POKE N SMOKE NC
Rating
1498
peak 1565 · rated over 34 contests
Contests
34
in the data
First seen
2019-03-08
latest 2026-05-01
Best ToY finish
#199
Master 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
14 podiums
Overall top-10s
10
of 34 contests
Avg finish
top 54%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
669.48 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 671.58 (-2.10)
Walk rate
82%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±9.33
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.98 · weakest Brisket (166.84)
Road miles
4654
mi across 34 mapped stops · furthest 318 mi
Schedule strength
67%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)
Purse competed for
$308K
listed at 26 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 33 state-championship entries
Master avg
671.58 / 720
34 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM has finished one call ahead of POKE N SMOKE 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 24 of their 27 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of BIG DOG BBQ VA in 15 of their 16 shared contests.
😤 Pork Ribs nemesis
Even in their strongest meat, WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ has out-cooked them in 18 of 27 shared pork ribs entries.
📅 A October team
Something about October: average finish in the top 29% across 3 contests, versus top 54% the rest of the year.
Teams like this (closest power rating, NC first)
Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | 27 | 4 | 23 | 15% | ⚔ compare |
| MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | 27 | 3 | 24 | 11% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN SKULLIES | 21 | 2 | 19 | 10% | ⚔ compare |
| REDNECK SCIENTIFIC | 20 | 3 | 17 | 15% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG DOG BBQ VA | 16 | 15 | 1 | 94% | ⚔ compare |
| CHOCK FULL OF BARBEQUE | 15 | 12 | 3 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | 15 | 6 | 9 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | 15 | 1 | 14 | 7% | ⚔ compare |
| TWISTED PAIR BBQ | 14 | 3 | 11 | 21% | ⚔ compare |
| Optimus Swine | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | 13 | 6 | 7 | 46% | ⚔ compare |
| MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ | 13 | 3 | 10 | 23% | ⚔ compare |
| SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM | 13 | 2 | 11 | 15% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKECRAFT - MD | 12 | 6 | 6 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 34 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 178.8572 | 155.9544 | 167.89 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 34 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 176.5600 | 158.8116 | 168.98 | top 41% |
| Pork | 34 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 176.5600 | 149.0628 | 167.87 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 34 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 179.4400 | 161.1200 | 166.84 | top 52% |
“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 | 25 | 0 | top 57% |
| DC | 3 | 0 | top 62% |
| VA | 3 | 0 | top 46% |
| SC | 2 | 0 | top 40% |
| NJ | 1 | 0 | top 26% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 5 | 0 | top 57% |
| Medium (20–39) | 28 | 0 | top 55% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 26% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest | 5 | 4 | 0 | top 49% | 2024-04-12 |
| Kings of Q BBQ Cook-Off and Festival | 3 | 8 | 0 | top 55% | 2024-05-17 |
| Currituck Bulls & BBQ | 3 | 12 | 0 | top 56% | 2022-11-04 |
| Clayton BBQ Challenge | 2 | 16 | 0 | top 88% | 2024-09-13 |
| Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle | 2 | 20 | 0 | top 73% | 2024-06-22 |
| Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition | 2 | 20 | 0 | top 66% | 2023-04-07 |
| Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 26% | 2022-10-07 |
| BBQ Jamboree | 2 | 13 | 0 | top 48% | 2021-06-11 |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2021 (9 contests)
- Cooks mostly in NC (25 of 34 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (34 entries)
- Average Master overall score: 671.58 / 720
Milestones
- 🚩 2019-03-08 — First tracked contest · Mid Atlantic BBQ Expo
- 📣 2019-03-08 — First call · Mid Atlantic BBQ Expo
- ⭐ 2022-07-22 — Career-best overall score (687.3832) · Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest
