A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Aurell's Brew-BQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Aurell's Brew-BQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Smoking Diesel Boys
Smoking Diesel Boys is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 11th of 39 at the Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest (2019). Also listed in KCBS results as “SMOKING DIESEL BOY'S”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1490
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jun 7, 2019
latest Jul 24, 2026 · 7.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.16
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 158.11 · weakest Chicken (153.97)
Road miles
154
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 122 mi
Schedule strength
47%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1561)
Purse competed for
$49K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
320.51 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
309.26 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Smoking Diesel Boys, each with one reason worth a look.
Smoking Diesel Boys 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 155 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,688 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1504
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,670 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
Level with Smoking Diesel Boys on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,675 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Smoking Diesel Boys's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,683 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Smoking Diesel Boys's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,700 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1489
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Smoking Diesel Boys's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,701 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before Smoking Diesel Boys'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 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 144.5372 | 153.97 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4400 | 146.1944 | 158.11 | top 69% |
“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 146% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 43% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest | 2 | 11 | 0 | top 35% | Jun 10, 2022 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
135
finished ahead 70 times, behind 100
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Jun 7, 2019 → Jun 10, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Career-best overall score320.5144 Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Comp (OPEN FORMAT)
- Most recent contest Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Comp (OPEN FORMAT)
20221 milestone
- Peak power rating (1506) Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
20192 milestones
- First call Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.4400 Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
20181 milestone
- First tracked contest Derby BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.3 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest | Jun 7, 2019 |
| +0.5 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest | Jun 10, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Comp (OPEN FORMAT) | Jul 24, 2026 |
| -4.3 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest | Jun 13, 2025 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 146% | 44.5% | 44.5% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 58% | 80.8% | 80.8% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 41% | 88.9% | 88.9% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 28% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2026 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Comp (OPEN FORMAT) 🏅 Dodge City, KS | 19 / 13 (320.5144) | 18 (161.0972) | 19 (159.4172) | — | — |
| Jun 13, 2025 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 21 / 36 (290.7316) | 21 (144.5372) | 23 (146.1944) | — | — |
| Jun 10, 2022 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 12 / 29 (319.9428) | 10 (164.5600) | 15 (155.3828) | — | — |
| Jun 7, 2019 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 11 / 39 (317.1200) | 15 (145.6800) | 5 (171.4400) | — | — |
| Jun 8, 2018 | Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS | — | — | — | — | — |