High-water mark
672.9940
career-best overall
93.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 672.9940 at Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff — 93.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2026-08-21
Smokin Neighbors barbecue
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1478
peak 1478 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-09-20
latest 2026-08-21
Best ToY finish
#595
Master 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
609.39
last 3 Master vs avg 609.39 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±50.48
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 156.55 · weakest Pork Ribs (146.80)
Road miles
333
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 111 mi
Schedule strength
42%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1556)
Purse competed for
$5K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
609.39 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
12 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 12 years, then back at Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff (2026-08-21).
- last seen 2014-08-22
- back 2026-08-21
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.
Smokin Neighbors barbecue has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 150 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4234 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4205 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1511 at their best, 33 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4209 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after Smokin Neighbors barbecue did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4210 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin Neighbors barbecue on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4222 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Smokin Neighbors barbecue's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4221 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Smokin Neighbors barbecue's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 144.5484 | 153.68 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6684 | 127.3144 | 146.80 | top 74% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3828 | 139.4172 | 152.36 | top 84% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 138.2400 | 156.55 | top 59% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 77% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 95% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
12.9 yrs
2013-09-20 → 2026-08-21
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
VA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 156.55 · weakest Pork Ribs (146.80)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
609.39
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
116
21–97 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
333
3 mapped stops · furthest 111 mi
Schedule strength
1556
average field rating faced — tougher than 42% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$5,200
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
12 yrs
2014-08-22 → 2026-08-21
Power rating
1478
peak 1478 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Smokin' on the Track BBQ
- First call Smokin' on the Track BBQ
- Peak power rating (1492) Smokin' on the Track BBQ
- 2026
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score672.9940 Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best overall score672.9940 Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8228 Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff
- Most recent contest Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.8 | VA BBQ Championships | 2014-08-22 |
| -7.8 | Smokin' on the Track BBQ | 2013-09-20 |
| -1.4 | Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff | 2026-08-21 |
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)
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 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 93.5% | 93.5% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 76.3% | 76.3% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 77% | 84.1% | 84.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-21 | Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Edinburg, VA | 20 / 26 (672.9940) | 12 (170.8228) | 12 (169.6684) | 22 (163.3828) | 17 (169.1200) |
| 2014-08-22 | VA BBQ Championships Hampton, VA | 41 / 43 (549.5200) | 36 (144.5484) | 41 (127.3144) | 39 (139.4172) | 38 (138.2400) |
| 2013-09-20 | Smokin' on the Track BBQ Shenandoah, VA | 20 / 26 (605.6684) | 24 (145.6800) | 21 (143.4172) | 20 (154.2856) | 6 (162.2856) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #595 (206 pts) | #404 (441 pts) | #604 (261 pts) | #535 (276 pts) | #610 (211 pts) |