Smokin' Story BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#2314

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1526

peak 1534 · rated over 21 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-10

latest 2022-05-13

Best ToY finish

#567

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 21 contests

Avg finish

top 52%

overall standings

Best overall

679.9428 / 720

Master · BBQ Capital Cook-Off

Perfect 180s

Current form

648.40 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 650.23 (-1.83)

Walk rate

43%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4172

Chicken · Uptown Lexington BBQ Capital Cook Off

Consistency

±15.43

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 164.68 · weakest Brisket (160.98)

Road miles

2,260

mi across 21 mapped stops · furthest 225 mi

Schedule strength

32%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)

Purse competed for

$16K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

650.23 / 720

21 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (9 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.

High-water mark

679.9428 career-best overall

94.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 679.9428 at BBQ Capital Cook-Off — 94.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-04-24

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Bald Hawg BBQ has finished one call ahead of Smokin' Story BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2015 their best year

2015 was the year it came together: 7 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 39%.

7 contests
1 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 39%

A tough matchup

15–2 behind in the head-to-head

REDNECK SCIENTIFIC ahead in 88% of their meetings

REDNECK SCIENTIFIC has come out ahead in 15 of their 17 shared contests.

A strong matchup

8–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 89% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of CAROLINA SMOKE in 8 of their 9 shared contests.

The comeback

3.6 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3.6 years, then back at Jiggy With The Piggy (2022-05-13).

last seen 2018-10-12
back 2022-05-13

Pork nemesis

15 of 16 shared pork entries lost

THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA ahead 94% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA has out-cooked them in 15 of 16 shared pork entries.

An April team

Top 44% average finish in April

Something about April: average finish in the top 44% across 4 contests, versus top 52% the rest of the year.

4 April contests
top 52% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.14% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.14% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.3% of a perfect score
21 contests

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.

68 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

BEER & BUTTS QUE

#2305 of the rated field

1526 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1527

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 21 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 21 contests
last seen 2016-09-09

⚔ Head-to-head

Aussie TongMasters

#2318 of the rated field

1526 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 56%
Peak: 1526

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 18 contests to 21, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2026-08-01

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SWINEDOTTE CO BBQ

#2323 of the rated field

1525 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 12%
Peak: 1525

No shared contest yet.

17 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 12% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2026-08-21

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Purdom's BBQ

#2324 of the rated field

1525 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1535

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 6 years after Smokin' Story BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2026-04-03

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COACH'S DECISION BBQ

#2309 of the rated field

1526 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1540

No shared contest yet.

Level with Smokin' Story BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2022-06-24

⚔ Head-to-head

BAD BRAD'S BBQ

#2325 of the rated field

1525 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1551

No shared contest yet.

Fewer contests behind them than Smokin' Story BBQ has cooked, 13 to 21, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2026-08-07

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	17	2	15	12%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN SKULLIES	16	2	14	13%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	16	1	15	6%	⚔ compare
PICKIN' PORKERS	14	4	10	29%	⚔ compare
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
FIRED UP SMOKERS	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
FatHeads bbq	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC	11	6	5	55%	⚔ compare
RECYCLED SMOKE	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
WHO CARES BBQ	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
K & D SMOKERS	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
BAYOU POKER SMOKERS	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	21	4	1	175.4172	145.6456	162.60	top 56%
Pork Ribs	21	3	2	175.4172	149.6572	161.97	top 52%
Pork	21	3	0	173.1084	149.1084	164.68	top 46%
Brisket	21	2	0	175.4172	141.7142	160.98	top 51%

“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
NC	18	0	top 53%
VA	3	0	top 42%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	5	0	top 48%
Large (40+)	16	0	top 53%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge	3	30	top 54%	2015-05-08
Jiggy With The Piggy	2	34	top 65%	2022-05-13
Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic	2	30	top 65%	2015-09-18

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 9 yrs 2013-05-10 → 2022-05-13

Busiest season 2015 7 contests

Contests a season 3 across 7 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NC 18 of 21 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 17 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 21 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 164.68 · weakest Brisket (160.98)

Walk rate 43% a top-10 call in 9 of 21 contests

Overall top-10 rate 5% 1 of 21 contests

Master average 650.23 out of 720 · 21 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 520 557–583 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,260 21 mapped stops · furthest 225 mi

Schedule strength 1543 average field rating faced — tougher than 32% of rated contests

Purse competed for $15,725 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 3.6 yrs 2018-10-12 → 2022-05-13

Power rating 1526 peak 1534 · #2314 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2013
May 10 First tracked contest Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
May 10 First call Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
2014
Sep 19 First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.7200 Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally
2015
Apr 24 10th tracked contest BBQ Capital Cook-Off
Apr 24 Career-best overall score679.9428 BBQ Capital Cook-Off
May 15 First overall top-10 Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off
2016
Apr 22 Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4172 Uptown Lexington BBQ Capital Cook Off
Apr 22 Peak power rating (1534) Uptown Lexington BBQ Capital Cook Off
2022
May 13 Most recent contest Jiggy With The Piggy

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.3	BBQ Capital Cook-Off	2015-04-24
+12.7	Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off	2015-05-15
+6.2	Uptown Lexington BBQ Capital Cook Off	2016-04-22
+4.8	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge	2015-05-08
+4.8	Peak City Pigfest	2015-06-19

