A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Deviant Smoke ahead in 100% of their meetings
Deviant Smoke has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
SMOKIN 3's BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1478
peak 1507 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2023-04-28
latest 2026-04-17
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
369.91
last 4 Backyard vs avg 369.91 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±82.25
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.67 · weakest Chicken (161.79)
Road miles
434
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 389 mi
Schedule strength
61%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1576)
Purse competed for
$23K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
658.10 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
369.91 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
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.
Storylines (2 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
The weak link
−5.9
points behind their best meat
Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.89 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Chicken avg 161.79
- Pork avg 167.67
- 0 calls in 5 entries
Teams like this (closest power rating)
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.
149 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4194 of the rated field
- Contests
- 45
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1479
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SMOKIN 3's BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SMOKIN 3's BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4205 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1511 at their best, 33 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4210 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4222 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before SMOKIN 3's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4186 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2015, 8 years before SMOKIN 3's BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4221 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKIN 3's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 149.6572 | 161.79 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176.0000 | 159.3484 | 166.72 | top 65% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8344 | 160.5028 | 167.67 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9544 | 163.9544 | 163.95 | top 85% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL | 4 | 0 | top 72% |
| FL | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 70% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 83% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 58% | 2024-04-26 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2023-04-28 → 2026-04-17
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
4 of 6 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
6 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 167.67 · weakest Chicken (161.79)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 2 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 6 contests
Master average
658.10
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Backyard average
369.91
out of 360 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
112
43–120 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
434
6 mapped stops · furthest 389 mi
Schedule strength
1576
average field rating faced — tougher than 61% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$23,000
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2024-04-26 → 2025-05-02
Power rating
1478
peak 1507 · #4209 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score511.3488 Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1507) Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2026
- Career-best overall score658.1028 The Downtown BBQ Showdown
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.0000 The Downtown BBQ Showdown (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- Most recent contest The Downtown BBQ Showdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.6 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2023-04-28 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.2 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 | 2025-05-02 |
| -8.5 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown | 2026-04-17 |
| -6.3 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2024-04-26 |
| -2.2 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 | 2025-05-03 |
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)
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 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 88% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 93.9% | 90.2% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 88.5% | 88.5% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 39% | 142% | 142% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown 🏅 Lake City, FL | 36 / 41 (658.1028) | 36 (163.9656) | 39 (159.3484) | 26 (170.8344) | 35 (163.9544) |
| 2026-04-17 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lake City, FL | — | — | 5 (176.0000) | — | — |
| 2025-05-03 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 Oneonta, AL | 17 / 23 (338.2056) | 17 (168.5256) | 18 (169.6800) | 14 (169.6800) | — |
| 2025-05-02 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 Oneonta, AL | 27 / 28 (311.3144) | 28 (149.6572) | 25 (161.6572) | 24 (160.5028) | — |
| 2024-04-26 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Florence, AL | 31 / 40 (318.7544) | 33 (158.2400) | 33 (160.5144) | — | — |
| 2023-04-28 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Florence, AL | 14 / 36 (511.3488) | 15 (168.5372) | 8 (173.1316) | 13 (169.6800) | — |