- 📈 2022-10-07 — Peak power rating (1565) · Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down
- 🎖️ 2023-04-28 — 25th tracked contest · Smokin' in the Pines
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.6 | Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest | 2022-07-22 |
| +11.7 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down | 2019-10-11 |
| +8.4 | Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest | 2019-06-14 |
| +8.1 | Mid Atlantic BBQ Expo | 2019-03-08 |
| +5.3 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down | 2021-10-08 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.6 | Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest | 2023-04-14 |
| -10.8 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition | 2023-04-07 |
| -9.6 | Clayton BBQ Challenge | 2023-09-15 |
| -9.5 | Smokin' in the Pines | 2023-04-28 |
| -8.4 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition | 2022-04-08 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 73% | 92.4% | 92.4% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 68% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25% | top 69% | 94.4% | 92.9% |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 81% | 93.8% | 92% |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 83% | top 47% | 95.5% | 93.8% |
| 2021 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100% | top 46% | 94.9% | 94.2% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 43% | 94.4% | 94.4% |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 34% | 94.7% | 92.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | Bear-B-Q 🏅 New Bern, NC | 19 / 26 (665.5772) | 15 (169.6800) | 24 (158.8116) | 8 (172.5600) | 20 (164.5256) |
| 2025-03-28 | Smokin' in the Pines 🏅 Carthage, NC | 15 / 22 (673.6116) | 2 (178.8572) | 14 (167.3944) | 15 (166.2400) | 19 (161.1200) |
| 2024-09-13 | Clayton BBQ Challenge 🏅 Clayton, NC | 22 / 27 (659.8744) | 15 (170.2744) | 19 (166.2744) | 25 (161.0856) | 24 (162.2400) |
| 2024-06-22 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle 🏅 Washington, DC | 30 / 36 (668.4684) | 35 (161.6456) | 30 (164.5716) | 19 (171.9884) | 18 (170.2628) |
| 2024-05-17 | Kings of Q BBQ Cook-Off and Festival 🏅 Ayden, NC | 8 / 18 (679.8856) | 8 (170.8228) | 4 (174.8572) | 15 (162.2400) | 4 (171.9656) |
| 2024-04-12 | Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest 🏅 Apex, NC | 17 / 25 (666.7200) | 19 (166.8228) | 19 (165.0972) | 14 (170.8228) | 19 (163.9772) |
| 2023-11-03 | Currituck Bulls and BBQ 🏅 Powells Point, NC | 15 / 21 (674.1484) | 17 (166.2400) | 3 (174.8572) | 16 (167.9656) | 18 (165.0856) |
| 2023-09-15 | Clayton BBQ Challenge 🏅 Clayton, NC | 16 / 17 (665.0288) | 15 (168.5716) | 10 (168.5372) | 14 (166.2400) | 16 (161.6800) |
| 2023-05-19 | Kings of Q BBQ Cook-Off and Festival 🏅 Ayden, NC | 19 / 25 (655.2572) | 20 (166.8228) | 14 (165.6916) | 23 (159.3600) | 16 (163.3828) |
| 2023-04-28 | Smokin' in the Pines 🏅 Pinehurst, NC | 21 / 24 (660.4228) | 17 (165.0856) | 11 (168.5716) | 23 (160.5028) | 16 (166.2628) |
| 2023-04-14 | Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest 🏅 Apex, NC | 27 / 32 (643.7712) | 28 (158.1940) | 6 (173.1200) | 27 (149.0628) | 23 (163.3944) |
| 2023-04-07 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition 🏅 Stem, NC | 20 / 28 (675.3260) | 18 (167.4172) | 26 (160.5144) | 10 (173.1200) | 3 (174.2744) |
| 2022-11-04 | Currituck Bulls & BBQ 🏅 Powells Point, NC | 14 / 22 (675.8512) | 11 (170.8228) | 13 (169.1200) | 6 (174.2628) | 17 (161.6456) |
| 2022-10-07 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down 🏅 Rocky Mount, NC | 10 / 27 (679.9316) | 23 (162.8000) | 4 (174.8916) | 7 (174.8572) | 13 (167.3828) |
| 2022-07-22 | Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest 🏅 Apex, NC | 4 / 35 (687.3832) | 19 (170.2628) | 3 (173.1316) | 11 (170.8572) | 5 (173.1316) |
| 2022-06-25 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle 🏅 Washington, DC | 20 / 32 (672.4912) | 24 (165.1200) | 4 (174.3200) | 16 (171.4056) | 25 (161.6456) |
| 2022-05-20 | Kings of Q BBQ Cook-Off and Festival 🏅 Ayden, NC | 14 / 32 (674.1944) | 25 (163.9772) | 3 (173.1544) | 21 (166.2400) | 9 (170.8228) |
| 2022-04-08 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition 🏅 Stem, NC | 22 / 36 (662.7312) | 30 (161.6684) | 16 (169.7028) | 23 (166.2628) | 18 (165.0972) |
