BIG ORANGE SMOKERS

BIG ORANGE SMOKERS is a competition barbecue team with 34 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 41 at the Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) (2019). They are ranked #5475 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,475

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1452

peak 1512 · rated over 28 contests3 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 24, 2013

latest Mar 20, 2026 · 12.8 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1020

Master 2026 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

12 podiums

Overall top-10s

6% of 34 contests

Avg finish

top 61%

overall standings

Best overall

703.9656 / 720

Master · Smokin' At The Market

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

659.15 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 665.04 (-5.89)

Walk rate

59%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork · Smokin' At The Market

Consistency

±14.20

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 168.15 · weakest Brisket (164.86)

Road miles

1,754

across 33 mapped stops · furthest 110 mi

Schedule strength

51%

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

Purse competed for

$61K

listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 5 state-championship entries

Master avg

665.04 / 720

28 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (12 found in their record)

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

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.

Pork ×1

High-water mark

703.9656 career-best overall

97.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 703.9656 at Smokin' At The Market — 97.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 3, 2014

The one to beat

5× one call ahead of them

Big B BBQ Company has finished one call ahead of BIG ORANGE SMOKERS 5 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 47%.

4 contests
1 overall top-10
1 category win
average top 47%

A tough matchup

20–2 behind in the head-to-head

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN ahead in 91% of their meetings

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN has come out ahead in 20 of their 22 shared contests.

A strong matchup

9–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 82% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SNORING HOGS BBQ in 9 of their 11 shared contests.

The comeback

2.9 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.9 years, then back at Smoke on The Shores (Mar 18, 2022).

last seen May 11, 2019
back Mar 18, 2022

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Pork nemesis

16 of 19 shared pork entries lost

Organizer Portal ahead 84% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Organizer Portal has out-cooked them in 16 of 19 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

TEAM HOGWEISER has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An August team

Top 44% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 44% across 3 contests, versus top 61% the rest of the year.

3 August contests
top 61% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.00% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.00% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.6% of a perfect score
34 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship every year from 2023 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 51st

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
2026 ↗	Master	#1020 (60 pts)	#1093 (60 pts)	#1161 (60 pts)	#1067 (60 pts)	#1051 (60 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#1148 (60 pts)	#1221 (60 pts)	#1293 (60 pts)	#1190 (60 pts)	#977 (115 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#1182 (60 pts)	#1242 (60 pts)	#1317 (60 pts)	#1231 (60 pts)	#1204 (60 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#1255 (60 pts)	#1319 (60 pts)	#1432 (60 pts)	#791 (185 pts)	#1296 (60 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BIG ORANGE SMOKERS, each with one reason worth a look.

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

SHIRTS ON FIRE BBQ

#5,485 of the rated field

1451 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1451

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 23 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 23 contests
last seen Mar 20, 2026

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HAWLIN BUTTZ BBQ TEAM

#5,461 of the rated field

1452 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1452

Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before BIG ORANGE SMOKERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 22 contests

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Big Alz BBQ

#5,488 of the rated field

1451 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1451

Fewer contests behind them than BIG ORANGE SMOKERS has cooked, 18 to 34, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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SNOUTS HONOR BBQ TEAM

#5,476 of the rated field

1452 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1506

14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 7% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Aug 25, 2017

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NASQ

#5,459 of the rated field

1452 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1501

Level with BIG ORANGE SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 12 contests
last seen May 19, 2018

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SIMMONS SECOND CHANCE RANCH BBQ

#5,478 of the rated field

1452 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1452

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 Sep 28, 2018

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	22	2	20	9%	⚔ compare
HIGH ON THE HAWG	22	2	20	9%	⚔ compare
Big B BBQ Company	21	4	17	19%	⚔ compare
BIG G BBQ	20	10	10	50%	⚔ compare
Organizer Portal	19	0	19	0%	⚔ compare
Q SMOKE	17	7	10	41%	⚔ compare
DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS	17	4	13	24%	⚔ compare
SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M	15	7	8	47%	⚔ compare
Charcoal Cowboys	14	6	8	43%	⚔ compare
THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
HOT COLE'S BBQ	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
SWIGGIN PIG	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
SNORING HOGS BBQ	11	9	2	82%	⚔ compare
RT QUE KUSINE	11	7	4	64%	⚔ compare
Chokin "N" tha Smoke	11	7	4	64%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	34	11	0	6	177.7028	158.8000	167.88	top 55%
Pork Ribs	34	9	1	3	178.8572	148.5714	166.11	top 57%
Pork	30	8	1	1	180 🔥	158.2284	168.15	top 55%
Brisket	28	3	1	2	178.8572	152.4800	164.86	top 63%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 81%
Medium (20–39)	17	top 61%
Large (40+)	13	top 60%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
TN	30	0	top 61%
AL	1	0	top 85%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship	4	51	top 81%	Mar 20, 2026
Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)	2	13	top 37%	Apr 19, 2024
Smoke in the House	2	11	top 66%	Jun 15, 2018
Mid-South BBQ Festival	2	15	top 73%	Oct 20, 2017
Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cookoff	2	24	top 88%	May 27, 2016
Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff	2	16	top 49%	Sep 11, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 6 contests

