High-water mark
666.2172
career-best overall
92.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 666.2172 at Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest — 92.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Apr 14, 2023
Low and Slow Smokehouse
Low and Slow Smokehouse is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2023. Their best overall finish is 18th of 32 at the Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest (2023). They are ranked #4976 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1463
peak 1463 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Feb 24, 2023
latest Apr 29, 2023
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±23.47
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 158.00 · weakest Chicken (155.97)
Road miles
336
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 184 mi
Schedule strength
85%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1614)
Purse competed for
$37K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
628.19 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #523 (352 pts) | #516 (392 pts) | #582 (372 pts) | #504 (402 pts) | #551 (337 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Low and Slow Smokehouse, each with one reason worth a look.
144 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,971 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,963 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
Level with Low and Slow Smokehouse on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,972 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
They were already cooking in 2014, 9 years before Low and Slow Smokehouse's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,957 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,983 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 3 years before Low and Slow Smokehouse's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,965 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before Low and Slow Smokehouse's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimus Swine | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7372 | 132.4800 | 155.97 | top 83% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 147.9084 | 156.52 | top 86% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 147.9200 | 158.00 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8344 | 147.9428 | 157.68 | top 91% |
“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 | 0 | top 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 88% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revolutionary BBQ Brawl - Battle on the James (Day 2) | 2 | 19 | 0 | top 98% | Apr 29, 2023 |
More numbers
Most contests held in
NC
3 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
120
finished ahead 17 times, behind 169
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20237 milestones
- First tracked contest Mission Farm's King of the Farm
- Peak power rating (1490) Mission Farm's King of the Farm
- First call Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.2172 Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest
- Career-best overall score666.2172 Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.1200 Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest
- Most recent contest Revolutionary BBQ Brawl - Battle on the James (Day 2)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.4 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition | Apr 7, 2023 |
| -10.3 | Mission Farm's King of the Farm | Feb 24, 2023 |
| -6.8 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl - Battle on the James (Day 2) | Apr 29, 2023 |
| -5.3 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl - Battle on the James (Day 1) | Apr 28, 2023 |
| -2.1 | Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest | Apr 14, 2023 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — 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)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2023 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl - Battle on the James (Day 2) 🏅 Williamsburg, VA | 19 / 19 (627.8632) | 15 (167.4172) | 19 (154.8000) | 19 (147.9200) | 19 (157.7260) |
| Apr 28, 2023 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl - Battle on the James (Day 1) 🏅 Williamsburg, VA | 19 / 20 (621.5772) | 20 (156.5600) | 20 (149.6916) | 19 (155.3828) | 18 (159.9428) |
| Apr 14, 2023 | Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest 🏅 Apex, NC | 18 / 32 (666.2172) | 13 (169.7372) | 13 (167.3828) | 9 (173.1200) | 27 (155.9772) |
| Apr 7, 2023 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition 🏅 Stem, NC | 28 / 28 (632.3884) | 27 (153.6800) | 28 (147.9084) | 25 (163.9656) | 22 (166.8344) |
| Feb 24, 2023 | Mission Farm's King of the Farm 🏅 Iron Station, NC | 33 / 33 (592.8800) | 33 (132.4800) | 29 (162.8344) | 33 (149.6228) | 33 (147.9428) |