B & R SMOKE

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#3675

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1489

peak 1489 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-06-21

latest 2018-10-26

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 62%

overall standings

Best overall

662.7652 / 720

Master · Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL)

Perfect 180s

Current form

648.74 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 637.03 (+11.71)

Walk rate

63%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172.6172

Chicken · Blues, Brews & Barbecues

Consistency

±19.84

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 167.00 · weakest Brisket (151.92)

Road miles

1,020

mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 550 mi

Schedule strength

32%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)

Master avg

637.03 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (9 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.

They almost always walk

63% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 5 of 8 contests

A top-10 category call in 63% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

662.7652 career-best overall

92.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 662.7652 at Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) — 92.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
2018-10-26

Their season

2015 their best year

2015 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 52%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 52%

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKIN' IN THE D ahead in 100% of their meetings

SMOKIN' IN THE D has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−15.1 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 15.08 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 50%.

Brisket avg 151.92
Chicken avg 167.00
0 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of HenriQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The comeback

3.1 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3.1 years, then back at Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) (2018-10-26).

last seen 2015-09-11
back 2018-10-26

Chicken nemesis

4 of 6 shared chicken entries lost

iBQ'n ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, iBQ'n has out-cooked them in 4 of 6 shared chicken entries.

An August team

Top 54% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 54% across 3 contests, versus top 62% the rest of the year.

3 August contests
top 62% the rest of the year

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.

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

Music City Smokers

#3667 of the rated field

1490 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1490

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2026-06-12

⚔ Head-to-head

Barking Gecko BBQ

#3660 of the rated field

1490 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 63%
Peak: 1515

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2025-11-01
on a 4-contest top-10 run

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Morning Wood

#3658 of the rated field

1490 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1517

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2025-09-26

⚔ Head-to-head

BEWILDERED BBQ

#3673 of the rated field

1489 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1514

No shared contest yet.

Level with B & R SMOKE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2022-08-26

⚔ Head-to-head

WILD FRONTIER BBQ

#3655 of the rated field

1490 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1490

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2021-09-16

⚔ Head-to-head

BIG SLAB BBQ

#3663 of the rated field

1490 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1503

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2019-09-27

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Mac Attack BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
MOTLEY QUE CREW	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' IN THE D	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
iBQ'n	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
DETROIT PIGSKIN BARBEQUE	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
AWW HELL	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
PB&J'S BBQ TEAM	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
BIG BROTHERS BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
SWEET RACKS & SMOKIN' BUTTS BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
JAMBRIE SMOKE BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	4	1	172.6172	157.6912	167.00	top 35%
Pork Ribs	8	0	0	167.3828	146.8572	158.92	top 64%
Pork	8	2	0	167.9772	149.0972	159.20	top 62%
Brisket	8	0	0	165.1084	125.1426	151.92	top 67%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
MI	7	0	top 62%
TN	1	0	top 63%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	7	0	top 62%
Large (40+)	1	0	top 63%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Blues, Brews & Barbecue	2	14	0	top 58%	2015-08-21

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5.3 yrs 2013-06-21 → 2018-10-26

Busiest season 2015 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MI 7 of 8 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 7 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 8 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 167.00 · weakest Brisket (151.92)

Walk rate 63% a top-10 call in 5 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 8 contests

Master average 637.03 out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 203 120–194 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,020 8 mapped stops · furthest 550 mi

Schedule strength 1543 average field rating faced — tougher than 32% of rated contests

Longest layoff 3.1 yrs 2015-09-11 → 2018-10-26

Power rating 1489 peak 1489 · #3675 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Jun 21 First tracked contest 5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off
Jun 21 First call 5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off
Aug 23 Career-best single call (Chicken)172.6172 Blues, Brews & Barbecues
Aug 23 Peak power rating (1496) Blues, Brews & Barbecues
2015
May 15 First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.5600 WBA Pork In The Park
2018
Oct 26 Career-best overall score662.7652 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL)
Oct 26 Most recent contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+5.6	Blues, Brews & Barbecue	2015-08-21
+2.9	Blues, Brews & Barbecues	2013-08-23
+2.5	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL)	2018-10-26
+1.3	WBA Pork In The Park	2015-05-15
+0.1	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival	2015-09-11

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.3	6th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off	2014-06-20
-7	5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off	2013-06-21
-5.7	Blues, Brews & Barbecue	2014-08-22

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	1	0%	top 63%	92.1%	92.1%
2015	3	67%	top 52%	90.5%	90.2%
2014	2	50%	top 81%	88%	86.1%
2013	2	100%	top 59%	89.1%	86.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-10-26	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) Lynchburg, TN	64 / 102 (662.7652)	31 (170.8456)	72 (165.0856)	73 (161.7256)	61 (165.1084)
2015-09-11	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI	20 / 34 (651.8740)	19 (164.0000)	13 (167.3828)	24 (158.8112)	14 (161.6800)
2015-08-21	Blues, Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI	14 / 33 (646.8452)	21 (157.6912)	13 (165.1428)	5 (166.8800)	20 (157.1312)
2015-05-15	WBA Pork In The Park Wyandotte, MI	12 / 22 (648.5600)	6 (168.0228)	13 (161.1200)	7 (167.9772)	17 (151.4400)
2014-08-22	Blues, Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI	29 / 39 (633.6460)	20 (165.1200)	25 (160.0116)	36 (149.0972)	25 (159.4172)
2014-06-20	6th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off Auburn Hills, MI	27 / 31 (605.6112)	10 (166.2400)	25 (149.7372)	25 (155.9656)	30 (133.6684)
2013-08-23	Blues, Brews & Barbecues Birch Run, MI	14 / 31 (641.7944)	3 (172.6172)	30 (146.8572)	17 (160.5828)	11 (161.7372)
2013-06-21	5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off Auburn Hills, MI	22 / 30 (605.1430)	4 (171.4288)	20 (156.0000)	23 (152.5716)	30 (125.1426)

B & R SMOKE

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

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

Master avg

Storylines (9 found in this team's record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

An August team

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By state / province

By contest size

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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)