High-water mark
95.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 690.8000 at Horse Town Brew N Que Festival — 95.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2022-06-03
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is 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.
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
95.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 690.8000 at Horse Town Brew N Que Festival — 95.9% of a perfect 720.
2022 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 24%.
WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS has come out ahead in 11 of their 11 shared contests.
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.90 points below their pork, and turns into a call 4% of the time against 6%.
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Lick Da Bone BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF (2021-05-14).
WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS ahead 100% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS has out-cooked them in 11 of 11 shared pork entries.
Field size changes the story: they average a top 79% finish in large fields against top 94% in small ones.
ROLLIN' SMOKE has landed one call behind them 2 times.
Their overall swings ±8.41% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.
Something about May: average finish in the top 71% across 7 contests, versus top 79% the rest of the year.
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 70,614 miles across 61 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 9,255 miles to The Chidlow BBQ Festival.
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.
They've been 1505 at their best, 168 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 63 contests to 61, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Up in Smoke's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head38 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Head-to-headBoth teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-headRated 9 points above Up in Smoke.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN TRIGGERS | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22% | ⚔ compare |
| Z SMOKE | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SON SEEKERS BBQ | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Bald Hawg BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Backdraft BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN T'S | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| EAT MOR BUTT BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| HOBBIE BAR-B-Q | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| All Sauced Up | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Organizer Portal | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Killer B's BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| OLE MAN LARRY'S BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 53 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 128.5256 | 158.01 | top 71% |
| Pork Ribs | 54 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 177.1428 | 131.3944 | 155.20 | top 72% |
| Pork | 48 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 135.3828 | 158.66 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 125.1088 | 149.76 | top 79% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 7 | 0 | top 64% |
| IL | 5 | 0 | top 90% |
| KY | 5 | 0 | top 91% |
| MI | 4 | 0 | top 94% |
| GA | 4 | 0 | top 67% |
| CO | 4 | 0 | top 87% |
| MS | 4 | 0 | top 80% |
| VA | 3 | 0 | top 53% |
| TN | 3 | 0 | top 87% |
| AL | 3 | 0 | top 74% |
| NC | 3 | 0 | top 57% |
| MO | 2 | 0 | top 78% |
| WY | 1 | 0 | top 96% |
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 99% |
| NJ | 1 | 0 | top 96% |
| MT | 1 | 0 | top 58% |
| NM | 1 | 0 | top 59% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 4 | 0 | top 94% |
| Medium (20–39) | 19 | 0 | top 75% |
