Happy hunting ground
Top 14%
average finish here
Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship is their spot: an average finish in the top 14% across 2 visits.
- 2 visits
- best finish 10th
- average top 14%
M&M Southern Style Smokin
M&M Southern Style Smokin is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 6th of 27 at the Smokin' For Garrett (2021). They are ranked #1767 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “M & M Southern Style Smokin'”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1549
peak 1549 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
May 20, 2016
latest Mar 20, 2026 · 9.8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
3
43% of 7 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 33%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
57%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.68
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.36 · weakest Brisket (158.80)
Road miles
921
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 150 mi
Schedule strength
81%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1606)
Purse competed for
$47K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
633.50 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
340.95 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
497.65 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), 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.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to M&M Southern Style Smokin, each with one reason worth a look.
60 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1,764 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1549
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before M&M Southern Style Smokin's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#1,763 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1549
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#1,772 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 27%
- Peak
- 1549
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#1,762 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 2
- Top-10s
- 91%
- Peak
- 1559
Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 11 contests, alongside a 91% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#1,771 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1549
Level with M&M Southern Style Smokin on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#1,765 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1552
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Can Country Outlaw BBQ | 5 | 2 | 1 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| JANKY LEG BBQ | 5 | 2 | 2 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 161.6456 | 168.36 | top 34% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 173.1316 | 156.5144 | 168.16 | top 30% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 155.3368 | 166.53 | top 39% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8000 | 158.8000 | 158.80 | top 66% |
“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 42% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 14% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 14% | Mar 20, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IN
3 of 7 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
324
finished ahead 372 times, behind 132
Longest layoff
4.4 yrs
Jun 2, 2017 → Oct 22, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Peak power rating (1549) Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
20251 milestone
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.5600 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
20213 milestones
- First call Smokin' For Garrett
- First overall top-10 Smokin' For Garrett
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score497.6456 Smokin' For Garrett
20162 milestones
- First tracked contest Smokin' for Garrett
- Career-best overall score633.4968 Smokin' for Garrett
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.9 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | Mar 20, 2026 |
| +11.6 | Smokin' For Garrett | Oct 22, 2021 |
| +11.4 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | Mar 14, 2025 |
| +10.2 | Smoke N for the Kids | Aug 16, 2025 |
| +6.1 | Trekking for CDH | Sep 14, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.3 | Smokin' for Garrett | May 20, 2016 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | top 8% | 96.5% | 96.5% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 23% | 95.2% | 94.7% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 37% | 93% | 93% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 22% | 92.2% | 92.2% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 88% | 88% |
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 | 10 / 125 (347.3944) | 12 (175.4172) | 12 (171.9772) | 13 (172.5600) | — |
| Aug 16, 2025 | Smoke N for the Kids 🏅 Troy, IL | 8 / 32 (338.8000) | 8 (169.1200) | 10 (169.6800) | — | — |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 20 / 100 (342.8232) | 11 (175.4172) | 32 (167.4060) | 4 (176.5600) | — |
| Sep 14, 2024 | Trekking for CDH 🏅 Pierron, IL | 13 / 35 (334.7772) | 18 (161.6456) | 3 (173.1316) | — | — |
| Oct 22, 2021 | Smokin' For Garrett 🏅 Boonville, IN | 6 / 27 (497.6456) | 9 (165.7028) | 6 (170.2628) | 14 (161.6800) | — |
| Jun 2, 2017 | Smokin For Garrett Boonville, IN | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 20, 2016 | Smokin' for Garrett Boonville, IN | 29 / 35 (633.4968) | 25 (162.8456) | 26 (156.5144) | 32 (155.3368) | 23 (158.8000) |