Blended Smoke BBQ IL
Rating
1561
peak 1561
Contests
18
in the data
First seen
2025-06-13
latest 2026-06-19
Best ToY finish
#47
Backyard 2025
Grand champs
1
1 reserve
Category wins
1
8 podiums
Overall top-10s
5
of 18 contests
Avg finish
top 32%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
338.13 ▼
last 5 vs career avg 341.36 (-3.23)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
4
best run (overall)
Consistency
±6.86
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.87 · weakest Pork (163.94)
Road miles
4683
mi across 18 mapped stops · furthest 584 mi
Storylines
⚔️ A tough matchup
Rudes BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 7 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que in 4 of their 5 shared contests.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 4.5712 points of the Grand Championship at Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main (2025-07-26).
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 38-team field at Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY).
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025-09-05) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 32-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, BBQ MIKE.
Teams like this (closest power rating, IL first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 178.8572 | 166.2400 | 171.87 | top 32% |
| Pork Ribs | 16 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 180.0000 🔥 | 165.0856 | 170.92 | top 37% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 154.7656 | 163.94 | top 39% |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IL | 4 | 1 | top 12% |
| WI | 2 | 0 | top 50% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 30% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 85% |
| IN | 1 | 0 | top 28% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 56% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 1 | top 20% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 33% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (13 contests)
- Cooks mostly in IL (7 of 18 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (16 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025-09-05)
- Wins it all in 6% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 341.36
- 1 perfect 180 on the books 🔥
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 349.1772 | 338.82 |
| 2025 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 353.7488 | 343.39 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-19 | Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Morris, IL | 6 / 41 (349.1772) | 3 (177.1428) | 14 (172.0344) | — | — |
| 2026-06-13 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 17 / 37 (334.2172) | 18 (168.5372) | 16 (165.6800) | — | — |
| 2026-06-12 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 22 / 40 (338.2628) | 22 (168.5828) | 19 (169.6800) | — | — |
| 2026-03-20 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Lebanon, TN | — | 13 (176.5716) | — | — | — |
| 2026-03-20 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN | 37 / 125 (333.6228) | 40 (166.2400) | 32 (167.3828) | 50 (154.7656) | — |
| 2025-10-10 | Stover Rock Island Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Stover, MO | 11 / 13 (335.3600) | 11 (169.1200) | 11 (166.2400) | 5 (173.1200) | — |
| 2025-10-03 | ND BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Fargo, ND | — | — | 4 (173.7028) | — | — |
| 2025-09-13 | Trekking for CDH Pierron, IL | 7 / 27 (337.0512) | 2 (171.9656) | 15 (165.0856) | — | — |
| 2025-09-05 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 1 / 38 (353.7488) | 2 (178.8572) | 3 (174.8916) | — | — |
| 2025-08-31 | Smokin Ghost BBQ Rib Double Dip 2 (ONE MEAT RIBS) Chillicothe, IL | — | — | 8 (167.9772) | — | — |
| 2025-08-31 | Smokin Ghost BBQ Rib Double Dip 1 (ONE MEAT RIBS) Chillicothe, IL | — | — | 7 (168.5372) | — | — |
| 2025-08-09 | Smokin Downtown (BACKYARD ONLY) Warsaw, IN | 5 / 18 (344.5372) | 2 (175.4172) | 10 (169.1200) | — | — |
| 2025-08-01 | All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI | — | — | 14 (169.1432) | — | — |
| 2025-07-26 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main Collinsville, IL | 2 / 32 (346.2516) | 15 (166.2516) | 1 (180.0000) | — | — |
| 2025-07-11 | KTD Smokn' Gobbler (ONE MEAT RIBS) Worthington, MN | — | — | 4 (173.7372) | — | — |
| 2025-07-11 | KTD Smokn' Gobbler Worthington, MN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2025-06-27 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Eureka, IL | — | — | 3 (176.0344) | — | — |
| 2025-06-13 | Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI | — | — | 2 (175.4056) | — | — |
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Backyard | #82 (403 pts) | #54 (578 pts) | #105 (363 pts) | — | — |
| 2026 ↗ | Master | — | #688 (120 pts) | — | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #47 (966 pts) | #49 (961 pts) | #42 (990 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | — | — | #178 (1248 pts) | — | — |