| 2021-12-11 | River Bar Smoke Out 🏅 Goldsboro, NC | 8 / 17 (681.6344) | 7 (172.5600) | 7 (170.8688) | 2 (176.5600) | 13 (161.6456) |
| 2021-11-05 | Currituck Bulls & BBQ 🏅 Powells Point, NC | 16 / 26 (678.7316) | 17 (168.5488) | 5 (173.1200) | 17 (168.5372) | 18 (168.5256) |
| 2021-10-08 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down 🏅 Rocky Mount, NC | 9 / 26 (682.1828) | 10 (170.8344) | 7 (172.5600) | 7 (170.8228) | 9 (167.9656) |
| 2021-08-27 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Myrtle Beach Travel Park 🏅 Myrtle Beach, SC | 9 / 22 (679.3144) | 3 (175.4056) | 10 (168.5372) | 8 (168.5488) | 12 (166.8228) |
| 2021-07-23 | Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest 🏅 Apex, NC | 16 / 30 (669.0172) | 16 (169.1428) | 19 (163.9544) | 21 (163.9428) | 8 (171.9772) |
| 2021-07-16 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Zooland 🏅 Asheboro, NC | 9 / 19 (678.7772) | 3 (174.2628) | 11 (167.4516) | 4 (173.1200) | 12 (163.9428) |
| 2021-06-11 | BBQ Jamboree 🏅 Fredericksburg, VA | 13 / 30 (670.1600) | 13 (172.5716) | 3 (172.5600) | 23 (161.6572) | 17 (163.3712) |
| 2021-06-04 | GrillBillies BBQ Shootout 🏅 Wendell, NC | 9 / 18 (679.3832) | 8 (171.4172) | 2 (172.5944) | 12 (165.1088) | 6 (170.2628) |
| 2021-03-12 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pirateland 🏅 Myrtle Beach, SC | 15 / 39 (683.3372) | 4 (177.7144) | 27 (164.5488) | 10 (173.1084) | 20 (167.9656) |
| 2020-11-06 | Currituck Bulls & BBQ 🏅 Powells Point, NC | 12 / 28 (679.3944) | 14 (169.7028) | 22 (159.9772) | 10 (170.2744) | 2 (179.4400) |
| 2019-10-11 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down 🏅 Rocky Mount, NC | 5 / 32 (682.1828) | 7 (173.1200) | 1 (176.5600) | 8 (170.8456) | 17 (161.6572) |
| 2019-09-06 | 15th annual Recovery Fest/ 10th annual State BBQ Championship (JUDGES FULL) 🏅 Richmond, VA | 13 / 31 (669.1772) | 18 (166.2856) | 14 (164.0344) | 4 (172.5600) | 14 (166.2972) |
| 2019-06-22 | Giant National Capital BBQ Battle 🏅 Washington, DC | 12 / 31 (673.1312) | 17 (164.5256) | 6 (172.0228) | 19 (161.7028) | 3 (174.8800) |
| 2019-06-14 | Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest 🏅 Apex, NC | 10 / 38 (662.7884) | 29 (161.1200) | 5 (171.4172) | 19 (161.7028) | 6 (168.5484) |
| 2019-05-03 | BBQ Jamboree (Day 1) 🏅 Fredericksburg, VA | 18 / 34 (662.2056) | 31 (160.0000) | 17 (163.4056) | 2 (174.8572) | 18 (163.9428) |
| 2019-03-08 | Mid Atlantic BBQ Expo Atlantic City, NJ | 17 / 66 (661.6576) | 45 (155.9544) | 7 (169.1544) | 11 (169.1544) | 17 (167.3944) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #842 (81 pts) | #875 (101 pts) | #1207 (56 pts) | #682 (146 pts) | #882 (76 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1015 (97 pts) | #695 (247 pts) | #1158 (102 pts) | #1071 (97 pts) | #1119 (77 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #443 (451 pts) | #458 (466 pts) | #375 (636 pts) | #475 (431 pts) | #430 (506 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #416 (473 pts) | #432 (518 pts) | #372 (673 pts) | #381 (563 pts) | #331 (658 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #274 (839 pts) | #412 (569 pts) | #146 (1304 pts) | #277 (869 pts) | #295 (779 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #199 (963 pts) | #134 (1238 pts) | #179 (1078 pts) | #186 (1003 pts) | #157 (1098 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #437 (748 pts) | #651 (528 pts) | #297 (1013 pts) | #362 (923 pts) | #415 (808 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #509 (704 pts) | #484 (754 pts) | #556 (679 pts) | #511 (714 pts) | #656 (564 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #723 (521 pts) | #892 (436 pts) | #513 (771 pts) | #684 (606 pts) | #577 (681 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #539 (737 pts) | #775 (507 pts) | #544 (767 pts) | #452 (907 pts) | #545 (742 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #685 (529 pts) | #658 (584 pts) | #833 (434 pts) | #653 (579 pts) | #646 (579 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #684 (526 pts) | #679 (556 pts) | #664 (571 pts) | #767 (486 pts) | #750 (486 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #958 (300 pts) | #954 (335 pts) | #1029 (300 pts) | #1020 (305 pts) | #995 (300 pts) |