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.1	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic	2013-09-20
-6.4	*Town of Mt. Pleasant Fall Festival & First Annual Polar Pig Cook-Off	2016-11-11
-6.3	Jiggy With The Piggy	2022-05-13
-4.1	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge	2013-05-10
-1.8	BBQ Capital Cookoff	2014-04-25

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2022	1	0	0%	top 74%	90.1%	90.1%
2018	1	0	100%	top 49%	89.8%	89.8%
2017	1	0	100%	top 44%	90%	90%
2016	3	0	33%	top 57%	94%	91.5%
2015	7	1	43%	top 39%	94.4%	91.9%
2014	4	0	50%	top 55%	91.5%	89.7%
2013	4	0	25%	top 63%	88.9%	87.5%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2022-05-13	Jiggy With The Piggy 🏅 Kannapolis, NC	34 / 46 (648.9488)	45 (152.4800)	28 (163.9428)	13 (171.9888)	35 (160.5372)
2018-10-12	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC	19 / 39 (646.6860)	17 (163.9544)	25 (155.9544)	4 (173.1084)	24 (153.6688)
2017-05-19	Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival Ayden, NC	16 / 36 (647.8632)	3 (173.7144)	33 (149.6572)	15 (163.9428)	18 (160.5488)
2016-11-11	*Town of Mt. Pleasant Fall Festival & First Annual Polar Pig Cook-Off Mt. Pleasant, NC	19 / 25 (643.8288)	20 (159.3600)	16 (159.9888)	19 (159.3828)	14 (165.0972)
2016-05-06	Jiggy With the Piggy Kannapolis, NC	42 / 76 (654.6856)	45 (165.0972)	64 (154.8000)	35 (165.6684)	20 (169.1200)
2016-04-22	Uptown Lexington BBQ Capital Cook Off Lexington, NC	21 / 54 (677.0516)	8 (175.4172)	36 (166.2744)	22 (169.6800)	26 (165.6800)
2015-09-18	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC	30 / 59 (661.0512)	44 (163.4056)	29 (164.5600)	37 (163.9656)	19 (169.1200)
2015-08-21	VA BBQ Championships Hampton, VA	25 / 46 (645.5888)	33 (156.5372)	38 (153.1088)	18 (167.9656)	15 (167.9772)
2015-06-19	Peak City Pigfest Apex, NC	16 / 45 (663.2568)	5 (170.8228)	31 (157.0856)	12 (167.9656)	16 (167.3828)
2015-05-15	Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off Chesapeake, VA	6 / 36 (659.9196)	9 (166.2512)	10 (165.1428)	9 (167.4056)	13 (161.1200)
2015-05-08	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC	30 / 74 (666.2056)	42 (166.8228)	25 (168.5600)	34 (166.8228)	37 (164.0000)
2015-04-24	BBQ Capital Cook-Off Lexington, NC	11 / 60 (679.9428)	25 (167.4400)	17 (169.6800)	22 (167.4056)	4 (175.4172)
2015-04-10	Bib's Camel City Cookoff (formerly Jammin' Pig) Winston-Salem, NC	29 / 51 (656.4112)	34 (164.5372)	36 (162.2628)	21 (167.3712)	27 (162.2400)
2014-10-10	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown Rocky Mount, NC	28 / 53 (644.4688)	50 (147.9200)	42 (154.2744)	10 (169.7028)	6 (172.5716)
2014-09-19	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally Salisbury, NC	32 / 64 (658.7200)	46 (162.8228)	2 (175.4172)	43 (161.0856)	42 (159.3944)
2014-05-09	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC	46 / 80 (642.7656)	36 (163.9772)	44 (161.1428)	66 (154.8000)	38 (162.8456)
2014-04-25	BBQ Capital Cookoff Lexington, NC	38 / 62 (636.4796)	24 (165.7028)	15 (166.2856)	59 (149.1084)	41 (155.3828)
2013-09-20	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC	57 / 72 (637.0288)	54 (161.6340)	40 (162.2972)	31 (167.4400)	67 (145.6576)
2013-08-23	Blue Ridge BBQ and Music Festival Harrisonburg, VA	15 / 28 (607.9424)	22 (145.6456)	16 (152.6056)	12 (157.6912)	14 (152.0000)
2013-06-14	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC	53 / 97 (640.0000)	22 (169.1428)	30 (164.0002)	69 (157.7144)	81 (149.1426)
2013-05-10	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC	37 / 58 (635.9998)	53 (151.9996)	2 (174.2860)	19 (168.0000)	52 (141.7142)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016 ↗	Master	#1295 (220 pts)	#1153 (290 pts)	#1399 (215 pts)	#1429 (215 pts)	#1247 (250 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#567 (650 pts)	#612 (630 pts)	#709 (535 pts)	#604 (640 pts)	#496 (755 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1034 (300 pts)	#1086 (305 pts)	#687 (550 pts)	#946 (375 pts)	#833 (415 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#907 (328 pts)	#1008 (308 pts)	#640 (523 pts)	#875 (373 pts)	#927 (333 pts)