Riding a hot streak
4
straight overall top-10s
Currently on a 4-contest overall top-10 run.
- career best 4
Keij Smokin Hot
Keij Smokin Hot is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2026. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 8the Edition (2026). They finished #254 in the 2026 Master Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Keij Smokin' Hot”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1541
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
May 23, 2026
latest Sep 12, 2026
Grand champs
1
0 reserve · wins it all 17% of the time
Category wins
4
7 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
67% of 6 contests
Best top-10 run
4
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 31%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.77
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 174.56 · weakest Brisket (168.98)
Road miles
1,283
across 6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
67%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1585)
Master avg
686.63 / 720
4 Master contests · 1 GC
Still inside their first twelve months: see what a first season usually looks like.
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 | #254 (756 pts) | #345 (616 pts) | #201 (1,015 pts) | #233 (831 pts) | #201 (918 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Keij Smokin Hot, each with one reason worth a look.
Keij Smokin Hot has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 52 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#1,933 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1541
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Keij Smokin Hot's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#1,931 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1541
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#1,934 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1541
Level with Keij Smokin Hot on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#1,932 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1541
They were already cooking in 2016, 10 years before Keij Smokin Hot's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#1,928 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1559
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before Keij Smokin Hot's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#1,926 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1542
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 174.8456 | 162.8000 | 169.40 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 180 🔥 | 169.1084 | 174.56 | top 27% |
| Pork | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 180 🔥 | 168.5256 | 173.69 | top 26% |
| Brisket | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 176.5600 | 161.1088 | 168.98 | top 39% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2) | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 44% | Sep 12, 2026 |
More numbers
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
First title
May 23, 2026
Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 8the Edition
Opponents faced
35
finished ahead 43 times, behind 14
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
202611 milestones
- First tracked contest Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 8the Edition
- First call Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 8the Edition
- First category win (Chicken) Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 8the Edition
- First overall top-10 Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 8the Edition
- First overall podium Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 8the Edition
- First Grand Championship Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 8the Edition
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score696.5488 Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 8the Edition
- Career-best overall score696.5488 Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 8the Edition
- First perfect 180 (Pork) No Smoke, No Glory
- Peak power rating (1541) Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2)
- Most recent contest Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +18.6 | Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 8the Edition | May 23, 2026 |
| +10.8 | No Smoke, No Glory | Jul 10, 2026 |
| +9.3 | Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 1) | Sep 11, 2026 |
| +2.6 | Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2) | Sep 12, 2026 |
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)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 2026 | Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2) Dongen | 8 / 17 (681.6000) | 13 (168.5372) | 1 (180) | 8 (168.5256) | 9 (164.5372) |
| Sep 11, 2026 | Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 1) Dongen | 4 / 10 (679.2912) | 8 (162.8000) | 6 (169.1084) | 4 (170.8228) | 1 (176.5600) |
| Jul 11, 2026 | No Smoke, No Glory (ONE MEAT BRISKET) Zagreb | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 11, 2026 | No Smoke, No Glory (ONE MEAT RIBS) Zagreb | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 10, 2026 | No Smoke, No Glory Zagreb | 5 / 16 (689.0744) | 10 (171.4056) | 2 (176.5600) | 1 (180) | 12 (161.1088) |
| May 23, 2026 | Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 8the Edition Boom | 1 / 18 (696.5488) | 1 (174.8456) | 5 (172.5600) | 2 (175.4288) | 3 (173.7144) |