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Smoking Wizard KS

Rating

1527
peak 1527

Contests

5
in the data

First seen

2023-09-08
latest 2025-11-05

Grand champs

1
0 reserve

Category wins

1
2 podiums

Overall top-10s

1
of 5 contests

Avg finish

top 37%
overall standings

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

595.93
last 4 vs career avg 595.93 (+0.00)

Walk rate

40%
contests with a top-10 call

Consistency

±143.53
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 174.00 · weakest Brisket (166.06)

Road miles

646
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 631 mi

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Storylines

⚔️ A tough matchup

CHICKEN FRIED BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of JCs GOOD OL BOYS in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Teams like this (closest power rating, KS first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 4 2 1 1 176.5828 171.9772 174.00 top 27%
Pork Ribs 4 1 0 1 176.5716 163.9544 170.84 top 35%
Pork 3 0 0 0 169.6800 167.9772 168.73 top 57%
Brisket 3 0 0 0 171.9772 160.5028 166.06 top 53%

“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

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
KS20top 53%
TX21top 22%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)11top 10%
Large (40+)30top 47%

The story so far

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)

Season by season

SeasonContestsGCsCategory winsBest overallAvg overall
2025300 684.4916 681.61
2024111 347.4284 347.43
2023100 673.0744 673.07

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025-11-05 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS
2025-11-05 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest Kansas City, KS 91 / 158 (684.4916) 80 (172.0000) 76 (171.9888) 115 (168.5256) 55 (171.9772)
2025-11-05 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS 195 / 401 (678.7316) 159 (171.9772) 26 (176.5716) 200 (169.6800) 324 (160.5028)
2024-07-12 NSDDF presents the Inaugural Baylor Backyard BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) Tomball, TX 1 / 10 (347.4284) 1 (176.5828) 2 (170.8456)
2023-09-08 Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff Waller, TX 33 / 99 (673.0744) 6 (175.4400) 66 (163.9544) 47 (167.9772) 42 (165.7028)

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