Smoke n' Things

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#2654

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1514

peak 1514 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-05-09

latest 2019-04-26

Best ToY finish

#1091

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 52%

overall standings

Best overall

667.4400 / 720

Master · McLouth BBQ Blowout 24th Annual (JUDGES FULL)

Perfect 180s

Current form

660.27 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 657.07 (+3.20)

Walk rate

60%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.1544

Brisket · McLouth BBQ Blowout 25th Anniversary (Judges full)

Consistency

±8.03

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 168.28 · weakest Chicken (159.00)

Road miles

619

mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 141 mi

Schedule strength

33%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)

Purse competed for

$5K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

657.07 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (9 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.

They almost always walk

60% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 6 of 10 contests

A top-10 category call in 60% of their 10 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

667.4400 career-best overall

92.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 667.4400 at McLouth BBQ Blowout 24th Annual (JUDGES FULL) — 92.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-06-05

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

913 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

913 BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.3 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.28 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 10% of the time against 30%.

Chicken avg 159.00
Pork Ribs avg 168.28
1 calls in 10 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Meat Rubbers in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Sertoma 48 BBQ (2019-04-26).

last seen 2017-05-05
back 2019-04-26

A June team

Top 44% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 44% across 3 contests, versus top 52% the rest of the year.

3 June contests
top 52% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.12% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.12% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.3% of a perfect score
10 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Sertoma 48 BBQ every year from 2014 to 2017 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 17th

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.

97 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

THREE LEGS AND A PIG

#2657 of the rated field

1514 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1515

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Smoke n' Things)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smoke n' Things has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2023-08-25

⚔ Head-to-head

HAWG COUNTY COOKERS

#2649 of the rated field

1515 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1518

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2024-08-16

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NO LABEL BBQ

#2655 of the rated field

1514 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1522

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2023-01-27

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Outhouse smokers

#2664 of the rated field

1514 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1528

No shared contest yet.

13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 31% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2023-04-07

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KPG SMOKIN'

#2656 of the rated field

1514 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1515

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 10 years after Smoke n' Things did, first appearing in 2024.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2026-05-08

⚔ Head-to-head

Smokin X

#2650 of the rated field

1515 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1531

No shared contest yet.

Level with Smoke n' Things on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2024-10-30

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
T'S SMOKIN PIT	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
913 BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Rub Me Tender Rub Me Sweet	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
PORK 'N MINDY	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
Evening Wood	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
Hole 'Nother Level	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
777 BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
BLACK EYE BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	1	0	1	175.4400	138.1144	159.00	top 68%
Pork Ribs	10	3	0	0	173.1428	161.6916	168.28	top 37%
Pork	10	4	0	1	174.8800	152.4800	165.35	top 44%
Brisket	10	2	1	1	177.1544	150.2400	164.45	top 44%

“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
KS	8	0	top 49%
MO	2	0	top 65%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	5	0	top 50%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 54%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Sertoma 48 BBQ	5	17	0	top 52%	2019-04-26
Laurie Hillbilly BBQ	2	24	0	top 65%	2015-07-31

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5 yrs 2014-05-09 → 2019-04-26

Busiest season 2015 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KS 8 of 10 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 5 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 10 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 168.28 · weakest Chicken (159.00)

Walk rate 60% a top-10 call in 6 of 10 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 10 contests

Master average 657.07 out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 242 195–205 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 619 10 mapped stops · furthest 141 mi

Schedule strength 1544 average field rating faced — tougher than 33% of rated contests

Purse competed for $4,800 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 2 yrs 2017-05-05 → 2019-04-26

Power rating 1514 peak 1514 · #2654 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2014
May 9 First tracked contest Sertoma 48 BBQ
Jun 6 First call McLouth BBQ Blowout 23rd Annual
Jun 6 First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.3200 McLouth BBQ Blowout 23rd Annual
2015
Jun 5 Career-best overall score667.4400 McLouth BBQ Blowout 24th Annual (JUDGES FULL)
2016
Jun 3 First category win (Brisket) McLouth BBQ Blowout 25th Anniversary (Judges full)
Jun 3 Career-best single call (Brisket)177.1544 McLouth BBQ Blowout 25th Anniversary (Judges full)
2019
Apr 26 10th tracked contest Sertoma 48 BBQ
Apr 26 Peak power rating (1514) Sertoma 48 BBQ
Apr 26 Most recent contest Sertoma 48 BBQ

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+7.6	McLouth BBQ Blowout 23rd Annual	2014-06-06
+5.5	Sertoma 48 BBQ	2016-05-06
+3.5	*Sertoma 48 BBQ(JUDGESFULL)	2017-05-05
+2.2	McLouth BBQ Blowout 24th Annual (JUDGES FULL)	2015-06-05
+2	McLouth BBQ Blowout 25th Anniversary (Judges full)	2016-06-03

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-3.6	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ	2014-08-01
-1.7	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ	2015-07-31
-1.2	Sertoma 48 BBQ	2015-05-08
-1	Sertoma 48 BBQ	2014-05-09

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0	0%	top 55%	91%	91%
2017	1	0	0%	top 45%	90.9%	90.9%
2016	2	1	100%	top 46%	92.4%	92%
2015	3	0	67%	top 57%	92.7%	91.7%
2014	3	0	67%	top 51%	92%	90.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-04-26	Sertoma 48 BBQ 🏅 Lawrence, KS	21 / 38 (655.2800)	16 (167.9772)	19 (166.2284)	36 (152.4800)	11 (168.5944)
2017-05-05	*Sertoma 48 BBQ(JUDGESFULL) Lawrence, KS	20 / 44 (654.7772)	37 (153.6800)	12 (169.7144)	19 (168.0000)	17 (163.3828)
2016-06-03	McLouth BBQ Blowout 25th Anniversary (Judges full) McLouth, KS	17 / 33 (659.9544)	24 (160.5484)	15 (169.1544)	29 (153.0972)	1 (177.1544)
2016-05-06	Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS	17 / 42 (665.1428)	3 (175.4400)	25 (164.5828)	3 (174.8800)	35 (150.2400)
2015-07-31	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ Laurie, MO	24 / 38 (666.2060)	31 (163.4172)	14 (170.2744)	25 (165.0972)	20 (167.4172)
2015-06-05	McLouth BBQ Blowout 24th Annual (JUDGES FULL) McLouth, KS	16 / 33 (667.4400)	12 (169.1544)	8 (171.4400)	17 (164.5600)	20 (162.2856)
2015-05-08	Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS	27 / 45 (647.3832)	35 (159.9888)	18 (165.7028)	9 (169.1544)	34 (152.5372)
2014-08-01	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ Laurie, MO	31 / 47 (648.4000)	47 (138.1144)	7 (173.1428)	9 (171.4400)	20 (165.7028)
2014-06-06	McLouth BBQ Blowout 23rd Annual McLouth, KS	11 / 36 (662.3200)	29 (151.4172)	7 (170.8572)	8 (167.9884)	5 (172.0572)
2014-05-09	Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS	31 / 54 (643.8172)	53 (150.2172)	29 (161.6916)	16 (166.8228)	23 (165.0856)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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
2017 ↗	Master	#2057 (85 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#1785 (125 pts)	#2095 (90 pts)	#2030 (100 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1385 (198 pts)	#1126 (298 pts)	#1637 (168 pts)	#1175 (293 pts)	#1015 (343 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1233 (228 pts)	#1243 (243 pts)	#959 (363 pts)	#1101 (303 pts)	#1281 (228 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1091 (278 pts)	#1422 (208 pts)	#874 (418 pts)	#847 (433 pts)	#915 (368 pts)