A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
ACES HIGH BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
ACES HIGH BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Still Smoking
Still Smoking is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 14th of 19 at the Smoking Knights BBQ Competition (2013).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1480
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jun 21, 2013
latest Mar 31, 2023 · 9.8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 72%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.33
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.83 · weakest Pork (159.83)
Road miles
1,300
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 1,031 mi
Schedule strength
27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)
Purse competed for
$27K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
640.90 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4286 | 158.2056 | 160.83 | top 75% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 151.9200 | 160.26 | top 70% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 154.8116 | 159.83 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1544 | 149.6800 | 159.99 | top 66% |
“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 74% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 81% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 53% |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
WI
2 of 4 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
120
finished ahead 45 times, behind 95
Longest layoff
8.2 yrs
Jun 21, 2013 → Sep 10, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20233 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.7660 Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best overall score650.7660 Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
- Most recent contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
20221 milestone
- Career-best single call (Brisket)169.1544 Puckaway Pigfest
20133 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoking Knights BBQ Competition
- First call Smoking Knights BBQ Competition
- Peak power rating (1494) Smoking Knights BBQ Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.7 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff | Mar 31, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.5 | Puckaway Pigfest | Sep 10, 2021 |
| -6.5 | Smoking Knights BBQ Competition | Jun 21, 2013 |
| -4.2 | Puckaway Pigfest | Sep 9, 2022 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 53% | 90.4% | 90.4% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 86.1% | 86.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 74% | 89.9% | 89.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2023 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Cedar Park, TX | 30 / 57 (650.7660) | 36 (162.2744) | 23 (169.1428) | 46 (154.8116) | 28 (164.5372) |
| Sep 9, 2022 | Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI | 29 / 38 (645.6340) | 31 (159.4056) | 32 (158.2628) | 34 (158.8112) | 17 (169.1544) |
| Sep 10, 2021 | Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI | 26 / 30 (619.7828) | 24 (158.2056) | 23 (151.9200) | 20 (159.9772) | 27 (149.6800) |
| Jun 21, 2013 | Smoking Knights BBQ Competition Hutchinson, MN | 14 / 19 (647.4286) | 14 (163.4286) | 15 (161.7142) | 9 (165.7144) | 15 (156.5714) |