Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork ribs.
- Pork Ribs ×1
Rolling Smoke BBQ
Rolling Smoke BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 20 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 8th of 13 at the Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off (2025). They are ranked #5823 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1442
peak 1512 · rated over 16 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
20
in the data
First seen
May 17, 2013
latest Jul 3, 2026 · 13.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
5
25% of 20 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 73%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
654.57 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 611.33 (+43.24)
Walk rate
35%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±75.55
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.51 · weakest Pork Ribs (153.25)
Road miles
15,296
across 20 mapped stops · furthest 1,564 mi
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)
Purse competed for
$68K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 8 state-championship entries
Master avg
611.33 / 720
15 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
327.37 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master 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.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Rolling Smoke BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
78 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,819 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1442
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Rolling Smoke BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Rolling Smoke BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5,818 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1442
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 16 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#5,831 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1500
Fewer contests behind them than Rolling Smoke BBQ has cooked, 13 to 20, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#5,822 of the rated field
- Contests
- 20
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1442
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 6 years before Rolling Smoke BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,836 of the rated field
- Contests
- 20
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 5%
- Peak
- 1503
20 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 5% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Compare careers#5,826 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1441
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 129.1428 | 159.51 | top 76% |
| Pork Ribs | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 180 🔥 | 20 | 153.25 | top 66% |
| Pork | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 129.1200 | 157.17 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 177.1428 | 118.2856 | 156.32 | top 62% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 4 | 0 | top 84% |
| Medium (20–39) | 11 | 0 | top 75% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 16% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana BBQ Cook-Off | 3 | 16 | 0 | top 75% | Jun 22, 2019 |
| Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 75% | Jul 3, 2026 |
| Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship | 2 | 25 | 0 | top 98% | Oct 4, 2019 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
5 contests
Contests a season
2
across 10 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MT
7 of 20 contests · 9 states in all
Contests visited
12
3 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
18 entries · 1 win · 6 calls
Opponents faced
324
finished ahead 130 times, behind 264
Longest layoff
2.9 yrs
Aug 27, 2021 → Jul 27, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off
20253 milestones
- First category win (Pork Ribs) 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition
- First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition
- Career-best overall score686.7428 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition
20191 milestone
- 10th tracked contest Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship
20135 milestones
- First tracked contest Minnesota in May
- First call Minnesota in May
- First overall top-10 Minnesota in May
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score677.7142 Minnesota in May
- Peak power rating (1512) Minnesota in May
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.7 | Minnesota in May | May 17, 2013 |
| +5.1 | 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition | Aug 16, 2025 |
| +2.5 | BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest | Jul 20, 2018 |
| +2.2 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | Aug 27, 2021 |
| +1.7 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off | Jun 22, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.5 | Ceramic City Jazz, Blues, & BBQ Festival | Jul 6, 2018 |
| -11.6 | Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship | Oct 4, 2019 |
| -10.3 | Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship | Oct 5, 2018 |
| -9.7 | Mr. BBQ Barbeque Challenge | Jun 21, 2014 |
| -9.3 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off | Jun 24, 2017 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 90.4% | 90.4% |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 60% | top 69% | 95.4% | 92.8% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 73% | 87.5% | 87.5% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 55% | 89.3% | 89.3% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 78% | 90.7% | 72.9% |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25% | top 84% | 90.6% | 80.7% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 84.2% | 84.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 82.9% | 82.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 16% | 94.1% | 94.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2026 | Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Dillon, MT | 23 / 26 (650.8340) | 20 (166.8228) | 23 (164) | 25 (154.2856) | 21 (165.7256) |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Lebanon, TN | — | 39 (170.8228) | — | — | — |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 69 (163.9428) | — | — |
| Sep 5, 2025 | Buds Blues and BBQ 🏅 Columbia, MO | 9 / 9 (327.3716) | 10 (159.3944) | 6 (167.9772) | — | — |
| Aug 16, 2025 | 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition 🏅 DuPont, WA | 14 / 30 (686.7428) | 26 (163.9428) | 1 (180) | 11 (173.1200) | 15 (169.6800) |
| Jul 5, 2025 | Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Dillon, MT | 8 / 13 (662.2284) | 8 (169.1312) | 10 (162.2744) | 13 (153.6800) | 3 (177.1428) |
| May 23, 2025 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational Chicken (Friday, May 23, 2025) unrated Lebanon, TN | — | 28 (170.8112) | — | — | — |
| May 23, 2025 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational Ribs (Friday, May 23, 2025) unrated Lebanon, TN | — | — | 30 (169.6800) | — | — |
| Jul 27, 2024 | Blowin' Smoke Barbecue Cook Off 🏅 Dillon, MT | 8 / 11 (630.2968) | 11 (151.9884) | 7 (161.7372) | 10 (146.2856) | 2 (170.2856) |
| Aug 27, 2021 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 17 / 31 (642.7548) | 19 (163.4172) | 16 (162.2516) | 18 (161.1200) | 19 (155.9660) |
| Oct 4, 2019 | Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship 🏅 Sheridan, AR | 26 / 26 (396.5484) | 26 (129.1428) | 26 (20) | 25 (129.1200) | 26 (118.2856) |
| Jun 22, 2019 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Absarokee, MT | 16 / 29 (653.0172) | 15 (165.0972) | 19 (159.9544) | 21 (159.4400) | 9 (168.5256) |
| Oct 5, 2018 | Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship Sheridan, AR | 25 / 26 (578.9028) | 26 (144.5828) | 24 (138.8572) | 25 (140.0228) | 18 (155.4400) |
| Jul 20, 2018 | BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest Dyersburg, TN | 14 / 25 (652.4460) | 12 (167.4060) | 20 (156.5028) | 18 (166.2744) | 13 (162.2628) |
| Jul 6, 2018 | Ceramic City Jazz, Blues, & BBQ Festival East Liverpool, OH | 10 / 10 (476.4912) | — | 7 (157.7028) | 4 (169.7028) | 7 (149.0856) |
| Jun 23, 2018 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off Absarokee, MT | 22 / 26 (617.0516) | 23 (154.8572) | 24 (146.2400) | 20 (160.5828) | 19 (155.3716) |
| Jun 24, 2017 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off Absarokee, MT | 30 / 35 (606.2172) | 29 (154.2628) | 28 (154.8572) | 28 (149.1200) | 30 (147.9772) |
| Dec 11, 2015 | 2015 Downtown Barbecue Throwdown Las Vegas, NV | 20 / 30 (642.2060) | 23 (156.5372) | 11 (167.4172) | 12 (169.1544) | 26 (149.0972) |
| Jun 21, 2014 | Mr. BBQ Barbeque Challenge Davenport, IA | 22 / 25 (596.5256) | 23 (156) | 21 (151.9772) | 21 (154.8112) | 24 (133.7372) |
| May 17, 2013 | Minnesota in May Faribault, MN | 8 / 49 (677.7142) | 17 (167.4284) | 5 (173.1428) | 10 (170.8572) | 19 (166.2858) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.