They almost always walk
67%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 8 of 12 contests
A top-10 category call in 67% of their 12 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
Team Smoke Showin'
Team Smoke Showin' is a competition barbecue team with 12 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 60 at the Lakeland Pig Festival (2022). They are ranked #2171 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Team Smoke Showin”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1532
peak 1539 · rated over 11 contests
Contests
12
in the data
First seen
Sep 1, 2018
latest Apr 25, 2026 · 7.6 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
17% of 12 contests
Avg finish
top 46%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
685.18 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 678.26 (+6.92)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.07
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.83 · weakest Brisket (165.64)
Road miles
177
across 12 mapped stops
Schedule strength
42%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1555)
Purse competed for
$183K
listed at 9 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 10 state-championship entries
Master avg
678.26 / 720
9 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
654.99 / 720
2 Backyard (4-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), 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.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Team Smoke Showin', each with one reason worth a look.
78 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,184 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1532
1–3 in 4 shared contests (25% to Team Smoke Showin')
These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — Smokin' Hooligans ahead 3–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,177 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1532
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#2,167 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 23%
- Peak
- 1537
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before Team Smoke Showin''s most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,161 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 30%
- Peak
- 1532
Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 12, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,187 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1532
They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before Team Smoke Showin''s first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,183 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 69%
- Peak
- 1532
13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 69% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accutech BBQ | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Double Barrel Smokers | 8 | 6 | 2 | 75% | ⚔ compare |
| Burning Bush BBQ | 8 | 5 | 3 | 63% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin' Ain't EZ | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| K & E's Little Smokers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Porkganic BBQ | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL | 7 | 6 | 1 | 86% | ⚔ compare |
| Nuts & Butts | 7 | 4 | 2 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| 92 BB Crew | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| Belly Bustin Bistro | 7 | 3 | 3 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| Sons of Hamarchy | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| The Rusty Pig | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| HOT WACHULA'S | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| Barely Sober BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 178.8572 | 165.6800 | 170.83 | top 38% |
| Pork Ribs | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 178.2972 | 161.6456 | 168.81 | top 48% |
| Pork | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 153.6456 | 168.75 | top 43% |
| Brisket | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 177.1428 | 149.6456 | 165.64 | top 50% |
“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 58% |
| Large (40+) | 7 | 0 | top 39% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 7 | 3 | 0 | top 39% | Jan 22, 2026 |
| Fire it up Frostproof! | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 51% | Mar 6, 2020 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
3 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 8 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
12 of 12 contests
Contests visited
4
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
428
finished ahead 495 times, behind 367
Longest layoff
1.9 yrs
Mar 6, 2020 → Jan 28, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- 10th tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
- Peak power rating (1539) Lakeland Pig Festival
- Most recent contest Pitmasters in Paradise
20251 milestone
- Career-best overall score694.2056 Lakeland Pig Festival
20232 milestones
- First category win (Chicken) Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 Lakeland Pig Festival
20221 milestone
- First overall podium Lakeland Pig Festival
20184 milestones
- First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
- First call Fire it up Frostproof!
- First overall top-10 Fire it up Frostproof!
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score677.0400 Fire it up Frostproof!
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +17 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 28, 2022 |
| +7.5 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 22, 2026 |
| +7.3 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 24, 2025 |
| +5.7 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 27, 2023 |
| +5.3 | Fire it up Frostproof! | Sep 1, 2018 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.5 | Ribs on the Ridge | Feb 20, 2026 |
| -5.5 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 24, 2020 |
| -0.7 | Fire it up Frostproof! | Mar 6, 2020 |
| -0.6 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 26, 2024 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 53% | 96.3% | 94.9% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 35% | 96.4% | 96.4% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 56% | 94.8% | 94.8% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 39% | 95.1% | 95.1% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 5% | 93.2% | 93.2% |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 64% | 92.2% | 91.5% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 43% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 42% | 94% | 94% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2026 | Pitmasters in Paradise 🏅 Auburndale, FL | 17 / 35 (687.3600) | 30 (165.6800) | 24 (170.8344) | 15 (173.7028) | 6 (177.1428) |
| Feb 20, 2026 | Ribs on the Ridge 🏅 Haines City, FL | 26 / 32 (669.0284) | 13 (171.9884) | 25 (166.2400) | 27 (164.5600) | 21 (166.2400) |
| Jan 22, 2026 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 18 / 63 (693.0744) | 28 (173.1200) | 4 (178.2972) | 21 (173.1084) | 35 (168.5488) |
| Jan 24, 2025 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 14 / 40 (694.2056) | 23 (170.8228) | 10 (175.4172) | 18 (172.5484) | 10 (175.4172) |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 34 / 61 (682.2172) | 43 (169.6800) | 44 (166.8344) | 7 (176) | 31 (169.7028) |
| Jan 27, 2023 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 20 / 51 (684.4456) | 1 (178.8572) | 11 (174.2628) | 36 (167.3828) | 37 (163.9428) |
| Jan 28, 2022 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 3 / 60 (671.3144) | 13 (165.6800) | 22 (161.6456) | 4 (170.2744) | 2 (173.7144) |
| Mar 6, 2020 | Fire it up Frostproof! 🏅 Frostproof, FL | 19 / 32 (663.9088) | 5 (171.9772) | 23 (162.8116) | 4 (176) | 25 (153.1200) |
| Jan 24, 2020 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 36 / 53 (653.0516) | 21 (171.4056) | 36 (163.4172) | 43 (158.2516) | 32 (159.9772) |
| Jan 25, 2019 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 25 / 58 (638.6624) | 12 (167.9656) | 11 (167.4056) | 33 (153.6456) | 36 (149.6456) |
| Sep 1, 2018 | Fire it up Frostproof! Frostproof, FL | 10 / 24 (677.0400) | 6 (171.9772) | 15 (169.7028) | 8 (170.8228) | 15 (164.5372) |
| Jan 26, 2018 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |