Smokin Q BBQ

Smokin Q BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 9th of 40 at the Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival (2019). They are ranked #2094 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “SMOKIN' Q BBQ”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,094

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1535

peak 1535 · rated over 10 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 24, 2015

latest Apr 26, 2019 · 4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1309

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

20% of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 47%

overall standings

Best overall

677.5884 / 720

Master · Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

667.21 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 660.25 (+6.96)

Walk rate

70%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7028

Brisket · Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival

Consistency

±11.44

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 169.19 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.28)

Road miles

211

across 10 mapped stops

Schedule strength

51%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1565)

Purse competed for

$20K

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

660.25 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

They almost always walk

70% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 7 of 10 contests

A top-10 category call in 70% of their 10 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

677.5884 career-best overall

94.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 677.5884 at Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival — 94.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
Apr 20, 2018

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

GETTIN' BASTED ahead in 100% of their meetings

GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.9 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.91 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 50%.

Pork Ribs avg 159.28
Brisket avg 169.19
0 calls in 10 entries

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of TAILGATE GUYS BBQ in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

Brisket nemesis

7 of 9 shared brisket entries lost

GETTIN' BASTED ahead 78% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, GETTIN' BASTED has out-cooked them in 7 of 9 shared brisket entries.

An April team

Top 31% average finish in April

Something about April: average finish in the top 31% across 5 contests, versus top 47% the rest of the year.

5 April contests
top 47% the rest of the year

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The metronome

±1.59% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.59% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.7% of a perfect score
10 contests

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016 ↗	Master	#2037 (100 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#2240 (80 pts)	#1818 (130 pts)	#2166 (90 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1309 (201 pts)	#1454 (186 pts)	#1535 (171 pts)	#1171 (281 pts)	#873 (406 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Smokin Q BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

ROCKSTAR BBQ

#2,100 of the rated field

1535 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1541

Careers of much the same size, 12 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Oct 2, 2026

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Drunkin Brothers BBQ

#2,088 of the rated field

1535 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1535

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Jan 22, 2026

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302SMOKE

#2,086 of the rated field

1536 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1539

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2015.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Oct 18, 2019

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IOWA BONEHEAD BBQ

#2,093 of the rated field

1535 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1538

Level with Smokin Q BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Jun 1, 2018

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TACKLE THE TABLE BBQ

#2,092 of the rated field

1535 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 45%
Peak: 1550

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before Smokin Q BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 11 contests

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KC AND THE SMOKESHACK BAND

#2,091 of the rated field

1535 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1542

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before Smokin Q BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 9 contests

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
GETTIN' BASTED	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
COUNTRYSIDE BBQ PRO SHOP	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
BLOWN AWAY BBQ	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
A Good Rub BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
THE BOAR OF DIRECTORS	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
BRICKHEAD BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
TAILGATE GUYS BBQ	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
ROO-B-QUE	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
QUAU	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
SMOOTH SMOKE	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
BIG WOODIE BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
YELLOW JACKET BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	2	0	173.1428	161.6456	167.23	top 46%
Pork Ribs	10	0	0	167.3828	147.9316	159.28	top 64%
Pork	10	1	0	169.7144	158.8228	164.55	top 47%
Brisket	10	5	1	177.7028	159.4172	169.19	top 30%

“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)	4	0	top 65%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 35%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival	2	9	0	top 35%	Apr 26, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 4 contests

Contests a season 2 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MO 10 of 10 contests

Contests visited 9 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 240 finished ahead 246 times, behind 186

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

20193 milestones

Apr 26 10th tracked contest Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival
Apr 26 Peak power rating (1535) Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival
Apr 26 Most recent contest Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival

20183 milestones

Apr 20 First overall top-10 Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival
Apr 20 Career-best overall score677.5884 Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival
Apr 20 Career-best single call (Brisket)177.7028 Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival

20153 milestones

Apr 24 First tracked contest Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival
Apr 24 First call Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival
Jun 19 First overall past 90% of a perfect score664.5720 Rock'n Freedom

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+9.6	Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival	Apr 20, 2018
+9.5	Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival	Apr 26, 2019
+8.8	Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival	Apr 22, 2016
+6	Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival	Apr 21, 2017
+2.5	Table Rock Boats and Bones	Sep 19, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-6.8	Table Rock and Ribs (GC receives Golden Ticket to the World Food Championship)	May 22, 2015

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	1	100%	top 23%	93.8%	93.8%
2018	2	1	100%	top 40%	94.1%	93.2%
2017	2	0	0%	top 47%	91.6%	91.6%
2016	1	0	0%	top 28%	91.7%	91.7%
2015	4	0	100%	top 62%	92.3%	90.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 26, 2019	Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival 🏅 Springfield, MO	9 / 40 (675.3600)	8 (168.5256)	14 (166.8228)	11 (166.2744)	5 (173.7372)
May 25, 2018	Shepherd's Smokin Summer Kick Off Branson, MO	28 / 50 (664.5032)	16 (171.9772)	40 (158.8688)	38 (160.5372)	9 (173.1200)
Apr 20, 2018	Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival Springfield, MO	10 / 43 (677.5884)	22 (166.2628)	16 (167.3828)	12 (166.2400)	2 (177.7028)
Jun 23, 2017	Freedom Fest BBQ Cook-Off Willard, MO	21 / 35 (659.3140)	14 (170.2628)	16 (164.5372)	24 (158.8228)	18 (165.6912)
Apr 21, 2017	Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival Springfield, MO	19 / 55 (659.3028)	11 (173.1428)	29 (161.1200)	26 (163.9428)	24 (161.0972)
Apr 22, 2016	Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival Springfield, MO	17 / 61 (660.5144)	30 (161.6456)	21 (164.5488)	11 (169.1656)	19 (165.1544)
Sep 19, 2015	Table Rock Boats and Bones Kimberling City, MO	18 / 33 (659.2916)	9 (170.8344)	32 (152.5028)	16 (165.0972)	12 (170.8572)
Jun 19, 2015	Rock'n Freedom Seymour, MO	22 / 36 (664.5720)	25 (165.1772)	30 (159.4060)	24 (164.5716)	5 (175.4172)
May 22, 2015	Table Rock and Ribs (GC receives Golden Ticket to the World Food Championship) Kimberling City, MO	22 / 26 (641.0404)	22 (162.2400)	25 (149.6688)	7 (169.7144)	20 (159.4172)
Apr 24, 2015	Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival Springfield, MO	30 / 63 (641.0060)	40 (162.2400)	51 (147.9316)	37 (161.1200)	9 (169.7144)

Smokin Q BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (8 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Brisket nemesis

An April team

The metronome

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

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