A tough matchup
5–1
behind in the head-to-head
Smokin' Bandits BBQ ahead in 83% of their meetings
Smokin' Bandits BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 6 shared contests.
sHOGun BBQ
sHOGun BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 6th of 23 at the Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES) (2026). They finished #1065 in the 2026 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1496
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 33 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Mar 15, 2024
latest May 1, 2026 · 2.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
33% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 48%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.02 · weakest Brisket (156.56)
Road miles
120
across 6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
84%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1611)
Purse competed for
$49K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
638.71 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
316.19 / 360
2 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.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #1065 (60 pts) | #1141 (60 pts) | #1203 (60 pts) | #1111 (60 pts) | #1102 (60 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to sHOGun BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
sHOGun BBQ has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 121 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,378 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,372 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1496
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before sHOGun BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,368 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
They were already cooking in 2013, 11 years before sHOGun BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,373 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
Level with sHOGun BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,343 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1509
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before sHOGun BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,347 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 10 years before sHOGun BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin' Bandits BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Bad company cookers | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Killer B Backyard BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| RTQue | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Hogs B Hatin' | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| LEE LA Q | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 174.2972 | 159.3600 | 165.02 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 177.7144 | 147.9316 | 163.87 | top 43% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 161.6688 | 164.53 | top 45% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5600 | 156.5600 | 156.56 | top 95% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 37% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 58% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 3 | 34 | 0 | top 58% | Mar 20, 2026 |
| Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES) | 2 | 6 | 0 | top 29% | May 1, 2026 |
More numbers
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
3
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
303
finished ahead 199 times, behind 352
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20264 milestones
- Career-best overall score638.7084 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7144 Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Most recent contest Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES)
20253 milestones
- Peak power rating (1506) Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
- First call Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- First overall top-10 Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES)
20242 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score504.5372 Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.1 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | Mar 15, 2024 |
| +1.2 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | Mar 14, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | Mar 20, 2026 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50% | top 59% | 96.1% | 92.4% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 38% | 95% | 90.6% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 45% | 93.4% | 91.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2026 | Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN | 6 / 23 (518.8000) | 3 (173.7028) | 1 (177.7144) | — | — |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 116 / 125 (638.7084) | 118 (159.4172) | 119 (154.7656) | 88 (167.9656) | 119 (156.5600) |
| Apr 25, 2025 | Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN | 10 / 31 (513.1088) | 4 (174.2972) | 3 (175.4172) | — | — |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 44 / 100 (310.1716) | 41 (162.2400) | 47 (147.9316) | 36 (163.9428) | — |
| Apr 19, 2024 | Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN | 20 / 37 (504.5372) | 31 (159.3600) | 25 (166.2972) | — | — |
| Mar 15, 2024 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 34 / 93 (322.2060) | 35 (161.0972) | 31 (161.1088) | 27 (161.6688) | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.