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
SMOKIN 3's BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 14th of 36 at the Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2023). They are ranked #4234 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1478
peak 1507 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Apr 28, 2023
latest Apr 17, 2026 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.34
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.67 · weakest Chicken (161.79)
Road miles
434
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 389 mi
Schedule strength
60%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1576)
Purse competed for
$23K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
658.10 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
322.76 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
511.35 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), 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.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to SMOKIN 3's BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
143 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,229 of the rated field
- Contests
- 45
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1478
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#4,227 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
They've been 1511 at their best, 33 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,235 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,246 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
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.
⚔ Compare careers#4,240 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
They were already cooking in 2014, 9 years before SMOKIN 3's BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,218 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
Level with SMOKIN 3's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersBy 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 | 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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 70% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 83% |
Repeat visits (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% | Apr 26, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
4 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
6 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Opponents faced
112
finished ahead 43 times, behind 120
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Apr 26, 2024 → May 2, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- Career-best overall score658.1028 The Downtown BBQ Showdown
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176 The Downtown BBQ Showdown (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- Most recent contest The Downtown BBQ Showdown
20234 milestones
- 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)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.6 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Apr 28, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.2 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 | May 2, 2025 |
| -8.5 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown | Apr 17, 2026 |
| -6.3 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Apr 26, 2024 |
| -2.2 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 | May 3, 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 | 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% | 94.7% | 94.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 2026 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown 🏅 Lake City, FL | 36 / 41 (658.1028) | 36 (163.9656) | 39 (159.3484) | 26 (170.8344) | 35 (163.9544) |
| Apr 17, 2026 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lake City, FL | — | — | 5 (176) | — | — |
| May 3, 2025 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 Oneonta, AL | 17 / 23 (338.2056) | 17 (168.5256) | 18 (169.6800) | 14 (169.6800) | — |
| May 2, 2025 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 Oneonta, AL | 27 / 28 (311.3144) | 28 (149.6572) | 25 (161.6572) | 24 (160.5028) | — |
| Apr 26, 2024 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Florence, AL | 31 / 40 (318.7544) | 33 (158.2400) | 33 (160.5144) | — | — |
| Apr 28, 2023 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Florence, AL | 14 / 36 (511.3488) | 15 (168.5372) | 8 (173.1316) | 13 (169.6800) | — |