Riding a hot streak
4
straight overall top-10s
Currently on a 4-contest overall top-10 run.
- career best 4
Smoke and Dagger BBQ
Smoke and Dagger BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 5th of 9 at the Smokin in the Valley (2025). They are ranked #5323 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1455
peak 1455 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Aug 3, 2024
latest Apr 25, 2026 · 1.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
5 podiums
Overall top-10s
6
86% of 7 contests
Best top-10 run
4
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
649.80
last 5 Master vs avg 650.25 (-0.45)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.48
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.14 · weakest Brisket (156.88)
Road miles
16
across 7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
4%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1506)
Master avg
650.25 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 | #759 (139 pts) | #841 (139 pts) | #851 (159 pts) | #811 (129 pts) | #796 (139 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #473 (404 pts) | #489 (459 pts) | #464 (504 pts) | #344 (654 pts) | #530 (354 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #528 (349 pts) | #518 (394 pts) | #577 (379 pts) | #542 (364 pts) | #484 (434 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Smoke and Dagger BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
128 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,336 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1455
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Smoke and Dagger BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smoke and Dagger BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5,301 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1456
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,305 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
They were already cooking in 2018, 6 years before Smoke and Dagger BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#5,309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Smoke and Dagger BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,304 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#5,321 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1518
Level with Smoke and Dagger 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLUE MIST BBQ | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| Aussie TongMasters | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Pit Bull Smokers | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin Genius | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Ribs n Pigs BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Aussie Davo | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 170.8456 | 158.2856 | 164.00 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 168.5716 | 158.8344 | 164.23 | top 63% |
| Pork | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 175.4744 | 150.8112 | 165.14 | top 59% |
| Brisket | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 164.5600 | 141.1088 | 156.88 | top 77% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin in the Valley | 4 | 5 | 0 | top 69% | Apr 25, 2026 |
| Smokin' in the Valley | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 86% | Nov 2, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
3 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Contests visited
3
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
21
finished ahead 17 times, behind 53
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Smokin in the Valley
20253 milestones
- First category win (Pork) Smokin' in the Valley
- Career-best overall score667.4172 Smokin in the Valley
- Career-best single call (Pork)175.4744 Smokin in the Valley
20245 milestones
- First tracked contest Smokin' in the Valley
- First call Smokin' in the Valley
- First overall top-10 Smokin' in the Valley
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.7884 Smokin' in the Valley
- Peak power rating (1491) Smokin' in the Valley
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.5 | Smokin in the Valley | Nov 1, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.2 | Smokin' in the Valley | Nov 2, 2024 |
| -11.7 | Smoking on the Swan | Oct 11, 2024 |
| -9.1 | Smokin' in the Valley | Aug 3, 2024 |
| -5.9 | Smokin in the Valley | Apr 25, 2026 |
| -5.3 | Smokin in the Valley | Aug 2, 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 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 78% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 100% | top 67% | 92.7% | 91.6% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 88% | 91.5% | 89.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2026 | Smokin in the Valley Herne Hill, Western Australia | 7 / 9 (648.4920) | 7 (165.7260) | 5 (166.8572) | 8 (160.5372) | 7 (155.3716) |
| Nov 1, 2025 | Smokin in the Valley Herne Hill, Western Australia | 5 / 9 (667.4172) | 3 (170.8456) | 4 (167.4172) | 1 (175.4744) | 9 (153.6800) |
| Aug 2, 2025 | Smokin in the Valley Herne Hill, Western Australia | 9 / 12 (660.6060) | 7 (164.5828) | 3 (168.5716) | 8 (166.2972) | 9 (161.1544) |
| Apr 26, 2025 | Smokin' in the Valley Herne Hill, Western Australia | 9 / 13 (649.6684) | 11 (159.4056) | 11 (158.8344) | 1 (173.1656) | 10 (158.2628) |
| Nov 2, 2024 | Smokin' in the Valley Perth, Western Australia | 13 / 14 (622.8004) | 9 (158.2856) | 11 (161.6916) | 10 (161.7144) | 14 (141.1088) |
| Oct 11, 2024 | Smoking on the Swan Burswood, Western Australia | 9 / 10 (643.9768) | 6 (166.8684) | 7 (161.7372) | 10 (150.8112) | 3 (164.5600) |
| Aug 3, 2024 | Smokin' in the Valley Perth, Western Australia | 8 / 10 (658.7884) | 9 (162.2628) | 8 (164.5256) | 7 (168) | 8 (164) |