podiums
Overall top-10s
12
of 38 contests
Avg finish
top 41%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
3 🔥
Current form
686.53 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 682.58 (+3.95)
Walk rate
71%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
4
best run (overall)
Consistency
±9.55
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 172.51 · weakest Pork (168.76)
Road miles
7065
mi across 38 mapped stops · furthest 1029 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA has finished one call ahead of Smokin' Ain't EZ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Ramblin Fork BBQ Co has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
Kings BBQ Team has come out ahead in 19 of their 22 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of K & E's Little Smokers in 20 of their 22 shared contests.
📅 A January team
Something about January: average finish in the top 29% across 7 contests, versus top 41% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Plant City Pig Jam (2023-11-17) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 30-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, BAD AZZ MULE BBQ.
Teams like this (closest power rating, FL first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 38 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 180.0000 🔥 | 160.5028 | 170.56 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 36 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 179.4400 | 161.1088 | 172.51 | top 33% |
| Pork | 36 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 178.2972 | 150.7772 | 168.76 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 36 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 180.0000 🔥 | 157.0628 | 171.02 | top 35% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FL | 23 | 1 | top 37% |
| AL | 6 | 0 | top 51% |
| SC | 3 | 0 | top 31% |
| KS | 2 | 0 | top 46% |
| GA | 2 | 0 | top 70% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 55% |
| Medium (20–39) | 13 | 1 | top 39% |
| Large (40+) | 21 | 0 | top 40% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2024 (11 contests)
- Cooks mostly in FL (23 of 38 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (38 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Plant City Pig Jam (2023-11-17)
- Wins it all in 3% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 682.58
- 3 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 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 692.5028 | 690.00 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 702.8460 | 688.49 |
| 2024 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 696.5144 | 682.18 |
| 2023 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 695.3944 | 685.39 |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 694.8344 | 680.29 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 695.9772 | 681.32 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 678.1484 | 672.73 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 680.5028 | 677.91 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-25 | Pitmasters in Paradise Auburndale, FL | 12 / 35 (692.5028) | 29 (165.6800) | 14 (174.2628) | 3 (178.2972) | 9 (174.2628) |
| 2026-02-20 | Ribs on the Ridge Haines City, FL | 7 / 32 (690.1828) | 21 (169.6800) | 1 (177.7144) | 20 (168.5256) | 6 (174.2628) |
| 2026-01-22 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 29 / 63 (687.3256) | 48 (167.3828) | 33 (170.8344) | 39 (169.1084) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2025-11-21 | Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | 17 / 31 (676.4344) | 27 (165.0972) | 5 (175.4172) | 22 (167.3828) | 14 (168.5372) |
| 2025-06-20 | Poosa Q Montgomery, AL | 21 / 42 (686.1828) | 38 (166.2400) | 11 (174.2628) | 13 (174.8572) | 22 (170.8228) |
| 2025-01-24 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 6 / 40 (702.8460) | 6 (177.7144) | 4 (177.7144) | 27 (169.7144) | 4 (177.7028) |
| 2024-11-22 | Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | 6 / 26 (684.4456) | 24 (160.5028) | 5 (173.1200) | 1 (176.5600) | 5 (174.2628) |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest Kansas City, KS | 75 / 169 (685.6688) | 105 (170.2972) | 87 (170.8344) | 122 (168.5372) | 27 (176.0000) |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 212 / 444 (677.5768) | 137 (173.1200) | 222 (169.6800) | 205 (169.6684) | 269 (165.1084) |
| 2024-10-04 | Poosa Q Montgomery, AL | 48 / 59 (664.9828) | 52 (163.3828) | 1 (179.4400) | 42 (165.0972) | 56 (157.0628) |
| 2024-07-11 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 53 / 76 (672.4344) | 54 (168.5256) | 59 (165.6916) | 57 (167.3828) | 39 (170.8344) |
| 2024-03-16 | Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds Dover, FL | 4 / 15 (679.8628) | 1 (177.7144) | 8 (168.5372) | 3 (171.9772) | 9 (161.6340) |
| 2024-02-16 | Ribs on the Ridge Brews & BBQ Haines City, FL | 21 / 29 (676.4456) | 6 (176.5600) | 5 (174.8572) | 27 (159.3484) | 21 (165.6800) |
