Blowing Smoke BBQ IN

Power ranking

#699

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1565

peak 1580

Contests

in the data

First seen

2020-09-11

latest 2026-05-15

Best ToY finish

#253

Master 2023

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

11 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 34 contests

Avg finish

top 41%

overall standings

Best overall

694.2628

Silver Lake Sand Dunes BBQ Competition

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

677.72

last 5 vs career avg 677.67 (+0.05)

Walk rate

71%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Brisket · Rocking BBQ Warsaw

Consistency

±12.49

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 170.66 · weakest Brisket (168.24)

Road miles

3137

mi across 34 mapped stops · furthest 256 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

TIRE SMOKE BBQ has finished one call ahead of Blowing Smoke BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

TIRE SMOKE BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

iBQ'n has come out ahead in 13 of their 18 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of Smokin' Bones Barbecue in 8 of their 11 shared contests.

💔 The heartbreaker

Came within 1.1200 points of the Grand Championship at Silver Lake Sand Dunes BBQ Competition (2021-09-10).

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BILLY RAY BBQ #743 · 1559 · IN Butts-N-Racks BBQ #769 · 1557 · IN FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE #619 · 1574 · IN Bucked Up BBQ #599 · 1576 · IN MISS PIGGY'S U.K. #806 · 1552 · IN SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ #838 · 1549 · IN

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	23	6	0	1	177.7028	165.6800	170.66	top 50%
Pork Ribs	32	17	3	6	178.8572	141.6572	169.73	top 39%
Pork	21	9	1	2	177.7600	160.5256	170.40	top 41%
Brisket	21	7	1	2	180.0000 🔥	155.3716	168.24	top 47%

“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	Avg finish
IN	11	top 44%
MI	6	top 42%
OH	2	top 19%
IL	2	top 47%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 67%
Medium (20–39)	13	top 43%
Large (40+)	7	top 34%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2023 (11 contests)
Cooks mostly in IN (20 of 34 contests)
Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (32 entries)
All-time average overall score: 677.67
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	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
2026	3	0	671.3144	671.31
2025	3	0	687.3716	687.07
2024	4	1	678.1712	673.04
2023	11	1	694.2056	679.32
2022	8	1	683.9316	677.71
2021	4	2	694.2628	687.76
2020	1	0	638.7432	638.74