Contests a season 2.6 across 13 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TN 33 of 34 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 23 6 of them more than once

Opponents faced 641 finished ahead 501 times, behind 1,073

Longest layoff 2.9 yrs May 11, 2019 → Mar 18, 2022

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

20261 milestone

Mar 20 Most recent contest Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship

20181 milestone

Jun 15 25th tracked contest Smoke in the House

20151 milestone

May 22 10th tracked contest Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff

20146 milestones

Oct 3 First category win (Pork) Smokin' At The Market
Oct 3 First overall top-10 Smokin' At The Market
Oct 3 First overall podium Smokin' At The Market
Oct 3 First perfect 180 (Pork) Smokin' At The Market
Oct 3 Career-best overall score703.9656 Smokin' At The Market
Oct 3 Peak power rating (1512) Smokin' At The Market

—3 milestones

First tracked contest Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
First call Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
First overall past 90% of a perfect score504.4568 Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.4	Smokin' At The Market	Oct 3, 2014
+8.6	Great American BBQ Festival	Aug 25, 2017
+6.4	Cookeville Cookoff	Sep 6, 2013
+6.3	Smokin' in McMinnville	Aug 7, 2015
+6.2	Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff	Sep 5, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11	High on the Hog Festival	Apr 15, 2016
-11	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cookoff	May 27, 2016
-9.4	Mid-South BBQ Festival	Oct 14, 2016
-9.3	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff	May 22, 2015
-8.8	Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cookoff	May 16, 2014