| Large (40+) | 30 | 0 | top 79% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) | 2 | 17 | 0 | top 50% | 2026-03-28 |
| GLBBQA Spring Fling | 2 | 55 | 0 | top 95% | 2025-04-18 |
| Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off | 2 | 12 | 0 | top 52% | 2022-05-13 |
| Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship | 2 | 24 | 0 | top 84% | 2019-05-03 |
| Grillin N Chillin BBQ | 2 | 35 | 0 | top 91% | 2015-09-25 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.1 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off | 2022-05-13 |
| +15.3 | Horse Town Brew N Que Festival | 2022-06-03 |
| +11.1 | Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off | 2013-04-19 |
| +8.2 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off | 2019-07-26 |
| +7.1 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) | 2026-03-28 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.2 | Wabash Ribber Fest Barbecue Championship | 2013-04-26 |
| -11 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | 2013-06-14 |
| -10.8 | Wabash Ribberfest Barbecue Championship | 2014-04-25 |
| -9.9 | Conifer Mountain BBQ Challenge | 2014-08-15 |
| -9.7 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel | 2013-03-15 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 66% | 90.6% | 88.5% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 86% | 86% |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20% | top 89% | 88.8% | 87.2% |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 91.7% | 74.4% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 24% | 95.9% | 95.4% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 90% | 90% |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 87% | 91.7% | 85.4% |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 91% | 85.8% | 71.3% |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | top 80% | 93.3% | 87% |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 75% | 87.1% | 85% |
| 2015 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 87% | 83.3% |
| 2014 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9% | top 80% | 90.9% | 85.3% |
| 2013 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18% | top 70% | 94% | 86.6% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | GLBBQA Spring Fling 🏅 Coldwater, MI | 47 / 48 (633.0400) | 48 (157.1084) | 45 (161.1316) | 11 (172.5828) | 48 (142.2172) |
| 2026-03-28 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | 17 / 36 (326.2060) | 17 (160.5144) | 12 (165.6916) | — | — |
| 2026-03-27 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | 21 / 40 (313.5772) | 22 (155.9316) | 19 (157.6456) | — | — |
| 2025-04-18 | GLBBQA Spring Fling 🏅 Charlotte, MI | 55 / 56 (619.3712) | 53 (158.2856) | 51 (158.8456) | 55 (152.5484) | 56 (149.6916) |
| 2024-07-20 | Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Dowagiac, MI | 20 / 23 (318.2516) | 19 (156.5600) | 18 (161.6916) | — | — |
| 2024-06-08 | 1st Annual Hy-Vee Ribs & Rides (BBQ Challenge and Car Show) (BACKYARD ONLY) Sycamore, IL | 8 / 9 (307.9432) | 8 (153.6916) | 8 (154.2516) | 7 (156.5256) | — |
| 2024-06-07 | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN | 33 / 33 (469.5200) | 28 (161.6572) | 33 (148.5144) | 32 (159.3484) | — |
| 2024-05-10 | 18th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA | 33 / 42 (639.2344) | 25 (169.1316) | 40 (152.4684) | 27 (166.2400) | 35 (151.3944) |
| 2024-04-19 | GLBBQA Spring Fling 🏅 Charlotte, MI | 57 / 62 (619.2912) | 61 (145.6568) | 59 (147.9544) | 50 (163.3828) | 48 (162.2972) |
| 2023-08-26 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Lincoln, AL | 17 / 17 (147.9544) | — | 16 (147.9544) | — | — |
| 2023-08-04 | Smoke in the Outfield (BACKYARD) (TEAM REGISTRATION FULL) Madison, AL | 37 / 58 (330.2972) | 38 (165.6800) | 39 (164.6172) | — | — |
| 2023-05-12 | 17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA | 34 / 40 (650.0912) | 18 (168.6400) | 22 (168.5372) | 33 (162.8112) | 35 (154.8000) |
