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'
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1486
peak 1503 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2015-09-25
latest 2023-02-03
Grand champs
1
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
645.02
last 4 Master vs avg 645.02 (+0.00)
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
177.1772
Consistency
±16.33
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.79 · weakest Brisket (158.67)
Road miles
762
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 746 mi
Schedule strength
37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)
Purse competed for
$17K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
645.02 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Accutech BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Accutech BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
5.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 5.2 years, then back at Lakeland Pig Festival (2023-01-27).
- last seen 2017-11-17
- back 2023-01-27
Announced themselves early
1st
at their very first contest
Finished 1 of 10 at their very first tracked contest, Osceola County Sheriff's Office Smoke on the Range BBQ Invitational (BACKYARD ONLY) ().
- 10-team field
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
Smokin' & Pokin' has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 148 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3869 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3864 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
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.
⚔ Head-to-head#3841 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin' & Pokin' on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3828 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2015.
⚔ Head-to-head#3836 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before Smokin' & Pokin''s most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3871 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 6 years before Smokin' & Pokin''s most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy 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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| FL | 4 | 1 | top 61% |
| AR | 1 | 0 | top 42% |
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% |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
7.4 yrs
2015-09-25 → 2023-02-03
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
FL
4 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 164.79 · weakest Brisket (158.67)
Walk rate
60%
a top-10 call in 3 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
1 of 5 contests
Wins it all
20%
1 Grand Championship · 0 reserve
Master average
645.02
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
202
74–162 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
762
4 mapped stops · furthest 746 mi
Schedule strength
1548
average field rating faced — tougher than 37% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$16,650
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
5.2 yrs
2017-11-17 → 2023-01-27
Power rating
1486
peak 1503 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 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)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.1772 Osceola County Sheriff's Office Smoke on the Range BBQ Invitational (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2015
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.0968 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1503) Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
- 2023
- Career-best overall score659.8972 Budweiser Smoke on the Water
- Most recent contest Budweiser Smoke on the Water
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.3 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival | 2015-09-25 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.9 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2023-01-27 |
| -5.9 | Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam | 2017-11-17 |
| -4.5 | Budweiser Smoke on the Water | 2023-02-03 |
Category scores over time
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% | — | — |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-02-03 | Budweiser Smoke on the Water 🏅 Winter Haven, FL | 36 / 47 (659.8972) | 44 (155.9772) | 25 (169.1200) | 41 (161.6800) | 9 (173.1200) |
| 2023-01-27 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 42 / 51 (653.5660) | 28 (170.8344) | 28 (167.9772) | 42 (161.1200) | 43 (153.6344) |
| 2017-11-17 | 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) |
| 2015-09-25 | 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) | — | — |