SaucyRossyBBQ KCBS Helper

← All teams

Texas Smoke Whisper TX

Power ranking

#309
of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1645
peak 1645

Contests

26
in the data

First seen

2019-02-01
latest 2020-11-21

Grand champs

1
0 reserve

Category wins

1
10 podiums

Overall top-10s

13
of 26 contests

Avg finish

top 30%
overall standings

Best overall

697.6456

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

687.94 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 678.77 (+9.16)

Walk rate

88%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

2
and counting

Best single call

179.4400

Consistency

±12.08
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket
avg 171.52 · weakest Pork Ribs (166.66)

Road miles

6728
mi across 26 mapped stops · furthest 645 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

B-S BBQ OUTLAWS has finished one call ahead of Texas Smoke Whisper 5 times — their closest competition in the data.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of SMOKIN TRIGGERS in 10 of their 11 shared contests.

🗡️ Giant slayer

Took the Grand Championship over a 54-team field at San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ.

📅 A August team

Something about August: average finish in the top 20% across 5 contests, versus top 30% the rest of the year.

🃏 Against the odds

Their Grand Championship at San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ (2019-08-02) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 26-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, BOOMERANG BBQ.

Teams like this (closest power rating, TX first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 26 13 0 3 178.8800 146.8344 170.66 top 36%
Pork Ribs 26 2 0 1 176.0000 149.0860 166.66 top 51%
Pork 26 9 0 2 177.1544 153.6572 169.94 top 35%
Brisket 26 17 1 4 179.4400 161.0972 171.52 top 27%

“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

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
TX100top 29%
OK60top 26%
NM40top 40%
AR20top 32%
CO21top 14%
KS10top 33%
MO10top 34%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)10top 28%
Medium (20–39)110top 42%
Large (40+)141top 20%

The story so far

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

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Season by season

SeasonContestsGCsCategory winsBest overallAvg overall
2020901 697.6456 687.04
20191710 695.9884 674.40

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2020-11-21 McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ (Day 2) Waco, TX 4 / 25 (690.8344) 10 (174.8572) 17 (167.4172) 4 (174.8572) 5 (173.7028)
2020-11-20 McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ (Day 1) Waco, TX 10 / 26 (686.7424) 8 (172.5484) 22 (161.6456) 11 (173.1084) 1 (179.4400)
2020-10-30 Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS 31 / 93 (679.9656) 19 (174.8456) 75 (160.5600) 22 (173.1200) 28 (171.4400)
2020-10-24 Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2 Shawnee, OK 5 / 58 (697.6456) 36 (171.9656) 12 (176.0000) 18 (173.1200) 8 (176.5600)
2020-10-23 Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 Shawnee, OK 29 / 64 (684.4916) 47 (168.5716) 26 (170.8344) 35 (171.9656) 19 (173.1200)
2020-09-19 The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 2 Shawnee, OK 9 / 56 (692.5028) 18 (174.2628) 6 (175.4172) 22 (171.9772) 25 (170.8456)
2020-09-18 The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 1 Shawnee, OK 6 / 56 (689.6800) 7 (174.2628) 30 (169.1200) 33 (169.1544) 3 (177.1428)
2020-08-07 15th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK 18 / 54 (674.1484) 10 (173.1200) 16 (170.2512) 18 (169.6800) 38 (161.0972)
2020-02-14 Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX 6 / 42 (687.3484) 24 (166.2400) 13 (171.4056) 4 (177.1544) 10 (172.5484)
2019-11-15 McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ Belton, TX 15 / 24 (654.2168) 23 (155.3712) 23 (152.0000) 2 (177.1428) 9 (169.7028)
2019-10-25 Smokin' on the Square El Dorado, AR 9 / 20 (669.5308) 9 (170.2628) 12 (165.0740) 11 (164.5256) 9 (169.6684)
2019-10-04 Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship Sheridan, AR 5 / 26 (683.3252) 2 (175.4056) 2 (173.7028) 16 (161.1084) 4 (173.1084)
2019-08-30 Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX 12 / 58 (685.0856) 14 (173.7028) 41 (164.5372) 26 (170.2856) 3 (176.5600)
2019-08-23 Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX 6 / 62 (683.3484) 5 (174.2628) 11 (170.8228) 23 (166.2856) 9 (171.9772)
2019-08-16 BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO 23 / 68 (677.5996) 44 (166.8112) 28 (170.2628) 29 (167.3828) 11 (173.1428)
2019-08-02 San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ Alamosa, CO 1 / 54 (695.9884) 3 (178.8800) 19 (169.1428) 4 (175.4056) 7 (172.5600)
2019-06-29 Smokin On The Pecos (Day 2) Artesia, NM 12 / 34 (683.4284) 11 (173.1428) 23 (165.7372) 6 (173.7028) 11 (170.8456)
2019-06-28 Smokin On The Pecos (Day 1) Artesia, NM 15 / 41 (675.9200) 9 (174.2628) 21 (166.2744) 15 (170.8572) 19 (164.5256)
2019-06-22 Festival of the Pig - Oklahoma BBQ Championship Oklahoma City, OK 12 / 27 (671.3140) 12 (169.7028) 14 (167.4172) 14 (163.3828) 7 (170.8112)
2019-06-07 Buskers, Brews & BBQ Aurora, CO 10 / 38 (678.2060) 12 (170.8228) 23 (166.2516) 5 (172.0000) 4 (169.1316)
2019-05-11 Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2) Plainview, TX 11 / 21 (676.4684) 8 (173.1200) 18 (166.2628) 4 (174.8456) 18 (162.2400)
2019-05-10 Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) Plainview, TX 21 / 38 (642.7660) 33 (146.8344) 30 (149.0860) 10 (171.4284) 6 (175.4172)
2019-04-05 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off Cedar Park, TX 7 / 61 (681.6112) 10 (173.1084) 11 (171.4172) 27 (165.1200) 6 (171.9656)
2019-03-15 Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 2 Ruidoso, NM 13 / 21 (664.9944) 3 (175.4172) 14 (166.2516) 19 (153.6572) 11 (169.6684)
2019-03-14 Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 1 Ruidoso, NM 5 / 18 (671.3368) 5 (172.5484) 11 (161.6800) 3 (172.5828) 8 (164.5256)
2019-02-01 Humble Rodeo and BBQ Humble, TX 14 / 126 (669.6456) 44 (162.8228) 37 (164.5944) 38 (164.5256) 3 (177.7028)

Heading out? 🔥

Are you sure you want to leave the KCBS Helper Tool and go to SaucyRossyBBQ.com?

Yes, take me there