| 2022-06-03 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta Bassano, AB | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022-06-03 | Horse Town Brew N Que Festival 🏅 Norco, CA | 7 / 37 (690.8000) | 24 (165.6800) | 4 (177.1428) | 13 (173.1200) | 6 (174.8572) |
| 2022-05-13 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA | 12 / 42 (682.7660) | 9 (174.2744) | 16 (169.6800) | 20 (169.1316) | 20 (169.6800) |
| 2021-05-14 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF 🏅 Waynesboro, GA | 32 / 42 (647.8516) | 36 (159.4172) | 33 (160.5144) | 13 (170.8228) | 36 (157.0972) |
| 2019-09-13 | Smoke & Soul Fest 🏅 Casper, WY | 27 / 28 (565.0172) | 25 (151.4172) | 28 (135.4172) | 27 (135.3828) | 26 (142.8000) |
| 2019-08-17 | Smoke and Fire Festival Maldon, Essex, CM9 5JQ | 16 / 16 (577.5772) | 16 (147.9544) | 13 (152.5600) | 16 (147.3828) | 16 (129.6800) |
| 2019-07-26 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Hartselle, AL | 16 / 27 (326.2516) | 5 (172.5944) | 27 (153.6572) | — | — |
| 2019-06-21 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championship 🏅 unrated Santa Clara, CA | 23 (659.9772) | 39 (155.4400) | 25 (162.8572) | 17 (167.3828) | 5 (174.2972) |
| 2019-05-03 | Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship 🏅 Elk Grove, CA | 24 / 27 (625.6456) | 23 (155.4512) | 19 (161.6916) | 23 (157.6456) | 23 (150.8572) |
| 2019-04-26 | LuLu's Brew & Que 🏅 Brighton, CO | 37 / 40 (607.3372) | 33 (161.7256) | 35 (151.9772) | 37 (152.5028) | 35 (141.1316) |
| 2018-09-28 | *Smoke On the Trails Gardner, KS | 67 / 68 (448.0000) | 60 (158.8800) | 67 (132.5600) | 54 (156.5600) | — |
| 2018-09-15 | The Chidlow BBQ Festival Chidlow, Wa, 6556 | 22 / 23 (475.4172) | — | 8 (161.7372) | 16 (154.8228) | 16 (158.8572) |
| 2018-05-04 | Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship Elk Grove, CA | 28 / 35 (617.5772) | 30 (151.3828) | 30 (153.1200) | 10 (167.3828) | 29 (145.6916) |
| 2017-09-22 | Grilling & Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY | 40 / 42 (604.9144) | 33 (157.6572) | 42 (135.9316) | 38 (157.0856) | 33 (154.2400) |
| 2017-07-01 | *I-39 Smokin Car Show Minonk, IL | 16 / 18 (602.7888) | 17 (146.2744) | 8 (162.3088) | 17 (150.2512) | 16 (143.9544) |
| 2017-06-16 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Weston, WV | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-06-02 | *Horse Town Brew B Que Festival( Judges Full) Norco, CA | 32 / 57 (671.8856) | 26 (171.9656) | 18 (171.4284) | 27 (167.9772) | 39 (160.5144) |
| 2016-10-14 | Smoke on the River Sacramento, CA | 20 / 38 (626.8800) | 23 (158.3084) | 9 (167.4400) | 30 (146.8344) | 20 (154.2972) |
| 2016-09-23 | Grillin and Chillin Owensboro, KY | 38 / 39 (597.4968) | 36 (156.0000) | 32 (158.2056) | 39 (143.9428) | 38 (139.3484) |
| 2016-03-25 | Hamond BBQ Hammond, LA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015-10-09 | Smokin Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship $15,000 Atlantic City, NJ | 44 / 46 (557.6688) | 40 (146.2744) | 45 (131.9772) | 42 (144.5256) | 40 (134.8916) |
| 2015-10-02 | City of Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA | 64 / 75 (626.7432) | 65 (156.0000) | 59 (159.4172) | 34 (167.9772) | 70 (143.3488) |
| 2015-09-25 | Grillin N Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY | 38 / 38 (594.6744) | 34 (157.6572) | 26 (159.3828) | 37 (152.5256) | 38 (125.1088) |
| 2015-09-11 | Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015-09-11 | Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015-04-24 | Wabash Ribber Fest Mt. Carmel, IL | 41 / 46 (613.0856) | 18 (167.4400) | 46 (131.3944) | 28 (163.4284) | 37 (150.8228) |
| 2015-03-13 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS | 90 / 94 (607.2344) | 89 (156.5828) | 87 (150.2172) | 92 (149.0972) | 83 (151.3372) |