| 2024-02-09 | Grills Gone Wild Davenport, FL | 10 / 28 (691.9316) | 15 (171.4172) | 13 (173.1316) | 10 (173.1200) | 4 (174.2628) |
| 2024-01-26 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 7 / 61 (696.5144) | 3 (178.8572) | 13 (176.0000) | 46 (167.3944) | 14 (174.2628) |
| 2024-01-04 | 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show Elkton, FL | 10 / 43 (691.9084) | 1 (178.8572) | 17 (171.9772) | 35 (164.5140) | 3 (177.7144) |
| 2023-11-17 | Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | 1 / 25 (695.3944) | 1 (180.0000) | 6 (173.7144) | 1 (174.8572) | 10 (166.8228) |
| 2023-10-05 | Poosa Q Montgomery, AL | 14 / 73 (689.6804) | 43 (167.9772) | 20 (172.5716) | 7 (176.5716) | 19 (172.5600) |
| 2023-04-14 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown Lake City, FL | 20 / 32 (682.1484) | 8 (175.4056) | 17 (168.5372) | 12 (174.2628) | 23 (163.9428) |
| 2023-02-03 | Budweiser Smoke on the Water Winter Haven, FL | 29 / 47 (669.5772) | 34 (165.6800) | 5 (178.8572) | 45 (150.7772) | 8 (174.2628) |
| 2023-01-27 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 13 / 51 (690.1712) | 35 (168.5256) | 14 (173.1200) | 32 (168.5256) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2022-11-18 | Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | 11 / 25 (679.8628) | 12 (170.8228) | 8 (170.8344) | 21 (163.9312) | 5 (174.2744) |
| 2022-11-12 | 4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL Gadsden, AL | 57 / 61 (668.9944) | 57 (163.9428) | 8 (177.7144) | 45 (168.5372) | 59 (158.8000) |
| 2022-11-11 | 4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN Gadsden, AL | 52 / 91 (675.8628) | 45 (170.8344) | 54 (168.5256) | 73 (164.5256) | 24 (171.9772) |
| 2022-10-14 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Music Festival Grovetown, GA | 26 / 51 (680.4340) | 37 (167.3828) | 34 (167.3828) | 16 (171.9656) | 11 (173.7028) |
| 2022-10-14 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Music Festival - One Meat Chicken Grovetown, GA | — | 14 (171.9772) | — | — | — |
| 2022-07-07 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 20 / 92 (686.7428) | 11 (175.4172) | 34 (170.8344) | 43 (168.5256) | 27 (171.9656) |
| 2022-05-05 | Poosa Q Montgomery, AL | 3 / 72 (694.8344) | 11 (174.8456) | 13 (173.1660) | 10 (172.5600) | 8 (174.2628) |
| 2022-01-28 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 31 / 60 (675.3028) | 20 (172.5600) | 22 (169.6800) | 27 (169.6684) | 39 (163.3944) |
| 2021-11-19 | Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | 6 / 37 (686.7544) | 23 (168.5372) | 10 (169.6800) | 7 (171.9772) | 3 (176.5600) |
| 2021-10-08 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival Lyons, GA | 23 / 26 (663.8172) | 21 (165.0972) | 15 (168.5372) | 22 (162.8000) | 18 (167.3828) |
| 2021-07-09 | SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 2 / 81 (695.9772) | 19 (172.5828) | 1 (178.8572) | 46 (165.6800) | 2 (178.8572) |
| 2021-04-09 | Boss of the Sauce BBQ Festival Jacksonville, FL | 18 / 40 (678.7428) | 20 (169.6800) | 6 (176.0000) | 30 (160.5028) | 7 (172.5600) |
| 2020-10-02 | Bonifay All American Smoker Competition Bonifay, FL | 15 / 18 (667.3032) | 17 (165.6800) | 17 (161.1088) | 4 (173.1316) | 13 (167.3828) |
| 2020-01-24 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 15 / 53 (678.1484) | 22 (170.8228) | 6 (174.2628) | 15 (170.8228) | 30 (162.2400) |
| 2019-11-22 | Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | 12 / 39 (675.3256) | 19 (166.8228) | 14 (168.0000) | 8 (170.8228) | 8 (169.6800) |
| 2019-04-12 | Fire it up Frostproof! Frostproof, FL | 6 / 25 (680.5028) | 10 (167.9772) | 3 (175.4400) | 18 (163.3712) | 1 (173.7144) |
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 | #261 (443 pts) | #475 (253 pts) | #208 (638 pts) | #260 (448 pts) | #138 (713 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #453 (421 pts) | #628 (291 pts) | #456 (516 pts) | #451 (456 pts) | #459 (461 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #152 (1207 pts) | #102 (1452 pts) | #144 (1277 pts) | #199 (1032 pts) | #178 (1117 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #338 (617 pts) | #398 (567 pts) | #292 (842 pts) | #359 (597 pts) | #241 (897 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #370 (615 pts) | #401 (590 pts) | #538 (450 pts) | #434 (525 pts) | #377 (640 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #439 (416 pts) | #670 (246 pts) | #369 (561 pts) | #762 (186 pts) | #394 (511 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #343 (328 pts) | #458 (248 pts) | #342 (373 pts) | #273 (458 pts) | #378 (318 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #949 (290 pts) | #1187 (215 pts) | #914 (340 pts) | #1114 (240 pts) | #764 (430 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1748 (105 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1844 (95 pts) | #1846 (95 pts) | #1179 (235 pts) |