The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Uncle G's BBQ has finished one call ahead of Smokin' & Pokin' 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Smokin' & Pokin'
Smokin' & Pokin' is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2023. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Osceola County Sheriff's Office Smoke on the Range BBQ Invitational (BACKYARD ONLY) (). Also listed in KCBS results as “SMOKIN & POKIN”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1486
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 41 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Sep 25, 2015
latest Feb 3, 2023 · 7.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
1
0 reserve · wins it all 20% of the time
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
177.1772
Consistency
±16.33
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.79 · weakest Brisket (158.67)
Road miles
762
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 746 mi
Schedule strength
36%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)
Purse competed for
$17K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
645.02 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Smokin' & Pokin', each with one reason worth a look.
Smokin' & Pokin' has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 144 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,825 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,874 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
Level with Smokin' & Pokin' on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,878 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
They turned up 8 years after Smokin' & Pokin' did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Compare careers#3,873 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1486
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Smokin' & Pokin''s most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,827 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Smokin' & Pokin''s most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,843 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Smokin' & Pokin''s most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8344 | 154.2172 | 161.70 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 177.1772 | 153.7028 | 164.79 | top 57% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5484 | 157.7028 | 163.26 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 149.6572 | 158.67 | top 57% |
“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 | 1 | top 10% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 42% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 78% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
4 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Opponents faced
202
finished ahead 74 times, behind 162
Longest layoff
5.2 yrs
Nov 17, 2017 → Jan 27, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20232 milestones
- Career-best overall score659.8972 Budweiser Smoke on the Water
- Most recent contest Budweiser Smoke on the Water
20151 milestone
- Peak power rating (1503) Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
—8 milestones
- First tracked contest Osceola County Sheriff's Office Smoke on the Range BBQ Invitational (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Osceola County Sheriff's Office Smoke on the Range BBQ Invitational (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Osceola County Sheriff's Office Smoke on the Range BBQ Invitational (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Osceola County Sheriff's Office Smoke on the Range BBQ Invitational (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall podium Osceola County Sheriff's Office Smoke on the Range BBQ Invitational (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First Grand Championship Osceola County Sheriff's Office Smoke on the Range BBQ Invitational (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score340.0344 Osceola County Sheriff's Office Smoke on the Range BBQ Invitational (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.1772 Osceola County Sheriff's Office Smoke on the Range BBQ Invitational (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.3 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival | Sep 25, 2015 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.9 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 27, 2023 |
| -6 | Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 17, 2017 |
| -4.5 | Budweiser Smoke on the Water | Feb 3, 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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 10% | 94.5% | 94.5% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 79% | 91.7% | 91.2% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 85.8% | 85.8% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 42% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 2023 | Budweiser Smoke on the Water 🏅 Winter Haven, FL | 36 / 47 (659.8972) | 44 (155.9772) | 25 (169.1200) | 41 (161.6800) | 9 (173.1200) |
| Jan 27, 2023 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 42 / 51 (653.5660) | 28 (170.8344) | 28 (167.9772) | 42 (161.1200) | 43 (153.6344) |
| Nov 17, 2017 | Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | 31 / 42 (617.5316) | 33 (154.2172) | 35 (155.9544) | 34 (157.7028) | 32 (149.6572) |
| Sep 25, 2015 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR | 16 / 38 (649.0968) | 23 (164.5944) | 31 (153.7028) | 8 (172.5484) | 19 (158.2512) |
| — | Osceola County Sheriff's Office Smoke on the Range BBQ Invitational (BACKYARD ONLY) unrated St. Cloud, FL | 1 / 10 (340.0344) | 4 (162.8572) | 1 (177.1772) | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.