A tough matchup
7–0
behind in the head-to-head
Animal House BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Animal House BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.
Smitty's BBQ
Smitty's BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 138th of 183 at the Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship (2016). They are ranked #6225 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1418
peak 1418 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Jun 27, 2014
latest Jun 24, 2022 · 8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 93%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
528.38 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 549.65 (-21.27)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±98.60
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 151.04 · weakest Brisket (140.78)
Road miles
9
across 7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
9%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1513)
Purse competed for
$50K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
549.65 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Smitty's BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
34 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#6,231 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1418
0–3 in 3 shared contests (0% to Smitty's BBQ)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — NachBarBQ ahead 3–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#6,226 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1418
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#6,222 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1419
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#6,223 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1419
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Smitty's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#6,228 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1418
12 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Compare careers#6,227 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1418
Level with Smitty's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nice Rack | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoking Our Butts Off | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| B&D BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| DUNN UP BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| No Clue BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| RIB I'S | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Slow Cookin' Cats | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin Engineers | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| The Drizzlers | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| This is Nice | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Too Hot to Handle | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke on the Water and Fire in my Eye | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Mad Cow Angry Beaver | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Swing'N Meats BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Five Guys and a Grill | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4516 | 140.5256 | 150.04 | top 79% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2512 | 141.6800 | 150.93 | top 78% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4512 | 143.4056 | 151.04 | top 79% |
| Brisket | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5600 | 124.5372 | 140.78 | top 86% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2 | 141 | 0 | top 97% | Jun 25, 2021 |
| Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2 | 138 | 0 | top 84% | Jun 24, 2016 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 7 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
5
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
383
finished ahead 89 times, behind 1,132
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Jun 21, 2019 → Jun 25, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
20162 milestones
- Career-best overall score613.6684 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)159.4516 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
20142 milestones
- First tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Peak power rating (1486) Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle | Jun 22, 2018 |
| -13.7 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 27, 2014 |
| -13 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | Jun 23, 2017 |
| -12.1 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | Jun 21, 2019 |
| -11.8 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | Jun 25, 2021 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 83.2% | 83.2% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 78.9% | 78.9% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 80.5% | 80.5% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 99% | 43.1% | 43.1% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 81.3% | 81.3% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 85.2% | 85.2% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 82.2% | 82.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2022 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 154 / 164 (598.7196) | 161 (140.5256) | 111 (158.2512) | 129 (156.5600) | 154 (143.3828) |
| Jun 25, 2021 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 141 / 145 (568.4344) | 143 (142.7884) | 114 (153.1316) | 129 (147.9772) | 144 (124.5372) |
| Jun 21, 2019 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 176 / 183 (579.3028) | 162 (149.7484) | 159 (147.9312) | 173 (146.8344) | 175 (134.7888) |
| Jun 22, 2018 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Lenexa, KS | 184 / 185 (310.3428) | 98 (158.3200) | — | — | 129 (152.0228) |
| Jun 23, 2017 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 174 / 184 (585.0968) | 148 (150.2972) | 170 (141.6800) | 97 (159.4512) | 176 (133.6684) |
| Jun 24, 2016 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 138 / 183 (613.6684) | 85 (159.4516) | 101 (158.2512) | 165 (143.4056) | 122 (152.5600) |
| Jun 27, 2014 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 172 / 184 (591.9540) | 161 (149.1200) | 158 (146.3084) | 128 (152.0228) | 153 (144.5028) |