A tough matchup
7–0
behind in the head-to-head
GETTIN' BASTED ahead in 100% of their meetings
GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.
Porch Smokers
Porch Smokers is a competition barbecue team with 13 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 17th of 11 at the Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship (2024). They are ranked #5595 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1449
peak 1505 · rated over 8 contests
Contests
13
in the data
First seen
Sep 16, 2021
latest Sep 30, 2026 · 5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 13 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
619.59 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 621.07 (-1.49)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.54
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 158.38 · weakest Brisket (154.41)
Road miles
2,408
across 13 mapped stops · furthest 596 mi
Schedule strength
76%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1599)
Purse competed for
$367K
listed at 10 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 7 state-championship entries
Master avg
621.07 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
322.74 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #1065 (60 pts) | #1141 (60 pts) | #1203 (60 pts) | #1111 (60 pts) | #1102 (60 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Porch Smokers, each with one reason worth a look.
116 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,590 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Porch Smokers)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Porch Smokers has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5,588 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#5,600 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Porch Smokers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,592 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
Fewer contests behind them than Porch Smokers has cooked, 9 to 13, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#5,585 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
They were already cooking in 2014, 7 years before Porch Smokers's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#5,605 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
Level with Porch Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GETTIN' BASTED | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| RAZORRACKS | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke & Beer BBQ | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| PORK RADIO 810 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Heat's Neat | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Black & Veatch | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Hawg Wild | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| HI-TECH SMOKERS | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| KC Windustrial Pipe Dream Smoking Team | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| GERTIE AND BABS SPICE AND PROVISION CO BBQ TEAM | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Moolicious Intentions | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Burn Rate! | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Disciples of Blues and BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| DIXIE MOON | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Butts & Guts | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 146.7656 | 158.38 | top 94% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 135.9656 | 154.53 | top 98% |
| Pork | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8800 | 143.3944 | 155.15 | top 89% |
| Brisket | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 137.1544 | 154.41 | top 84% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 155% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 95% |
| Large (40+) | 6 | 0 | top 78% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 4 | 124 | 0 | top 68% | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship (OPEN FORMAT) | 2 | 17 | 0 | top 125% | Dec 5, 2025 |
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2 | 380 | 0 | top 96% | Nov 5, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
3 contests
Contests a season
2.2
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
11 of 13 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
3 of them more than once
Opponents faced
1,155
finished ahead 535 times, behind 2,179
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
Sep 27, 2023 → Oct 30, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
20251 milestone
- 10th tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
20233 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.4400 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Career-best overall score651.4400 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Career-best single call (Pork)166.8800 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
20212 milestones
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
- Peak power rating (1505) American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.5 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | Sep 16, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.6 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Oct 30, 2024 |
| -10 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Nov 5, 2025 |
| -8.4 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Sep 30, 2026 |
| -8 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship (OPEN FORMAT) | Dec 5, 2025 |
| -7.2 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship | Dec 6, 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 86% | 85.1% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 126% | 89.7% | 85.6% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 88.9% | 88.9% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 27% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 30, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 335 / 360 (634.0800) | 349 (153.0972) | 286 (165.0856) | 331 (155.3600) | 296 (160.5372) |
| Dec 5, 2025 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship (OPEN FORMAT) 🏅 Demopolis, AL | 20 / 21 (605.9540) | 27 (146.7656) | 27 (148.4684) | 25 (154.8000) | 22 (155.9200) |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 380 / 401 (619.2112) | 379 (155.3484) | 373 (155.4172) | 385 (151.9428) | 361 (156.5028) |
| Dec 6, 2024 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship 🏅 Demopolis, AL | 17 / 11 (322.7428) | 18 (157.0628) | 13 (165.6800) | — | — |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 435 / 444 (587.2460) | 334 (162.8344) | 440 (135.9656) | 434 (143.3944) | 417 (145.0516) |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 354 / 487 (651.4400) | 281 (166.8572) | 436 (155.9656) | 265 (166.8800) | 338 (161.7372) |
| Oct 1, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 29, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 410 / 505 (639.9428) | 426 (158.8228) | 456 (154.8572) | 361 (162.2628) | 267 (164) |
| Sep 16, 2021 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 124 / 467 (465.2456) | 225 (166.2856) | 399 (154.7884) | 417 (151.4056) | 448 (137.1544) |