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-05-15	Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana Warsaw, IN	25 / 35 (671.3144)	28 (166.2400)	29 (166.2400)	14 (172.0116)	27 (166.8228)
2026-05-15	Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Warsaw, IN	—	4 (176.5944)	—	—	—
2026-05-15	Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana (ONE MEAT RIBS) Warsaw, IN	—	—	2 (176.5600)	—	—
2025-09-05	Grizzly BBQ Brawl Wellington, OH	12 / 42 (686.7656)	14 (175.4056)	15 (170.8228)	11 (173.7144)	19 (166.8228)
2025-05-16	11th Annual Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, IN	8 / 34 (687.3716)	29 (166.8344)	8 (174.2744)	5 (176.5828)	14 (169.6800)
2025-05-16	11th Annual Rockin' BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) Warsaw, IN	—	—	7 (174.2628)	—	—
2024-09-13	September Fest Coldwater, MI	12 / 18 (664.9712)	12 (168.5372)	16 (163.3828)	6 (173.1084)	15 (159.9428)
2024-05-17	Rockin' BBQ Warsaw Warsaw, IN	18 / 32 (678.1712)	20 (170.8456)	25 (162.2400)	3 (177.7028)	23 (167.3828)
2024-05-17	Rockin' BBQ Warsaw (ONE MEAT RIBS) Warsaw, IN	—	—	1 (177.7144)	—	—
2024-04-19	GLBBQA Spring Fling Charlotte, MI	34 / 62 (675.9772)	38 (167.9656)	13 (172.5944)	30 (170.8572)	42 (164.5600)
2023-08-25	Rockin' BBQ Take 2 Warsaw, IN	16 / 23 (678.7768)	15 (170.2628)	20 (167.4172)	8 (171.9656)	13 (169.1312)
2023-08-25	Rockin' BBQ Take 2 (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Warsaw, IN	—	17 (169.1084)	—	—	—
2023-08-04	All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI	18 / 44 (673.5884)	33 (165.6800)	12 (170.8228)	22 (166.8228)	13 (170.2628)
2023-08-04	All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI	—	—	24 (163.9772)	—	—
2023-07-14	Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown Eureka, IL	16 / 25 (662.6972)	16 (166.8228)	20 (159.3600)	12 (170.2628)	12 (166.2516)
2023-07-14	Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (One Meat Ribs) Eureka, IL	—	—	2 (174.2744)	—	—
2023-06-09	Hoosier BBQ Classic #1 Franklin, IN	14 / 38 (680.5028)	22 (170.8456)	2 (176.5828)	27 (162.8000)	10 (170.2744)
2023-06-09	Hoosier BBQ Classic (ONE MEAT RIBS) Franklin, IN	—	—	8 (169.6800)	—	—
2023-05-19	Rocking BBQ Warsaw Warsaw, IN	3 / 35 (694.2056)	5 (175.4172)	15 (170.8228)	21 (167.9656)	1 (180.0000)
2023-05-19	Rocking BBQ Warsaw (ONE MEAT RIBS) Warsaw, IN	—	—	5 (173.7144)	—	—
2023-04-28	Marietta River City BBQ Marietta, OH	4 / 42 (686.1712)	10 (171.9772)	10 (170.2628)	9 (173.1084)	8 (170.8228)
2022-08-05	All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI	30 / 50 (660.3880)	30 (166.8112)	24 (167.9656)	40 (160.5256)	28 (165.0856)
2022-08-05	All American BBQ Throwdown - One Meat Ribs Westland, MI	—	—	26 (162.2744)	—	—
2022-06-24	Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day One) Belvidere, IL	11 / 36 (681.5884)	8 (173.1084)	7 (173.7144)	24 (166.2400)	22 (168.5256)
2022-06-24	Heritage Days BBQ Showdown - One Meat ribs Belvidere, IL	—	—	4 (173.7028)	—	—
2022-05-14	8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (Day 2) Warsaw, IN	10 / 25 (682.1944)	17 (169.6684)	21 (161.6916)	6 (173.1200)	3 (177.7144)
2022-05-13	8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (Day 1) Warsaw, IN	16 / 36 (680.4568)	18 (170.2512)	1 (178.2972)	27 (164.5256)	22 (167.3828)
2022-05-13	8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (One Meat Ribs) Warsaw, IN	—	—	12 (171.4400)	—	—
2022-04-08	CCSFEST Indianapolis, IN	15 / 42 (683.9316)	20 (171.9772)	7 (173.1544)	7 (174.8572)	31 (163.9428)
2021-09-10	Silver Lake Sand Dunes BBQ Competition Mears, MI	2 / 25 (694.2628)	3 (177.7028)	7 (169.1200)	1 (177.7600)	6 (169.6800)
2021-08-06	All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI	7 / 32 (680.5256)	10 (172.0000)	6 (170.8456)	13 (166.8228)	8 (170.8572)
2021-05-14	Rockin' BBQ - Day 1 Warsaw, IN	4 / 41 (688.5028)	11 (171.9656)	1 (178.8572)	28 (165.1200)	10 (172.5600)
2021-05-14	Rockin' BBQ - Day 1 - One Meat Rib Contest Warsaw, IN	—	—	10 (173.7028)	—	—
2020-09-11	Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 1 Warsaw, IN	32 / 36 (638.7432)	14 (169.1544)	35 (141.6572)	7 (172.5600)	31 (155.3716)

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 ↗	Master	#791 (60 pts)	#466 (260 pts)	#418 (319 pts)	#685 (115 pts)	#814 (60 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#585 (279 pts)	#824 (174 pts)	#518 (423 pts)	#575 (314 pts)	#719 (204 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#632 (260 pts)	#692 (250 pts)	#438 (547 pts)	#455 (450 pts)	#735 (220 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#253 (843 pts)	#311 (734 pts)	#132 (1397 pts)	#340 (618 pts)	#234 (918 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#414 (530 pts)	#462 (485 pts)	#193 (1129 pts)	#443 (515 pts)	#464 (495 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#310 (622 pts)	#410 (487 pts)	#284 (744 pts)	#419 (452 pts)	#437 (452 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#856 (60 pts)	#756 (115 pts)	#913 (60 pts)	#600 (165 pts)	#883 (60 pts)