| 2014-09-26 | Grillin N Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY | 35 / 43 (630.0800) | 33 (158.8344) | 38 (154.8000) | 24 (166.8228) | 39 (149.6228) |
| 2014-08-15 | Conifer Mountain BBQ Challenge Conifer, CO | 41 / 43 (572.4456) | 40 (146.8000) | 41 (139.3828) | 40 (145.1200) | 39 (141.1428) |
| 2014-06-27 | Blount County BBQ Bash Maryville, TN | 34 / 39 (627.2684) | 36 (147.9312) | 25 (162.2744) | 22 (165.1428) | 35 (151.9200) |
| 2014-06-21 | Buckner Smoke Out in the Valley Buckner, MO | 25 / 35 (625.5424) | 24 (159.9656) | 27 (153.6800) | 9 (168.5712) | 33 (143.3256) |
| 2014-06-13 | 21st Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO | 47 / 55 (602.2744) | 55 (128.5256) | 30 (160.5944) | 34 (157.7372) | 36 (155.4172) |
| 2014-05-24 | Roc City Rib Fest Rochester, NY | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014-05-16 | Chesapeake Jubilee Chesapeake, VA | 19 / 32 (605.7028) | 24 (147.4284) | 11 (160.0344) | 14 (158.8228) | 24 (139.4172) |
| 2014-05-16 | Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cookoff Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014-04-25 | Wabash Ribberfest Barbecue Championship Mt. Carmel, IL | 48 / 50 (585.0516) | 43 (154.8344) | 42 (152.5716) | 49 (139.9312) | 48 (137.7144) |
| 2014-04-04 | 'Que at the View Gulfport, MS | 21 / 36 (654.7888) | 23 (165.1316) | 20 (162.8000) | 20 (165.7144) | 22 (161.1428) |
| 2014-03-14 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre Tupelo, MS | 80 / 95 (624.3884) | 48 (164.5484) | 89 (145.6344) | 57 (163.9656) | 81 (150.2400) |
| 2013-09-27 | Grillin and Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY | 37 / 45 (630.1708) | 27 (164.5712) | 36 (157.6684) | 32 (158.8684) | 39 (149.0628) |
| 2013-09-13 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Hendersonville, TN | 22 / 30 (660.4456) | 29 (157.1316) | 24 (161.6456) | 13 (168.5256) | 11 (173.1428) |
| 2013-09-06 | Blue Springs Barbeque Blaze-Off Blue Springs, MO | 61 / 72 (614.2512) | 22 (166.9144) | 47 (157.6916) | 64 (157.1084) | 71 (132.5368) |
| 2013-08-14 | Montana State BBQ Championships at Montana Fair Billings, MT | 15 / 26 (594.0108) | 18 (149.0856) | 12 (156.5028) | 18 (150.2284) | 20 (138.1940) |
| 2013-06-28 | Smokin' On the Pecos Artesia, NM | 41 / 70 (616.5714) | 45 (154.8572) | 54 (149.1430) | 11 (169.1426) | 50 (143.4286) |
| 2013-06-14 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC | 87 / 97 (605.1416) | 94 (141.1424) | 78 (151.9996) | 85 (153.1426) | 52 (158.8570) |
| 2013-06-14 | Colorado Barbecue Challenge Frisco, CO | 50 / 68 (592.0002) | 18 (162.2858) | 32 (154.8574) | 52 (143.4284) | 56 (131.4286) |
| 2013-04-26 | BBQ Capital Cook-Off Lexington, NC | 45 / 71 (632.0000) | 34 (162.2858) | 28 (162.2858) | 16 (169.7142) | 68 (137.7142) |
| 2013-04-26 | Wabash Ribber Fest Barbecue Championship Mt. Carmel, IL | 31 / 36 (609.7144) | 8 (168.0000) | 36 (134.2856) | 21 (158.2858) | 30 (149.1430) |
| 2013-04-19 | Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off Kings Mountain, NC | 10 / 55 (677.1424) | 7 (173.7142) | 18 (168.5712) | 16 (167.4286) | 18 (167.4284) |
| 2013-03-15 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS | 81 / 100 (623.9994) | 85 (155.4282) | 96 (144.5714) | 68 (158.8572) | 48 (165.1426) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Backyard | #205 (153 pts) | #216 (148 pts) | #201 (188 pts) | — | — |
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #927 (60 pts) | #1010 (60 pts) | #1051 (60 pts) | #752 (130 pts) | #950 (60 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1148 (60 pts) | #1221 (60 pts) | #1293 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #217 (202 pts) | #223 (207 pts) | #228 (212 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #1242 (60 pts) | #1317 (60 pts) | #1231 (60 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1437 (127 pts) | #1583 (122 pts) | #1462 (142 pts) | #1392 (162 pts) | #1097 (247 pts) |