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
—	1	0	0	100%	top 39%	93.4%	93.4%
2026	1	0	0	0%	top 82%	92.8%	92.8%
2025	1	0	0	0%	top 87%	91.3%	91.3%
2024	2	0	0	50%	top 63%	94.6%	92.2%
2023	1	0	0	100%	top 64%	93.2%	93.2%
2022	1	0	0	0%	top 75%	90.5%	90.5%
2019	1	1	1	100%	top 7%	95.5%	95.5%
2018	4	0	0	75%	top 68%	92.7%	92%
2017	6	0	1	67%	top 57%	94.7%	93%
2016	4	0	0	0%	top 87%	92.4%	91.2%
2015	4	0	0	100%	top 61%	94.9%	93.2%
2014	4	1	1	50%	top 47%	97.8%	93.3%
2013	4	0	0	75%	top 55%	93.4%	92.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Mar 20, 2026	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN	102 / 125 (667.8400)	51 (173.1200)	95 (165.6800)	70 (170.8228)	114 (158.2172)
Mar 14, 2025	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN	87 / 100 (657.5312)	94 (159.3600)	94 (158.2056)	89 (163.9656)	14 (176)
Apr 19, 2024	Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN	13 / 37 (510.7540)	3 (176.5600)	21 (167.9656)	—	—
Mar 15, 2024	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN	84 / 93 (647.2684)	60 (169.6800)	86 (161.1428)	81 (161.0856)	84 (155.3600)
Mar 17, 2023	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN	51 / 80 (671.3372)	33 (172.5600)	73 (157.6572)	5 (177.7372)	59 (163.3828)
Mar 18, 2022	Smoke on The Shores 🏅 Lebanon, TN	47 / 63 (651.7940)	58 (161.6456)	33 (167.9656)	37 (166.2400)	53 (155.9428)
May 11, 2019	Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN	3 / 41 (515.8968)	21 (165.0740)	1 (176.5600)	—	—
Oct 19, 2018	Clarksville BBQ Bash (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) (JUDGES FULL) Clarksville, TN	—	2 (169.1200)	5 (166.2856)	—	—
Sep 21, 2018	First Tennessee Bank Bluegrass & BBQ (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) (JUDGES FULL) Columbia, TN	—	3 (171.9772)	2 (178.8572)	9 (166.8228)	—
Jun 15, 2018	Smoke in the House White House, TN	13 / 16 (656.9600)	15 (164.5372)	7 (169.1200)	11 (166.2400)	14 (157.0628)
Mar 9, 2018	Smoke on the Shores Nashville, TN	48 / 87 (667.2800)	80 (158.8000)	11 (175.4056)	57 (165.6916)	41 (167.3828)
Oct 20, 2017	Mid-South BBQ Festival Mount Pleasant, TN	15 / 28 (681.5884)	9 (175.4172)	16 (169.1084)	18 (167.3828)	16 (169.6800)
Sep 22, 2017	First Tennessee Bank Bluegrass & BBQ (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) (JUDGES FULL) Columbia, TN	—	10 (171.4172)	8 (174.2744)	8 (174.2744)	—
Sep 8, 2017	Tony Stone-Cookeville Cook-off Cookeville, TN	28 / 34 (649.5312)	31 (160.5256)	28 (159.9656)	24 (165.0972)	24 (163.9428)
Aug 25, 2017	Great American BBQ Festival Franklin, TN	14 / 40 (677.5884)	17 (169.6800)	6 (174.2628)	29 (166.2284)	23 (167.4172)
Jun 16, 2017	Smoke in the House (JUDGES FULL) White House, TN	11 / 22 (675.3028)	9 (169.6800)	12 (168.5372)	19 (158.2284)	1 (178.8572)
Mar 10, 2017	Smoke on the Shores Nashville, TN	40 / 62 (664.3996)	36 (167.9772)	27 (167.3828)	22 (169.6684)	50 (159.3712)
Oct 14, 2016	Mid-South BBQ Festival Mount Pleasant, TN	25 / 27 (652.3656)	25 (162.2400)	22 (163.9544)	18 (166.2400)	25 (159.9312)
Sep 9, 2016	The Tony Stone Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN	22 / 30 (665.5540)	28 (160.5372)	15 (170.2628)	21 (166.2284)	16 (168.5256)
May 27, 2016	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cookoff Lewisburg, TN	28 / 31 (654.7088)	21 (168.5372)	23 (165.1200)	27 (162.2516)	28 (158.8000)
Apr 15, 2016	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	52 / 56 (654.1368)	48 (162.8228)	37 (165.6800)	47 (160.5484)	37 (165.0856)
Oct 16, 2015	Mid-South Barbecue Festival Mount Pleasant, TN	19 / 31 (668.4452)	23 (165.0740)	6 (176)	24 (166.2856)	25 (161.0856)
Sep 11, 2015	Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN	18 / 31 (678.1712)	10 (173.1200)	7 (173.7028)	20 (166.2400)	25 (165.1084)
Aug 7, 2015	Smokin' in McMinnville McMinnville, TN	15 / 37 (683.3944)	21 (169.1544)	27 (165.1200)	8 (173.7028)	6 (175.4172)
May 22, 2015	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff Lewisburg, TN	24 / 28 (654.0800)	26 (163.9428)	27 (155.3600)	6 (175.4056)	26 (159.3716)
Oct 3, 2014	Smokin' At The Market Gallatin, TN	3 / 29 (703.9656)	6 (174.8456)	3 (178.2972)	1 (180)	15 (170.8228)
Sep 5, 2014	Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN	16 / 41 (680.5716)	3 (177.7028)	18 (167.4172)	18 (170.2972)	27 (165.1544)
Aug 8, 2014	Smokin' in McMinnville McMinnville, TN	22 / 40 (669.6456)	36 (162.2400)	30 (163.4172)	12 (171.4284)	12 (172.5600)
May 16, 2014	Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cookoff Hartselle, AL	22 / 26 (631.8628)	21 (158.8456)	21 (157.1200)	16 (163.4172)	23 (152.4800)
Sep 27, 2013	Piggin' Around Woodbury, TN	16 / 24 (666.7196)	18 (162.7884)	22 (155.3712)	8 (173.1428)	3 (175.4172)
Sep 6, 2013	Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN	15 / 42 (672.5028)	12 (171.9772)	36 (159.4172)	10 (173.7028)	21 (167.4056)
Jun 21, 2013	Queen City Cook-Off Clarksville, TN	20 / 39 (666.8568)	3 (175.4286)	28 (161.7142)	20 (167.4284)	28 (162.2856)
May 24, 2013	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cook-off Lewisburg, TN	24 / 36 (649.7144)	12 (168.5716)	35 (148.5714)	16 (168.5714)	18 (164)
—	Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN	14 / 36 (504.4568)	2 (173.1200)	18 (162.8112)	—	—

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

BIG ORANGE SMOKERS

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 (12 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

An August team

The metronome

A standing appointment

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

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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, averaged over 5 contests — 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)